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Arthur Russell Archives to Be Displayed ...

Arthur Russell’s archives will be displayed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for an exhibition called Do What I Want: The Experimental World of Arthur Russell. Presented by BAM Visual Art, Russell’s estate, and Russell’s partner Tom Lee, the exhibition will be open from March 1 to May 14 and is free to the public. The exhibition features more than 150 items, including a selection of Russell’s own notes, scores, photos, test pressings, show fliers, and album covers. There are also never-before-heard recordings from his personal working tapes.  Do What I Want will include...
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Coachella 2017: Lady Gaga to Replace Bey...

Lady Gaga has replaced Beyoncé as a headliner at the 2017 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the festival confirmed tonight. Beyoncé pulled out of the festival in February due to her pregnancy at “the advice of her doctors to keep a less rigorous schedule in the coming months.” Gaga, fresh off her Super Bowl performance and Metallica collaboration at the Grammys, will now perform on April 15 and 22. “Let’s party in the desert,” Gaga wrote in the below tweet. The two headlining sets will precede her world tour later this year. See the updated Coachella poster and...
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Coachella Website Hacked, User Data Stol...

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has announced that information about users registered on its website (a process required to purchase tickets for the festival) has been digitally compromised. The below statement, emailed to account holders, was forwarded to Pitchfork. A representative for AEG, the company behind Coachella, confirmed that the statement is official.  “We recently discovered that unauthorized third parties illegally gained access to the usernames, first and last names, shipping addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth individuals...
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Minutemen, Wilco, Deerhoof Members Annou...

Big Walnuts Yonder—a new band comprised of bassist/vocalist Mike Watt (Minutemen, the Stooges), guitarist Nels Cline (Wilco, Nels Cline Singers), drummer Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), and guitarist/vocalist Nick Reinhart (Tera Melos)—have announced their debut album. The self-titled album is out May 5 via Sargent House. The first offering from the release is a new song called “Raise the Drawbridges?”—find the track, tracklist, and cover art below. The idea for Big Walnuts Yonder began in 2008 when Watt and Reinhart toured together in Japan, later enlisting Cline who insisted...
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YouTube Announces Live TV Service

YouTube has announced a new alternative to cable or satellite television, CNBC reports. YouTube TV is a live and on-demand TV subscription service. The service will feature a DVR-style recording service with unlimited cloud storage. Subscriptions will cost $35 per month, and subscribers will have access to up to 40 networks and original content from YouTube Red. All four major networks will be included (ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC) as well as channels like ESPN, USA, FX, and more. Other channels like Showtime will be made available for an additional fee. YouTube TV...