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  Kelly Lee Owens Finds Epiphanies on the Dance Floor and Normal Life: "Awe Is in the Everyday"

  PUBLISHED Oct 8, 2024

  "It feels like the beginning of a new phase for me, like I'm starting a 2.0," begins Welsh DJ/producer Kelly Lee Owens. Having previously...

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  An Updated Oral History of Chris Martin Claiming That Coldplay Are Retiring

  PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2024

  Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me; fool me many times, shame on Chris Martin. This week, the singer mapped out his...

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  Hot-Take Reactions to Coldplay's 'Moon Music': An Inspirational ~Coexist~ Album Nearly Rescued by Jon Hopkins

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2024

  In a music market dominated by solo pop artists, Coldplay are the biggest band in the world, and it's not even close. At least nominally...

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  This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: October 4, 2024

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2024

  Have you dead, I'm the son of a crackhead, say perhaps instead, if the smoke is blue, yellow, and red, and much more from this week in...

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  Leon Bridges Comes Home, Again: "It Felt Like My Music Was Falling on Deaf Ears"

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2024

  If you close your eyes and listen to 'Leon,' the fourth studio album from singer-songwriter Leon Bridges, you can see Fort Worth, TX...

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  Stephen Malkmus and Pavement's Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2024

  In 2024, no artist with roots in the American underground has influenced indie rock more than Pavement's Stephen Malkmus. While Scott...

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  Stephen Malkmus and the Hard Quartet Discuss How They "Met on the Mean Streets"

  PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2024

  The Hard Quartet might be a new supergroup with a stellar self-titled debut album, but its members have been good friends for over 30 years...

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  Comedy "Doesn't Age Well," but Jason Reitman Celebrates the Culture Shift 'SNL' Inspired

  PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2024

  "I feel like storytelling is a mix of trying to do something new and innovative, and also play[ing] with nostalgia," writer and director...