The nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2021 are in and the list features Jay-Z, Foo Fighters, Mary J. Blige, Iron Maiden, Tina Turner, the Go-Go’s, Rage Against the Machine, Kate Bush, Devo, Chaka Khan, Carole King, Fela Kuti, LL Cool J, New York Dolls, …
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Game of Thrones actress Esmé Bianco is the latest woman to come forward with allegations of physical and psychological abuse against Marilyn Manson, who the actress dated in 2011. After hinting that she was also a Manson survivor in an Instagram post last week — joining fellow actress Evan Rachel …
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Ice Cube has dropped new song “Trying to Maintain.” It’s his first new solo music since the release of his 10th studio album, 2018’s Everythang’s Corrupt. “To everybody trying to maintain/With a little mary jane on they campaign,” he raps. “Whip by you in the fast lane/Only act like this …
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Country star Mickey Guyton performed her historic, Grammy-nominated single, “Black Like Me,” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Monday, February 1st. The performance found Guyton stripping back some of the elements of the song and presenting it with just piano and guitar accompaniment. With a wash of candles …
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Sophie, the acclaimed U.K. electronic pop producer who died on January 30th, pushed music’s cutting edge forward relentlessly in her work with artists across genres. One of her most notable collaborations was with Vince Staples, producing two tracks for his 2017 album Big Fish Theory. Here, in a new interview, …
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Joan Jett & the Blackhearts have dropped previously unreleased live shows via the streaming platform Nugs.net. Jett kicked off the partnership with three concerts spanning her 40-year career: a show from Houston, Texas, in 1983; a Columbus, Ohio, concert from 2015; and a 2018 show that took place at Hellfest …
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Rivers Cuomo has always been an onion of irony — layer upon layer of smirking innuendo, gentle obfuscation, smarty-pants witticism, each shielding a sensitive heart. That emotional sleight of hand is what made Weezer‘s “Sweater Song” and its ham-fisted metaphor of a cardigan unraveling until Cuomo, the group’s frontman and …
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Martin Gore was recently tweaking his voice electronically — “resynthesizing it,” to use his words — for an avant-garde piece when he realized that it now sounded animalistic. The original vocal was “an almost yelling blues kind of line,” he says, but it had started to seem “human-like.” “It wasn’t …
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Billie Eilish and Rosalía have united for a new collaboration “Lo Vas a Olvidar.” The track will be featured in the upcoming special episode of the HBO show Euphoria, “Part 2: Jules,” premiering January 24th. “Lo Vas a Olvidar” was produced by Eilish’s brother and frequent collaborator Finneas, and features …
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Black Pumas performed their Grammy Record of the Year-nominated single “Colors” during Saturday’s first Biden-Harris pre-inauguration event, “America United: An Inauguration Welcome Event Celebrating America’s Changemakers.” “President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, we’re looking forward to a new sense of optimism, unity and peace for all American people,” …
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