Jean Jimenez-Joseph was a talented drummer, carpenter, and one of the smartest men Proper frontman Erik Garlington ever met. Tragically, in May 2017, he became another victim of ICE’s dehumanizing war on undocumented people. Jimenez-Joseph died by suicide in Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center after repeatedly telling officials, and the Immigration …
Read More »Vincint Finds 'Freedom' in a Sea of Shirtless Men in Steamy 'Romance' Video
This is what finding love at a queer club actually looks like in Vincint’s mind. On Wednesday, the pop artist released the video for his dance-ready banger “Romance” with Rolling Stone — and it’s filled with unapologetic queer joy (and lust). “I wanted to create the world I see in …
Read More »Blondshell Fantasizes Poisoning a Guy's Salad in New Album Highlight
Blondshell is two days away from dropping her self-titled debut, but Sabrina Teitelbaum couldn’t resist debuting one more single before its release. “Salad” opens with tinkling piano and frightening drums that contrast and twist around Teitelbaum’s defiant vocals. “Keep an eye out for his pickup/I know all about it,” she …
Read More »Ruston Kelly Got Divorced and Started Fixing Up an Old House (Along With Himself)
There are a few lines on Ruston Kelly’s new album that practically tell the whole story: “My marriage ended and I moved up north to mend,” he sings on “Mending Song.” “Was then I heard the words of my father/Have faith, there’s no storm that doesn’t pass.” On a recent …
Read More »Tanya Tucker Recruits Brandi Carlile for New Album 'Sweet Western Sound'
Newly-announced Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Tanya Tucker will release her latest album, Sweet Western Sound, on June 2, a record that finds her reuniting with production collaborators Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings. The country musician has shared the first preview of their latest efforts with the lead single …
Read More »Wilco's Jeff Tweedy Will Tour Solo This Summer
Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy will embark on a solo tour this summer before releasing his new book, World Within a Song. Le Ren will open many of the dates, according to his announcement on Twitter. The solo dates start next month, following the end of Wilco’s current tour, which runs …
Read More »Linkin Park Reflect on Chester Bennington's Allegiance to the Band: He Was 'All for One and One for All'
The surviving members of Linkin Park reflect on their late singer Chester Bennington and their 20th-anniversary edition of Meteora in an interview with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe. In the interview, airing Wednesday, Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, and Dave Farrell talked about how it was Bennington who pushed back against …
Read More »Hear Springsteen Faves Suicide 'F-ck Up' 'Born in the U.S.A.' Live
“This little song [is] from Bruce Springsteen,” Suicide frontman Alan Vega tells a Paris audience in 1988. The audience, which has gathered to hear the duo’s minimalist electro-rock songs like “Ghost Rider,” promptly boos him. “Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,” he retorts with his trademark New York snarl, “It’s our …
Read More »Christina Aguilera Reflects on Growing Up in an Abusive Household: 'Trauma Never Leaves You'
It’s been decades since Christina Aguilera was a young child trying to understand the fear she felt while growing up in an abusive household, but even now, she carries the experience with her closely. During a recent appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, the singer opened up to host …
Read More »See Kelly Clarkson Cover Joni Mitchell's 'A Case of You' With Only a Dulcimer Accompanying Her
Kelly Clarkson reached deep within herself for a moving rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You” on today’s edition of the “Kellyoke” segment of her Kelly Clarkson Show. Jaco Caraco accompanied her on the Appalachian dulcimer as her voice rose and dropped around Mitchell’s lyrics about being “as constant …
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