The hashtag #WhiteLivesMatter may have caused some confusion on Twitter on Wednesday, after K-pop fans took over the trending topic by spamming it with fan cams and memes of their favorite artists. The united effort effectively drowned out the white-supremacist messaging that organizers of the hashtag were likely hoping to …
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Beyoncé demanded justice for George Floyd in a rare social media video statement Saturday. “We need justice for George Floyd. We all witnessed his murder in broad daylight. We’re broken and we’re disgusted. We cannot normalize this pain,” Beyoncé said in the video posted Saturday. “I’m not only speaking to …
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Choose Melanie C as your fighter in the action-packed video for new single “Blame It on Me.” The new track follows up her self-exploratory track “Who I Am.” Sylvie Weber directed the visual, which sees a woman working at her office job. In between spreadsheets and files, the office worker …
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To tide fans over after their co-headlining tour with Fall Out Boy was postponed due to COVID-19, Green Day and Weezer‘s Rivers Cuomo shared a pair of new covers: The California trio released a rendition of Blondie’s “Dreaming” and Cuomo cued up Green Day’s own graduation season classic, “Time of …
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Elliott Smith‘s 1995 self-titled second album will be reissued with a previously unreleased live album, Live at Umbra Penumbra, to mark the record’s 25th anniversary. The set will arrive August 28th via Kill Rock Stars. To preview the collection, Kill Rock Stars shared Smith’s gripping and restless rendition of “Big …
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The Pretenders‘ Chrissie Hynde and James Walbourne recorded an atmospheric version of Bob Dylan‘s “Standing in the Doorway” for the latest installment of their Dylan Lockdown Series. Like the original version on 1997’s Time Out of Mind, the revamped take stretches out past seven minutes, with Hynde softly singing over …
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Emerging rapper Chika performed her uplifting single “Crown” during Saturday’s star-studded Graduate Together special, which celebrated the Class of 2020 who were deprived a proper ceremony due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Graduating is such an accomplishment that seniors everywhere are missing out on this year, and I hope this song …
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UPDATE (5/12): The Arkansas Department of Health is issuing a cease and desist order to TempleLive, the Fort Smith, Arkansas, venue that is set to stage the country’s first pandemic concert on May 15th. Blues-rock singer Travis McCready is scheduled to perform Friday under strict social-distancing and safety protocols. “In …
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Jesse Colin Young, founding member of the Sixties folk-rock group the Youngbloods, performs three songs from his home for the latest episode of Rolling Stone‘s “In My Room.” Surrounded by his guitars from over the years, the singer-songwriter starts off the segment by reminding everyone that “it’s a time where …
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The original artwork on the cover of Led Zeppelin‘s 1969 self-titled debut album will be auctioned off via Christie’s during a sale scheduled for June 2nd through 18th. The cover was designed by George Hardie and based on photographer Sam Shere’s famous 1937 photograph of the Hindenburg disaster. It’s estimated …
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