Katy Perry recruited Darius Rucker for an intimate performance of “Only Love” at the 2020 American Music Awards on Sunday. Perry and the Hootie and the Blowfish frontman sat opposite each other in wooden chairs, duetting on the Smile track. The two traded off verses, with Rucker strumming the acoustic …
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Anthrax are celebrating their 40th anniversary with a special graphic novel inspired by their 1987 album, Among the Living. The collection boasts contributions from an all-star group of writers and artists from the worlds of music and comics, and it’s set to arrive April 2021 via Z2 Comics. The Among …
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Tierra Whack has released a pair of new songs, “Peppers and Onions” and “Feel Good.” “Peppers and Onions” boasts a playful beat centered around whistling, the percussive but melodic click of a tongue against the roof of a mouth, and some booming bass hits to hold down the low end. …
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X pay tribute to fans with the new “I Gotta Fever” video, a track off Alphabetland, their first LP in nearly 30 years. The clip features fans’ archival photos and videos of the band over the last 40 years, including several sold-out marquee signs, ticket stubs, and sweaty crowds. “This …
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President Donald Trump spent the day before the election insulting some of the biggest names in music, thereby ensuring that — should he win — his inauguration will once again be utterly bereft of talent. Per Forbes, Trump held a rally in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Monday during which he lit into …
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On the 27th anniversary of River Phoenix‘s death, his sister Rain has dropped a lyric video for his band Aleka Attic’s “Alone U Elope.” The track features Flea on bass and Dermot Mulroney on cello. Animated by Chris Tucci, the video opens on a theater that reveals a ladder leading …
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Busta Rhymes previewed his soon-to-be-released albumExtinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of Godon Thursday with a new song, “Look Over Your Shoulder,” featuring Kendrick Lamar. Built around a sample of the Jackson 5’s “I’ll Be There,” the track sees the two hip-hop titans trading bars about their respective successes. Lamar …
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Common has released a new song, “Say Peace,” featuring Black Thought and PJ, that will appear on his new project, A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 1, out this Friday, October 30th via Loma Vista. The track boasts a restless groove of shuffling drums and busy bass, cut with a prickly guitar. …
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The Shins performed their new song, “The Great Divide,” on The Late Late Show With James Corden Monday, October 26th. The group turned in a clever, socially distanced video with frontman James Mercer, drummer Jon Sortland, and bassist Yuuki Matthews all performing their parts from separate rustic settings. To handle …
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With the future of live music in jeopardy due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Harry Styles announced Monday that he is one of the investors in a new concert venue in Manchester, England, called Co-op Live. The AP reports that the new venue costs $456.6 million and is projected to be …
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