To the list of great books mangled by Hollywood — F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities, and, OMG, Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged — add Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch. This cinematic assault on Tartt’s 2014 Pulitzer prize-winning novel would seem to have everything going …
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While some deeply misplaced Outkast comparisons and overly hyperbolic Rap Twitter praise may have soured some on Earthgang, a Young Thug feature — in this case on the duo’s “Proud Of U” — is always enough to make me relent. Thug is experiencing a long-awaited commercial boom thanks to the …
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Alongside dates for a massive 2020 stadium tour with Fall Out Boy and Weezer today, Green Day detailed their new album Father of All…, due out February 7th, along with a single of the same name. The song is bright, upbeat and a big departure from the tone of 2016’s …
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The annual Allman Family Revival tribute concert to Gregg Allman has grown into a three-city tour this year that will hit San Francisco, Denver and New York City in December. The lineup includes the Allman Betts Band, Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander, Robert Randolph, Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd …
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Rising folk artist J.S. Ondara made his U.S. television debut for CBS This Morning‘s Saturday Sessions, where the Kenyan-born singer-songwriter delivered three tracks off his recent album Tales of America. For the performance of “Lebanon,” “Saying Goodbye” and “Torch Song,” Ondara – one of Rolling Stone’s Artists You Need to …
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“Hey, homecoming queen, why do you lie?/When somebody’s mean, where do you hide?” asks Kelsea Ballerini in the new song “Homecoming Queen.” Released overnight, it’s the first taste of the “Miss Me More” singer’s follow-up to her 2017 album Unapologetically. A gentle, mostly acoustic tune that calls to mind the …
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Miranda Lambert has released the cheeky new song “Pretty Bitchin’” from her upcoming album Wildcard. The track is Lambert’s sixth song to be revealed off the record, which was produced by Jay Joyce and arrives November 1st. “Pretty Bitchin’” sees Lambert soaking in the good life, paying tribute to her …
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Nashville singer-songwriter Hailey Whitters will release her new project The Days on September 13th. The six-track release is the first half of the “Ten Year Town” singer’s full-length debut album The Dream, which is due to arrive in 2020. Whitters earned some well-deserved recognition earlier in 2019, independently releasing the …
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Welcome back from the long weekend. If you’re just now tuning back into the news, there’s a lot to catch up on. Here are five of the biggest stories you might’ve missed over the Labor Day weekend. At least five people are dead as Hurricane Dorian pummels the Bahamas The …
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When Missy Elliott walks back into the room, nearly 15 years after her last album, every knee must bow. She’s the kind of genius who can work on her own eccentric terms, and the whole world agrees to play along because, well, what other Missys have we got? There’s never …
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