Hurray for the Riff Raff released single “Hawkmoon,” the last preview of their forthcoming albumThe Past Is Still Alive, due Feb 23. The new track is described as a “rebellious road song and stirring remembrance of the first trans woman that Alynda Segarra ever met,” according to a press release, …
Read More »Kodak Black Released From Jail After Pleading to Probation Violation
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Florida rapper Kodak Black should be released from custody after he landed in jail two months ago on a Broward County drug possession charge dismissed two weeks ago. The “Super Gremlin” rapper walked out of detention Wednesday night, meaning he’ll be free to witness …
Read More »Ashlee Simpson Reflects on 'SNL' Lip-Syncing Incident: 'It Was a Humbling Moment For Me'
Ashlee Simpson has the benefit of hindsight when it comes to her infamous 2004 appearance on Saturday Night Live. Speaking on the Broad Ideas With Rachel Bilson & Olivia Allen podcast, the singer explained that the performance, which saw her lip-syncing her single “Autobiography,” taught her how to pick herself …
Read More »Jeezy's NPR 'Tiny Desk' Debut Is More Than Words and More Than Rap
As Jeezy noted before playing “And Then What” during his NPR Tiny Desk debut, he goes by a lot of names. There’s Jizzle, which he started going by around 2010. There’s also Bling (favored by the Fort Lauderdale crowd) and the two-for-one deal of Snow and Jeezy the Snowman. The …
Read More »Peso Pluma, Teezo Touchdown, Young Miko, Faye Webster, Flo Milli to Play Rolling Stone's Future of Music Showcase at SXSW
Peso Pluma, Flo Milli, Teezo Touchdown, Young Miko, Faye Webster, and others will grace the stage at Austin’s famed ACL Live at the Moody Theater for Rolling Stone’s weeklong Future of Music showcase at South by Southwest. The four-night concert series will take place between March 12 and March 15, …
Read More »Lionel Messi Listens to Bad Bunny, Peso Pluma, and Grupo Frontera Before Games
Lionel Messi‘s first match of the 2024 MLS season is just days away — and he’s giving fans a closer look at the music he listens to before he hits the pitch. (Spoiler alert: He’s invited to the carne asada.) On Wednesday, Apple Music shared a 60-song playlist titled “Messi: …
Read More »Foreigner's Mick Jones Reveals Parkinson's Diagnosis: 'The Important Thing Is to Persevere'
Foreigner co-founder and guitarist Mick Jones revealed that he is battling Parkinson’s disease, shedding some light on the unspecified health issues that have often kept him off the stage for the past several years. In a statement (shared via Billboard), Jones said, “Fans will have become very aware that for …
Read More »Jam Master Jay Trial: Defense Lawyers Invoke Harry Potter, Ferris Bueller in Closing Argument
Ronald Washington, one of the two defendants standing trial for allegedly killing Jam Master Jay, chuckled in court on Wednesday when his attorney, Susan Kellman, invoked Harry Potter in her closing arguments. The moment came as she discussed the prosecution’s theory that Washington and the other defendant, Karl Jordan Jr., …
Read More »Rhiannon Giddens Covers Alice Randall's Jarring Tale of Lynching 'The Ballad of Sally Anne'
When Alice Randall first sat down more than 30 years ago to write “The Ballad of Sally Anne” with Mark O’Connor and Harry Stinson, she wanted to use the murder ballad format to discuss a topic — lynching — that was never mentioned in country music. “The ugliest fact of …
Read More »PinkPantheress Inks a Fan's Prosthetic Leg at Dublin Show
The last time the unexpected happened at a PinkPantheress gig, a man appeared to stage crash her Camp Flog Gnaw set in November with a riverdancing stint. On Tuesday, the “Boy’s a Liar” singer added another first to her list, this time by signing a fan’s prosthetic leg while onstage. …
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