For Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus — a.k.a. boygenius — reinterpreting Rolling Stone‘s classic January 1994 Nirvana cover made perfect sense for their own Rolling Stone cover shoot. “I like how there’s a raw element to everything they made, and I feel like we definitely tried to maintain …
Read More »Pink Floyd Announce Massive 'Dark Side of the Moon' 50th Anniversary Box Set
Pink Floyd will mark the 50th anniversary of The Dark Side of the Moon with a massive reissue that houses an unreleased 1974 full-album performance of the legendary LP. The 2CD/2LP/2-Blu-ray The Dark Side of the Moon 50th Anniversary deluxe box set — due out March 24, 2023, a half-century …
Read More »BTS' Jin Shares New Photo in Military Uniform as He Completes Basic Training: 'I'm Having Fun'
BTS member Jin, the first in the group to enlist for mandatory military service following their hiatus, has already been in basic training for five weeks, but ARMY is still on his mind. In a WeVerse post, the singer shared new images of himself in uniform to update their fervent …
Read More »At 80, John Cale Is Still Inventing His Future and Wrestling With His Past
This year, John Cale will turn 81. In the decades since he co-founded the Velvet Underground with Lou Reed in the mid-1960s, the adventurous Welsh singer-songwriter, producer, and composer has had a historic, if at times intentionally errant, run. Along with his own albums (which include high points like 1973’s …
Read More »Zach Bryan Flips Off Ticketmaster, Aims to Shut Down Scalpers on New Summer Tour
As he promised late last year, Zach Bryan will be largely Ticketmaster-free on a sprawling tour of North America this summer. The singer-songwriter just announced dates for his headlining Burn Burn Burn American Tour 2023, which gets underway May 10 in Charlottesville, Virginia. “I’ve tried my best to make tickets …
Read More »The Kid Laroi Reflects on His Past Mistakes in Deeply Personal Single 'I Can't Go Back to the Way It Was (Intro)'
The Kid Laroi is reflecting on the past and is ready to enter a new era of music with Thursday’s release of “I Can’t Go Back to the Way It Was (Intro),” the first single ahead of his album, The First Time. The dark video, directed by Julian Klincewicz, sees …
Read More »Remaking Your Old Songs Used to Be Considered Lazy, Shady, and So Uncool. What Changed?
As U2 announced last week, they’ll be back in March with a brand new album that, really, is anything but.Songs of Surrender, playing off Bono’s recent memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, finds the band remaking 40 songs from its back catalog — “a musical reimagining resulting in a completely …
Read More »Kelly Clarkson Somehow Made Joji's Emotional Ballad 'Glimpse of Us' Even More Heartbreaking
“Glimpse of Us,” Joji‘s heartbreaking ballad about the one that got away, was sad enough on its own. Now, Kelly Clarkson has managed to take whatever was left of all the broken hearts and grind the pieces into dust with her latest Kellyoke cover on the Kelly Clarkson show. Backed …
Read More »The Courts Screwed Gunna, Now He's Being Shunned by His Peers
The arrest of Young Thug, Gunna, and other YSL associates in last May’s RICO (short for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) indictment elicited a unified response from within the rap world. Fans and other musicians resoundingly proclaimed “Free Gunna.” But after his release in December, following an Alford plea …
Read More »Flo Rida Wins $82.6 Million Lawsuit Against Energy Drink Company Celsius
Flo Rida has emerged victorious in his $82.6 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against the energy drink company Celsius. A jury in Broward County, Florida sided with the rapper — real name Tramar Lacel Dillard — who accused Celsius of not paying him the stock options and bonuses he was allegedly owed …
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