Rivers Cuomounveiled a surprise new single, “Medicine for Melancholy.” The song is theWeezer frontman’s first as a solo artist. Unlike the riff-heavy Weezer catalog, “Medicine for Melancholy” finds Cuomo backed by sweeping synths and handclapped beats while still boasting Weezer’s penchant for big hooks. “We got that Friday feeling / …
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Kimberly Campbell, the widow of Country Music Hall of Fame member Glen Campbell, has filed a claim against the estate of her late husband, seeking reimbursement for expenses incurred while caring for the country singer while he battled Alzheimer’s disease. Kim Campbell filed the claim on March 8th in Davidson …
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You only need to listen to Def Leppard‘s “Rocket” to hear how much frontman Joe Elliott loves glam rock. The lyrics pay tribute to David Bowie, Lou Reed, T. Rex, Queen and Sweet all in the space of about six minutes. So when Rolling Stone asked Elliott for a contribution …
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Nick Gordon, the former boyfriend ofBobby Brown and Whitney Houston’s daughterBobbi Kristina Brown and the man found “legally responsible” for her death, was arrested Saturday in Florida on a domestic violence charge. According to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, Gordon was arrested on one charge of “battery — touch or …
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Jefferson Beauregard Sessions was named after two Confederates, so it was peculiar to hear him talk as if secession was a bad thing. On Tuesday morning, the Attorney General continued his war with California‘s leadership, this time admonishing it for refusing to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents collect undocumented …
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The Cranberries will move forward with a new album and a 25th anniversary reissue of their debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We.The group put the reissue project on hold after their singer, Dolores O’Riordan, died in January. The band’s surviving members said it had already …
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Singer-songwriter Neko Case unveiled a new song, “Hell-On,” the deceptively sinister title-track from her upcoming album, out June 1st via Anti. “Hell-On” boasts a smoldering mix of guitar plucks, muted drums and swelling strings, over which Case sings in a sweetened voice, “You cannot time its table, it sets no …
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Mary J. Blige unleashed a stunning performance of “Mighty River” at the 90th Academy Awards Sunday. The track for Dee Rees’ Mudbound earned Blige a Best Original Song nomination, while she also picked up a Best Supporting Actress nod for her turn in the film. Blige began her performance alone …
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A collection of unpublished Lou Reed poems will be released this spring as Do Angels Need Haircuts? The book will be accompanied by a 1971 recording of the Velvet Underground singer reciting the works at New York’s St. Mark’s Church. Do Angels Need Haircuts?, due out in April, features 12 …
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The last 50 years of music, pop culture, politics and more are chronicled alongside the history of Rolling Stone in the new trailer for the digital release of Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge. The four-hour documentary aired last November on HBO and will be re-released this March through digital …
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