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ET rounds up the best shows and movies on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, CBS All Access and more.

How did the idea for this podcast come about? While I was editor of Guardian Cities, some colleagues and I were discussing NWA’s Fuck tha Police, a song about police brutality that became a kind of protest anthem during the 1992 LA riots. Of course, it wasn’t the song that lit the fire; it was the failure to convict four LAPD officers for their filmed assault on Rodney King. But I began to wonder about the times when a song did light the match on world events, when music was the key that un...

NOW Magazine Some of 2021’s best music is being made on podcasts Music podcasts like 155, 2 Much TV and Streams & Variations arent just talking about music – theyre creating it By Richard Trapunski Podcasts like 2 Much TV are pumping out quality songs every single week. One of the most prolific and eclectic music catalogues on Bandcamp doesn’t belong to a musician or band – it’s a podcast. Since it launched in November, 155 podcast has been putting out a full new compilation...

Haim have been tipped to compose original music for a forthcoming animated Netflix film, The Witch Boy. In a post on The Most, Netflix’s Twitter account for queer-centred content, they revealed that the film is currently in production. “In a world where girls are born witches and boys shapeshifters,” the post reads, “a young boy named Aster discovers his own witch abilities and embarks on an adventure to defeat a mysterious evil.” Advertisement “Oh, and original music from HAIM!!...

Haim CREDIT: Press HAIM and their producer Ariel Rechtshaid have talked the making of their song ‘Summer Girl’ on the latest episode of Song Exploder. Member Danielle Haim also recalled the early days of their professional relationship with Rechtshaid, whom she eventually began to date. “I’d head a Cass McCombs song that I loved called ‘County Line’ and I remember looking it up, [and thinking] ‘Who did this album? Who produced this? This is awesome!’ and I saw this name, Ariel...

Danielle Haim / Bono (Picture: Getty) Danielle Haim has recalled how she texted Bono to ask him to guest on Haim‘s 2019 single ‘Summer Girl’. Song Exploder, which features Haim’s lead vocalist/guitarist, Haim bassist/vocalist Este Haim, regular Haim producer Ariel Rechtshaid and ‘Summer Girl”s co-producer and co-writer Rostam. Danielle and Rostam recalled in the episode how they approached Bono with the offer to sing on ‘Summer Girl’, with the former reaching out to the U2 front...

Dear Basketball , which won the late Kobe Bryant an Oscar. HAIM does have experience in the realm of animated movie music -- they released new song called "Feel the Thunder" for the film The Croods: A New Age this past November. In other HAIM news, the band broke down their song "Summer Girl" during the latest episode of the

Netflixs saucy Regency romp Bridgerton showed its reach and confidence Credit: NICK BRIGGS/NETFLIX Netflix is about to get pricier. The streaming service is hiking its basic subscription to £9.99 from £8.99 per month while “premium” users – who pay extra for HD and multi-device streaming – will be paying £13.99 from £11.99. The increase prompted BBC Home Affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford to tweet: “Netflix is now more than the BBC licence and there is no radio, no live TV, no ...

Andria Lo For those listeners still mourning the end of The High Low last month, here are three podcasts to help fill the gap left by Dolly Alderton and Pandora Sykes’s weekly pop-culture fix, said Katie Strick in the London Evening Standard. Fortunately… With Fi and Jane is “the closest you’ll get to Alderton and Sykes if they were in their 50s”. Jane Garvey, Fi Glover and assorted guests offer their light-hearted but thought-provoking take on the world. The Independent’s hit dati...

Debbie Millman: Hrishikesh, I understand when you were little, your favorite soft drink was orange soda. Why orange soda? Hrishikesh Hirway: Debbie Millman: Now, did you have a favorite brand? Was it Fanta? Or what was your favorite orange soda brand? Hrishikesh Hirway: No, I dont think so, because I think I mostly, I only really ever got to have orange soda as a fountain drink. And so, I dont know that I actually paid attention at that point to what brand it was. Debbie Millman: Your father wa...