Near the end of a November show at Dallas listening room the Kessler, singer-songwriter Joshua Ray Walker threw the assembled crowd for a loop when he brought out his friends Ottoman Turks for a surprise three-song set of furious, fast-paced Texas punk. Walker plays lead guitar in the band when …
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As coronavirus spreads across the globe — with Chinese authorities confirming nearly 6,000 cases and 132 people dead as of Wednesday — the reaction on social media in particular has largely been marked by fear and panic. For some conspiracy theorists, however, it has also served as a prime opportunity …
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Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, and Tony Banks attended a Knicks-Lakers game together at Madison Square Garden last week, giving the rumors of Genesis contemplating a reunion tour a tiny shred of credibility. It’s quite possible the old friends were merely in town to celebrate Collins’ 69th birthday, or to see …
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Aerosmith will continue to celebrate their 50th anniversary with a concert in their hometown of Boston. The band will play at Fenway Park on September 18th. The band will return to Boston after their Las Vegas residency and a summer trek in Europe. Tickets for the show will go on …
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Saturday Night Live returned following a holiday break with Adam Driver on hosting duties and Halsey as the show’s musical guest for the first episode of the 2020s. Clad in a bedazzled leather bodysuit with a rhinestone-encrusted cowboy hat, Halsey opened her performance riding a mechanical bull while delivering a …
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The War and Treaty have returned with a pair of new songs. The duo of spouses Michael Trotter and Tanya Blount-Trotter released “Jealousy” and “Hustlin’” on Friday, marking their first music since signing with Rounder Records in mid-2019 and a preview of the follow-up to their Buddy Miller-produced 2018 album …
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Ezra Furman wrote Sex Education’s standout track “Every Feeling” during one of her “depression days.” The song is featured on TheSex Education OriginalSoundtrack, out Friday via Bella Union. “When I first wrote it, I thought it was too simple to even be legitimate. I thought it was half of a …
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The Go-Go’s will return to the road after a short-lived retirement for a run of summer dates in support of an upcoming Showtime documentary. The shows, which will take place in theaters and more intimate venues, will kick off on June 25th in San Diego and wrap in Costa Mesa, …
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Code Orange will hit the road for a U.S. tour in support of their upcoming LP, Underneath, this spring. The group has dubbed the trek the Underneath the Skin Tour, and the support acts include Show Me the Body, Jesus Piece, Year of the Knife, and Machine Girl. Presales started …
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Justin Nobel is writing a book about oil-and-gas radioactivity for Simon & Schuster. This story was supported by the journalism nonprofit Economic Hardship Reporting Project In 2014, a muscular, middle-aged Ohio man named Peter took a job trucking waste for the oil-and-gas industry. The hours were long — he was …
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