Elizabeth Wurtzel — author of the best-selling memoir Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America — died in a New York City hospital on Tuesday, according to the New York Times. She was 52 years old. Wurtzel’s husband Jim Freed cited the cause of death as complications from leptomeningeal disease, …
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If there’s anyone who knows how to raise hell properly, it’s Ozzy Osbourne. The British metal legend is out with a new song, “Straight to Hell,” which features some of his notoriously hair-raising lyrics (“I’ll make you scream, I’ll make you defecate”) and some pounding guitar riffs. It’s only fitting …
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Synth-pop stalwarts the Pet Shop Boys unveiled an infectious new rug-cutter, “Monkey Business,” set to appear on their upcoming album, Hotspot, out January 24th. The track finds the duo fusing their classic synth sound with elements that seem expertly sourced from a vintage Giorgio Moroder disco track: a thumping four-on-the-floor, …
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The Strokes kicked off 2020 with a brand new song, which the New York band performed during a show in Brooklyn on New Year’s Eve. The track, which is titled “Ode to the Mets,” according to Stereogum, is apparently on an upcoming new album due out this year. Frontman Julian …
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A-ha has unveiled a 4k restoration of their revolutionary rotoscoped video for their Eighties smash “Take on Me.” A-ha famously released two versions of “Take on Me” and two videos for the song. The first arrived in 1984, and the second appeared on the Norwegian outfit’s 1985 debut album, Hunting …
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Mac DeMarco marked Christmas with a no-frills rendition of the holiday staple, “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.” On YouTube, DeMarco said he recorded the song Wednesday, December 25th, at his own Jizz Jazz studios. The cover moves with a delightful, stripped-down swing as DeMarco croons the tune over a …
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By 1979, Loretta Lynn had been recording country music for almost 20 years, with some 50 albums to her credit. The first female artist to be nominated for — and to win — the CMA Entertainer of the Year award in 1972, Lynn’s string of major solo hits was accompanied …
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The Daily Show With Trevor Noah will launch a five-episode podcast miniseries parodying the current podcast boom on January 13th. The Daily Show Podcast Universe will feature Noah and other Daily Show correspondents, plus an array of special guests. The episodes include “Slowbama,” ostensibly a Slow Burn parody (described as …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that President Donald Trump will not be impeached because Democrats went ahead with the process for “made-up reasons.” Putin made the remarks during his annual press conference in Russia on Thursday. He said that since the Democrats “lost the election” in 2016 and were not …
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Dua Lipa joined host Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1 this week to talk her upcoming album,Future Nostalgia, and her sudden rise to fame with her hit single from 2017, “New Rules.” “Maybe the first time I was like, ‘Oh, something’s happening,’ was when I played Glastonbury,” the British …
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