Music & Culture

Music & Culture

'C' Is For Compromise: 20 Songs For Sharing The Stereo With Your Kids

1:47pm August 08, 2018

by Jacob Ganz

Tiny pleasures abound for parents and kids listening together, whether it's The Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie," Phoenix's "Tuttifrutti" or the Ghostbusters theme song.

Brandi Carlile performs at the 2018 Newport Folk Festival.

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Brandi Carlile, Live in Concert: Newport Folk 2018

1:46pm August 08, 2018

by Rita Houston

Brandi Carlile's Newport set was a pure celebration, as if she soaked up all that sunshine and love and poured it back over the crowd.

A story that went viral this week — about two elderly men escaping their care facility in order to attend a music festival — was too fun to be true.

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Reported Pair Of Elderly Germans Who Escaped To A Metal Festival Aren't, And Didn't

12:45pm August 08, 2018

by Andrew Flanagan

A buddy story that went viral this week was seized on by many outlets, in part due to a misleading police statement.

The purchase price of the home featured in opening and closing scenes of The Brady Bunch was not immediately available, but it had been listed at $1.85 million.

'Brady Bunch' House Winner Revealed: HGTV Outbid Lance Bass

11:41am August 08, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The outside of the house was featured in the 1970s sitcom, but the interior scenes were filmed in a Los Angeles studio.

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Watch Jim James Perform 'No Secrets' Live In The Studio

11:04am August 08, 2018

by Jason Bentley

The psychedelic rock musician unleashes raw, unfiltered energy at the KCRW Studios.

Anna St. Louis' If Only There Was a River comes out Oct. 12.

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Anna St. Louis' Lonesome Howl Seeks Uncertainty In 'Understand'

11:00am August 08, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

The Kansas City-raised, L.A.-based songwriter leans into the pastoral alchemy of her songs on If Only There Was a River, out Oct. 12.

Len Graham is featured on this week's episode of The Thistle & Shamrock.

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The Thistle & Shamrock: Len Graham

10:37am August 08, 2018

Meet Len Graham, the legendary singer and songwriter from Northern Ireland who carries an equal number of songs and stories in his heart.

The Marvellous Equations of the Dread, by Marcia Douglas

'Marvellous Equations' Pulses With Rhythmic Power

10:22am August 08, 2018

by Juan Vidal

Marcia Douglas's new book imagines a resurrected Bob Marley, living in a clock tower and conversing with spirits — but Douglas also honors and elevates the voices of the women in Marley's orbit.

"I do feel like the nihilism that lives within me really reared its head on this record," Cursive's Tim Kasher (center) says of Vitriola.

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For A Wracked World, Cursive's 'Vitriola' Returns To A Reckless Sound

9:00am August 08, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

The world may be going to hell. But, while Cursive's forthcoming Vitriola wallops and revels in bleakness, Tim Kasher tells NPR that he's doing everything he can not to be swallowed up by the chaos.

With "Satisfacción," Nicky Jam, Bad Bunny and Arcangel are proving to be the Puerto Rican trio that won't quit this summer.

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'Satisfacción' Guaranteed: Our Favorite Latin Songs This Week

7:00am August 08, 2018

This week, there's something new for every corner of the Latinternet as Nicky Jam, Bad Bunny and Arcangel drop yet another banger and Miguel blesses us with another Spanish-language track.