Step aside, Emily — Belly is now in Paris. On Friday, Prime Video dropped a trailer for the final three episodes of Season Three of The Summer I Turned Pretty, teasing the aftermath of Wednesday’s heartwrenching episode. As fans know (and if you don’t, stop reading immediately!), the latest episode …
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Sabrina Carpenter sends a disco invite to a responsible guy on a sweet single from her new Man’s Best Friend, Hayley Williams falls through the sky on a sleek, urgent gem off her new Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party, and Alabama Shakes return with their first new song in …
Read More »Blink-182 Play 'Take Off Your Pants and Jacket' Rarities for First Time Since 2001 at Tour Opener
Blink-182 appear to be digging into their bountiful bag of deep cuts for their latest tour, with the band playing a handful of Take Off Your Pants and Jacket gems for the first time in over 20 years. On Thursday, at the kick-off for their “Missionary Impossible Tour” (yes, they’re …
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As hard as it is to believe, Sonic Youth played their final show 14 years ago this fall, instigated by the breakup of co-founders Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon. In the years since, they’ve each continued working on many fronts: Gordon was nominated for a Grammy this year for her …
Read More »Minneapolis Shooter 'Idolized' Mass Murderers and 'Appeared to Hate All of Us,' Officials Say
The 23-year-old who killed two students at a Catholic school in Minneapolis “appeared to hate all of us,” authorities said as they continued to piece together a motive for the mass shooting earlier this week. At a press conference on Thursday, Joe Thompson, the acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, said …
Read More »Hear Bon Jovi Team Up With Bruce Springsteen for New Take on 'Hollow Man'
Bon Jovi will revisit their 2024 album Forever with an all-star guest list that includes Jason Isbell, Jelly Roll, and Bruce Springsteen for the band’s upcoming Forever (Legendary Edition), due out in October. Jon Bon Jovi and Springsteen, two New Jersey legends, team up on “Hollow Man,” a rerecording of …
Read More »Oasis Finally Conquer America at First U.S. Show in 17 Years
The last time Oasis played a concert in the United States, it was December 2008, and the band was just months away from a backstage fracas between brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher in Paris that would prematurely end the tour, estrange the siblings for more than a decade, and sink …
Read More »Earl Sweatshirt's Rap Mastery — And Optimism — Is Nothing New
Last year, Earl Sweatshirt’s verse on “Words2LiveBy” went viral, as some fans were perplexed to hear him rapping on such an uptempo beat. He’s become known for rhyming in hushed tones over melancholy production, a sound that’s birthed an entire wing of like-minded indie rappers. But that’s just one part …
Read More »These Katrina Survivors Feel Overlooked. Now, They're Using TikTok to Tell Their Stories
Years before the storm, Tonie Waltman had been told a premonition of its disastrous aftermath. Around 1997, her dad, a Black man named Hardy Jackson, was hit by an oncoming train. He’d ultimately survive, but not before being induced into a coma, from which doctors predicted he’d never recover. “In …
Read More »Alabama Shakes Ponder Second Chances and Other Selves on First Song in 10 Years, 'Another Life'
After ten years, Alabama Shakes are back with a new song, “Another Life.” Despite the decade-long hiatus, the track shows the celebrated trio hasn’t lost their knack for heady throwback soul. “Another Life” begins with an atmospheric groove as Brittany Howard pleads for second chances: “Can we try in another …
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