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There’s a tradition of experimental music in which avant-garde ideas are also tender and inviting – think Clara Rockmore, Pauline Oliveros, Laurie Speigel, Laurie Anderson, Robert Wyatt, John Fahey. This duo project feels rooted in that notion. Lattimore’s already made one of the year’s best LPs, the deliciously hypnoticHundreds of …

There are heist movies — and then there are heist movies directed by Steve McQueen, the incomparable artist behind 12 Years a Slave. Is the Oscar-winner slumming? Hardly. In Widows, about four Chicago women out to finish a robbery that their dead husbands barely started, the filmmaker brings everything he …

One of President Trump’s key campaign promises was to “drain the swamp” of government corruption and bureaucracy – but as John Oliver argued on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, he’s instead “drained the phrase of its original meaning.” The comedian spotlighted several of the key “swamp creatures” from Trump’s cabinet, including …

EDITORS’ PICK: The Beatles,White Album: Super Deluxe 50th Anniversary Edition “There’s a moment onthe Beatles’ new ‘Super Deluxe’ edition ofthe White Albumthat sums up all the glories of their 1968 masterpiece,” writes Rob Sheffield. “And weirdly, that moment is ‘Good Night.’ There’s always been something mysterious about ‘Good Night’ — …

One of the strengths that Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley, the trio known as Pistol Annies, have in their arsenal is a blend of impeccable, often spine-chilling harmony. And rarely is that more potently evident than when the three perform acoustically, as in the above clip for “Best …

Morrissey performed a swooning cover of the Pretenders‘ 1982 single “Back on the Chain Gang” on Wednesday’s Late Late Show With James Corden. The singer clapped his hands and softly bounced from side to side while nailing Chrissie Hynde’s signature “oh-oh” vocals. His backing band – all wearing T-shirts that …

Sacha Baron Cohen revived his Borat character on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday for a segment that featured the Kazakhstani journalist interviewing unsuspecting voters and meddling with the midterm elections. While canvassing a neighborhood, Borat learns that women can vote and discusses the Trump administration’s border separation policy. “We hear the …

James Corden donned a flashy outfit, covered his face in makeup and tried to temper the wild and crazy tone of the signature Kiss track “Rock and Roll All Nite” during a performance with the band on The Late Late Show Monday. Corden’s middle-aged remix found him trading lyrics with …

In the build-up to Tuesday’s midterm election, President Trump has used immigration as a key talking point. He’s repeatedly demonized the Central American immigrant caravan, stating in a recent press conference that “[doesn’t] want them in our country” — and he’s even threatened to end birthright citizenship and send 15,000 …

EDITOR’S PICK: Pistol Annies,Interstate Gospel “The ethos of the Pistol Annies, who steep their classicist country — rife with despair and misfortune — in rootsy arrangements, has not been welcomed within the mainstream confines of the genre in some time,” writes Jonathan Bernstein. “The Pistol Annies’ solution? Doubling down on …