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• Fatboy Slim, Maribou State, TSHA and more confirmed for Snowbombing 2022

  03-11-2021 23:52 via nme.com
  
  More names have been confirmed for Snowbombing 2022, including headliner Fatboy Slim, Honey Dijon, Maribou State and more.
  The Austrian festival will return to the slopes of Mayrhofen in April after a two-year enforced break due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  Snowbombing organisers had already confirmed the likes of Bicep, Camelphat, Andy C, Rudimental, Gorgon City, Eats Everything and more for the bill. Now, a host of other electronic music titans have joined the line-up.
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• Bizarrap Recruits Anuel AA for New Music Session: Stream It Here

  03-11-2021 23:43
  
  Bizarrap has recruited Anuel AA for a new collaboration marking the Argentine producer’s 46th music session on YouTube.
  It’s the first time Biza and the Puerto Rican artist team up for a track, which, like his other sessions, spotlights the artist’s rapping and freestyle skills. For this one, Anuel raps about the struggles of living in a Puerto Rican caserio, finding love in the barrios and always defending his real friends over a reggaeton-like beat.
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• U2 Releases ‘Your Song Saved My Life’ From ‘Sing 2′: Listen

  03-11-2021 23:41
  
  U2 are back. The Irish rockers are lending their talents to the animated sequel Sing 2, with the release of their new track “Your Song Saved My Life” on Wednesday (Nov. 3).
  The piano-and-strings-driven pop track sees frontman Bono singing about the transformative nature that music holds and pushing through life even in difficult times. “You know your song saved my life/ I don’t sing it just so I can get by/ Won’t you hear me when I tell you, darlin’/ I si
  
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• Eddie Montgomery on Getting Real With First Solo Country Album: ‘The Good, Bad and Ugly — And the Party on the Weekend’

  03-11-2021 23:20
  
  In 2017 Eddie Montgomery’s life and career unalterably changed when Troy Gentry, his longtime musical partner in Montgomery Gentry, died in a helicopter crash.
  Four years later, Montgomery, who’s an ACM and CMA Award winner, Grand Ole Opry member, cancer survivor and self-professed bar fly is admirably soldiering on with his first solo album, Ain’t No Closing Me Down, which came out last week exclusively at Walmart via Average Joe’s Entertainment.
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• Doja Cat Passes Drake for Most Rhythmic Airplay No. 1s of 2021

  03-11-2021 23:14
  
  Doja Cat again pounces to the No. 1 rank on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart as “Need to Know” leads the list dated Nov. 6. The single advances from No. 3 thanks to a 17% boost in plays in the week ending Oct. 31 to become the week’s most-played song on U.S. monitored rhythmic radio stations, according to MRC Data.
  “Need” becomes Doja Cat’s fifth No. 1 on Rhythmic Airplay and fourth of 2021, the year’s highest total among all acts. With the new c
  
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• James Blake shares cinematic video for ‘Famous Last Words’

  03-11-2021 23:13 via nme.com
  
  James Blake has shared the video for his new single ‘Famous Last Words’, which sees him go on a journey from hospital bed to the ocean.
  The track featured on his latest album ‘Friends That Break Your Heart’ and is the fourth song from the record to be given visuals.READ MORE: James Blake – ‘Friends That Break Your Heart’ review: fearless revelations and expansive soundsIn the new video, Blake is first seen with an oxygen mask on his face, lying in a
  
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• Matthew West’s ‘What If’ Tops Christian Airplay Chart: ‘Hope Can Be Found Even When Hope Is Hard to See’

  03-11-2021 23:09
  
  Matthew West rolls up his 11th No. 1, and fourth in succession, on Billboard’s Christian Airplay chart as “What If” ascends to the top of the Nov. 6-dated list.
  With the coronation, West also ties Jeremy Camp for the most No. 1s among soloists in the chart’s history. In the tracking week ending Oct. 31, “What If” increased by 12% to 10 million audience impressions, according to MRC Data.
  West, who hails from Downers Grove, Ill., co-authored the single wit
  
