Burna Boy appeared Wednesday night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing a medley of songs off his latest album, Twice as Tall. Stepping into a warehouse space, Burna Boy started off with his hit single “Wonderful,” spreading a positive message about finding home wherever you go. He then transitioned into …
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Yo La Tengo have shared a rendition of the Byrds‘ “Wasn’t Born to Follow.” The cover is set to appear on Sleepless Night, a new EP out October 9th via Matador. Featuring Dave Schramm on lead guitar, the cover stays fairly close to the folk-tinged original. “No I’d rather go …
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Each month, more than 120 million people sign onto Minecraft, an expansive, free-wheeling computer game that allows users to build and defend towns, communities, and inventions with digital bricks. Minecraft is also one of the most-vlogged-about games on YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook. (This user-generated video of gameplay, for example, has …
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Moments before he began filming his reaction to Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight,” Tim Williams had the same thought that he has before he records every video for Twins the New Trend, the YouTube channel he runs with his brother, Fred. “I always think, when we do a video, …
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Samantha Greene is a licensed clinical social worker who spent three years working as a crisis intervention specialist at a call center in Dallas. Every interaction with our Mobile Crisis Outreach Team began with a phone call. They came 24 hours a day from school personnel, homeless shelter staff, police …
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Spencer Tweedy, the son of Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy, has announced he’s releasing a book about self-recording. A collaboration with graphic designer Lawrence Azerrad and photographer Daniel Topete, Mirror Sound: a Look into the People and Processes Behind Self-Recorded Music features interviews with Sharon Van Etten, Deerhunter‘s Bradford Cox, Vagabon, Mac …
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Billie Eilish performed a tender, inviting “My Future,” the first single she’s released since quarantine, on Night Three of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday. Before she delivered the song, she passionately spoke about the urgency of voting and what’s at stake in this election. “You don’t need me to …
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In an exclusive segment for the latest episode of her new podcast, Michelle Obama discusses the music of her childhood with her brother, Craig Robinson, and how their father and grandfather’s vinyl collections shaped their understanding of the art form. “When I think of Euclid [Avenue], when I think of …
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It’s unfortunately commonplace that many people — artists, small business owners and average music fans alike — don’t know that musicians should be making money every time their work is played in a restaurant, bar, or retail store. In fact, it’s illegal for businesses to play music through personal streaming …
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Following threats to ban TikTok, Donald Trump set a deadline of 90 days to its Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest itself from its U.S. ownership of TikTok, the White House announced Friday in an executive order. “There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance … might …
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