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Thursday, May 18, 2017 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
CHRIS CORNELL, lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave, has died at age 52, according to his representative. This is a breaking news story; I''ll very likely have more tomorrow. ANDY SCHAUF drops a freaky video for "Early To The Party." THE NEW PRONOGRAPHERS perform largely unpluggedy on WNYC Soundcheck. CHUCK PROPHET and the Mission Express stopped by WFUV for a chat and mini-set. DUNGEN performs instrumentals from their recent score to the silent film The Adventures of Prince Achmed, and other tunes, for NYC Soundcheck. BEACH FOSSILS share "Tangerine," ft Slowdive's Rachel Goswell as a guest vocalist. CHUCK BERRY: His first-ever video for “Big Boys” sadly does not feature the man himself, but it's an undeniably Berry danceoff. R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe and Mike Mills talk about beard care, David Bowie, disbanding, and more. LAND OF TALK: Liz Powell is done with pretending. MAGNETIC FIELDS: Stephin Merritt talks to American Songwriter about you-know-what. PAUL WELLER: The Modfather is profiled by Paste. THE ALIENIST has a trailer online. WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES drops its final trailer. JENNIFER LAWRENCE, cutting loose like a low-rent gogo dancer. She comments on Facebook. STAR WARS: A Japanese leaflet promoting Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi was released a few days ago, and the promotion featured description suggesting that the movie is going to have a major surprise. JIMMY FALLON talks about drinking, interviewing Donald Trump, and more. Interesting quotes from Jay Leno also. YOUNG SHELDON: The Big Bang Theory meets The Wonder Years? ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT is returning to Netflix. VENEZUELA: Legions of national guardsmen and military helicopters began descending on a western Venezuela state Wednesday where an outbreak of looting and political violence left at least three people dead in as many days, raising the nationwide death toll in a wave of unrest to at least 43. IT'S DOG EAT DOG, sort of. A WILD BOAR chased Britain's ambassador to Austria. RANDY SPANISH SUPERSLUGS measuring six inches in length are hitting Britain's gardens - and pellets won't kill them. HEY, IS THAT A BEARDED DRAGON in your bra, Ms. Drunk Driver?
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Tuesday Things, including the Mountain Goats. BSS, and more. |
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS advance stream Goths. MAC McCAUGHAN streams the Paint It Black soundtrack. POKEY LaFARGE advance streams Manic Revelations. YUNG streams a self-titled LP. BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE shares "Hug of Thunder," with lead vocals by Feist. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART shares "Anymore" ahead of The Echo Of Pleasure. HOT FLASH HEAT WAVE shares the power-popping “Lonely Times.” MANFRED MANN covers Bob Dylan's "The Mighty Quinn" and "Just Like a Woman" for Twofer Tuesday. BLONDIE: Debbie Harry talks to Vice about stalkers, drugs, and more.... THE AFGHAN WHIGS: Drowned In Sound talks to Greg Dulli about the new album, his love of the occult, and what Prince means to him. WHITNEY talks to Aquarium Drunkard about their continuing inspiration and partnership, what to expect next from the band, and how they’ve maintained their love of the music in spite of playing it non-stop for over two years. MAZZY STAR drummer Keith Mitchell has died. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES has been pilfered by ransom hackers seeking payment the the studio. REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY star Dina Manzo and her boyfriend were the victims of a weekend home invasion that left the pair bound and beaten, according to a report. ANTONIO SABATO, JR's calling it quits with his wife and the divorce is getting nasty ... with her making allegations of drug abuse as he launches a run for Congress. BLAKE LIVELY is getting in the cage for the mixed martial arts film Bruised. DAVID HASSELHOFF's daughter, Hayley, was arrested for DUI in L.A. over the weekend after cops say she passed out behind the wheel of her Mercedes while driving on the freeway. THE GIFTED, another X-Men-related TV series (following the excellent Legion) has a teaser trailer. THE BEST MOVIES of 2017 (So Far), according to Paste. HUCKLEBERRY likes the command post he's established on his roof. TV FOR DOGS is like an iPhone for your canary. HOW TO SURVIVE A COYOTE ENCOUNTER around your urban home. STOLEN BEES were recovered in a sting operation. Ouch.
