Knocked Loose are known for their relentless touring schedule. But when the pandemic brought live music to a halt, the Louisville, Kentucky, hardcore band made the best of it by heading for a secluded rental cabin in the mountain resort town of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, to write their next record. …
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It’s one thing to revive a genre and another to resuscitate a specific type of old-school song. But on “Another Man,” from his new self-titled debut, Buffalo Nichols has both goals in mind: to update the blues and the protest song in the 21st century. Born in Houston but raised …
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By many measures Donald Trump was not a great president. He used the office for his own financial gain; he implemented cruel and racist immigration policies; he failed to take the pandemic seriously and did not do enough to slow its spread; and he tried to overthrow the government by …
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Days before the Fugees were set to begin their long-awaited reunion tour, the trio have postponed the trek until 2022. Following their brief-but-triumphant gig in New York in September for the Global Citizen Live event, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel were scheduled to embarked on their 25th anniversary …
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French Montana will release his fourth full-length album, They Got Amnesia, on November 12th via Epic Records/Bad Boy Entertainment. The rapper has previewed the released with a new single, “I Don’t Really Care,” and an accompanying music video. Produced by Boi-1da and Lil CC, “I Don’t Really Care” is a swaggering single full …
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When a notorious militia group’s private records suddenly spill into public view, the flood of information can be challenging to interpret. The Oath Keepers are an anti-government organization, steeped in conspiracy theories, that recruits from the military and law enforcement. Its members were a prominent part of the Jan. 6 …
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Netflix has released the first trailer for the upcoming series Cowboy Bebop, which stars John Cho, Daniella Pineda, and Mustafa Shakir. The trailer gives a glimpse of the stylized action and moody visuals teased last week in the first clip from the show. The series, described as an “action-packed space …
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Ski-masked singer RMR, a student of all pop genres who hates to contain himself to only one of them, broke the internet in February 2020 with “Rascal.” The track, and accompanying video full of firearms and blunt smoke, is RMR’s reimagination of “Bless the Broken Road” by Rascal Flatts, as …
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After weeks of being called out as racist and misogynistic, the video for J Balvin and Tokischa’s collaboration “Perra” (“female dog”) disappeared from YouTube on October 17. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Tokischa spoke about the controversy, saying she’s sorry about how the video had been interpreted. Raymi Paulus, …
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Lev Parnas was found guilty on Friday on six counts of campaign finance charges related to a scheme in which he and co-conspirators funneled money from a wealthy Russian into U.S. elections. They hoped the contributions would curry favor as they tried to develop their cannabis business. “A unanimous federal …
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