Dev Hynes, aka Blood Orange, has released the self-directed video for “Dark & Handsome,” featuring Toro y Moi. The track comes from Hynes’ latest mixtape, Angel’s Pulse, released this past July and described as an “epilogue” to his 2018 full-length album Negro Swan. Like many Blood Orange clips, the video for …
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Before embarking on their world tour, Big Thief stopped by CBS This Morning to perform three songs from their latest album Two Hands. The Brooklyn-based indie folk band’s Saturday Sessions set included a haunting rendition of “Not,” as well as the wandering “Forgotten Eyes” and delicate title track “Two Hands.” …
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Rufus Wainwright unveiled a clever new pop romp, “Trouble in Paradise,” the first offering from his as-yet-untitled new album. In a statement, Wainwright said the song was about the fashion world, but its general themes applied to the world at large. Over lush pop rock orchestration reminiscent of Billy Joel, …
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Timothée Chalamet plays an immature prince thrust upon the English throne after his father’s death in the intense new trailer for The King. Joel Edgerton and Robert Pattinson co-star in the historical drama, which hit theaters October 11th and debuts November 1st on Netflix. “A new chapter of my life …
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“Well, the moon is broken and the sky is cracked, come on up to the house,” sings Natalie Closner-Schepman, mixing weariness with comfort in her band Joseph’s stark but reassuring rendition of Tom Waits‘ song of resolve. Originally appearing on Waits’ 1999 album Mule Variations, it’s the title track of …
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In March, Spotify surprise-announced that all its Premium users — those who subscribe to its ad-free tier for a monthly fee — would receive a free subscription to video-streaming service Hulu, expanding a prior promotion that applied to student subscribers only. On Tuesday, Spotify did the same with hardware: All …
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Who watches the Watchmen? We do! Tonight, HBO debuted Damon Lindelof’s adaptation (or sequel, remix, whatever) of the legendary comic book by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. I reviewed the show and interviewed Lindelof, and now it’s time to discuss the series premiere, “It’s Summer And We’re Running Out of …
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Ethan Hawke plays a parolee who becomes the unlikely guardian of an abandoned baby in the new trailer for Adopt a Highway, set to hit theaters and on-demand services November 1st. The clip opens with Hawke’s character, Russ, getting released from prison after serving 21 years for a third strike …
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Donald Trump — who has endangered his own presidency by demanding Ukraine and China investigate what he’s called the “corruption” of the Biden family — has announced the site for the U.S.-hosted meeting of the world’s top democracies next June: The Trump Doral golf resort in Miami. Even for Trump, …
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Authorities in the U.S. and South Korea busted one of the largest child pornography markets on the internet last year partly by analyzing Bitcoin transactions, Bloomberg reports. Agents shut down the site in March 2018, though the story only surfaced Wednesday after the United States unsealed an indictment against its …
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