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U2, Strand of Oaks, Elf Power, Girlpool, Axl Rose & Billy Joel, Ducklings |
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Monday, May 15, 2017 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
FLEET FOXES share a video for "Fool's Errand." U2 played classics, rare ones and a new one to kick off the Joshua Tree anniversary tour in Vancouver. STRAND OF OAKS play a mini-set on CBS This Morning. ELF POWER streams Twitching In Time. GIRLPOOL streams Powerplant. AXL ROSE joined BILLY JOEL to cover AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” and duet on Joel’s own “Big Shot.” MOGWAI shares "Coolverine." PRINCE: Hear the unreleased mid-80s track "Our Destiny/Roadhouse Garden." THE KINKS are "The Village Green Preservation Society." God bless 'em. PWR BTTM After Ben Hopkins was accused of sexual abuse and anti-Semitism, the band lost its two labels, management, touring members, opening acts, and now its tour. SON VOLT: How Jay Farrar retuned his guitar and relearned how to play. THE OFFSPRING's Dexter Holland has finally finished the Ph.D program in molecular biology he put on hold years ago to focus on rock & roll. 100 SONGS from 100 great debut albums. WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 repeats atop the chart with 63MM on a 57 percent drop, but almost exactly what the original made in its second weekend. The worldwide total so far is 630MM, so it's likely in the black. Snatched places with 17.5M, likely a good start against a 42MM budget, but much less than Amy Schumer's prior Trainwrecked, and another in a series of female-led counter-programming moves at the start of the Summer season that didn't quite work. But the real story this weekend is King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, which shows with 14.7MM against a 17MM budget. With only another 29MM in foreign sales, this is an atomic bomb. The Fate of the Furious was fourth, adding another 5.3MM to a global total of almost 1.2 Billion. The Boss Baby rounds out the Top Five with another 4.6MM. JIM PARSONS married Todd Spiewak on Saturday night at the Rainbow Room in New York. KATY PERRY is negotiating a deal to become the anchor judge on American Idol. KATIE HOLMES & JAMIE FOXX took a romantic trip to Paris, where Tom Cruise is filming M:I6. DRAKE escorted his little cousin and her date into prom. TIMELESS got cancelled and uncancelled. THE FIFTH ELEMENT: Uproxx takes a 20th anniversary view. WILL FERRELL sings during a commencement address. POWERS BOOTHE, a character actor who appeared in films like Sin City and TV shows including Deadwood and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., died Sunday morning in his sleep of natural causes. He was 68. A WORLDWIDE MALWARE ATTACK was stopped by a 22-year-old who lives with his parents by registering a domain for about 11 bucks. NORTH KOREA fired a missile that reached an altitude of more than 2000 kilometers and could be a new type of a missile, Japan's Defense Minister Tomomi Inada said. VENEZUELA is ounding up some protestors and sending them not to ordinary courts, but to military ones. DUCKLINGS' First Jump. THE ONLY WHITE WOLF in Yellowstone had to be euthanized after being shot. The park is treating her death as a crime. KILLER WHALES are hunting great white sharks and eating their livers. HUMPING THE SHARK: The culprit was an ex-NYPD cop.
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Stevie Wonder, Land of Talk, Como Mamas, Spencer Radcliffe, Van Morrison, Momo |
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Friday, May 12, 2017 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: ...with STEVIE WONDER! His session at the Beat Club includes "Intro Jam," "Contusion," "Higher Ground," "Dont You Worry ‘Bout A Thing," "I Can See The Sun In Late December," "He's Misstra Know-It-All," "Living For The City" and "Superstition." LAND OF TALK advance streams Life After Youth. THE COMO MAMAS advance stream Move Upstairs. SPENCER RADCLIFFE & EVERYONE ELSE stream The Great Outdoors. VAN MORRISON, Live At The Orphanage, July 29, 1974. THE NATIONAL shares "The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness," the first single from the band's seventh album, Sleep Well Beast. DANGER MOUSE & SAM COHEN cover "House Of The Rising Sun" and "Can't Help Falling In Love" for Conan (and The Man in the High Castle). RAY DAVIES talks to The Guardian about Brexit, Americana, the 50th anniversary of "Waterloo Sunset," and much more. PWR BTTM responds to allegations of sexual abuse, predatory behavior, and anti-Semitism made against one-half of the duo. PRINCE: Universal Music Group has demanded that its 31MM deal with the Prince estate involving the late icon’s recorded-music catalog be canceled and the money returned, according to court documents filed on behalf of the estate’s administrator and reviewed by Billboard. THE MP3 is officially dead, according to it's creators. NOW SHOWING:This weekend's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, which is currently scoring 21 percent on 21 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; and Snatched, which is scoring 38 percent. JOHNNY DEPP: A Star in Crisis and the Insane Story of His "Missing" Millions. STEVE HARVEY: Don't let the door hit you on the way out. KELLY CLARKSON is headed to The Voice, not the American Idol reboot. KATE UPTON is starting to plan her wedding; she's not dieting, for starters. JUDGE DREDD may soon be coming to the small screen. TWIN PEAKS has a new trailer online. MOMO THE DOG chased a bear away from her owners. RATS are blamed for consuming 900K liters of moonshine and other liquor seized from locals that has gone missing in one of India’s prohibition states. A DUCK was accidentally killed by a golf drive. PARASITES could be lurking in your sushi.
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