Okkervil River will release a career-spanning live album A Dream in the Dark: Two Decades of Okkervil River, out digitally on Friday and October 30th on vinyl. The four-LP collection contains more than two hours of songs that range from 2006 to 2019. “I’ve always collected and cataloged every live …
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Big Sean‘s Detroit 2 debuted at Number One on the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart, ending the record-setting six-week reign of Taylor Swift’s Folklore. The rapper earned more than 80 million streams and more than 30,000 downloads, good enough to propel him past two posthumous albums, Pop Smoke’s …
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Ace Frehley has never been very open about his political leanings, but that changed in a recent interview with the Cassius Morris Show (via Blabbermouth) when his cover of the Cream song “Politician” from his new LP Origins, Vol. 2 came up. “I don’t think politics and rock & roll …
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It’s a banner day for powerhouse vocalists: Kem, Ledisi, Toni Braxton, and Gregory Porter all released new albums at midnight. Of those four singers, Porter has enjoyed the least mainstream success, but he has the best ballad of the bunch with “Everything You Touch Is Gold,” which appears on All …
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A drunk and stoned group of young dudes don’t make for the stealthiest cat-burgling team, but they’re definitely fun to watch. In the new video for Run the Jewels‘ “Out of Sight,” four friends traipse through a palatial estate, while dodging laser beams and trying not to trip over their …
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On the heels of her visual album Black Is King, Beyoncé has shared the stunning video for “Brown Skin Girl.” The track features her daughter Blue Ivy Carter, WizKid and Saint Jhn. For the video — directed by Jenn Nkiru — they’re joined by Naomi Campbell, actress Lupita Nyong’o and …
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Taylor Swift is keeping things indie. On Thursday morning, a multitude of independently owned record stores across America took to social media to share that signed Folklore CDs “just showed up” — as Chicago’s Reckless Records put it — at the door. Fans were instructed that the supply was limited …
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Last month, the Rolling Stones released “Scarlet,” a funky 1974 Jimmy Page co-jam that was previously lost to time — initially born of a session in Ronnie Wood’s basement. Friday, they’re out with a remix courtesy of the War on Drugs. Frontman Adam Granduciel turns the song into a psychedelic …
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The Weeknd has made a donation of $300,000 to Global Aid for Lebanon to assist victims of the Beirut explosion, which killed more than 200 people and destroyed a central hub in the capital city on August 4th. Wassim “Sal” Slaiby, manager for the Weeknd, announced the donation on social …
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Future Islands have announced their sixth studio album, As Long As You Are, out October 9th via 4AD. As a teaser for the LP, the Baltimore band have released the single “Thrill,” with a stark, one-take video shot in quarantine. The clip features lead singer and songwriter Samuel T. Herring …
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