Mick Jagger remembered his late bandmate Charlie Watts, who died one year ago today, in a moving tribute on social media. The post features a video montage of Watts with a voiceover by Jagger. The clip is soundtracked by the Rolling Stones 1974 track“Till The Next Goodbye.” “I miss Charlie …
Read More »Arctic Monkeys Announce New Album, 'The Car,' for October Release
Arctic Monkeys will release their seventh studio album, The Car, on Oct. 21 via Domino. The Car was written by frontman Alex Turner and produced by James Ford. The Britich rock band recorded the album at Butley Priory in Suffolk, La Frette in Paris, and RAK Studios in London. It …
Read More »Madonna's Daughter Lourdes Leon Drops Debut Single as Lolahol, Titled 'Lock and Key'
Madonna’s daughter Lourdes Leon is entering the family business with her debut single, “Lock and Key,” under the moniker, Lolahol. “Lock and Key” is a bustling bit of dance music that combines speedy jungle-style breakbeats with woozy synths and hits of trip-hop horns that echo beneath Lolahol’s serene vocals. The …
Read More »Harry Styles Got All of Madison Square Garden to Sing 'Happy Birthday' to James Corden
Harry Styles got all of Madison Square Garden to wish James Corden a happy birthday during his third of 15 shows in New York City. Corden shared a video of the moment on Instagram yesterday, Aug. 23. In the clip, Styles stops the show and says, “There is a friend …
Read More »Gogol Bordello Plays Secret Show for Ukrainian Soldiers
Gogol Bordello, the punk group led by Kyiv-born singer Eugene Hütz, played a secret show for an audience of Ukrainian soldiers last week. Vice reports that the unannounced concert took place at an undisclosed location near the frontlines of the Russian invasion. About 50 soldiers witnessed the gig, including an …
Read More »Math-Metal Titans Botch Reunite for First Song in 20 Years
Botch, the influential yet long-defunct math-metal group from Tacoma, Washington, have reunited to record a new song for an upcoming reissue of their last album, We Are the Romans. “One Twenty Two” will be available on the upcoming CD and double-vinyl editions of the album due out Nov. 4 via …
Read More »Freedy Johnston Loves the Muzak Versions of His Old Hits — And He's Still Striving for Perfection
Among singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston’s prized possessions is a cassette tape featuring Muzak renditions of songs off of his 1994 major label debut, This Perfect World — which earned a glowing review from this very publication. Apparently, the Muzak people were also fans of the man Rolling Stone called an “American …
Read More »Janet Jackson's 'Rhythm Nation' Was Too Powerful for Old Laptop Models to Play Without Crashing
In the early 2000s, software developers were hard at work delivering the most up-to-date programs for the latest laptop models. In hindsight, many of them were clunky and slow, although they got the job done. But while engineers were preoccupied with eliminating glitches or bugs, they failed to predict their …
Read More »Dove Cameron 'Reverses' Society's Patriarchical Roles in Powerful Video for 'Breakfast'
Househusbands. Power suits. Men fighting for reproductive rights? In her new video for “Breakfast,” Dove Cameron reimagines the world where the patriarchy doesn’t exist, and instead women hold the extreme, unfair power that men hold today. “I was feeling incredibly disillusioned watching the recent SCOTUS ruling, and I couldn’t wrap …
Read More »Kanye West Won't Be Charged for Alleged Battery of Fan in Los Angeles
Kanye West is off the hook for criminal prosecution for his alleged battery of a fan on a Los Angeles street in January. “Regarding the incident involvingKanyeWest that took place January 13, 2022, aftera thorough and careful review of all the evidence, our office is declining to file based on …
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