Last night, Sept. 26, was the 52nd season premiere of SNL. King of New York Jalen Brunson hosted and KATSEYE was the musical guest, performing their songs “Hootie Frutti” and “Animal.” For the cold open, Ramy Youssef returned as Zohran Mamdani. The rest of the Knicks starting five (Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby, and Josh Hart) also appeared in Brunson’s monologue.

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GWAR founding member Chuck Vargo, known as Sexecutioner, has passed away. Varga was battling cancer; the band set up a blood donation campaign in April and then launched a fundraiser in June to help Varga and his wife Bambi pay for medical bills. His death was announced on Sept. 25 by GWAR bassist Casey Orr aka Beefcake The Mighty. Varga was 68.

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On Saturday, September 26, Massive Attack frontman Robert Del Naja was arrested under the UK Terrorism Act in Liverpool, outside the venue where the Labour Party conference is due to be held with new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, after protesting in support of Palestine Action.

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Quavo’s new Pharrell-produced album QRÖMELIFE arrives next week. On Friday (Sept. 25), the Migos member announced the tracklist, which features guests like Tyler, The Creator, Justin Timberlake, Future, A$AP Rocky, Yung Miami, and more.

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Danielle Johnson kicked off the year with the release of MYTHS, an ambient album made with vintage synths, recorded live at the Vintage Synthesizer Museum. She returned last month with two new tracks that previewed a new Danz CM era. Now, the 2010 Stereogum Artist To Watch is announcing her new LP, The Interdimensional Extraterrestrial Time Travelers Society.

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Peter Gabriel is slowly releasing his new album oi, sharing a single on every full moon. Last month’s was the “Looking For The Happy,” which he said was about gratitude and “trying to do a little less bitching.” Now, with “Face The Wall,” he’s “looking death in the face.”

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Before Sabrina Carpenter was a singer, she was an actress, best known for her role in the Disney sitcom Girl Meets World. Now, after dominating the pop world with Short N’ Sweet and Man’s Best Friend, she’s returning to the screen to play Ginger Rogers in the forthcoming Fred Astaire biopic.

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After a handful of songs at Ohana Fest on Friday night, the “Eddie Vedder And Friends” set turned into a full-on Pearl Jam performance. (They are still scheduled to headline on Sunday.) It was the band’s first show since drummer Matt Cameron left last summer after 27 years.

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My wife got back from work just now, walked into my office, and asked, “What are you listening to?” When I told her, she was like, “Brain Tourniquet? Well, A for effort on the name.” She’s right. That name rules. Even if you don’t like th abrasive music that Brain Tourniquet make, you have to respect what they bring to the game.

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Our last couple daine posts involved a now-resolved conflict with Bassvictim, but in this post, it’s all love.

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