It’s not Beyonce, but Jeff Tweedy and Mavis Staples closed out a week of The Late Show’s DNC coverage with a performance of the Staple Singers’ civil rights-era anthem “Freedom Highway.” The two Chicago legends and frequent collaborators took the stage at the Auditorium Theatre, where Stephen Colbert’s show has …
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One fan’s sweet moment at a Macklemore concert in Slovakia quickly turned sour last week as a woman who joined the rapper onstage was arrested soon after on an outstanding warrant. The incident occurred this past weekend at Bratislava’s Lovestream Festival, where Macklemore was among the performers. During the gig, …
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As Jaten Dimsdale was starting to chart his course as Teddy Swims, he got some fantastic advice from an old friend: Listen to your gut. Speaking with Rolling Stone’s Delisa Shannon backstage at Lollapalooza, Swims recalled his friend saying, “If you could tell me one time in your life that …
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Outkast have filed a new lawsuit seeking to uphold their right to the term “ATLiens. ” They claim an EDM duo is calling themselves ATLiens without permission and that the duo trademarked the name without their knowledge. Early in the suit, Outkast uphold the fact that they originated the term …
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Dolly Parton has shared two more songs from her upcoming musical and visual projectSmoky Mountain DNA – Family, Faith & Fables, as well as revealed the 37-song track list for the collection recorded by Parton and her extended family members. First up, Parton unveiled the album’s title track, a new …
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Ahead of the release of One More Time … Part-2, Blink-182 have released two new charging pop-punk songs, “All in My Head” and “No Fun.” The updated album will come out Sept. 6. On “All in My Head,” Mark Hoppus sings about how hard touring life is staying in “lonely …
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One little funny/bizarre/horrifying thing about the internet is the way it offers up everything and, in doing so, makes it possible to strip anything of its history. But to paraphrase Kamala Harris, you didn’t just fall out of the coconut tree. “You exist in the context of all in which …
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He’s shy. He’s square. He’s a very average person. And yet, as the trailer for the documentary Art Dealers shows, Adam Weiner (who makes all those claims himself) becomes extraverted, hip, and larger-than-life when he steps onstage to front revivalist-rock revivalists Low Cut Connie. The full documentary, which Weiner co-directed …
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A$AP Rocky taps into abstract European art influences in a new visual for his forthcoming, highly-anticipated album Don’t Be Dumb. The video accompanies “Highjack,” the album’s first single. “We coming with a whole new aesthetic on everything, especially with German expressionism and the whole ghetto futurism grim thing,” the Harlem …
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Lady Gaga is thanking fans for their strong response to “Die With A Smile,” her romantic duet with Bruno Mars, and her first single in two years. “Watching fans from all over the world celebrate this music has meant so much to me, to see the words of the song …
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