To quell the nation’s concerns over his latest Supreme Court nominee, President Trump decided to hold a press conference Wednesday evening. It lasted nearly an hour-and-a-half and, to no one’s surprise, he wasn’t quite able to patch things up with those who have argued he’s been insensitive to Brett Kavanaugh’s …
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Christine Blasey Ford will speak about her sexual assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Less than 24 hours later, the committee will vote on whether to endorse Kavanaugh, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has told senators to stick around Washington, D.C., over …
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The second season of Netflix‘s hit true-crime series, Making a Murderer, will premiere October 19th. The 10 new episodes will chronicle the post-conviction process and efforts to exonerate Steven Avery and his nephew and co-defendant, Brendan Dassey. Netflix shared a short teaser for Season Two, in which an accumulation of …
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After spending the latter half of 2018 opening for the reunited Smashing Pumpkins, Metric will return to the road in 2019 for a tour in support of their just-released new album Art of Doubt. The 27-date trek, a co-headliner venture with Mexican rock band Zoé, opens February 11th in Cleveland, …
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Nebraskawas my entry, how I got intoBruce. That was the easiest one to spend time with, because it was so bare and so direct. And the storytelling is so interesting. The song “Nebraska” — you hear the first couple of notes, and you are right in this world. Our [2004] …
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New songs by hitmaker Billy Currington, singer-songwriter Jamie Kent, icon Rosanne Cash and more make up this week’s list of must-hear tracks. Billy Currington, “Bring It On Over” Currington goes full-on pop with his newest single, which repositions the singer as a bedroom-bound beau who can’t wait to “dive on …
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A new video for Prince‘s passionate cover of the spiritual “Mary Don’t You Weep” focuses on the impact of gun violence on American youth, augmented by the artist’s own words. After showing gun injury and fatality statistics among children, the video displays a quote from the Purple One taken from …
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Scientists fret over the future of mankind in the face of growing misinformation in the new trailer for Let Science Speak, a six-part documentary series coming to YouTube in September. The series’ aim is to combat the “escalating efforts to suppress environmental science and silence scientists,” as well as stress …
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Kesha pushes for equal rights for all on her new acoustic ballad “Here Comes the Change.” The song will appear in On the Basis of Sex, the upcoming film about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. There’s nothing subtle about this one: Kesha wonders, “Is it a crazy thought/ That …
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Nineties riot grrrl pioneers Bikini Kill uploaded their entire catalog on streaming services on Tuesday morning. Now available for stream on Spotify, Tidal and Apple Music, the catalog includes landmark releases from 1991’sRevolution Girl Style Now to 1998’s The Singles, which features production, guitar and vocals from Joan Jett. In …
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