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Music Review: CHVRCHES' Lauren Mayberry makes feminist pop on debut solo album, 'Vicious Creature'
NEW YORK (AP) — Lauren Mayberry, frontwoman of the Scottish synth-pop band CHVRCHES, liberates herself from preconceptions on a punchy debut solo album, “Vicious Creature.” Mayberry’s striking voice has been central to CHVRCHES' electro-pop since the trio started making...
Lauren Mayberry steps out of the band Chvrches for a solo album that shows her influences
NEW YORK (AP) — The birth of Lauren Mayberry as a solo artist should be marked by something like a wolf cry. And that's exactly what it sounds like. The vocalist and percussionist from the Scottish pop band Chvrches has punctuated her debut album with a playful howl while telling...
How to watch and stream the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday season really kicks off when the massive helium balloons start floating through New York. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade — two years away from its 100th birthday — this year will feature 17 giant character balloons, 22 floats, 15 novelty and heritage...
Q&A: Muna’s Katie Gavin on comfort music, creative freedom and her debut solo record
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Katie Gavin is self-proclaimed “gay famous.” The pop band Muna first broke through with “Silk Chiffon,” an anthem to queer joy. Though Gavin, the frontwoman of Muna, has dipped a toe in pop music's mainstream, she’s definitively, and defiantly, still...
Eminem, Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crow, N.W.A. and Janet Jackson get Songwriters Hall of Fame nods
NEW YORK (AP) — Eminem, Boy George, George Clinton, Sheryl Crow, Janet Jackson, the Doobie Brothers, N.W.A. and Alanis Morissette are among the nominees for the 2025 class at the Songwriters Hall of Fame, an eclectic group of rap, rock, hip-hop and pop pioneers. Joining them on the...
Music Review: State Champs’ self-titled album is enjoyable, quintessential, predictable pop-punk
New York pop-punk band State Champs’ self-titled album is one fans of the genre have heard before — a band musing about awkward interactions at parties, overthinking their romantic relationships and scorning the mundane. Across 12 tracks, the album is charming, but unchallenging. ...
Liam Payne and his bandmates all sought solo success after One Direction fame
LONDON (AP) — One Direction was one of the last boy bands from the age of mass-audience linear television and one of the first of the social media era. That helped propel them to a level of fame comparable to Beatlemania, but with the constant scrutiny of a world of smartphones and...
Coldplay teaming with Barcelona for next clasico against Real Madrid
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona soccer team will wear special edition shirts with a logo of pop rock band Coldplay on their fronts for the upcoming clasico against Real Madrid. Hansi Flick’s team will wear the shirts when it visits Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Oct. 26....
Movie Review: 'Smile 2' nicely targets pop star fame with the terrific Naomi Scott
In an early scene in “Smile 2,” the fictional pop superstar Skye Riley is in her drug dealer's apartment. “Do you believe in weird stuff?” he asks her, between doing lines of coke. You certainly will after this horror romp — writer-director Parker Finn's second movie that...
How Jose Iglesias’ ‘OMG’ became the perfect anthem for the underdog Mets
NEW YORK (AP) — It's a pop hit like many others: An ascending chorus, an addictive hook, a warm rhythm. But “OMG,” performed by New York Mets infielder Jose Iglesias, has become the perfect anthem for the team's unlikely playoff run. Since its release on streaming platforms in...
