Nandi Bushell, the 10-year-old drummer phenom whose friendly drum battle with Dave Grohl went viral, has penned a theme song for her rival-idol called “Rock and Grohl, the Epic Battle.” Her tune and the accompanying video follows a theme song Grohl wrote for Bushell last month. “Mr Grohl. The song …
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Rev. Al Sharpton was the Wednesday night guest onThe Daily Show, discussing his new book Rise Up and offering advice to Trevor Noah and his viewers on the importance of protesting with tangible goals. The interview took place the day after the chaotic presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe …
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British punk stalwarts Crass have shared a previously unreleased alternate version of “Sheep Farming in the Falklands” called “Sheep Farming 3,” which will appear on the upcoming box set, Crassical Collection, out October 30th. Originally released in 1983 as a single with “Gotcha” on the B-side, “Sheep Farming in the …
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Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl) discusses his role as superhero Deep on Amazon Prime’s The Boys on the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s The Breakdown. Adapted from the comic book of the same name, The Boys is a superhero satire that examines what happens when superpowers are abused. Describing his character, …
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Teenage Cancer Trust has announced a livestream series featuring unseen concert footage from the Cure, the Who, Pulp, Paul McCartney and more after their annual live concert series was shelved due to the pandemic. The series, titled Teenage Cancer Trust Unseen, will air for free on YouTube and also include …
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For their 15th album, Public Enemy are back on Def Jam, the powerhouse label they helped build with their golden-age hip-hop classics. It’s a well-timed return to the center of the industry. The rise of the Black Lives Matter movement has seen a reawakening of the protest radicalism that PE …
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Jesse Malin‘s regular livestream series The Fine Art of Self Distancing has been a high-motion standout in a sea of mostly cement-shoed virtual concerts. While there’s no actual fans present, the gigs find the New York songwriter playing with his full band in a real live rock club — the …
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During the past few years, William Shatner has tackled everything from progressive rock and country to classic rock and even Christmas songs on his eclectic spoken-word/music albums for Cleopatra Records. But when the label approached him with the idea of a blues record, he was slightly taken aback. “A white …
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The first half of 2020 was an intense whirlwind, but one that “clarified and in some ways accelerated cultural trends that Gen Zs and millennials have been shaping for years,” Dawn Ostroff, Spotify‘s Chief Content & Advertising Business Officer, says. Ostroff and the audio-streaming platform released “Culture Next” this morning, …
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Patti Smith, Joan Baez and more have shared a socially distanced rendition of “People Have the Power” for Pathway to Paris, a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing climate change. The performance arrives on the sixth anniversary of the non-profit — founded by musician Jesse Paris Smith and cellist Rebecca Foon …
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