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Jeff Tweedy Covers Cameron Winter’s “Love Takes Miles”
As part of a Valentine’s Day gift to his wife, Jeff Tweedy covered Cameron Winter’s “Love Takes Miles” over the weekend. The Wilco frontman said he chose to put his spin on the Heavy Metal song because it seems “very true to me about how love kind of actually works.” He elaborated further in his newsletter, writing, “I think you…
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Chappell Roan Exits Wasserman Music Agency Due to CEO’s Epstein Emails
Chappell Roan has left the talent agency Wasserman Music after the company’s founder and CEO, Casey Wasserman, appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files recently released by the Justice Department. The pop star explained her decision in an Instagram story this evening (February 9), citing a need to keep her team safe. “As of today, I am no longer represented by…
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BTS Announce Live Comeback Concert on Netflix
It looks like BTS’s huge comeback won’t begin at the start of their world tour this spring, but rather next month at home in the comfort of everybody’s living room; the K-pop juggernauts have announced a special live concert that will stream exclusively on Netflix, dubbed BTS The Comeback Live | Arirang. What’s more, they also inked a deal to…
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TikTok Completes Deal to Create U.S. Entity and Avert Ban
After the years-long threat of a ban, TikTok has finalized the deal to create a U.S. entity that will allow the company to continue operating in the United States, reports Associated Press. The new version will operate under “defined safeguards that protect national security through comprehensive data protections, algorithm security, content moderation and software assurances for U.S. users,” the company…
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Bruce Springsteen Denounces ICE, Dedicates Song to Renee Good
Last night (January 17), Bruce Springsteen made an unannounced appearance at New Jersey’s Light of Day WinterFest — a regular haunt, as far as his “surprise” performances go. While joining headliners Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers onstage at the non-profit’s event, Springsteen strongly denounced the ongoing ICE raids in Minnesota and dedicated his 1978 song “The Promised Land” to Renee…
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L.A. Reid Settles Sexual Assault Lawsuit
Music executive L.A. Reid has settled a lawsuit by a previous employee who accused him of sexual assault and harassment, Billboard reports. Details of the settlement—which was announced today, January 12, the day Reid’s trial was scheduled to begin—were not disclosed. In 2023, Drew Dixon, a former vice president of A&R at Arista Records, alleged Reid had groped and digitally…
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New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2026
New albums are getting announced and released constantly. It’s tough to stay on top of it all. So that’s where we come in. Pitchfork is tracking notable new music releases with our guide to upcoming albums. In the coming months, there will be big new releases from Charli XCX, Ratboys, Dry Cleaning, Gorillaz, Danny L Harle, Melody’s Echo Chamber, Joyce…
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Brigitte Bardot Dies at 91
Brigitte Bardot, the French icon who glamorously embodied the postwar pop zeitgeist, has died. Her animal rights foundation announced the news in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse. No cause or date of death were given. Bardot was 91 years old. Bardot was born into a wealthy Parisian family in 1934 and trained as a ballerina before landing the modeling…
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Max B Drops First Mixtape Since Prison Release
Just over a month after he was released from prison following a 16-year-long stint behind bars, Max B is back with his first new full-length in four years. The rapper has surprise-released Public Domain 7: The Purge, the seventh installment of his ongoing Public Domain mixtape series. You can listen to it below. Public Domain 7: The Purge follows Max…
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Joe Ely, Staple of Texas’ 1970s Progressive Country Scene, Dies at 78
Joe Ely, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who helped spearhead Texas’ progressive country movement in the 1970s, has died, his representative confirmed to Rolling Stone. Ely died from complications of Lewy Body Dementia, Parkinson’s, and pneumonia at his home in Taos, New Mexico. He was 78. As is true of the most revered country icons, Ely lived a long and storied life…
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