Big Sean has a cure for what’s ailing the world. In fact, Sean hawks so many cures on his latest album that it’s hard to keep track. The first one resides on the opening bar of “Why Would I Stop?” when he proclaims: “This shit the antidote, this the ‘cure …
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President Trump, who is always in a self-promotion mode, wants Americans who are suffering enough to seek assistance to think that he is largely responsible for their most recent meal. Letters signed by Trump have been included in government-funded food relief packages shipped to needy families by the U.S. Department …
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Four Non Blondes’ 1993 smash “What’s Up?” isn’t exactly the kind of song that leaps to mind when you think “horror movie trailer.” But in the new teaser for the first slate of thrillers in Blumhouse Production’s Welcome to Blumhouse series, the familiar strains of Linda Perry’s iconic chorus simmer …
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Talent agencies made steep staff layoffs at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. But now, several departed agents from Paradigm — one of the major music agencies that announced cuts — have announced their own company, carrying over prominent touring acts including The War on Drugs, Chvrches, and Courtney Barnett. …
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Toots & the Maytals frontman Frederick “Toots” Hibbert is “making progress” in an intensive care unit at a private facility in Kingston, Jamaica as he awaits the results of a Covid-19 test. A representative for Hibbert confirmed the musician’s hospitalization to Rolling Stone, saying “[T]he family would like to assure …
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The Lockn’ Festival announced Saturday that its October 2020 event — like every other major music festival during the Covid-19 pandemic — is canceled. In July, the Arrington, Virginia-based fest announced a series of health measures — including mask requirements, stages that allowed for audience social distancing, cashless transactions and …
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Netflix announced on Friday that comedy writer and performer Ayo Edebiri has joined the cast ofBig Mouth as Missy, replacing Jenny Slate, who has voiced the character since the animated show’s first season. Edebiri will first be introduced as Missy in the penultimate episode of Season 4, premiering in fall …
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MTV‘s annual Video Music Awards are the network’s most well-known television offering. So when it decided to press forward with this year’s ceremony on Sunday, August 30th as a live show — making the 2020 VMAs the first major live awards show to take place since COVID-19 shut down events …
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If a hip-hop-tinged ode to film star Dennis Hopper performed by a Scotsman sounds random to you — well, yes, it is. But it’s also one of the most entertaining, catchy tracks on the Waterboys’ latest album, Good Luck, Seeker, or for that matter in their entire catalog. Frontman Mike …
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Kareem Ali doles out music at a torrid pace: He has released seven albums in the last 18 months, a mix of reverent deep house tracks and more potent, pointed grooves, questing science fiction and pressing political commentary. While it’s more common than ever for artists to jettison songs like …
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