Rappers gotta chill with homophobia. It’s corny. Their hooks be be written by me and I’m LGBT af. | | | | Johanna Söderberg of First Aid Kit at Glastonbury, June 23, 2017.
(Rune Hellestad/Corbis/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “Rappers gotta chill with homophobia. It’s corny. Their hooks be be written by me and I’m LGBT af.”
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| | rantnrave:// The tambourine is the greatest acoustic instrument of all time. In the early days of rock, they used to mix it way too loud and pan it hard left or hard right. That made it even better... The greatest non-acoustic instrument of all time is the LINN LM-1 drum machine, and not just because the guy who wrote the all-time greatest song about a tambourine (and misspelled it, and it isn't really about a tambourine, but whatevs) was an LM-1 devotee... "Why are there no protest songs anymore?," someone new asks every day. Answer #1: There are. Answer #2: KENDRICK and BEYONCÉ and KAMASI and lots of other fantastic artists aren't writing protest songs so much as they are living a protest existence. They are no more or less clear or committed or ubiquitous than “WHAT'S GOING ON" or "FIGHT THE POWER." They exist on the radio (OK, maybe not Kamasi), in cars, on TV, in social media, in fashion, in that think piece you read this morning, in the ether, everywhere. Answer #3: This. Or this. Both by artists who have records out today (see below). Answer #4: If you're asking what happened to all the protest songs with tambourines, I'm open to that discussion... If you're going to casually drop homophobic (or misogynist, or racist) lyrics into your songs, go ahead, it's a free country, people will be justifiably offended, you will pro-forma apologize, maybe you will learn something, maybe you won't, the world will move on. But, come on OFFSET, don't do this... Songwriter STARRAH's response to homophobia in hip-hop in general (her manager swears it wasn't directed at Offset) is pure gold. And she's not kidding when she says she probably wrote your hook... SPOTIFY trying out visual podcasts (shoutout COURTNEY HOLT)... TOM HARDY used to rap... EAGLES settle with HOTEL CALIFORNIA... It's the first major new release FRIDAY of 2018, and that means new music from TUNE-YARDS, THE BAD PLUS, FIRST AID KIT, SIR, SHOPPING, VAN WILLIAM, CAITLYN SMITH, EDEN, CADENCE WEAPON, MILCK, DEVIN DAWSON, TOTO BONA LOKUA, DE LUX, JUSTINE SKYE, KIMBRA, THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS, FALL OUT BOY, PORCHES, BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, THE SHINS, ANVIL, JOE PERRY, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OF MICE AND MEN, LANCO, TOMMY EMMANUEL, A GRAVE WITH NO NAME, THE GO! TEAM, BAHAMAS, MOON TAXI and GLEN HANSARD. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | The Guardian |
| The charts were once dominated by pornified raunch, but in an era of identity politics and empowered women, a new kind of sexuality is emerging in pop -- and warming cyberspace. | | |
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 | Forbes |
| Since its inception in the South Bronx, hip-hop has always been a genre very closely tied to location. But in the streaming era, when hip-hop reigns as the most popular genre for the first time, many have asked if the regional aspects of hip-hop may become a thing of the past. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| In his first night out as a private citizen, Chris Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, headed into New York City to catch a show by his idol, Bruce Springsteen. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| Talking to Klara and Johanna Soderberg, the preternaturally talented sister duo, about their new album, "Ruins." | | |
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 | Genius |
| Who pays for what in music's complex streaming era? | | |
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 | The Commercial Appeal |
| Memphis-based network DittyTV has grown into a major resource for artists, labels and the local music industry. | | |
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 | Noisey |
| Founding guitarist Jeff "Mantas" Dunn gives us his honest opinion of bootlegging, the new 'Assault!" boxset, and Venom's wild, strange legacy. | | |
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 | The Daily Beast |
| Jan ‘Lewan’ Lewandowski came to America to be a star. Somewhere along the way, he robbed millions of dollars from hundreds of people-and became famous enough for a Netflix biopic. | | |
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 | Pitchfork |
| Pi’erre Bourne isn’t programmed to play in the background. His work is weird and wondrous, designed to bend your ear in fresh ways, and there’s a lingering sense that the beats he makes are the showpieces—no matter who’s rapping on them. | | |
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| The Guardian |
| In our series where musicians tell the stories behind what they regard as their greatest songs, the REM frontman reveals how glam rock, grunge and INXS inspired the band - and how internal divisions tore them apart. | | |
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 | Okayplayer |
| Yoh Phillips breaks down the don't-give-a-funk rap songs that defined American leaders from Reagan to Obama. | | |
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 | Complex |
| From Metro Boomin to Zaytoven to London on da Track, now is the beat makers' time to shine. | | |
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 | Pigeons & Planes |
| Whether you're new to podcasts or are just looking for a hidden gem to make a long road trip go by a little faster, this list is for you. | | |
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 | Soundfly |
| Learn how these 10 field recordists travel the globe to capture incredible soundscapes used in film, TV, art exhibits, and beyond. | | |
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 | Beats 1 Radio |
| Justin Timberlake is getting ready to release "Man of the Woods." He tells Zane Lowe about his long career in music, tour plans and adapting to life as a father. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| The French countertenor hopes his music academy will attract a younger and more diverse crowd to the stage as well as to audiences. | | |
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 | Variety |
| By many measures, Joan Jett is one of the most influential figures in rock history. But how many young fans who adore her proto-punk attitude would guess that one of the rocker's early influences was ... Liza Minnelli? "I wanted to be an actor before I fell in love with music," Jett, 59, explains in an interview with Variety. | | |
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 | Billboard |
| This project not only undermines the many years of work by multiple organizations across the country -- it puts the very livelihoods of creators in jeopardy. | | |
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 | Stereogum |
| Hoboken's Yo La Tengo, one of the longest-running and most rewarding indie-rock bands since the genre had a name, are up there with Tom Waits in the pantheon of artists who've never done anything except what they want. And like Tom Waits, fans are often rewarded regardless. | | |
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 | TrackRecord |
| You probably know your left from your right. It's pretty easy; someone probably taught it to you early on in life, and it's the sort of thing that's hard to forget. If you found out someone close to you doesn't know their left from their right, you'd be pretty shocked. | | |
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| | | | | | Channeling Billy Joel. From "I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life," out today on 4AD. |
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