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In this week's edition of Pop is Not a Dirty Word, columnist Douglas Greenwood unpacks the breakout success of young singer/songwriters going against the grain of glitzy pop stardomI can’t tell you how sad it was to see my queen Rita Ora‘s long-awaited sophomore album ‘Phoenix’ chart outside of the UK Top 10. It was like watching your little sister slip and fall on her face some 10 feet from the finish line on Sports Day. How long I’d waited for the pop […]The post Pop Is Not A Dirty Word: warbling, twee, ‘authentic’ EmotiPop anti-stars are ruining my beloved trashy pop culture appeared first on NME.
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Bill Callahan, the beloved American songwriting institution and former Smog guy, is not a road dog. In recent years, he hasn't played a whole ton of live shows, and he's mostly only done it when the spirit has moved him. But Callahan has just announced that he'll spend about five weeks of his summer on…
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The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival will feature a wide selection of music-themed features and documentaries, covering everything from the life and music of Linda Ronstadt to a profile of a beloved New York record store, the theft of a $6 million Stradivarius violin, and a chronicle of the legendary New York venue The Apollo.
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