T his may come as a surprise to no one, but Halsey is pretty good with a knife. Today she is wielding it against a cucumber, which would seem like a joke or a meme — given her man-eater rep in the pop-star pantheon — were it not for the …
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The afternoon before Ramadan starts, Ramy Youssef is sitting in a restaurant in downtown Manhattan, dressed in sweats and a black Nike snapback hat. He’s loading up on food: a hearty stack of lemon curd pancakes, a side of turkey sausage, ketchup he liberally seasons with pepper. The 28-year-old has …
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Since Mac Miller’s death in September 2018 at age 26, little has emerged in terms of the rapper’s posthumous music. That’s changing. Earlier this month, the Free Nationals released a song that they recorded with Miller. And today, 88-Keys released a heartfelt track he recorded with Miller, which has the …
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Ever since he was a lad, Bill Perks Jr. was a chronic collector. Photos, books, records, flotsam and jetsam from the bombed neighborhoods of Blitz-era Britain — the skinny kid had a knack for squirreling stuff away that had sentimental value to him. He also started keeping a journal at …
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In 1968, Tammy Wynette recorded one of her signature songs, the Bobby Braddock-Curly Putman classic, “D-I-V-O-R-C-E.” Serving as the title tune from Wynette’s third solo LP, the single — as well as the album — topped the charts, and would prove prophetic as Wynette’s second husband, songwriter Don Chapel, filed …
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Reggae and dancehall mainstay Shaggy offers an in-depth look at his new song, “You.” He describes it as the anti-“It Wasn’t Me,” in the latest installment of Rolling Stone‘s “How I Wrote This.” The track features 19-year-old Canadian singer Alexander Stewart, who joins Shaggy for a performance of “You” at …
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The full-length trailer for Hulu‘s Veronica Mars Season 4 has arrived. The cult show returns with eight episodes on the streaming platform on July 26th. The new season sees Veronica returning to the seaside town of Neptune just as a series of bombings decimate the party-goers there for spring break. With …
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Gucci Mane has announced new album, Delusions of Grandeur. On Thursday, he appeared on Ebro Darden’s Beats 1 show to unveil the LP title and also premiered a new song from the set, “Backwards,” which features Meek Mill. As Fader notes, the rapper said the album will be released in …
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Liam Gallagher has shared a music video for his new single “Shockwave.” The video, directed by François Rousselet and set in America’s South, sees Gallagher walking away from a burning building and strolling along the train tracks, as well as participating in protests. Gallagher’s second solo album, Why Me? Why …
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Country songwriter Tim McGraw and presidential historian Jon Meacham reflected on protest music and musical patriotism on Tuesday’s Late Show. During the interview with Stephen Colbert, which promoted their new book, Songs of America, they highlighted the intriguing ambiguity of Johnny Cash‘s song “Ragged Old Flag,” which balances overt sentimentality …
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