“We went from homeless to limitless, y’all,” Dawn Richard coos sweetly on her sixth studio album, Second Line. That lyric neatly encapsulates her trek through the music industry. It also tells a story about the place Richard comes from. The album gets its name from the parades of dancing revelers …
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Since her debut album Same Trailer Different Park won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album in 2014, Kacey Musgraves has been a mainstay in the category — nominated again in 2016 for Pageant Material, and winning for Golden Hour in 2019. But her newest record, Star-Crossed, won’t be in …
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The National’s Aaron Dessner appeared on Friday’s Tonight Show to perform his collaborative side project Big Red Machine’s “The Ghost of Cincinnati.” The performance was in sharp contrast to Big Red Machine’s last late-night appearance in September, when Dessner brought a battalion of musicians — including Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, …
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PinkPantheress, the 20-year-old London phenom who went viral on TikTok with her song “Pain,” will release her debut mixtape, To Hell With It, on October 15th. The 10-track project opens with “Pain” and includes a handful of other recently released tunes, including “Passion,” “Just for Me,” and “Break It Off.” …
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Rapper Tory Lanez is in “meaningful discussions” to strike a deal with prosecutors in his felony assault case involving Megan Thee Stallion, a Los Angeles County prosecutor revealed Thursday. Deputy District Attorney Kathy Ta told a judge at a morning hearing that the talks could resolve the case, making it …
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What happens when a chief law enforcement officer acts like he’s above the law? Embattled Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva is refusing to comply with a subpoena from the county’s Civilian Oversight Commission to answer for alleged abuses of power, claiming he’s too “busy” to appear at a hearing this …
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The legendary designer Dapper Dan, known for helping to construct hip-hop’s sartorial sensibility, will be the recipient of the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2021 CFDA ceremony. The honor marks the first time the award has been given to a Black designer, as well as a designer without …
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Diana Copeland, a longtime executive assistant for R. Kelly, spoke about working for the singer and the strict policies he placed on those living in his orbit in an interview on Good Morning America Friday, September 17th. Copeland, who testified at Kelly’s trial earlier this week, stated that she never …
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Matt Sorum was only an active member of Guns N’ Roses from 1990 to 1994, but this was an incredibly busy period that saw the release of both Use Your Illusion albums, covers collection “The Spaghetti Incident?,” and the two-and-a-half–year Use Your Illusion tour, one of the longest and wildest …
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John Carpenter has unleashed a new menacing song, “Rampage,” from the upcoming soundtrack to Halloween Kills via Sacred Bones. The second installment of the new Halloween trilogy, both the soundtrack and film arrive on October 15th. The composer crafted the soundtrack alongside his son Cody Carpenter and guitarist Daniel Davies. …
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