Kelly Clarkson adds a gospel touch to classic rock hit “American Woman” in her new version of the 1969 Guess Who song. The track opens with a lush vocal arrangement before erupting into the song’s signature blues-rock guitar riff. The Voice coach adds a modern touch to the single with …
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Shawn Mendes became the third-youngest artist to claim three Number One albums as the Canadian singer’s self-titled third album opened atop the Billboard 200. Shawn Mendes sold 182,000 total copies in its first week of release, the best debut week of the 19-year-old singer’s career; 2015’s Handwritten opened with 115,000 …
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Johnny Marr has unveiled his new video for “Walk into the Sea.” The song hails from his upcoming third solo album, Call the Comet, which will be released on June 15th. Marr co-directed the clip alongside Mat Bancroft. The visuals find him and his band performing bathed in blue light …
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Jim James pairs scorching guitars with musings on social media and nostalgia on his new track “Throwback.” The song will appear on the My Morning Jacket frontman’s upcoming solo album, Uniform Distortion, out June 29th. On “Throwback,” James mixes heavy glam riffs with a lo-fi rock aesthetic, adding some unexpected …
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Two weeks after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico, President Trump finally took leave of the golf course and visited the devastated U.S. territory. While hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans were suffering in darkness, Trump lobbed rolls of paper towels at people and bragged about the disaster relief effort. …
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As CMA Fest descends upon downtown Nashville, Blake Shelton’s new entertainment venue Ole Red – launching in partnership with Ryman Hospitality – will open its doors for business. In addition to the late-night “Blake Shelton and Friends” concert taking place June 6th, Ole Red will also host digital-music giant Spotify …
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Ali ShaheedMuhammadof A Tribe Called Quest and Adrian Younge, known for his collaborations with Ghostface Killah, among others, released a pretty, meditative soul instrumental titled “Black Beacon” on Friday. The track will appear on the pair’s upcoming joint album, The Midnight Hour. “Black Beacon” reaches back to the Seventies, when …
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The problem with being a world-famous conspiratorialist like Alex Jones is that there is no room for half-measures. Once you say that the parents of the children slaughtered at Sandy Hook Elementary School are frauds and actors, once you claim the young victims were not murdered by Adam Lanza but …
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Big Von, a longtime Bay Area DJ, was nearing the peak of a six-hour club set at New Karibbean City in Oakland on December 15th when a regular named Fredy made a perplexing request: “Yo, you got ‘Boo’d Up’?” Big Von didn’t know the record, and he doesn’t like being …
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Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan sings some typically moody melodies on a new version of Goldfrapp‘s “Ocean” that recasts the song as a duet with the group’s Alison Goldfrapp. The group originally issued the dusky, electro-pop song last year on their Silver Eye album. This version runs 20 seconds shorter …
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