Cardi B and Nicki Minaj’s grinding and prolonged war has been a slog. The neverending story is filled with on-record subliminals turned into real-world confrontations. In September, their powder keg of a relationship finally blew, with the two New York rappers finally coming to blows in real life. In a …
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The annual Austin City Limits festival kicked off on October 5th-7th with a jam-packed three-day lineup of rock, rap, pop and more. With the Texas senate race heating up (along with the actual atmospheric temperatures in Texas), it was a particularly zesty weekend of music. Here are the most memorable, …
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After a week of controversy, Jacquees drops his latest “Quemix,” this time taking on Drake’s “Jaded.” What’s a “Quemix,” you ask? It’s what happens when a young Cash Money singer remixes so many popular songs that you might as well give them all a catchy name. One of Jacquees’s defining …
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Sigur Rós announced Monday that the band “accepted the resignation” of drummer Orri Páll Dýrason following accusations of rape against Dýrason that surfaced in the past week. “In the wake of the extremely serious and personal allegations made against him in recent days, we have today accepted the resignation of …
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Brockhampton have unveiled their new video for “New Orleans.” The song is the first track on their newly releasedIridescenceLP. Similar to their previously released “San Marcos” video, fans are featured in the new visual, but this time the members of the group are performing live in the video, which was …
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Nas dropped by The Late Show Tuesday to perform his “Adam and Eve,” off his latest LP Nasir, as well as discuss recording his Kanye West-produced album in Wyoming with Stephen Colbert. While the Nasir version of “Adam and Eve” features The-Dream, the rapper instead recruited Late Show bandleader Jon …
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Pip Blom is a 22-year-old Amsterdammer with a perfect post-punk name and a Cobain-ish gift for saying a lot with a little. On “Come Home,” the new single by her band (which is also called Pip Blom, duh), she taunts some tragic sap who’s under the impression they get her: …
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Metallica will play as special acoustic concert this fallraising money for their charitable organization. The gig, dubbed the All Within My Hands Foundation Helping Hands Concert and Auction, will take place at the Masonic in San Francisco on November 3rd. Cage the Elephant will open the evening with an acoustic …
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With cymbals crashing and string basses moaning, composer Angelo Badalamenti narrates a bawdy, bizarre and horrific story on “Woodcutters From Fiery Ships,” a track off his upcoming collaborative album with filmmaker David Lynch. The pair recorded the LP, Thought Gang, in spurts throughout the early Nineties, and though Lynch has …
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Just three months after releasing his solo album Uniform Distortion – which we called“dirtbag classic rock” – James has announced a follow-up album. Uniform Clarity, out October 5th,features acoustic versions of the songs from Uniform Distortion. The new version of “You Get To Rome,” turns the riff-heavy stomper into a …
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