Coachella cleared out of Indio, California’s Empire Polo Fields, after two music-filled weekends so that the country festival Stagecoach could take over the grounds. The bill for this weekend’s event is stacked with generation-spanning performers, but two in particular seem to be cooking something up for the occasion. Just before …
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One of the most difficult aspects of getting a business off the ground is finding the money to be able to do so. While there are a number of ways to fund a business — crowdsourcing, family and friends, investors, bootstrapping and more — each comes with their own pros …
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After receiving over 10,000 applications in their nationwide search for a new guitarist, the Smashing Pumpkins revealed Friday the newest member of their band: Social media-famous guitarist Kiki Wong. In January, the Pumpkins announced an open audition to fill the vacancy left by departing guitarist Jeff Schroeder, who had a …
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Kathleen Hanna returned to the hallowed space that is the Jeopardy!clue board, serving as part of an answer to a question that, ultimately, none of the contestants were cool enough to get. The clue popped up during “Double Jeopardy” as the $1200 answer in the “Let’s Rock & Roll” category: …
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GloRilla started slipping into a rut after going a while without dropping new music — fans were clamoring for some more heat, and the Memphis rapper was overthinking how she could outdo herself as her biggest competitor. It knocked her confidence, but only for a moment. On the latest episode …
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On her new album Childstar, the Mexican pop star Danna introduces herself to fans in Latin America who thought they already knew everything about her. To start, the 13-track concept LP, which dropped last week, is the singer’s first project under her new stage name “Danna.” (She’s removed the “Paola” …
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You can’t watch Thank You, Good Night: The Bon Jovi Story and walk away with anything but respect for Jon Bon Jovi. The four-part, nearly five-hour documentary about the singer-songwriter and his namesake New Jersey rock band (streaming now on Hulu) unflinchingly addresses the vocal problems that plagued Bon Jovi’s …
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“Got a lot to be forgiven for, gave a lot of hell,” Bess Atwell sings on “Release Myself,” the second track of her upcoming album Light Sleeper. Her whimsical vocals float poised and steady atop a wall of rousing guitar riffs, as the Brighton, U.K.-based singer-songwriter reflects on the idea …
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Ne-Yo performed his own hits, singles he penned for artists like Rihanna and Beyoncé, and debuted a new song during the R&B singer’s Tiny Desk concert that NPR Music shared Friday. The hitmaker and his eight-person backing band kicked off the 23-minute set with a trio of his 2000s tracks …
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On the edge of Baltimore, where urban sprawl slowly transitions into Mid-Atlantic farmland, sits the home of singer-songwriter Cris Jacobs. In the backyard is a small barn where Jacobs concocts and woodsheds his melodies. “It feels like we’re in the country,” Jacobs tells Rolling Stone. “Even though we’re not.” Last …
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