Trent Reznor was nearly done inducting the Cure into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when he went off on a slight tangent to talk about the institution itself. “I think it’s only right for me to admit that I’ve been, let’s say, ambivalent about the existence of certain …
Read More »Deadmau5 Plots North American Tour With New Cube V3 Show
Deadmau5 will embark on a North American tour this fall with his new “Cube V3” live show. The 16-city trek launches September 12th at the Southside Ballroom in Dallas, Texas and includes two nights in Austin, three nights in Los Angeles, plus stops in cities like Denver, Houston, Washington, D.C. …
Read More »Childish Gambino, The Chemical Brothers to Headline Montreal's Osheaga Festival
The Chemical Brothers will return to Montreal for the first time in 17 years to headline this year’s Osheaga Music and Arts Festival. The three-day festival, now in its 14th year, has also booked Childish Gambino and The Lumineers to take top billing at Parc Jean-Drapeau. J Balvin, Tame Impala, …
Read More »Yonder Mountain String Band Cover Hall & Oates, Michael Jackson on Live EP
Yonder Mountain String Band revisit eight inspired cover songs from their tour earlier this year on the bluegrass-jam band’s new release Hines’ Finds Volume Three: Winter Tour 2019. The eight-song set includes performances of classics by Rufus & Chaka Khan, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Violent Femmes and Michael Jackson. The …
Read More »4 Essential Books for Motley Crue Fans
Thanks to a new documentary on Netflix, metal band Mötley Crüe has enjoyed a resurgence this month, with the four founding members once again generating some buzz in the press, almost 40 years after they first hit the scene. In the four decades since their founding, Mötley Crüe has become …
Read More »Dubai Government Denies R. Kelly's Claim of Booked Concerts
The Dubai government issued a statement Sunday denying that R. Kelly had booked concerts in the United Arab Emirates city, as his legal team claimed. “Authorities in Dubai have not received any request for a performance by singer R. Kelly nor are there any venues that have been booked,” the …
Read More »Tame Impala Breeze Back With Summery New Single 'Patience'
The wait is over: Four years after Tame Impala leveled up to a new tier of sparkling psychedelic pop with 2015’s Currents, the Australian act has released a new single. “Patience” takes the sleek studio advances of Currentsand leapfrogs further: If that album was where Kevin Parker went from a …
Read More »Rap Radio Is Playing More Women, But Streaming Playlists Lag Behind
If the future is female, then streaming services are wildly behind the times — the big winners on these platforms are overwhelmingly men. In 2018, for example, just three of the Top 25 most-streamed songs were helmed by women, according to data from BuzzAngle, which tracks music consumption. The same …
Read More »Hear the Last Poets' Sobering New Rallying Cry 'For the Millions'
In 2018, pioneering spoken-word collective the Last Poets returned with their first album in more than 20 years. Now the group — consisting of Seventies-era members Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan, along with percussionist Baba Donn Babatunde and a slew of collaborators, including renowned avant-jazz bassist Jamaladeen Tacuma — …
Read More »Lollapalooza 2019: Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, Tame Impala, Strokes to Headline
Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, the Strokes and Tame Impala are among the headliners at Lollapalooza 2019, taking place August 1st through 4th at Grant Park in Chicago. Other top-billed performers include Twenty One Pilots, J Balvin, Flume and the Chainsmokers, as well as Lil Wayne, Janelle Monáe, Kacey Musgraves, Meek …
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