This post contains spoilers for the first episode of The Mandalorian, which is now available on Disney+. Early in The Mandalorian, the Star Wars series’ title character — a laconic bounty hunter, hidden under armor similar to Boba Fett’s — is offered a state-of-the-art land speeder to drive him and …
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While she was in town headlining AfroPunk Atlanta,FKATwigsfigured she’d stop by America’s oldest African-American strip club. In front of the all-female crowd at Blue Flame, the avant-pop star showed off the six months of intensive pole dance training she underwent last year. It wasn’t just a workout. Pole dancing was …
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“Gimme that butt!” Big Boi bellows from behind the mixing board of his famed Atlanta studio, Stankonia. The call for butts is addressed to Hootie Hoo, a sleepy Eurasian eagle-owl perched next to him. Along with Hoodini, Simon, and Tula, Hootie is one of four pet owls the rapper lets …
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King Princess made her U.S. television debut on The Late Show with a performance of “Hit the Back.” The singer also offered a web exclusive performance of “1950,” her hit single. For both tracks, she was joined by her band and an ornate stage setup, with hands framing a small …
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Just three years ago an unknown Luke Combs bought a limited edition Eric Church Gibson Hummingbird guitar from a pop-up shop in Nashville. He promised the salesman, who sold merch on the road for Church, that he’d be seeing him again. “I said, ‘Dude, I’ll be playing shows with you …
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Though Lindsey Graham has a history of advocating for Congress’ right to conduct oversight of the president, his fidelity to this particularly prickly section of the Constitution has its limits. As the House of Representatives has directed its investigative levers toward President Trump, few Republicans have cried foul as loudly …
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Panic! at the Disco singer Brendon Urie has found his inner Elsa on “Into the Unknown,” a track from upcoming Disney sequel Frozen 2. The song appears in the film as performed by Idina Menzel, who voices Elsa, and this new version is part of the movie’s soundtrack. The soundtrack …
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Bonnie Raitt and Brandi Carlile recently sat down for a joint “The First Time” video interview, while interviewing each other for their “Musicians on Musicians” interview. The duo traded stories about the first times they heard each other’s music (for Raitt, it was “The Story”) their earliest supporters (a summer …
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Earl Sweatshirt gives his Hawaiian vacation a delightfully surreal edge in the new video for “East,” a track off his latest EP, Feet of Clay. “East” clocks in at just under two minutes and finds Earl unraveling stream-of-consciousness bars — “I lost my phone and consequently/All the feelings I caught …
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A new song from Robbie Robertson will sit alongside classics by Fats Domino, Jackie Gleason and Marty Robbins on the soundtrack for Martin Scorsese’s next film, The Irishman. The film opens in theaters today, November 1st, before hitting Netflix November 27th, while the soundtrack will arrive November 8th. Robertson wrote …
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