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• Ed Sheeran: 'Game of Thrones was like bittersweet because I feel like I pissed off a lot of people by being in that'

  03-11-2021 23:08 via music-news.com
  
  Ed Sheeran joined Dave Berry on the Absolute Radio Breakfast show to chat about his new album ‘=’ as well as taking part in
  
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• Christian Nodal & Banda MS’ ‘Sinverguenza’ Surges to Top 10 on Regional Mexican Airplay Chart

  03-11-2021 23:03
  
  “La Sinverguenza,” the pair-up between Christian Nodal and Banda MS, earns each act a new career top 10 as their latest collaboration lifts 12-6 on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart (dated Nov. 6) and becomes the survey’s greatest gainer of the week.
  The song enters the list’s top 10 thanks to a 52% gain in audience impressions, to 5 million, earned in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 31, according to MRC Data. With the rise of the song, Nodal scores his 14th&n
  
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• Mark Lanegan details COVID-19 battle in new memoir

  03-11-2021 22:40 via nme.com
  
  Mark Lanegan has detailed his near-death experience from COVID-19 in a new memoir, which will be published next month.
  Devil In A Coma will see the grunge musician share prose and poetry that he wrote while he was ill with the virus.READ MORE: Mark Lanegan: “My former bandmates were lucky to have me”According to a press release, Lanegan went completely deaf after contracting coronavirus and, later, suffered cracked ribs and breathing problems. After being rushed to hospital, he
  
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• Nirvana ‘Nevermind’ Child Pornography Lawsuit Takes Strange Twist As ‘Intervenor Defendant’ Files Motion

  03-11-2021 22:39 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  In late August, one Spencer Elden, the individual who appeared on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind (1991) as a baby, filed a shocking child pornography lawsuit against the surviving members of the band. Now, the unexpected complaint has taken a strange twist with the entry of an alleged “intervenor defendant” who purportedly possesses physical and […]
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• NCT 127 say they don’t want to release music that’s “obvious or familiar”

  03-11-2021 22:39 via nme.com
  
  NCT 127 have opened up about the eclectic and sometimes polarising style of their music releases.READ MORE:NCT 127 – ‘Favorite’ review: a sweet spot amidst controlled chaos
  The nine-member NCT sub-unit recently spoke to Hypebae about the strengths of NCT 127 as a music act and the innovation they bring to the table in the K-pop industry.
  “I think our team’s strength is that we’re always taking on new challenges,” said Doyoung. “The fact that w
  
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• DMX & Juice WRLD Documentaries Headed to HBO Max

  03-11-2021 22:39 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Two documentaries celebrating the life of DMX and Juice WRLD are coming to HBO. DMX: Don’t Try to Understand looks at the late rapper’s life as he attempts to rebuild his career and connect with family and friends after his release from prison. DMX talks about his struggles with drug addiction, his abusive upbringing, and […]
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• Congress Proclaims November as National Hip Hop History Month

  03-11-2021 22:35
  
  Hip-hop’s lasting influence on American culture will be recognized for years to come. Congress will observe its inaugural National Hip Hop History Month in November with the passage of Resolution 331, a bill co-sponsored by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Congressman Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and passed through the Senate under Chuck Schumer’s (D-CA) jurisdiction.
  The resolution was introduced in late July and includes additional recognitions of the genre’s fruitful contribut
  
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• Lil Peep’s Mom Denied Separate, Speedier Trial for $4 Million ‘Owed’ From Label

  03-11-2021 22:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  Judge rules mom Liza Womack, executor of Lil Peep's estate, must pursue business and wrongful death claims against First Access Entertainment at the same time
  
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• Two Men Dead After Fall From Seven Floors at ABBA Tribute Concert

