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Swell Maps were a punk band, but only because that word meant something different when they started making records in 1977. It didn't mean bands called Knuckleheadz or Gimp Fist; it meant unfettered freedom, curiosity rather than rage. Theirs was a music that wandered off in unexpected directions, where songs barely hung together before falling apart, punctuated by peculiar sounds made by whatever happened to be around.

Our very good friend Bruce has recorded a beautiful version of 'A Rainy Night in Soho,' It's a stunning tribute to Shane's songwriting and it's out on Thursday!

The new dates arrive in and around Dacus' summer festival appearances, which include sets at Winnipeg Folk Festival, Ottawa Bluesfest, Minnesota Yacht Club, and San Francisco's Outside Lands. The run also follows her previously-announced West Coast run in May, where she'll play shows in Vancouver, Sacramento, Salt Lake City (for Kilby Block Party), and more.

This guy started playing piano at the age of 3. This is such a complicated, amazing musician. This is the only guy that Miles Davis said, 'That guy can play!' Keenan praised Ahmad Jamal's exceptional musicianship and technical proficiency, emphasizing the pianist's influence and recognition from jazz legend Miles Davis.

While mixing and editing the batch of tunes that became HORROR, we had a feeling they might have some sort of secret double life. So much potential, so many layers and forks in the road, so many split decisions that could've gone either way. Tony was the man to get his tools out and see what lurked beneath the hood and make it truly HORRORble.

I think, even though she's world famous with millions of fans, I still think she's underrated, because yes, she's the greatest singer in the world, but also, she doesn't get enough credit for her songwriting. She's written amazing songs over many years consistently and she's really innovated in recorded music and I don't know, I just think she's a genius and people don't realize that she is a genius.

One of my wishes was for one of my singing groups to go on the full creative journey with me writing a song, going into a studio and recording it and then releasing it. And until this year that simply hadn't been possible.

The ocean-view contemporary, built in 2001, features walls of glass, a large deck, a loft office, two bedrooms and 21/2 bathrooms. The house has about 2,750 square feet of living space.

Music doesn't weigh anything anymore. We went from shelves full of vinyl and towers of CDs to playlists that scroll infinitely and libraries that live nowhere in particular. Streaming gave us everything, all at once, all the time. But somewhere in the exchange, we lost the part of listening that involved our hands, our eyes, and our attention.

An unknown substance was reportedly found in Britney Spears' vehicle when the pop star was arrested for a DUI Wednesday night in California. The substance is being tested and will be part of the arrest, as insiders familiar with the case told TMZ. The 44-year-old Toxic singer, is scheduled to appear in court on May 4.

At the next red light, I clicked the belt across my chest. In the distance, a white truck drifted into view. It began to swerve. I gripped the steering wheel with both hands and braced. The impact flipped my car forward three times, glass exploding in every direction, my head slamming into the steering wheel.

It's a little bit complicated when they put an image in your head, and now you're stuck with it. You're the luckiest, oh, the irony. Holding the weight of the American children whose hearts you break.

The new album Everything Must Go arrives on April 24 via Bad Time Records and Community Records, and first single 'Free Dom' is out now. It finds Bad Operation doing what they do best, fusing 2 Tone's influence with fresh, urgent new ideas and coming out with something danceable, catchy, and powerful.

The Austin-based indie-pop band lived a whole life between 2005 and 2010. Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Ramesh Srivastava had gone off to college in Scotland and brought back UK influences that were still trendy in the wake of Belle & Sebastian and Camera Obscura: the Smiths, Orange Juice, the C86 tape, Sarah Records.

We couldn't fucking wait. Personally, I loved it all. For me, the attitude was like, 'let's work hard and let's GO.' - Keanu Reeves on making the new album

The record sits atop the coupling of two core groups that Frisell has worked with over the years: His bandmates here are Jenny Scheinmann (violin), Eyvind Kang (viola), and Hank Roberts (cello)-aka 858 Quartet, the guitarist's go-to string section-and Thomas Morgan (bass) and Rudy Royston (drums). In some sense, In My Dreams is the musical equivalent of a conversation between friends at a birthday party.

The 70th edition of the contest, which will culminate with a live show on Saturday 16 May, will feature 35 countries in total. However, five countries - Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain - will be boycotting this year's contest over the decision to let Israel take part.

Formed in 1998 to celebrate the 25-year anniversary of ABBA winning Eurovision with 'Waterloo', teens Amit Paul, Dhani Lennevald, Marie Serneholt and Sara Lumholdt entered A*Teens as an ABBA tribute group. But after their slew of ABBA covers reached the top 40 around the world - 'Mamma Mia' hit number one in their homeland - the group decided to stick about for a bit, releasing original hit singles.