Music
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Nirvana: Two Unreleased Songs From the Band Surface Online (Audio)
I don’t know anything about the culture of studio session tape trading, but I would imagine that you spend a lot of money on tapes hoping to find a snippet or two of something good—which would make a find by a recent eBay auction winner even luckier than previously thought, since they were able to […]
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“CIRKLON3”: New Aphex Twin Video Directed by Unknown 12-Year-Old YouTuber (Video)
The dream of the internet is that anyone can put their work out there and conceivably have it seen/read/heard/whatever by millions of people. And yet for every person who really does hit it big and goes viral, there are millions of people languishing in obscurity – like 12-year-old Ryan Wyer, aka epic1:40d Gaming, who has […]
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‘The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years’ Gets Teaser Trailer (Video)
May God have mercy on all of our souls, Ron Howard is directing a Beatles documentary, like a real-life version of that Portlandia sketch about Beatles documentaries. It’s called The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years, and the clumsily-punctuated rock doc now has a teaser on the internet. I’m making fun of […]
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“Skate It Off”: Lil Wayne Releases Skateboarding-Themed Music Video
Lil Wayne has long been known as a man of disparate interests. He released a whole album of his guitar-god fantasies, and now he’s come out with a track celebrating his love of skateboarding. It’s called “Skate It Off,” and it comes with a video that lets Weezy show off his skating skills in an […]
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Fender Mod Shop: Create Your Own Custom Ax
Legendary guitar brand Fender has set up a new online store that will let you create your own guitar, practically from scratch and all online. It’s the Fender Mod Shop, and it may be the best and most affordable way to bring the fantasy guitar that lives in your imagination to life. Starting with four […]
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‘Cheetah’: New Aphex Twin EP Announced
Surprise releases are so hot right now in the music industry, so much so that when a major artist gives fans more than a whole month to prepare for a new release it almost seems like a throwback. That’s the approach opted for by Richard D. James, aka Aphex Twin, from which a new EP […]
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“DJ Khaled – Nail Salon”: New Apple Music Ad With Ray Liotta (Video)
One recurring motif of TV commercials that I’ve always liked is the one about disparate celebrities hanging out like regular people. Celebs don’t get much more disparate than DJ Khaled and Ray Liotta, but they are the two stars of the new Apple Music spot entitled “DJ Khaled – Nail Salon.” DJ Khaled gets to […]
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Prince: 15 Additional Albums Added to Tidal for Artist’s Birthday
Yesterday (June 7th) would have been Prince‘s 58th birthday had he not ascended into the next realm of sexfunk almost two months ago. To honor The Purple One on his birthday, streaming service Tidal has added not one, not two, but 15 previously-unavailable Prince albums to its library, which is for now the only place […]
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“Bernie Sanders Power”: Video Shows Bernie Sanders Rapping “Power” (Video)
Bernie Sanders is definitely the closest any of the current crop of presidential candidates come to possible hip hop iconhood, and he’s now even closer to the throne with “Bernie Sanders Power,” one of those mashup videos that re-edits his speeches and interviews to make him appear to be performing a rendition of the Kanye […]
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“Frankie Sinatra”: The Avalanches Return With New Single (Video)
It’s been 16 long years since The Avalanches released their first (and, until later this summer, only) album, the legendary Since I Left You. Fans have been clamoring for the followup ever since, and now they finally have their first real taste with new lead single “Frankie Sinatra,” with assists from Danny Brown and MF […]
