The Number Ones: Sean Kingston’s “Beautiful Girls”
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up Continue Reading
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Stream Power Couple Rosalía & Rauw Alejandro’s Joint EP RR
Rosalía, the acclaimed Catalan pop superstar, and Rauw Alejandro, “The King of Modern Reggaeton,” have been dating since 2019 and revealed their relationship in 2021. Now they’ve teamed up on Continue Reading
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Adidas Splits With Beyoncé’s Underperforming Ivy Park Line
Beyoncé and Adidas are parting ways around Ivy Park, the singer’s athleisure brand originally launched via TopShop in 2016. Adidas and Beyoncé first teamed up in 2018 to relaunch Ivy Continue Reading
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Ohio Police Sue Afroman For Using Security Footage Of Them Raiding His House On Merch
Some Ohio sheriff’s deputies and sergeants are suing Afroman, claiming the singer is using video and photos from an August raid on his home in music videos and selling merch Continue Reading
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Watch Caroline Polachek’s Stunning, Ominous “Welcome To My Island” Performance On The Tonight Show
Last month, on Valentine’s Day, the art-pop star Caroline Polachek released her album Desire, I Want To Turn Into You. The LP opens with the single “Welcome To My Island,” Continue Reading
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Chris Martin Tells Conan O’Brien Whether Coldplay Is A Democracy And Why He Only Eats One Meal A Day
Chris Martin was recently the guest on a new episode of the Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend podcast, where he talked about eating only one meal a day — a Continue Reading
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Lil Yachty, Soulja Boy, Lindsay Lohan Among Celebrities Charged With Boosting Crypto Assets Without Disclosing Payment
Lil Yachty, Soulja Boy, and Lindsay Lohan are among the celebrities charged by the Securities And Exchange Commission for promoting cryptocurrency assets without disclosing that they were being paid to Continue Reading
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The Number Ones: Plain White T’s’ “Hey There Delilah”
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up Continue Reading
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Biden Awards Bruce Springsteen National Medal Of Arts
President Biden awarded Bruce Springsteen the National Medal Of Arts today at the White House East Room in a ceremony that also presented the National Humanities Medal. Technically, as the Continue Reading
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Nelsonville Music Festival 2023 Has Big Thief, Alex G, Kurt Vile, Alvvays, & Much More
Southeast Ohio’s Nelsonville Music Festival, one of the great regional music fests in North America, is moving on the calendar in 2023. The event used to take place in late Continue Reading
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Anne Hathaway & Michaela Coel To Star In Pop-Star Drama Mother Mary With Original Songs By Jack Antonoff & Charli XCX
Jack Antonoff and Charli XCX will write original songs for Mother Mary, a new film from The Green Knight director David Lowery that Deadline describes as “an epic pop melodrama Continue Reading
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Watch Hayley Williams Cover Deana Carter’s “Did I Shave My Legs For This?” At LGBTQ+ Benefit In Nashville
Recently, Tennessee passed a series of bills targeting the state’s LGBT population, restricting things like drag shows and transgender treatment and surgery for minors. Last night, many of the members Continue Reading
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Watch U.S. Girls Play SXSW Via Hologram
Welcome to the Metaverse!(?) Actually, I have no clue if appearing via hologram counts as a “metaverse” thing or an AI thing, but for the sake of this news item, Continue Reading
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Connections – “Bird Has Flown”
Columbus power-pop crew Connections are releasing a new album this week called Cool Change via Trouble In Mind. Cool Change follows 2018’s Foreign Affairs and features the already released singles Continue Reading
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The Japanese House – “Boyhood”
It’s been a few years since we’ve heard from the Japanese House, the dreamy pop project of English musician Amber Bain. Her last release was 2020’s Chewing Cotton Wool EP, Continue Reading
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The Number Ones: Rihanna’s “Umbrella” (Feat. Jay-Z)
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up Continue Reading
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Watch Twenty One Pilots Cover Blink-182 While Filling In For Them At Lollapalooza Argentina
Earlier this month, Blink-182 announced that they would have to drop out of a run of shows in South America and Mexico due to Travis Barker getting surgery on an Continue Reading
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Mo Troper – “Wonderful” (Beach Boys Cover)
Mo Troper, the Portland power-pop musician whose most recent full-length MTV was our Album Of The Week, puts out covers with some regularity. A couple months ago, he offered up Continue Reading
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Teen Phenoms Lifeguard Made An Impressive SXSW Debut
“The best teenage band since Squirrel Bait.” Making that your Bandcamp bio is one way to grab the attention of discerning underground rock fans with an ear toward history. The Continue Reading
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Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Kickoff Had An Epic Setlist With A Dozen Live Debuts
Taylor Swift kicked off her Eras Tour last night in Glendale, Arizona — excuse me, Swift City — and true to her word, she performed songs off every one of Continue Reading
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