Katy Perry has released 1432, a deluxe version of her recent LP, 143. The new edition features four extra tracks, including the previously-unreleased song “OK.” “OK” is an upbeat pop number that offers a hand of support as Perry sings, “I’m always gonna be around/ No matter if you’re up …
Read More »My Life in Radiohead: Bassist Colin Greenwood Looks Back — and Ponders His Band's Future
Radiohead have had a spy in their midst for years. As his excellent new book, How to Disappear: A Portrait of Radiohead, reveals, bassist Colin Greenwood has been snapping candid, lovely photographs of his bandmates since the early 2000s — in the studio, in dressing rooms, and even, somehow, onstage …
Read More »Julian Lennon Undergoes Emergency Surgery After Skin Cancer Diagnosis
Julian Lennon has been diagnosed with skin cancer for the second time. The musician shared his recent health scare, which resulted in emergency surgery, on social media, reminding fans to regularly see their own doctors. In a lengthy Instagram post, Lennon explained that he had been on the way to …
Read More »Lupita Infante Is Honoring Her Family Legacy While Carving Her Own Path
As she carves out her own path, the singer Lupita Infante carries on the legacy of one of Mexico’s most iconic 20th century figures. The granddaughter of Pedro Infante is making a name for herself in música Mexicana and also blazing a trail for women in the male-dominated scene. But …
Read More »Charli XCX Announces Troye Sivan Will Join Her for Primavera Sound
The Sweat Tour isn’t quite over yet. Charli XCX announced that she and Troye Sivan will team up again during her set at Primavera Sound in Barcelona next summer. The Brat singer is headlining Primavera alongside Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter at Barcelona’s Parc del Fòrum. Charli XCX and Sivan …
Read More »Charli XCX, Post Malone Receive Additional Grammy Nomination for Art Direction
Charli XCX and Post Malone received an early Christmas present from the Recording Academy Friday when both artists were gifted an additional nomination at the 2025 Grammys. In the latest batch of adjustments to the nominee list, both Charli XCX and Malone were given Best Recording Package nods for serving …
Read More »Sam Goody Is Dead. Long Live Sam Goody
Depending on your generation, you probably had a different reaction to the news that the Sam Goody record store chain may be down to just one store, in Oregon, as of next year. If that was a shrug or blank stare, we hear you: The once-mighty stores peaked two or …
Read More »Sean Combs Accused of Sexual Assault Minutes Before Fatal 1991 CCNY Stampede
Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit with two new lawsuits Friday, one from a woman who claims that minutes before a deadly stampede broke out at a City College of New York basketball game in December 1991, the then-rising music executive brought her to a makeshift dressing room, handed her a …
Read More »For Independent Venues, Noise Complaints Can Be a Killer. Can Cities Help?
Off a residential street deep in the south of Austin, behind a light-up sign that says “South Austin: Still Weird,” sits a cozy, rambler-style watering hole called the Far Out Lounge. An on-and-off spot for live music starting in the early 1900s, the bar got a new life five years …
Read More »Elton John's New Wax Figure Is Defying Gravity
Elton John has long been immortalized on wax (y’know, vinyl records), and now he’s been immortalized in wax with a new statue at Madame Tussauds London. The figure impressively captures John in the midst of one of his famous piano handstands. The wax figure’s outfit is based on the one …
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