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Billy Corgan went live on his Substack May 19 to tell fans that Smashing Pumpkins recently recorded their first song with producer Butch Vig since the Siamese Dream sessions over 33 years ago.  “We’ve just recorded one song,” Corgan said. “It’s for a specific purpose, which I can’t give that part out … I haven’t come up with a title yet, honestly. The plan is the song will be released this year. I can’t say exactly when. There’s reasons for that … The song is really cool. It’s basically done recording. I’d say there’s a couple little things left. I’d…

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Bryne marks one of the final musical guests on the late-night series ahead of its finale on May 21 Stephen Colbert has one night left before saying goodbye to The Late Show. Ahead of the series finale, scheduled for May 21, the host welcomed one of the show's last musical guests for a fiery sendoff: David Byrne, performing Talking Heads classic “Burning Down the House.” Bryne took the Late Show stage alongside his Why Is The Sky? band. The musicians jammed out in matching blue suits before being joined by Colbert in the same get-up. Flames raged on the screen…

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Let's say it plainly: There has never been a president as corrupt as Donald Trump. There is no close second in our history. Take two days in May as Exhibit A. Americans just found out that in the first quarter of this year, Trump's stock portfolio made 3,600 trades — an average of nearly 60 a day. This is a rapacious pace that would make a day trader on meth blush. Many of these appear suspiciously timed to benefit from actions approved by the president himself. For example, his Nvidia stock surged after Trump announced the company would be permitted…

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Fans of gritty TV dramas know Luke Grimes for his role as Kayce Dutton on Yellowstone and now CBS's Marshalsbut before he broke out in that part, he played a country songwriter with criminal ties in a television pilot titled Outlaw Country. The role was a bit of foreshadowing for the Ohio native and current Montana resident, who has since become a celebrated singer and songwriter with albums like his self-titled 2024 debut and his most recent, the gorgeous Red Birdboth recorded with Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb. In a new interview with Rolling Stone's Nashville Now podcast, Grimes says that…

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There are records that are not limited to being listened to, but ask to be inhabited. “SIX”the new album by Alice Caronna released on April 21st, it is exactly this: an intimate and courageous journey between pop, songwriting and soul that transforms a personal story into a universal reflection on life. Anticipated by singles mirrored as Piazza Navona And I deserve everythingthe Roman singer-songwriter's second long-distance work explores the chronology of a relationship to open up to a greater awareness: that the end does not exist if what ends continues to transform within us. We had a chat with her…

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In case you missed it, CBS is pulling the plug on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert this Thursday despite its high ratings, seemingly due to political pressure from President Donald J Trump. As Stephen Colbert stares down his final days hosting the show, he’s organized extra special programming for the week-long farewell, including last night’s (May 19) fiery live performance of “Burning Down the House” with David Byrne. What began with the Talking Heads frontman on acoustic guitar evolved into a full-band affair on the TV stage, complete with Colbert joining the group to sing and dance along. Watch…

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Car Seat Headrest have remade Teens of Denials, fashioning the breakout LP into something resembling a concept album. Out today for the record’s 10th anniversary, Teen of Denial: Joe’s Story adjusts the original lyrics and threads into new recordings to better tell the titular character’s story. “The resulting work,” Will Toledo says in press materials, “feels more like the album Teens of Denial was meant to be.” The band reunited with original producer Steve Fisk for the record. Listen to it below ahead of a physical release on October 16.The character of Joe, Toledo explains, was an homage to Daniel…

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Slayyyter made her late-night TV debut last night, May 19, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The Wor$t Girl in America sang “Dance,” one of the singles from her new album, in a beer can bralette that looks a bit like the one Katy Perry wore during her Las Vegas residency a few years ago. Watch the performance below.Since the release of Wor$t Girl in America in March, Slayyyter made her Coachella debut, dropped the loosie “Broke Bitch Free$tyle,” and guested on “Fire Away,” a new single from the French producer Madeon. She’ll kick off her Wor$t Girl in…

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Sean Ono Lennon, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, is very busy right now. When he pops up late to our scheduled Friday afternoon Zoom call, the first thing he does is apologise. “Sorry this was all a bit last minute. I had to squeeze you in because I have an album coming out with my band The Delirium – and I've been doing a lot of stuff to finish it off.” Add to that a feature documentary premiering at Tribeca Film Festival, tour dates scheduled throughout May and June, as well as his dad's special Record Store Day…

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