  03-11-2021 22:12 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Two men have died after one man fell seven stories onto another man at an ABBA tribute concert. The Uppsala Concert & Congress Hall was hosting the ABBA tribute concert. Around 1,000 people gathered to hear covers of songs from Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. Local police confirm they received a call about someone “either […]
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• Watch IDLES’ video for abrasive new single ‘Car Crash’

  03-11-2021 22:05 via nme.com
  
  IDLES have shared the video for their abrasive new single ‘Car Crash’, the latest track to be taken from their upcoming album ‘CRAWLER’.
  The Bristol band will release their fourth album next week (November 12), just over a year since the release of its predecessor, 2020’s ‘Ultra Mono’.READ MORE: IDLES: Don’t Go Gentle review: a touching portrait of fandom done rightThe ‘Car Crash’ video features clips of car crashes from old films, edit
  
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• U2 explore the power of music on new track ‘Your Song Saved My Life’

  03-11-2021 21:57 via nme.com
  
  U2 have shared a brand new song called ‘Your Song Saved My Life’ – you can listen to the track in full below.READ MORE: SING – film reviewThe band previewed the new single earlier this week when they shared a snippet on their newly opened TikTok account.
  Premiered this evening (November 3) by BBC Radio 2’s Jo Whiley, ‘Your Song Saved My Life’ is the first new music from U2 since 2019’s ‘Ahimsa’, which the band collaborated on with &lsqu
  
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• CLC’s Sorn, f(x)’s Amber to collaborate with Emily Mei on new single

  03-11-2021 21:56 via nme.com
  
  CLC‘s Sorn and f(x)‘s Amber are set to team up with influencer Emily Mei on her upcoming debut single ‘My Domain’.READ MORE:f(x)’s Luna’s lofty ‘Madonna’ ambitions falls short in comeback digital single
  On November 3, Mei took to social media to announce her first-ever single titled ‘My Domain’, which she dubbed “episode 1” of an as-yet-undisclosed “music project”. The single will feature CLC member Sorn, as well
  
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• Apple Expands Premium Podcast Subscriptions – BBC and Slate

  03-11-2021 21:56 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Apple is expanding its podcast subscriptions with two premium offerings – BBC and Slate now on board. BBC Studios is offering US and Canadian listeners access to shows produced in the UK. As an American, trying to access any BBC Studios content will give you a warning “This content is not available in your location.” […]
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• A Full List of Current Las Vegas Residencies (Updating)

  03-11-2021 21:53
  
  If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission.
  After a year of shutdown, Las Vegas’ entertainment is back in full swing, with some of today’s biggest stars, from Gwen Stefani to Shania Twain, taking the stage for their own residencies.
  However, because there are so many shows available, finding the perfect one can be a bit overwhelming. To make things easier, we’ve compiled a list of all the cu
  
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• Brandon Boyd of Incubus: 'Jeff Buckley to me was my first experience of a Western male singer'

  03-11-2021 21:33 via music-news.com
  
  Mark Hoppus chats with Brandon Boyd of Incubus about the 20th anniversary of the group’s fourth album 'Morning View’
  
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• Chartbreaker: Inside CKay’s Global Success With a Years-Old Hit

  03-11-2021 21:31
  
  In 2019, a then-rising Nigerian artist CKay sent the sultry, slow-tempo “Love Nwantiti (ah ah ah)” to his label Chocolate City Music. “To be honest… it was overlooked,” he says. “No one took it seriously because it wasn’t a fast song.”
  Two years later — and thanks to a viral TikTok challenge, plus five more versions, including an acoustic rendition and sped-up offerings — the song became CKay’s first Hot 100 hit, climbing into th
  
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• Travis Scott Gifts Kylie Jenner & Daughter Stormi Matching Diamond Rings

