Five months after Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison took his own life after a long battle with depression, friends of the late Scottish singer are coming together to play a special concert to benefit the newly-formed Scott Hutchison Fund. Tiny Changes: A Celebration Of the Songs of Scott Hutchison will …
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Singer-guitarist Steve Gunn has been making refined, laidback folk-rock for over a decade, music that fits squarely alongside Stephen Malkmus and Kurt Vile in the “beardly guitar jams by guys who don’t actually have beards” section of your local record shop. He’s versed in Grateful Dead-style cosmic country, English traditionalism …
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Courtney Love reunited with her former band mate Melissa Auf der Maur onstage for the first time in six years Saturday at an all-star tribute to the Hole singer. Love, who was on hand at the Auf der Maur-co-founded Basilica Hudson as the honored guest of the Pioneering People fundraising …
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A review of “Expectation,” this week’s The Romanoffs, coming up just as soon as I’m literally patronizing… “I literally walked by my own life and saw someone else take it.” -Daniel In certain ways, “Expectation,” which centers on a woman’s overdue reckoning with a long-ago affair, is a notable improvement …
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Robyn unveiled an understated new dance track, “Human Being,” featuring guest vocals form fellow Swedish musician, Zhala. The track was released via the Adult Swim Singles Program, though it will also appear on Robyn’s new album, Honey, which arrives October 26th. “Human Being” is built around a simple drum groove …
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On November 9th, a new Grinch movie is coming out (it’s called Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch, not to be confused withHow The Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)orDr. Seuss’How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)). Early November seems a little soon for a Christmas movie to be released, but who am I to …
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Earlier this week, Sarah Silverman told Howard Stern that she used to let disgraced comedian Louis C.K. masturbate in front of her, in a statement that has drawn criticism from one of the women who accused C.K. of sexual misconduct last year. “I’ve known Louis forever, I’m not making excuses …
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When Washington state Rep. Matt Shea looks out before him, he sees a mostly male crowd in militia T-shirts smiling back. Gathered across an expanse of suburban grass, they hold yellow Don’t Tread on Me flags. A handful carry AR-15s and are dressed in tactical camouflage vests loaded up with …
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“There’s your bizarre dog tale for the day,” says Rush‘s Geddy Lee, prior to a lengthy conversation about the band’s 1978 prog-rock opus, Hemispheres. But the bassist/vocalist isn’t referencing, say, the jagged riffs of “By-Tor and the Snow Dog” — instead, he’s detailing a bizarre injury that his two Norwich …
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Before she decided to run for U.S. Senate in the age of Trump, Martha McSally was one of the more formidable up-and-comers in Congress. The Republican from Arizona overcame sexual abuse as a teenager to become a barrier-breaking Air Force fighter pilot and role model for young women, then a …
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