James McMurtry opened up 2018 by hitting the road with Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, playing a supporting role for a run of shows that just wrapped up last week. The Americana veteran is due to head right back out next month, though, and this time he’ll share the …
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Frank Ocean is suing producer Om’Mas Keith over songwriting credits on the singer’s 2016 album, Blonde. The suit also names Keith’s Analog Genius Corporation and several unnamed John Does as defendants, arguing none of them “own any portion of the copyright rights” to Ocean’s music. The suit claims that Ocean’s …
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Thirteen Russian operatives, including a man widely known as “Vladimir Putin‘s chef,” and the shadowy St. Petersburg organization called the Internet Research Agency (IRA) were named today in a 37-page criminal indictment filed by Robert Mueller, the Russiagate special counsel. It’s a bombshell that marks a major step forward in …
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Various Artists, We Out Here |*** 1/2Nubya Garcia, Nubya’s 5ive|****Ashley Henry & the Re:Ensemble, Easter EP|*** 1/2 The question of who will “save” jazz – a music that celebrated a century on record in 2017 – is one that gets a new answer every few years. The cycle goes like …
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Jon Stewart and Amy Schumer will headline Comedy Central’s second Clusterfest comedy and music festival, set to take place June 1st through 3rd at the Civic Center Plaza and Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. The event’s stacked lineup will also feature the live debut of the Lonely Island, …
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The rock world has never seen a rash of retirements like this. In the past few weeks, some of rock & roll’s most legendary performers have declared they’re giving up the endless highway. Elton John announced his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, the final curtain for the ultimate showman. Paul …
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L7 are thrashing into spring with new tour dates and a raucous single, “I Came Back To Bitch.” Produced by Billy Bush, the menacing track is the second original by the newly-reunited head-bangers after “Dispatch From Mar-a-Lago” was released in September, marking the band’s first original material in 18 years. …
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Bully released a graceful animated clip for their new single, “Focused,” on Wednesday. The song is from their galvanic second album, Losing. The video is the work of Rozalina Burkova, who presents spare, delicate animations in front of a dark backdrop: A pair of blue pants running across the screen, …
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Jennifer Lawrence spoke during an inaugural summit at Tulane University in New Orleans over the weekend, calling out politicians for their corruption and championing bipartisanship as a way for the American people to move forward. On Friday, the Oscar-winning actress sat down with former U.S. Federal Election Commission chairman Trevor …
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There’s a moment in David Schwimmer’s new short film, “The Boss,” where the air feels like it’s sucked out of the room. It’s late in the evening, and Schwimmer, playing a married lawyer, is leaning on his desk, inching his way closer to his young assistant, played by Zazie Beetz. …
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