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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – “Alien Metal”

Right now, the ultra-prolific Australian psych-rock crew King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are on their old-school techno shit. After playing a series of "rave" shows last year, the band fell in love with the modular Eurorack synth assemblage that they nicknamed Nathan. Using

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$5.5B J&J talc deal could end decade-long legal battle

Johnson & Johnson reached a potential $5.5 billion settlement on Monday in an effort to settle past legal woes over claims that its talc products were behind cases of ovarian cancer. The settlement would cover roughly 76,000 claims with no cap on payouts. Johnson & Johnson

Linda Perhacs Reported Missing

Linda Perhacs, the 82-year-old psychedelic folk artist, has been reported missing. Yesterday, Perhacs' former manager Laurel Stearns posted on Perhacs' Instagram page, asking fans for help in finding the musician. Stearns writes that Perhacs "was discharged from a residential

Rhiannon Giddens Signs With WME (EXCLUSIVE)

Grammy- and Pulitzer-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens, one of the leading artists in the roots and Americana realm, has signed with WME for representation in music worldwide, she and the agency announced Tuesday. The move comes as Giddens prepares to unveil her seventh studio

CNN's Collins: The award I got 'really bothered' Trump

CNN anchor and reporter Kaitlan Collins brushed off attacks from President Trump during her tenure covering his presidency, including comments he made at the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner late last week. “I’ve always felt this, regardless of

Hard power, hard choices: UK’s reckoning a lesson for US

Andy Burnham walked into 10 Downing Street last week as Britain’s seventh prime minister in ten years. He takes over a country still absorbing the aftershocks of the Iran conflict, with the Royal Navy stretched thin as it escorts tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. It says

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