When Teyana Taylor’s new album arrives on Friday, it will mark the end of a bold experiment in distribution: Five seven-track albums over five weeks, each produced by Kanye West. Less remarked upon is the fact that West is overseeing an album by an R&B singer – a rare activity …
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All hail the greatest rock video trilogy of all time – Aerosmith‘s Alicia Silverstone Trilogy, which kicked off 25 years ago this week. The future Clueless starlet played the plucky teen heroine of three perfect videos – “Cryin’,” “Amazing” and “Crazy.” As soon as “Cryin’” hit MTV in the summer …
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Flying Lotus has offered up an enthralling new track titled “Heroes Pt. 5” to the Adult Swim Singles series. Keeping with the producer’s mind-bending, genre-blending style, the new song’s atmospheric synths glide along untethered from its propulsive beat and space funk bass lines. The track also samples and manipulates dialogue …
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Kesha announced a four-day Caribbean cruise festival that sets sail February 17th through 21st of 2019. The singer will perform two unique sets during the Weird and Wonderful Rainbow Ride, which will feature both music and other activities. The initial lineup boasts a diverse mix of musicians and entertainers including …
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Talib Kweli is facing accusations of sexual harassment from a former collaborator who claims that the rapper held her career “hostage” after she rejected his advances. Res, an artist who was signed to Kweli’s Javotti Media and appeared on numerous Kweli tracks, made her claims against the rapper (real name …
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Florence and the Machineannounced a North American tour, which kicks off this summer and continues through the fall. St. Vincent, Lizzo, Kamasi Washington, Grizzly Bear, Perfume Genius, Beth Ditto, Billie Eilish and Wet will open for the band on various dates. The 23-date tour begins at Osheaga in Montreal, QC, …
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Mitski will release her fifth studio album, Be the Cowboy, on August 17th via Dead Oceans. The indie rocker previewed the LP with romantic lead single “Geyser” and its striking, minimalist video. “You’re the one I want, and I’ve turned down every hand that has beckoned me to come,” she …
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Nine Inch Nails will release their ninth studio album, Bad Witch, on June 22nd. The six-track LP – their first full-length since 2013’s Hesitation Marks – is billed as the final installment of a trilogy, following 2016’sNot the Actual Eventsand 2017’sAdd Violence.Bad Witch is currently available for pre-order in all …
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Phil Collins announced his first major North American tour in 12 years. The 15-date “Not Dead Yet, Live!” launches October 5th in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and concludes October 28th in Los Angeles. The tour, titled after his 2016 memoirNot Dead Yet, is billed as a celebration of Collins’ career. Citi …
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UDATE:Mike love shared a get-well note for his cousin and former bandmate, Brian Wilson, after the former Beach Boy postponed a handful of live dates to undergo back surgery. “I know what it’s like to have the (Wilson) back gene,” Love wrote on Facebookalongside a picture of himself and Wilson …
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