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Mac Miller deep cut that samples the score of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind has been made available for the first time on streaming services. The track, ‘The Quest’, had previously only been shared as a bonus track on the 10th anniversary edition of his second album, ‘Watching Movies With The Sound Off’, first released in 2013. ‘The Quest’ interpolates Jon Brion’s soundtrack for the classic 2004 Michel Gondry film, specifically the instrumental track ‘Phone Call’.

Todd Gilchrist editor Twenty-five years have passed since the release of Rufus Wainwright’s self-titled debut album, a rhapsodic collection of 12 songs celebrating his open homosexuality and given suitably cabaret-inspired flair by producer Jon Brion. In addition to commemorating the occasion with an expanded, remastered, digital-only re-release featuring ten extra songs from its three-year, 56-song recording process, Wainwright will on June 2 also premiere “Folkocracy,” an anthology of covers produced by Mitchell Froom. It’s a full-circle moment for the singer-songwriter after decades of sidelining his family’s pedigreed genre: though he’s collaborated many times with his folk-singer father Loudon Wainwright III, late mother Kate McGarrigle and aunt Anna McGarrigle, the album marks the first official folk/ Americana recordings of his career.

Jenny Lewis has announced that she will release her fifth solo album ‘Joy’All’ later this year. Out now is new single ‘Psychos’.“I started writing some of these songs on the road, pre-pandemic and then put them aside as the world shut down”, she says.

Jenny Lewis has announced details of her fifth studio album, ‘Joy’All’, and shared its latest single ‘Psychos’.Produced by Dave Cobb, the new album is due out on June 9 via Blue Note/EMI and follows 2019’s ‘On The Line’. It was first previewed last year with the single ‘Puppy And A Truck’.Explaining how the album came together, Lewis said: “I started writing some of these songs on the road, pre-pandemic… and then put them aside as the world shut down. […] Then from my home in Nashville in early 2021, I joined a week-long virtual songwriting workshop with a handful of amazing artists, hosted by Beck.“The challenge was to write one song every day for seven days, with guidelines from Beck.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticThe term “residency” wasn’t always associated with big-bucks Las Vegas bookings designed for pop stars to make a lot of money while staying parked in one place. And in Los Angeles, it’s still not: That’s thanks to Largo, a smallish theater (and formerly an even smaller nightclub) that rotates famous and semi-famous musicians and comedians through its lineup again and again, with the idea that, if you return after a month or four, you’ll usually see a different show.

Pitchfork, adding the performer died in his sleep.Rhodes played drums in 1960s garage rock band the Palace Guard, with the 1967 song Falling Sugar appearing on the Nuggets compilation.He would later join psychedelic rock group the Merry-Go-Round aged 16, with the group releasing one self-titled album in 1967, before he embarked on a solo career in the 70s.The singer would go on to release five solo albums, with his final one Rainbow Ends, released in 2016, which featured contributions from The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs, Aimee Mann and Jon Brion.The multi-instrumentalist became known for releasing many of his tunes from a home studio in his parents’ garage.

They feature on the deluxe edition of his posthumous album 'Circles'