  03-11-2021 21:29
  
  Travis Scott is spoiling the two most important women in his life: girlfriend Kylie Jenner and their 3-year-old daughter Stormi Webster. On Tuesday, Jenner took to Instagram to share that the “Highest in the Room” rapper had surprised his best ladies with diamond rings — one for Kylie’s pointer finger and a much smaller and daintier version of Kylie’s ring for Stormi.
  Jenner posted a picture of her and her daughter’s matching bling, captioning the post “
  
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• U2 Return With First New Track in 3 Years, ‘Your Song Saved My Life’

  03-11-2021 21:24 via rollingstone.com
  
  Bono voices rockstar lion in animated film's upcoming sequel
  
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• For Sahbabii, Recording His Debut Album Was Part of The Grieving Process

  03-11-2021 21:24 via rollingstone.com
  
  Atlanta rapper discusses how the death of his childhood friend pushed him to dig deeper on his new album 'Do it for Demon'
  
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• EDC’s 25th Anniversary Lit Up Las Vegas With Over 600 Drones, 8 Immersive Stages, and Enhanced Experiences For Attendees – Event Organizers Take Note

  03-11-2021 21:24 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Insomniac celebrated its 25th anniversary for their iconic Electric Daisy Carnival and celebrated its 10th anniversary of the event being held in Las Vegas. As EDC Las Vegas is one of the largest EDM festivals worldwide, I was on the grounds to experience this monumental moment and innovative tech firsthand. Let’s dive in. To provide […]
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• DaBaby Announces First Tour Since Onstage Homophobic Comments

  03-11-2021 21:24
  
  After making egregious comments against the LGTBQ community at July’s Rolling Loud Miami Festival, DaBaby announced a new tour in collaboration with Rolling Loud titled the Live Show Killa Tour on Tuesday (Nov. 2).
  “The show you thought you’d never see again,” Baby wrote on Instagram. “Rolling Loud presents @dababy. Live Show Killa Tour.” Baby recently performed at Rolling Loud New York as 50 Cent’s surprise guest last week at Citi Field. There, he
  
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• Fall Out Boy’s 2003 mini album ‘Evening Out With Your Girlfriend’ hits streaming

  03-11-2021 21:20 via nme.com
  
  Fall Out Boy‘s 2003 mini album ‘Evening Out With Your Girlfriend’ has landed on streaming services in full for the very first time.READ MORE: “These songs feel bigger than our band”: how Fall Out Boy’s ‘From Under The Cork Tree’ inspired a generationThe band’s nine-track project was released a couple of months before their official debut album ‘Take This To Your Grave’, which arrived on May 6, 2003 via Fueled By Ram
  
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• A Rare Georgia Satellites Concert Album Is Finally Getting Released

  03-11-2021 21:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  Lightnin' in a Bottle captures the preeminent bar band onstage in Cleveland in 1988, a year after their ubiquitous hit "Keep Your Hands to Yourself"
  
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• Summer Walker Is a Star. But She Signed a ‘Brutal’ Record Deal to Get There

  03-11-2021 21:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rolling Stone obtained the R&B singer’s contract with label/management firm LVRN. Multiple managers and lawyers say they would not have agreed to the company’s terms
  
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• H.E.R. Packs the Apollo Theater, Giving Off Prince-ly Vibes

  03-11-2021 21:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  Check out photos and videos from the singer's intimate gig at the legendary venue
  
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• Morgan Wallen Is Still Dropped by WME, But an Agent There Is Booking His 2022 Tour

  03-11-2021 20:53
  
  Nine months after Morgan Wallen faced industry-wide condemnation over a video leaked showing him using the n-word, sources tell Billboard that tentative plans are in place for the country star to return to the road in 2022 for a tour promoted by Live Nation.
  The yet-to-be finalized tour, as well as six shows scheduled for the remainder of 2021, were booked by Austin Neal, an agent at WME who sources say was acting “as a friend” of the artist and not in his profess
  
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• Gucci Turns Hollywood Boulevard Into a Runway With Jared Leto, Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus & More

