A group of artists including Kacey Musgraves, The Jonas Brothers, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan and more have donated items to eBay’s Giving Tuesday charity bid, to be held December 3rd through 12th. Items available for bidding include Musgraves’ signed Shure SM58 Microphone; a signed and framed copy of Sam Smith‘s …
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On Sunday, goth rock legends Bauhaus played their third and final reunion show at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles — and they closed it with their first performance of Brian Eno‘s “Third Uncle” in 21 years. Bauhaus’s rendition of “Third Uncle” opened their 1982 album, The Sky’s Gone Out, …
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Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro blamed actor Leonardo DiCaprio for in part funding the rash of wildfires plaguing the Amazon rainforest. Bolsonaro’s meritless accusations, which he made Friday, comes as the Brazilian president faces increased scrutiny from other world governments over his role in the intentional deforestation. Bolsonaro’s claims against DiCaprio …
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City Girls drag their men through the mall on their brash new single, “You Tried It.” Produced by DJ Chose, the track boasts a bustling drum beat amplified by big bass hits and underscored by a low and ominous synth loop. City Girls JT and Yung Miami ride the beat …
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Bill Cosby faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a former Temple University employee — but he says that he has no intention of ever expressing remorse for his crimes. In a rare interview with Black Press USA, Cosby maintained that he did nothing …
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Halsey took a “less is more” approach with her colorful version of “Graveyard” at the 2019 American Music Awards on Sunday. The singer busted out a captivating performance using only paint, a white stage, a table, a fellow dancer and some simple, intimate choreography. The vocalist and her doppelgänger-dancer ran …
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This post contains spoilers for “The Sin,” episode three of The Mandalorian, which I reviewed here. Deborah Chow got to be part of Star Wars history in two ways this week — one more official than the other. By helming “The Sin,” the latest installment of Disney+‘s The Mandalorian, Chow …
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Black Pumas — an Austin duo that are among the artists nominated for the Best New Artist Grammy —have dropped their new video for “Colors,” a single off their self-titled debut album. The group consists of singer Eric Burton, who was once a busker at the Santa Monica Pier, and …
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Universal Music Group, home to acts like Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Queen, and Kanye West, rolled out an in-house artist analytics app Thursday that lets musicians and their managers see data from major music-streaming services as well as social engagement information from Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. The app …
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In 2004, journalist and entrepreneur Chris Anderson wrote an article for Wired arguing that the future of entertainment would not lie in a handful of chart-topping megahits but in the “millions of niche markets at the shallow end of the bitstream” — known in stats terms as the “long tail,” …
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