At a record store in Denver in July, a well-intentioned fan yelled out during a break in Gracie Abrams’ short acoustic set: “Congrats on your Grammy nomination!” The only problem? “I-I don’t have a Grammy nomination,” Abrams responded kindly, part-confused and part-appreciative that her fans would manifest that for her. …
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Love is patient, love is kind, love is messy and love can sometimes really fuck you up. On his confessional third studio album, Something to Give Each Other, Troye Sivan explores all the ways that love can be shared — and taken away — while offering a buoyant rallying cry …
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Meet Me @ the Altar live on the road. Earlier this year, the three-piece band completed a headlining North American tour in support of their debut album Past // Present // Future. Then, Edith Victoria, Téa Campbell, and Ada Juarez packed up and headed out to win over audiences of …
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Kelly Clarkson closed out a week of performances on The Kelly Clarkson Show with a dazzling rendition of “Magic” by Coldplay. The song first appeared on the band’s album Ghost Stories, released in 2014. Joined by her band Y’all, Clarkson added a soulful simmer to the record during the performance. …
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A hockey podcast has unexpectedly emerged as the top source for the most in-depth glimpse at what went down behind the scenes at Frank Ocean’s controversial Coachella performance. Empty Netters — which is hosted by former hockey players Dan and Chris Powers — prefaced its Western Conference playoffs preview episode …
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Van Conner, the bassist who cofounded the influential hard-rock group Screaming Trees alongside his brother, Gary Lee, and singer Mark Lanegan, has died. “Van Conner bassist and songwriter of Screaming Trees died last night of an extended illness at 55,” Gary Lee wrote on Facebook. “It was pneumonia that got …
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Wes Freed, the visual artist whose surreal Southern-gothic images of shadowy figures, ominous owls, and black flamingos adorned album covers by Drive-By Truckers, has died at 58. Freed was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in January and a GoFundMe campaign was underway to help pay for his treatment. The band’s publicist …
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When DPR Ian said farewell to his career in the K-pop-idol group C-Clown in late 2015, his future was vague. “Right about the time C-Clown split up, I was already invested in videography,” says Ian, who (under the name Rome) had been the leader and rapper of the moderately successful …
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In early 2020, just before the pandemic, Waxahatchee‘s Katie Crutchfield and Jess Williamson exchanged albums. Saint Cloud and Sorceress sparked a bond between the two songwriters, and now they’ve formed the duo Plains. As the name suggests, the project shows Crutchfield venturing further into the Lucinda Williams-esque country she leaned …
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“I just realized, Joni’s the least nervous person up here,” exclaimed Brandi Carlile halfway through a history Newport Folk Festival set that paid tribute to Joni Mitchell, in her first full set-length concert appearance in two decades. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5OIlK1g3yA Over 13 songs, Mitchell, who last appeared at the festival 53 years …
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