  03-11-2021 20:47
  
  With stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and Serena Williams sitting in the front row, Alessandro Michele’s nostalgic clothing designs inspired by old Hollywood glam shined just as bright during a Gucci fashion show in Los Angeles.
  Jared Leto and Macaulay Culkin were among the many models who calmly pranced down the Walk of Fame runway at the Gucci Love Parade on Tuesday night. It was such a splashy spectacle that the event shut down a few blocks of busy Hollywood Boulevard.
  That gave the models en
  
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• Nardo Wick Talks Massive ‘Who Want Smoke??’ Chart Debut and Upcoming Full-Length Project

  03-11-2021 20:32
  
  Nardo Wick describes himself succinctly: “I’m 19 and I’m wicked.” This sly sense of confidence reverberates throughout “Who Want Smoke?,” the Jacksonville rapper’s breakout single that ponders the titular question to his opposition, and unabashedly asserts himself (“You could send your best man, you gon’ lose your best hitta”) as a rising threat to the rap game.
  Released in January, the solo single enjoyed a successful streaming run on
  
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• Five Burning Questions: What’s the Deal With These ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Songs on the Hot 100?

  03-11-2021 20:24
  
  This election week, you may have noticed that the Billboard Hot 100 features not one, but two songs titled “Let’s Go Brandon” in its top 40 — both from artists with little, if any, prior chart history.
  The shared title derives from a NASCAR event in Alabama (won by driver Brandon Brown), in which an audience chant of “F–k Joe Biden!” was interpreted by an NBC Sports announcer as “Let’s go Brandon.” Since then, the three-word phrase has
  
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• Tory Lanez won’t be offered plea deal in Megan Thee Stallion case

  03-11-2021 20:20 via nme.com
  
  Tory Lanez won’t be offered a plea deal in the felony assault case in which it is alleged he shot Megan Thee Stallion last year.
  In July 2020, the Houston rapper (real name Megan Pete) was shot in the foot after a party at Kylie Jenner’s house. A month later, she claimed that Lanez was the person who had shot her.
  Today (November 3), Lanez’s lawyer Shawn Holley appeared in a Los Angeles court and set a preliminary hearing in the case for December 14. It was also confirmed that
  
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• Courtney Love thinks Kurt Cobain would be “proud” of the way Nirvana’s ‘Rape Me’ was used in ‘Succession’

  03-11-2021 20:20 via nme.com
  
  Courtney Love has said she thinks Kurt Cobain would have been proud of the way Nirvana’s ‘Rape Me’ was used in a recent episode of Succession.READ MORE: Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ at 30: a track-by-track guide from your favourite musiciansWithout giving away any spoilers, the popular HBO show included the controversial 1993 song – taken from the band’s third and final studio album, ‘In Utero’ – in a scene during Sunday’s (October
  
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• Moneybagg Yo Savors His Success

  03-11-2021 19:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  A day in Atlanta with the hard-working Tennessee rapper behind the hit album 'A Gangsta's Pain'
  
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• Pixies to release ‘Live In Brixton’ box set documenting 2004 reunion shows

  03-11-2021 19:28 via nme.com
  
  Pixies have announced details of a new box set, ‘Live In Brixton’, which will be released next year.READ MORE: Pixies’ Joey Santiago on playing with Pearl Jam, new music and Ian Brown’s conspiracy theoriesThe eight-disc box set, which will come in both vinyl and CD formats, will document all four of the legendary band’s four sold-out reunion shows which took place at London’s O2 Academy Brixton in June 2004.
  ‘Live In Brixton’ will mark the fir
  
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• Why Cardi B Is More Than ‘Up’ to the Challenge of Hosting the 2021 AMAs

  03-11-2021 19:26
  
  Cardi B is no stranger to awards shows, but at the 2021 American Music Awards later this month, she’ll be in a brand-new role: host.
  On the latest Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, we talk about why the hip-hop superstar — who is also a three-time nominee at the awards show — makes so much sense as host. She’s had smaller roles in Hollywood projects like Hustlers and F9, but when it comes to emceeing, the only experience Cardi has so far is guest-hosting The Tonight Show S
  
