Talib Kweli has filed a bizarre and utterly unrepentant lawsuit claiming he suffered “emotional distress resulting in illness” after the feminist website Jezebel published a story linking his 2020 Twitter suspension to his reported harassment of a woman online. The article, titled “Talib Kweli’s Harassment Campaign Shows How Unprotected Black …
Read More »Alt-Rock Fest Flannel Nation Unravels After Everclear, Candlebox Drop Out
A Nineties alt-rock rock festival, aptly titled “Flannel Nation,” was forced to cancel after several top acts — including Everclear and Candlebox — dropped out due to organizational and logistical issues. The one-day event, billed as “A Celebration of the Nineties,” was supposed to take place this Saturday, Aug. 13, …
Read More »Jeff Tweedy Explains Why People Singing Together Might Just Save Humanity
Jeff Tweedy, Waxahatchee, Björk, and more will share new music and insights into their creative lives and relationships with sound on the new podcast series, Listening. Hosted by Elia Einhorn, each episode of Listening will find guest artists discussing the way they listen to music and hear the world, while …
Read More »Santigold Drops Resilient New Single 'Shake' From Upcoming LP 'Spirituals'
Santigold has shared her resilient new track “Shake,” the fourth single from her upcoming new album Spirituals, as well as its video inspired in part by the “strength and fortitude” of young civil rights protestors. “‘Shake’ is one of those songs that was just floating around me for the taking, …
Read More »Courtney Barnett Collects Rare Tracks From Sleater-Kinney, Faye Webster for Reproductive Rights Charity Comp
Courtney Barnett has collected a mix of rare b-sides, demos, and live recordings from Sleater-Kinney, Faye Webster, and others for a new compilation raising money for two groups supporting reproductive rights. The Here and There compilation features contributions from some of the artists joining Barnett on her traveling festival of …
Read More »'What the F-ck Do You Say to Ozzy Osbourne?' Post Malone Meets the Prince of Darkness for the First Time
On Post Malone‘s darker Hollywood’s Bleeding LP, he welcomes Ozzy Osbourne on one of the album’s standouts, “Take What You Want,” and in turn a contemporary legend in the making meets a rock & roll god. Osbourne’s signature vocals open the track with an automatic timelessness only a rock icon …
Read More »Blackpink Announces 'Born Pink' Tour Dates, Plots Largest World Tour in the History of a K-Pop Girl Group
Blackpink are launching into their comeback era at full speed with the announcement of Born Pink, the 36-date world tour that aims to be the “largest world tour in the history of a K-pop girl group,” according to the pop phenomenon’s management company YG Entertainment. They also announced the release …
Read More »Iggy Azalea Ends Brief Retirement From Music: 'If I Can't Have Peace, Neither Can You'
If Iggy Azalea is going down, she’s taking all of her haters with her. The Australian rapper took to Twitter on Monday to announce that, despite releasing what was meant to be her final album, End of an Era, last year, she’s coming out of her indefinite retirement from the …
Read More »Mariah Carey Grew Up Idolizing Olivia Newton-John. Then She Got to Share the Stage With Her
Mariah Carey remembered idolizing Olivia Newton-John as a kid and then later getting the chance to share the stage with her as an adult in a touching tribute to the late pop star/actress, who died yesterday, Aug. 8, at the age of 73. Carey wrote that she first “fell in …
Read More »BTS Cram for Ultimate Test of Friendship in 'Run BTS' Telepathy Trailer
Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jung Kook have spent nearly a decade at each other’s side as BTS. That type of close proximity can teach you a lot about a person – but how well do the group’s members really know each other? In the forthcoming episode of …
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