The biggest battle that I've had to overcome in my career was not being bisexual, was not being biracial, was not being bipolar. It was everybody thinking that I was exploiting those things. | | | | Halsey's "Hopeless Fountain Kingdom" is out today on Astralwerks.
(FilmMagic/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “The biggest battle that I've had to overcome in my career was not being bisexual, was not being biracial, was not being bipolar. It was everybody thinking that I was exploiting those things.”
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| | rantnrave:// How's this for cultural appropriation: Dance label in NETHERLANDS releases EP by white BRITISH acid-house producer but claims it was actually made in '80s by unknown genius who grew up poor in GARY, INDIANA, recorded his music on equipment in his church, flunked out of high school and died of a heroin overdose at age 23. NPR's CODE SWITCH podcast explores the hidden—and not-so-hidden—meaning in this case of cultural identity thievery, which is, as host GENE DEMBY dryly informs us, "not the only example of white dance-music producers creating fictional alter egos that read as being brown people." Demby hears out GUY TAVARES, the label boss behind the hoax, while supplying all the background and context you need to judge Tavares' innocent plea for yourself. The context includes a short, smart history of house and techno that someone, if they were so inclined, could easily expand to a 5- or 10-part series of its own... An earlier exploration of the same subject by THUMP's EZRA MARCUS... The OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY stans for the word STAN... The race to be the worst music festival of 2017 heats up... "Three things that data science and hip-hop have in common"—STEVE STOUTE gives commencement speech to UC BERKLEY statistics students, with an assist from DJ KHALED... Inside a beatboxer's throat, literally... RIHANNA v. KEVIN DURANT... It's FRIDAY and that means new music from HALSEY, DUA LIPA, ALT-J, CODY CHESNUTT, ROGER WATERS, BENJAMIN BOOKER, LARRY CORYELL'S 11TH HOUSE (RIP), BLEACHERS, DAN AUERBACH, AMBER COFFMAN, PARTYNEXTDOOR, IKONIKA, KOOL G RAP, CHASTITY BELT, ALL TIME LOW, DISPATCH, LUKE COMBS, SAINT ETIENNE and FLOGGING MOLLY... Also, there's a new LORDE single... And not to jump ahead of ourselves, but rumours has it that next Friday brings us a LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM & CHRISTINE MCVIE album, which you can and probably should stream here... I'm on BLUE COAST RECORDS' hi-res recording panel at the LOS ANGELES AUDIO SHOW this afternoon. If you're there, please say hi... RIP JIŘÍ BĚLOHLÁVEK. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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| This week, we follow the strange trend of white dance-music DJs who pass themselves off as black artists. Gene talks to legendary House music DJ Ron Trent. The European producer Guy Tavares chimes in from The Netherlands on what he sees as overhyped controversy. Piotr Orlov, who covers dance music for NPR weighs in on what this all means for music fans. | | |
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 | GQ |
| The story behind a comedy classic and the lawsuit that may change the way Hollywood does business. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| On some of best series, the song selections are as nuanced, ironic and transcendent as the acting and writing. | | |
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 | ELLE |
| Halsey and Lauren Jauregui's new song is by queer women, for queer women. And that's revolutionary. | | |
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 | UPROXX |
| A Dizzee Rascal show in Williamsburg represents grime’s global crossover, but Stormzy's breakout proves how grime is now a global genre. | | |
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 | Variety |
| With news on Wednesday (May 31) that the new ABC show “Boy Band” had enlisted Timbaland, the veteran music producer who has worked with Justin Timberlake, Missy Elliott and Aaliyah, to round out a judging panel that includes Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter and Spice Girls’ Emma Bunton, comes word that another high-ranking music executive was in line for the gig. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| Twenty years ago this week the British pop act brought Girl Power to the states, and with it ideas of friendship and sexual freedom that shocked, but were eventually accepted by, small-town America. | | |
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| NPR |
| The streaming service settled a class action lawsuit filed by songwriters who accused Spotify of using their work without a license. | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| How XXXTentacion, Lil Pump, Smokepurpp and more lo-fi rap artists are taking their fried, busted sound to the mainstream. | | |
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 | Medium |
| Reminder: Your favorite pop stars are working for billionaire industrialists. | | |
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 | LA Weekly |
| Along with Kendrick Lamar, Staples emerged over the last seven years as a different kind of rapper. | | |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| The Eagles will return to performance after the death of founding member Glenn Frey with help from family and friends. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| Brands are fighting for that flower-crown magic. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| The failures of the Fyre and Pemberton music festivals are spurring worries about eroding consumer confidence and growing hurdles for smaller, independent festivals. | | |
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| Rolling Stone |
| The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' marked a critical shift, not just in the group's own work but in popular music as a whole. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| On ‘True to Self,’ a refreshingly quiet star stakes his claim. | | |
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 | SPIN |
| Yesterday (May 31) in a White House statement, Donald Trump declared June African-American Music Appreciation Month, specifically citing Chuck Berry, Ella Fitzgerald, and Dizzy Gillespie's contributions to American culture. | | |
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 | Vice |
| Through seeing Madonna, Janet Jackson, and Prince on MTV, Kenny could better visualize becoming Mia. | | |
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 | Pitchfork |
| Willie Nelson remains one of the busiest 84 year olds on the planet. We look at his evolution through a handful of live performances and bootlegs. | | |
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 | Noisey |
| The album review may be dead, but online opinions are flourishing. Can 18th century Scottish philosophy help lead the way? | | |
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