We're trying to show people, 'Hey, there's a positive side of things.' You don't have to be a goody two shoes blissed out Christian to f***ing be like that. It's literally as simple as changing the f***ing station in your mind. | | | | Cherry Glazerr's Clementine Creevy at the Grandoozy Festival, Denver, Sept. 15, 2018.
(Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “We're trying to show people, 'Hey, there's a positive side of things.' You don't have to be a goody two shoes blissed out Christian to f***ing be like that. It's literally as simple as changing the f***ing station in your mind.”
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 | The New Yorker |
| The genre has been disdained by the church and mocked by secular culture. That just reassured practitioners that they were rebels on a righteous path. | | |
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 | Refinery29 |
| In the years since Sinéad O’Connor was on SNL, archdioceses all over have been exposed for enabling child abuse and protecting abusive priests. | | |
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 | Playboy |
| $uicideboy$ have connected with a particular type of fan: young and white, usually poor, mostly male, who doesn’t have the right taste or education to fit in with either mainstream society or the counterculture. In an earlier time they’d probably have been listening to Manson or Korn or metal, and not Three 6 Mafia. | | |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| Why Congress needs to pass the Music Modernization Act. | | |
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| Sirius needs to be stopped and we need the songwriting community’s support to do so; social media posts, protests, and continued pressure on the senators to co-sponsor have worked so far. The clock is ticking. We have 2 weeks. | | |
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 | The Daily Beast |
| The arrest of Ugandan singer Bobi Wine las month galvanized Africa's young people. On Tuesday he returns to Kampala to face trial for treason, and a possible death penalty. | | |
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 | Passion of the Weiss |
| Will Hagle explores the final tracks by artists before their untimely deaths. | | |
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 | Variety |
| Hours before Sony/ATV Music Publishing chairman Martin Bandier was due to take the stage at the 14th annual Songs of Hope benefit, a fundraising gala for City of Hope held at producer Alex Da Kid's Sherman Oaks "Kompound," he was needed for an important call. | | |
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 | Bandcamp Daily |
| Now that the famed beat showcase is over, meet the producers who are looking to fill the void. | | |
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 | SoundGuys |
| Much like Boston basketball legend Bill Russell, it's time for Chris Thomas to throw an elbow. | | |
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 | Pacific Standard |
| This season, works by women composers are being featured more frequently by many American orchestras. Mozart and Schubert, meet Mazzolli and Shaw. | | |
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 | Beats 1 Radio |
| Billy Corgan, James Iha, and Jimmy Chamberlin sit down with Zane Lowe to discuss the Smashing Pumpkins reunion, their early success, and fatherhood. | | |
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 | CNET |
| Yes, it's 2018 and YouTube, Spotify and Pandora are pretty great, but hear me out. | | |
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 | Pitchfork |
| Shady deals, lack of credit, and messy data are forcing producers to be more vigilant in dealings with artists and labels. | | |
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 | Polyphonic |
| In a 30-year career spanning more than 2,000 shows, the Dead forever changed the sound of live music. | | |
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 | Texas Monthly |
| The Red-Headed Stranger announced he’d be playing a rally for Beto O’Rourke. What happened next was predictable, but unprecedented. | | |
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| Passion of the Weiss |
| Dean Van Nguyen explains how the Texas legend’s latest full-length adds to his legacy in ways his solo output has previously only hinted at. | | |
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 | Billboard |
| Free-trade agreements are rarely a source of musical inspiration. Tariffs and grain subsidies don’t really captivate audiences as much as things like heartbreak, romance, death, love or sex. The North American Free-Trade Agreement, however, has riled people up for the better part of the last 25 years. | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| In his new book ‘Burning Down the Haus,’ Tim Mohr argues why the Sex Pistols were more important than Reagan’s “Tear Down This Wall” speech in ending the Cold War. | | |
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 | 3:AM Magazine |
| You won’t finish "Night Moves" with a clear idea of how Jessica Hopper’s life progressed during the years the book covers (2004-2009). You won’t know exactly how many music shows she went to, what she did for a living, or whether she was in a love relationship during that time. What you will get is texture, and impressions, and exceptional one-liners on a multitude of subjects. | | |
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