Alanis Morissette and the cast of Jagged Little Pill will be hosting a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the Broadway show’s producers announced on Friday. The virtual fundraiser to benefit the Biden Victory Fund will be held on Tuesday, October 13th, from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET …
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Blue Hawaii capture the rapture and rhythm of Nineties vocal house on “Feelin,’” which appears on the duo’s recent EP Under 1 House. “Feelin’” opens with satisfyingly crunchy drum programming — there is enough thwack to demand your attention, and little clatters and clanks that make you want to listener …
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Mike Cooley only needs five words to describe Drive-By Truckers’ decision to surprise-release their new album, The New OK, during quarantine. “It’s all we can do,” he says on three separate occasions during an interview with Rolling Stone about the band’s 13th record, out this Friday. The veteran songwriting duo …
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Ahead of BTS’ Tonight Show residency this week, the K-pop act has announced a new album titled BE (Deluxe Edition), due out November 20th. “The new album imparts a message of healing to the world by declaring, ‘Even in the face of this new normality, our life goes on,’” Big …
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To celebrate the release of his new album By the Fire on Friday,Thurston Moore has announced a livestream performance — followed by a brief leg of European tour dates. Moore will perform the livestream from London’s Rough Trade East with the help of My Bloody Valentine’s Deb Googe and percussionist …
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As part of our newly updated survey of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, we’re publishing a series of pieces on the making of key albums from the list. Kendrick Lamar‘s To Pimp a Butterfly came in at number 19. The first time the Parliament-Funkadelic legend George Clinton heard …
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The second annual Dear John concert, in honor of what would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday, will stream live on Friday, October 9th, at 3:00 p.m. ET from London’s Hard Rock Hotel on YouTube. Organized byBlurred VisionfrontmanSepp Osley, the virtual show will feature performances and tributes to Lennon from …
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The new documentary Somebody Up There Likes Me traces the career of Ron Wood, from his days as the bassist in the Jeff Beck Band, through his brief and boozy tenure in the Faces with life-long friend Rod Stewart, to his long run in the Rolling Stones. The film features …
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A few weeks ago, the members of little-known band Butcher Brown got a life-changing opportunity. ESPN had decided that the previous theme for Monday Night Football —Hank Williams, Jr.’s “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight” — felt off since virtually no fans, rowdy or otherwise, would attend football …
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Taylor Swift will perform”Betty” live for the first time during the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards on Wednesday, September 16th. For the ACM Awards, Swift will deliver her Folklore track from Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry. The ACMs performance will mark Swift’s first at the award show in seven years; …
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