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• AC/DC Joins Billion Views Club on YouTube – But Not With the Song You’d Expect

  03-11-2021 19:20
  
  Hard rock trailblazers and mainstays AC/DC are one of the most enduring classic rock bands of the 20th century, so it’s no huge surprise that the Australian rockers just entered YouTube’s ‘billion views club’ (an unofficial group of artists who can boast that at least one of their music videos has crossed the one-billion views mark on the video streaming platform).
  But which AC/DC classic crossed the threshold into that rarified company? Well, it’s probably not the
  
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• The xx help launch online archive by releasing new documentary

  03-11-2021 19:07 via nme.com
  
  A new documentary from The xx has been released to coincide with the launch an online archive from independent label Young.READ MORE: The xx bewitch All Points East with heartbreaking, triumphant headline set‘Young then’ is a new platform that compiles a collection of new and unreleased material from artists in the label’s roster including The xx, Sampha, Jamie xx, Koreless and more.
  The archive includes a new documentary by Jamie-James Medina on The xx’s 2014 shows
  
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• Hayes Carll Casts God as a Woman, Says We’re All Gonna Die on His Surprisingly Reassuring New Album

  03-11-2021 19:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  Americana's sardonic observer writes some of his best songs yet on You Get It All, a record about meeting your neighbor, communing with your creator, and if all else fails, hiding out in a cheap motel
  
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• Alt-J share moving new song ‘Get Better’ and announce 2022 UK and Ireland tour

  03-11-2021 19:01 via nme.com
  
  Alt-J have shared a poignant new song called ‘Get Better’, the latest track to be taken from their new album ‘The Dream’.
  The song is accompanied by an animated music video, created by Stefanie Grunwald, an award-winning pixel artist who is based in Hamburg.
  The visuals and lyrics depict a person longing for a loved one to get better, and the subsequent coming to terms with their loss. “I still pretend you’re only out of sight/ In another room, smiling at your
  
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• Avril Lavigne Announces Signing to Travis Barker’s DTA Records

  03-11-2021 18:58
  
  In the midst of a prolonged pop-punk revival, Avril Lavigne has signed a label deal with DTA Records, which is run by one of the movement’s main players: Travis Barker.
  “Let’s f–k s–t up!” Lavigne posted on Wednesday (Nov. 3), in an Instagram caption of a shot of her alongside Barker. “Just signed a record contract to Travis Barker’s record label DTA Records! Should I drop my first single next week?”
  DTA Records was launched in late 2019 by t
  
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• Dawn Richard Wants to Shake Off Your Mental Cobwebs With ‘Loose Your Mind’

  03-11-2021 18:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track marks the 30th installment in the 2021 Adult Swim Singles program
  
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• No Plea Deal in Tory Lanez Assault Case Involving Megan Thee Stallion

  03-11-2021 18:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  The "SKAT" rapper is now set to face live testimony alleging he shot Megan Thee Stallion in her feet with a semiautomatic gun last year.
  
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• Bad Boy Chiller Crew: “We don’t feel like celebrities, but we can’t go anywhere anymore”

  03-11-2021 18:23 via nme.com
  
  Bad Boy Chiller Crew say that they find it difficult to go anywhere in their hometown because they’re always getting mobbed.READ MORE: Bad Boy Chiller Crew – “We’re not a proper boyband. There’s nothing normal about us”The Bradford comedy troupe and band have become so popular that they recently acquired their own series for ITV.
  Speaking in NME‘s Big Read, band member Gareth Kelly said: “We don’t feel like celebrities, but we can’t go
  
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• Omar Apollo and Kali Uchis Mourn a One-Sided Love on New Song ‘Bad Life’

  03-11-2021 18:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track marks the pair's second together, following last year's "Hey Boy"
  
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