(Photo by Martyn Goodacre/Getty Images)Shane MacGowan, former lead singer of Irish folk-punk outfit The Pogues, has died at the age of 65.The news of his death was announced by his wife, Victoria Clarke, who said in a statement: “Shane will always be the light that I hold before me and the measure of my dreams and the love of my life.“[He] has gone to be with Jesus and Mary and his beautiful mother Therese. I am blessed beyond words to have met him and to have loved him and to have been so endlessly and unconditionally loved by him and…
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I just can’t with these “virtual” groups. I’m already irritated by how industry titans like HYBE use effects to strip away all character from their artists’ voices, slowing turning K-pop idols into pretty, performing robots. But crafting an entire group from CGI is another level entirely. With so many acts already vying for attention, I don’t see why anyone would opt for a fancy cartoon (unless the music was reeeeaaaaally good). What’s My Name is not really good. Just as the avatars who perform it, the track is generic enough to feel like an AI-composed facsimile. You can almost hear…
Worth It In The End” by Vicky Rai is this dreamy-like song about the artist talking about her life experience as someone a part of the LGBT community and the vulnerability that comes with coming out and hoping the people around you love and accept you as you are. As someone who has known that they are queer, this is definitely a song I can easily deepen the story behind, just like I’m sure everyone else in my community can. There’s this gut-wrenching feeling about the possibility of having to hide who you truly are, in order for the people…
Jawbox’s J. Robbins is a constantly-busy guy, and this year was no exception. Whether he was touring with Braid or Soulside, contributing a cover to the new Naked Raygun tribute LP, or producing records for the likes of Truth Cult, The Dismemberment Plan offshoot Milliseconds, or Saetia/Helmet offshoot Attempt Survivors, he was always up to something. He plays his last show of the year this Friday (12/1) at Pie Shop in DC with Milliseconds, and now, he’s shared with us a list of his 10 favorite things of 2023. His list includes a mix of albums, movies, live shows, a…
Francisco cross european news Date: November 30, 2023 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis appeared in public on Wednesday with apparent breathing difficulties after canceling a trip to Dubai to attend the 28th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28). “We continue with the catechesis, but like this flu… I am not well and my voice is difficult to hear, and Bishop Ciampanelli will read this message,” Pope Francis said. The pope attended a general audience Wednesday after a committee of doctors told Pope Francis not to make a planned pontifical trip to Dubai in the coming days for a…
“I have so many characters lurking around my body – I’m possessed!” And with over five decades of hits, Kylie has explored many of them via some of the most era-defining singles in pop. We trace the pivotal moments – the songs, the characters and the motivations – and discover how she and those around her created such milestone events.To Stock Aitken Waterman, Kylie Minogue was initially just another voice to create songs with at their Hit Factory, but nearly 40 years later, she has easily outshone all the other voices on their roster and become a global phenomenon.Like Madonna…
Justin Vivian Bond & Kenny Mellman will be spreading good cheer all this month under their cabaret alter egos, Kiki & Herb. Next week, they begin the “O Come Let Us Adore Them” holiday tour. For it they’ve worked up a new setlist featuring covers of Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” from Barbieand Lou Reed’s “Heroin,” as well as songs by Annie Lennox, Kate Bush, Low, Radiohead, Miley Cyrus and more. The tour includes two hometown NYC shows at Town Hall on December 7 & 8 as well as stops in DC, Chicago, Dallas, Austin, San Francisco and…
Recently, I shared the music video “Earthquake” by the Norwegian/American indie artist Magnus Riise. Despite being intense, the clip left a lasting impression on me. The video felt wholly authentic and embodied the sincere essence of his work. The song, in fact, forms a part of Magnus’s audio/visual EP project “Until Tomorrow,” which was released in April. The impact of the video on me was so strong that I immediately felt motivated to check out the rest of the project. Upon further inspection, it instantly became clear to me Magnus has a talent for producing visually stunning aesthetics that perfectly…
If there is one film you need to see this week, it’s FEMME. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing this SXSW original short film go from accolade-to-accolade to not-surprisingly being turned into a feature film. Last week I got to review the film with my fellow Boys On Film critics Phil Marriott and Sean Vickers and here is what we unpacked, which so far, has been my favorite film review to wax poetic on. From IMDB: FEMME follows Jules, who is targeted in a horrific homophobic attack, destroying his life and career. Some time after that event he encounters Preston,…
Nuevo Diario, Santiago – Dr. Milton Ray Guevara, presiding judge of the Constitutional Court, gave a conference titled “The Contribution of Constitutionalism to the System of Rights in the: Constitutional Culture” at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo at the University of Santiago Campus Go (UASD) emphasized that this issue is closely related to the Heart City, mother of the 1908 Constitution and inspiration of the liberal constitutionalism that permeated the so-called Moka Constitution of February 1858. Judge Ray Guevara argued in his essay that it was heresy for constitutionalism to have its origins in the British, American, and French…