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Lin-Manuel Miranda has announced “Almost Like Praying,” a new benefit single for Puerto Rico. The song interpolates a line from “Maria” from the musical West Side Story. More
Researchers have made history by storing archival-quality audio recordings in DNA for the first time. Twist Bioscience—a company that specializes in DNA synthesis—announced that it worked in conjunction with Microsoft and University of Washington researchers to encode two songs in DNA: Miles Davis’ “Tutu” and Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water.” More
Speaking to the New York Times, Springsteen also provided some details about the Broadway performances, which will run from October to February at New York’s Walter Kerr Theater. More
A piece of Eminem’s catalog will soon be publicly tradable. A new company called Royalty Flow has announced that it has acquired a percentage of the master sound recording royalties for Em’s catalog from 1999-2013: an era that includes The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers LP, and The Eminem Show. More
As football players around the NFL took a knee and locked arms during the National Anthem in protest, J. Cole called on his fans to boycott the NFL over the league’s seemingly concerted mistreatment of Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback who started the anthem protests and remains unsigned by any pro team. More
Morrissey has detailed his upcoming tour dates. New shows behind his upcoming album Low in High School are set to kick off October 31 with a show at Portland, OR’s Schnitzer Concert Hall and run until December 7 at Boston, MA’s Orpheum Theatre. More
New Jersey rock band Screaming Females have shared a new track called “Black Moon”; listen to it below. It marks their first new music since they released 2015’s Rose Mountain. More
