“I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.” ― Henry David Thoreau “Birds are cool …
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Rising DJ duo Lost Kings crash a funeral and accidentally spark a zombie outbreak in their campy and mildly grisly “Too Far Gone” video. The clip opens with the pair wheeling their live equipment into a funeral home, mid-ceremony, with guest vocalist Anna Clendening displayed in an open casket. They …
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Toots and the Maytals transformed Fleetwood Mac‘s 1969 tune “Man of the World” into an aching reggae ballad for the upcoming compilation, Red, Gold, Green and Blue, out July 12th via Trojan Jamaica. The cover arrives with a video featuring live footage and clips of Toots and the Maytals recording …
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Mary J. Blige will be honored with BET’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the BET Networks announced on Wednesday. The award will be presented during the 19th annual BET Awards ceremony, which will air live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, on June 23rd. The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul will …
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After months of hunting for album-related “Easter egg” clues, Taylor Swift revealed her seventh studio album is called Lover and comes out on August 23rd. Her new single “ME!” featuring Brendon Urie will be included on the record along with a subsequent track, “You Need to Calm Down,” which drops at …
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Hiss Golden Messenger, the musical project from singer-songwriter MC Taylor, will release a new album, Terms of Surrender, September 20th via Merge. The group has shared the first track off the release, a politically-inspired folk song called “I Need a Teacher.” The track is accompanied by a music video from …
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Led Zeppelin‘s “Stairway to Heaven” will soon add a new chapter to its complicated legal history. An 11-judge panel from the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Monday to review its decision on whether the band plagiarized the song’s opening guitar riff from Spirit’s 1968 track “Taurus,” Reuters reports. …
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Johnny Depp and his bandmates in the supergroup Hollywood Vampires, which includes Alice Cooper and Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, holed up in Berlin’s Hansa Studios last year to record a cover of one of David Bowie’s biggest hits, “Heroes.” The Thin White Duke himself had cut that very track there …
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Blink-182 announced yesterday that they’re going to perform their 1999 LP Enema of the State straight through on their summer amphitheater tour with Lil Wayne. This may seem like a sweet gesture to their longtime fans and a great way to celebrate the albums 20th anniversary, but this tour was …
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Courtney Barnett, bassist Bones Sloane and drummer Dave Mudie let loose in live performances of “Everybody Here Hates You” and “Small Talk” in two new videos recorded for Vevo. The relaxed setting showcases the band’s camaraderie and feels delightfully like sitting in and watching an unfolding jam session. The self-deprecating …
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