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Andrew Bird and Tim Heidecker Duet Political Tunes on ‘Live From the Great Room’
Tim Heidecker and Andrew Bird about to perform Heidecker’s ‘Trump Talkin’ Nukes’: Photo: Facebook/Andrew Bird Violinist and songwriter Andrew Bird welcomed comedian-turned-musician Tim Heidecker to...
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Best Lyric Vids of the Week: Volume XXXVIII
Pop-punk vets, Anti-Flag, take on the Charlottesville idiocy, Bay Area art-rock crew Deerhoof deliver a first of its write-your-own lyric video we’ve seen around these parts, nerd-glammers Sparks pay...
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Chance The Rapper Learns How to Rap ‘Blessings (Reprise)’ in Sign Language
Chance The Rapper with the DEAFinitely Dope team; Photo: Chancellor Bennett/DEAFinitely Dope In a new collab video with Pigeons and Planes and DEAFinitely Dope, an organization that provides a...
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Notes from Mr. Sandman: The Koreatown Oddity
Introducing ‘Notes from Mr. Sandman‘ – a column slapping a spotlight on lyricists overlooked, under appreciated, or just plain criminally slept on. Or like a man named Nas once said, “I never sleep,...
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Best Lyric Vids of the Week: Volume XXXIX
Queen Bey drops in all sorts of hot and charity-ready on a ‘Mi Gente‘ remix in solidarity for the Latinidad community in service to natural disaster aid, Shooter Jennings and friends do the same for...
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RIP Tom Petty, One of Heartland Rock’s Finest
Tom Petty in the 70s; lost to a heart-attack on October 2, 2017: Photo: N/A UPDATE (9:15 p.m.): Tom Petty has passed. Tony Dimitriades, Petty’s longtime manager, confirmed the death via The New York...
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RIFF’d: Miley Cyrus’‘Younger Now’
For her sixth studio album Younger Now, the pop juggernaut that is Miley Cyrus is out to prove to the world that she’s a new woman. Older and wiser, she’s attempting to erase her previous image, which...
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Bruce Springsteen Opts Out of Writing Anti-Trump Songs
The BOSS in the official video for ‘Born in the U.S.A.’; Photo: YouTube/Vevo Bruce Springsteen, everybody’s favorite “cool rockin’ daddy in the U.S.A.” and outspoken critic of President Trump, said he...
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Best Lyric Vids of the Week: Volume XL
A Malaysian cosmetic diva has a message for ‘you’ (about herself), Linkin Park put together a heartfelt fan-made video of one of Chester Bennington‘s most tender and subdued tracks, some Spanish metal...
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St. Vincent Breaks Down the Sensual Theme of LP5, ‘Masseduction’
A still from the official video of St. Vincent’s ‘Los Ageless’; Photo: YouTube Singer-songwriter St. Vincent (a.k.a. Anne Erin Clark) is releasing her fifth album Masseduction on October 13. In a...
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Eminem Puts Trump on Blast in New Cypher, America Reacts
Eminem in the official video for his BET cypher dubbed ‘The Storm’; Photo: YouTube/BET Last night, during BET’s Hip-Hop Awards ceremony, Eminem debuted a scathing anti-Trump freestyle in BET’s...
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Sarah Silverman’s ‘I Love You, America’ Takes On Political Climate
Sarah Silverman in the official video for her new song and show, ‘I Love You, America’; Photo: Hulu/YouTube In her new song “I Love You, America,” comedian Sarah Silverman laughs at and gets angry...
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GZA Gives Lecture Promoting Hip-Hop Music and Science
GZA at the University of Colorado at Boulder; Photo: Phil McKenzie/CU Independent Wu-Tang alum, the GZA recently gave a lecture at the University of Colorado, Boulder, examining the relationship...
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Sia Created ‘New Christmas Stories’ for New LP, ‘Everyday is Christmas’
The cover for Sia’s new Christmas album, “Everyday is Christmas’; Photo: Billboard Even though it should be illegal to be talking about Christmas in October, Sia has announced her upcoming album,...
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Destroyer’s Dan Bejar Recently Wrote Songs He Would’ve ‘Shirked Away From’...
Dan Bejar of Destroyer; Photo: Facebook In a recent interview with SPIN, Dan Bejar revealed some hindsight lyric thought on Destroyer‘s latest album, ken, saying he would’ve “shirked away from” some...
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Nick Jonas Changes Lyrics to ‘Lovebug’ in Response to Fan
Nick Jonas in the video series, ‘Dear Nick Jonas’; Photo: YouTube In a video series called “Dear Nick Jonas,” where Nick Jonas answers fan questions, he changes the lyrics to The Jonas Brothers‘ song...
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Killer Mike Raps About the ‘Broken’ Prison System on ‘South Park’
An elderly man sits with his hummels in a nursing home in the latest episode of ‘South Park’, in which Killer Mike can be hear rapping over; Photo: ‘South Park’/Comedy Central Like many celebrities...
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Snoop Dogg Slams President Trump with New Song ‘Make America Crip Again’
The potential cover for Snoop Dogg’s TBD EP, ‘Make America Crip Again’; Photo: Instagram Since entering office rappers have had a field day with Donald Trump, and this time it’s Snoop Dogg taking a...
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Ahead of Season 2, Rap Trio Pens Song Dedicated to Netflix Series ‘Stranger...
Esteban Serrano, Mikael Serrano and Josyah Lavina-Maldonado of Trndsttrs; Photo: YouTube In just one season Stranger Things has already developed a loyal cult following. If it’s not fans nerding out...
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Eminem’s New Zealand ‘Lose Yourself’ Copyright Case Comes to a Close
A Wellington High Court judge cues up Em’s ‘Lose Yourself’ (left), Em’ in the official video for the song (right); Photo: Newshub/YouTube Hot on the heels of his anti-Trump cypher making waves round...
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