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Earlier this year, Jason Isbell got his teeth fixed. On Twitter, he wrote that this was not purely an aesthetic decision: “I had bone loss, severe infection and neuralgia, and without the repairs I wasn’t gonna be singing much longer. Like I don’t know if I mentioned this in any songs or interviews or whatnot,  » Read More

Cher has done a lot of things. She scored her first Hot 100 chart-topper in 1965 and her last in 1999. (At 52, Cher was the oldest woman to land a #1 hit until last week, when Brenda Lee broke the record.) Cher sang backup on “Christmas (Baby,  » Read More

Idris Vicuña, the LA-based bedroom-pop producer who’s better known as Eyedress, has been racking up a very serious list of collaborators in the past few years. Last month, he teamed up with LA indie-poppers the Marías on the smooth, breathy single “Separate Ways.” Today, they’re back together on another new single.  » Read More

Last week, Atlanta rap star Lil baby celebrated his 29th birthday. He’s not so lil anymore! Baby has had a pretty quiet year. His album It’s Only Me came out at the end of last year, but his 2017 stealth smash “Freestyle” remains his most popular song by far.  » Read More

In 2021, Hulu ran the David E. Kelly miniseries Nine Perfect Strangers, adapted from Liane Moriarity’s novel. On the show, the titular group meets up at a California spa where things are not as they seem. The show had a cast of heavy-hitters that included Nicole Kidman, Regina Hall,  » Read More

Last night, Yo La Tengo played the eighth crazy night of their annual run of Hanukkah shows at New York’s Bowery Ballroom. As always, the annual tradition featured tons of surprises, including appearances from Beach House, Ben Gibbard, and the Feelies. For their final Hanukkah show this year,  » Read More

Atlanta rap cult figure Playboi Carti appears to be planning a follow-up to his 2020 album Whole Lotta Red, and he’s putting songs out via unconventional means. The new project might be called I AM MUSIC, and it might feature the new songs that Cari has been sharing,  » Read More

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In a year where tentpole superhero movies are scored by Haxan Cloak and third-world ambient-jazz woodwind opuses are released by André 3000, does the phrase “experimental music” even remotely carry any weight in 2023? As always, the answer is “Look, I clicked the link, please just tell me about some albums I can listen to at work.”  » Read More