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Liz Wood
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This Week in Posivibes: Kate Bush Forever
Every day’s a good day to admire the genius of Kate Bush. We assume it’s in that spirit that Pitchfork published a piece on Hounds of Love, the artist’s 1985 album. The author interviewed Bush upon the album’s release, and the piece follows the…
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President Obama Slow Jams His Achievements
The President of the United States appeared on The Tonight Show to join The Roots and Jimmy Fallon in slow jamming the news. The “Commander in Preach,” as Fallon called President Obama, is entering the last eight months of his second term, and the segment called…
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Axl Rose Not Pumped on Fat Memes
Axl Rose has issued Google a takedown notice regarding the “Fat Axl” meme, which uses a shot of the singer performing with Guns N’ Roses in 2010. The notice is operating on the grounds that Guns N’ Roses owns the copyright to…
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Descendents Announce New Album
Hypercaffium Spazzinate will be the first Descendents record in over a decade, Consequence of Sound reports. The full record will be out on July 29th via Epitaph. In the meantime, the band has released the track “Victim of Me,” which you can listen to after…
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Drake’s Working with Everybody
Drake came out with a collaboration with Gucci Mane and Justin Bieber took part in a remix of “One Dance” off of Drake’s album VIEWS. Listen to and read more about the Gucci Mane collaboration here and Bieber’s part in the remix here.
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This Week in Posivibes: Heartworn Highways Reissue
The incredible outlaw country documentary featuring the likes of Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Steve Young, David Allan Coe, Larry Jon Wilson, and Steve Earle is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a reissue box set from Light in the Attic Records.…
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Respect for Muhammad Ali
Bob Dylan released a statement following the boxer’s death. Dylan responded to the news that the 74-year-old legend passed away by referencing the man’s self-proclaimed title, “the greatest”: If the measure of greatness is to gladden the heart of every human being on…
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Mourn’s Ha, Ha, He
Last year, Barcelona’s Mourn received a lot of attention for reminding everyone why teens playing loud and well just plain works. Their second record Ha, Ha, He is generating similar excitement, thanks to the handful of songs that have been released thus far. The full…
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De La Soul and Snoop Dogg
As part of the lead-up to De La Soul’s next album And The Anonymous Nobody, the group has released a new single featuring Snoop Dogg. The album is set to come out via a crowdfunded, independent release on August 26th and…
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The Smell Faces Demolition
A demolition notice has been posted on the door to the all-ages Los Angeles venue, the LAist reports, stating that since the plans follow all city codes and procedures, “public comment will have no impact on this project.” The notice arrived…
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This Week in Posivibes: Arthur Russell
A new treatise on the importance of the genre-melting artist has been published by the New York Times, inspired by the New York Public Library’s acquisition of Arthur Russell’s archives. The acquisition itself is massive, sprawling, and difficult to catalogue, according…
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Zane Lowe Interviews Chance the Rapper
Following the release of his latest mixtape Coloring Book, Chance the Rapper spoke with Zane Lowe in a lengthy interview about the work, the recording process, and the artist’s growing collaborative relationship with Kanye West. Listen to the full conversation via okayplayer and stream the mixtape here.