Singer and activist Deon Jones was taking part in a peaceful protest in Los Angeles after the killing of George Floyd when a police officer fired a rubber bullet at his face from close range. Had the projectile hit him an inch lower, it could’ve blinded him — an inch …
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Two weeks after Kylie Minogue released her new song “Say Something,” the singer has paired the single with a sparkling video directed by Sophie Muller. Keeping with the Disco theme of her new album and song’s lyrics, the visual finds Minogue and her dancers grooving to “Say Something” in front …
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Two days after reuniting with Porno for Pyros, Perry Farrell reconvened with Jane’s Addiction as part of the Lolla2020 livestream, a four-day virtual event taking place over the same long weekend as the COVID-cancelled Lollapalooza 2020. Performing from a Los Angeles soundstage surrounded by video screens — just the band’s …
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Perry Farrell reunited his Porno for Pyros outfit for their first public performance in nearly 24 years as part of Lollapalooza’s Lolla2020 livestream event Thursday. For the acoustic, socially distanced backyard performance, the band — Farrell, guitarist Peter DiStefano, Jane’s Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins and Minutemen bassist Mike Watt (who …
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Trey Anastasio had just returned to New York City from a weekend songwriting session with his collaborators Tom Marshall and Scott Herman when the city started shutting down in the wake of COVID-19. Anastasio — who stayed busy in 2019 with Phish tours, a documentary, his band Ghosts of the …
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Cam delivers an upbeat rendition of her latest single “Classic” as part of Rolling Stone‘s In My Room performance series, presented by Gibson. The hard-to-pigeonhole singer-songwriter performs the effervescent gem about lasting relationships backed by two guitarists and a drum track. “They don’t make ’em like this anymore,” she sings, …
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Bandcamp will continue its special “Bandcamp Friday” series for the rest of the year, waiving its revenue share on all sales on the first Friday of every month to give musicians more money from each purchase. The series started as a one-off at the end of March to help get …
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Roger Waters‘ massive, star-studded production of The Wall in Berlin in 1990, just eight months after the wall was torn down, remains one of the most surreal odysseys into the nexus of music, theater, and charity. Perhaps the greatest highlight during the show, which raised money for victims of natural …
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Gorillaz recruited Schoolboy Q to honor Pac-Man on the animated outfit’s latest Song Machine track, “Pac-Man,” which arrives just weeks after the 40th anniversary of the arcade classic. The song opens with Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn lacing his low voice over a thick beat that recalls the heyday of the …
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Shamir has announced that he will release a self-titled album on October 2nd and has shared a second single from the record, following the quarantine-themed track “On My Own.” The new song, “I Wonder,” comes with a visual inspired by love, climate change and the work of Keith Haring, according …
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