Fall Out Boy have donated $100,000 to their hometown of Chicago for COVID-19 relief. Titled Chicago Community COVID-19 Response Fund, the organization is a partnership between the City of Chicago and United Way of Metro Chicago. Funds will go directly toward food banks, food for students who typically get their …
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There has been an outpouring of love for Bill Withers ever since the news arrived Friday that the soul legend had died from heart complications at 81. Many musicians have taken to the internet to remember the icon, from Questlove to Flea. Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, whom Withers once called …
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Nick Lowe has dropped a new song, “Lay It on Me Baby,” off his upcoming EP, Lay It on Me, out June 5th via Yep Roc Records. “Just like a fish in a babbling brook/I’m nibbling at your hook,” he sings over a surf rock riff, backed by Nashville outfit …
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Before production on Jimmy Kimmel Live was shut down due to coronavirus, the late-night show had scheduled Wilco to perform. Since that could no longer take place, Kimmel tapped singer and guitarist Jeff Tweedy to virtually perform his song “Evergreen.” Tweedy opted to showcase the song, which comes off Tweedy’s …
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Niall Horan joined Jimmy Fallon for the most recent edition of The Tonight Show, filmed at home in Fallon’s house during the COVID-19 pandemic, to perform “Dear Patience.” Appearing via video chat at the 7:45 minute mark, Horan discussed his new album, Heartbreak Weather, and how he’s coping with self-quarantine. …
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DJ D-Nice spoke with Trevor Noah about how he became the quarantine king with his Homeschoolin’ social distancing dance parties on Tuesday’s installment of The Daily Social Distancing Show. D-Nice — a true hip-hop multi-hyphenate who’s worked as a DJ, producer, rapper and photographer — told Noah that the idea …
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The last time we spoke to Paul Banks, his band Interpol had put out its sixth album, Marauder, which was marked by “energy, songcraft, and unexpected warmth,” as Rolling Stone noted at the time. Banks has taken those qualities to a new project, Muzz, a trio featuring Josh Kaufman (the …
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Neil Young appeared at a digital campaign rally for Bernie Sanders on Monday evening where he played his 1972 classic “Heart of Gold” live from the home in Telluride, Colorado, that he shares with wife, actress Daryl Hannah. “We are here for you Bernie,” he said after playing the song. …
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Fiona Apple is the subject of a new profile in theNew Yorker, written by Emily Nussbaum and published on Monday. Among other things, the feature reveals the title of Apple’s upcoming album, her first in nearly eight years: Fetch the Bolt Cutters, inspired by a line said by Gillian Anderson …
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On Monday, Eminem dropped the music video for “Godzilla,” his latest visual fromMusic to Be Murdered By. The clip, directed by Cole Bennett, is dedicated to the late Juice WRLD, who is featured on the song’s hook. Eminem appears in the clip inside a large warehouse store — think Walmart …
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