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For half a century, Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians has been a kind of perpetual motion machine: an intricately interlocking, endlessly renewable composition whose patterns shimmer and shift even as they circle back to where they began. For its 50th anniversary — and Reich’s 90th birthday — conductor/director Alan Pierson took that cyclical logic
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Ozzfest will carry Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy into a new era with three dates across the U.K., U.S. and Mexico in 2027. The traveling metal festival founded by the kate Ozzy and his wife/manager Sharon Osbourne more than 30 years ago will launch its comeback July 10 at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, U.K., before
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The desert-rock documentary Desert Age: A Rock and Roll Scene History is getting a 10th anniversary re-release on November 20th, with a special premiere screening and Q&A set for this Saturday, November 7th, in Palm Springs, California. The film was originally released in 2016 after being funded through an IndieGogo campaign. Desert Age features performance
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The youthful Frenchmen behind breakthrough guitar pedal maker Kernom—a company founded on the motto “Never Stop Playing”—found themselves with an interesting challenge when they set out to enter the crowded “boutique pedal” market. Their goal? To create pedals that were less about tech specs and more about creative inspiration; less about how many sounds you
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Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new music discovery platform Groover. Each month, you can expect a varied bouillabaisse of songs from a vast spectrum of artists from all over the globe, regardless of genre or geography. For November, SPIN has
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Olivia Rodrigo is adding a little seasonal cheer to her catalog. The artist will release her debut holiday single, “take me home (4 christmas),” on Thursday (Nov. 5) at 5pm PT via Interscope, accompanied by an official music video starring Rodrigo alongside Sex and the City’s Cynthia Nixon and Saturday Night Live’s Ben Marshall. Rodrigo
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Kid Rock’s song “Heal My Faith,” featuring his bud Eminem, also contained a previously unknown collaborator. Artificial intelligence. As Kid Rock revealed during his appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher, the newly minted Christian rocker used AI to create the choir on the chorus of “Heal My Faith.” Kid Rock confessed to using the
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Juan Atkins, the Detroit musician, producer and label owner whose futuristic electronic compositions helped establish techno as one of the most influential sounds in modern music, has died at 64. Atkins was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Mexico City today (Nov. 1), ahead of a scheduled performance at YuYu Cine Club, and was
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David S. Pumpkins returned to Saturday Night Live this Halloween, only to have his comeback hijacked by another very loud, very orange, and considerably less entertaining character. Tom Hanks reprised his cult-favorite role during this week’s cold open, appearing in a haunted ride sketch reminiscent of his two previous appearances on the show. Unfortunately, Pumpkins’
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RAYE will voice a character in Benny Safdie’s upcoming film Lizard Music and will also write original pictures for the project, according to Deadline. The live action/CGI hybrid will be released on Dec. 25, 2027, by United Artists and is based on Daniel Pinkwater’s 1976 novel. Dwayne Johnson, Theo Leber, Alicia Silverstone, Tim Heidecker, Arya
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Bradford Cox has rebooted Atlas Sound with “Octoberland,” his solo project’s first new release in 15 years. The track arrives alongside a self-directed music video and follows the announcement of several Atlas Sound festival appearances in 2027, including Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Kilby Block Party in Salt Lake City, and Primavera Sound in Barcelona.
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Sir Patrick Stewart, the beloved British actor whose career stretched from Shakespearean theater to Star Trek and X-Men, has died at the age of 86. Following news of his death, fellow actors, collaborators, and admirers have begun paying tribute to a performer whose commanding voice, unmistakably elegant presence, and remarkable range made him one of
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Justice is taking its partnership with Rockstar Games from the airwaves to the record shelves. As expected, the beloved French electronic duo will release Grand Theft Auto VI: Original Score on Dec. 11 via Because Music, Ed Banger and Rockstar Games. The news is bolstered by a new single, “Pusher,” featuring the duo’s first-ever collaboration
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With the future of The Beach Boys’ touring operation uncertain, John Stamos may have just offered the first glimpse of what it could look like without Mike Love. Disney has announced that John Stamos and the California Sound will replace The Beach Boys for previously scheduled performances at EPCOT’s International Food & Wine Festival on
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Pat McAfee‘s latest appearance on ESPN’s College GameDay left a bad taste in his mouth after a student-made video made him feel unwelcome and concerned for his safety. The former NFL punter-turned-TV personality was in Salt Lake City this past weekend for the program’s broadcast ahead of Utah’s matchup against Houston. Matters took a sour
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Following Katie Zacharia’s spectacular crash and burn, Donald Trump is once again in need of a new White House press secretary. On Sunday, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung floated an unexpected candidate: rapper-turned-MAGA sycophant Nicki Minaj. Cheung shared a video of himself chatting with Minaj aboard Air Force One, during which the rapper heaped
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Stevie Wonder is suing his one-time fiancée in an attempt to evict her from one of his properties, where she has been living rent-free for nearly 40 years, according to Rolling Stone. Carmen Efferson has lived in the three-bedroom Hollywood Hills property free of charge since 1988 under an oral agreement with Wonder. However, tensions
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More than three decades after Jerry Garcia began imagining an immersive experience built around his music and art, plans are taking shape for a broader institution dedicated to the Grateful Dead co-founder’s creative legacy. Garcia’s family, in partnership with archival media platform Starchive and project coordinator Christopher McCutcheon, announced today (Oct. 23) that they intend
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The first Scott Weilandlive album, titled Scott Weiland: Live, is out today on CD and digital formats following a limited vinyl run earlier this year for Record Store Day. Alongside the album’s release has come a video of the late singer performing Stone Temple Pilots’ “Vaseline” with never-before-seen footage from a concert at the House
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Panchiko have announced their third studio album, Chimera, set to arrive April 9th via Nettwerk. To build up anticipation, they have also shared its lead single, “One Car Hits Another,” featuring Mei Semones. Stream it below. Recorded at the British band’s own studio, the 12-song LP moves through and beyond shoegaze, hip-hop, pop, and even
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