It’s been five years since Philadelphia duo Drones for Queens released anything—a split with Abacus—and seven since their only other full-length, Unwavering Servant, but they’re back in peak form on new album Scraps of Mercy. Recorded from July 2022 to March 2023, the album features drummer Evan Madden (Wild Beyond, ex-Woe, ex-Woods of Ypres) and brother Shane on guitar,
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On May 8, 2009, Dolly Parton gave the University of Tennessee, Knoxville graduating class a commencement speech to remember. The country icon’s address mixed self-deprecating humor, anecdotes from her own life and inspirational encouragement. “Do not confuse dreams with wishes,” she said at one point to the 12,000-strong crowd. “There is a difference. Dreams are
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Reggie Becton doesn’t just endure uncomfortable situations; he thrives in them. “I’m really big on discomfort and how it allows you to push past your own limitations,” Becton tells Rated R&B on a sunny April afternoon over Zoom. He’s reminiscing on his bold decision to relocate from Prince George’s County, Maryland, to Los Angeles, California,
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French death metallurgists, Liquid Flesh, make their return later this month in a follow-up to their 2020 effort, Chair Liquide. The trio’s newest album, Dolores, follows a conceptual story of the titular character on hallucinogens and what unfolds is a trippy and tumultuous story laden with putrid, plodding death metal. The track, as the band later describes,
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Swifties are beyond expert sleuths, so it’s no surprise that they may have just discovered that Taylor Swift and Matty Healy might have exchanged not-so-secret messages to one another mid-concerts. Since Swift’s apparent breakup with longtime boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, it has been rumored that she has been dating The 1975 frontman, who attended her The
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