For hip-hop fans, the significance of 1998 needs little explanation thanks to landmark works by Lauryn Hill, Outkast, Jay-Z, DMX, Big Pun, the Neptunes, the Cash Money and No Limit collectives, and more. But despite a geyser of creativity and a new era of gold-plated entrepreneurship, the year still had …
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Gladys Knight will lead a tribute to Aretha Franklin at the American Music Awards, which will air live October 9th on ABC,The Associated Press reports. Dick Clark Productions confirmed the tribute, which will also feature Ledisi, Mary Mary, Donnie McClurkin, CeCe Winans and musical director Rickey Minor. The performance will …
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Foster the People have spent the past few months touring heavily while their comeback single “Sit Next to Me” climbs the charts, making it their biggest hit since “Pumped Up Kicks” back in 2011. During downtime from the road, frontman Mark Foster sat down to create a list of songs …
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Robyn will release her long-awaited eighth albumHoney on October 26th. She began teasing her first solo LP in eight years this summer with the new single “Missing U.” Honey shares its name with a still-unreleased song, though snippets of the track have become a bit of a fan obsession since …
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Smashing Pumpkins have unveiled the release of their first new album in almost two decades featuring founding members Billy Corgan, James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin, along with guitarist Jeff Schroeder. Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. is due on November 16th …
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Rihanna held her fourth annual Diamond Ball Thursday night at New York’s Cipriani Wall Street, a fundraising gala that featured a performance by Childish Gambino and emcee duties from Insecure‘s Issa Rae. As is tradition, proceeds from the Diamond Ball – which also included an auction hosted by Seth Meyers …
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Paul McCartney was extremely busy in the 1980s creating solo records, film soundtracks, music videos, his own movie and even a couple of duets with Michael Jackson. The one thing he didn’t really do was tour. Wings did quite a few shows in the 1970s, but the band ended in …
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Jack White will release a new live EP and concert documentary, Jack White: Kneeling at the Anthem D.C., September 21st via Amazon. Kneeling at the Anthem captures White’s May 30th performance at the titular Washington D.C.venue in support of his latest album, Boarding House Reach. It will also include segments …
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Elvis Costello‘s new ballad “Suspect My Tears” is the latest preview off his upcoming LP Look Now. It’s the rocker’s first album with the Imposters in a decade. The singer pairs the track’s expressive lyrics – “Your lash is sweet now, I dry your cheek / You think I’m powerless …
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A man finds himself stuck in a surreal Sisyphean loop in Fleet Foxes‘ new short film for their Crack-Up opener, “I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumbprint Scar.” Sean Pecknold, the brother of Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold, directed the video, which opens on a man …
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