Daily Archives: May 17, 2026

Country rock or straight rock and roll? The 2026 ACM Awards are in full swing, and, naturally, as with any awards show, folks are taking to social media to share their opinions on performances, wins, and more. While we still have a lot of the awards show left, meaning there is still plenty of time for fans to share their hot takes online, early in the evening, ACM New Female Artist of the Year Avery Anna is stirring up some […]

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Keith Urban’s been working on a yacht rock album, and maybe that’s what inspired his relaxed, easygoing ACM Awards carpet look. Continue reading…

Whitehorse have always made tension sound like a room two people refuse to leave. On All I Want Is All of It, Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland return to early folk-rock romanticism with the mileage of a long musical and marital partnership, recorded with a ragged, farmhouse-studio looseness that lets the floorboards speak up too. The “Then” that helps frame it is The Civil Wars’ Barton Hollow, a 2011 touchstone for modern male-female roots duos built on intimacy, friction, and the dangerous sport of singing very close together. 

An Idaho air show ended in horror when two U.S. Navy jets slammed into each other. The Navy has released a statement about the incident.

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An allegedly drunk passenger was recorded in a viral video being aggressive to flight attendants. He even apparently bit someone.

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Twin brothers who worked for government contractors are facing serious jail time after they deleted databases and harvested data.

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Rugby legend Scott Hastings has sadly passed away at the age of 61. He had been battling cancer for the past four years.

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A person who had their Samsung Galaxy S24 explode during normal use has spoken out about the injuries they faced.

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An Ebola outbreak in has now been declared as a “public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organisation.”

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Relatively few albums warrant expansion into box sets that deconstruct their development with alternate takes and mixes, outtakes, and demos. But if any LP merits such treatment, it’s the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece, which is widely and deservedly regarded as one of the half dozen or so best albums of the […]

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