John Davis, one of the singers who contributed the real vocals to the fake hit-making duo Milli Vanilli, has died at the age of 66. Davis’ daughter Jasmin confirmed her father’s death in a May 24th Facebook post, adding that he died from complications related to Covid-19, Variety reports. “He …
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Massachusetts singer-songwriter Squirrel Flower has released a new song, “Flames and Flat Tires,” from her upcoming album, Planet (i), out June 25th via Polyvinyl. The track is anchored by a grungy guitar strum and slightly off-kilter drums, while Squirrel Flower sweetly sings lyrics in which she compares herself to a …
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Counting Crows performed their new song “Elevator Boots,” the band’s first new music in over seven years, on the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. The track features on Adam Duritz and company’s Butter Miracle, Suite One, a four-song EP that Counting Crows recorded following Duritz’s five-year hiatus from songwriting. …
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Late reggae great U-Roy and Santigold teamed up for a rendition of the reggae standard, “Man Next Door,” which will appear on the upcoming posthumous album, Solid Gold U-Roy, out July 16th via Trojan Jamaica/BMG. “Man Next Door” was originally written by John Holt and first released in 1968 by …
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Guided By Voices are known for having 50-plus-song setlists and when they hit the road in August, they’ll have four more albums of new material to choose from. On Monday, the band announced their first tour since the Covid-19 pandemic shut down live music in 2020. The initial dates begin …
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Seventeen were the latest group to perform forRolling Stone‘s In My Room video series, with each member of the 13-member band showcasing their vocal talents in Seventeen’s three separate units. The five-member Vocal Unit — consisting of Woozi, Jeonghan, Joshua, DK, and Seungkwan — went first, singing an updated version …
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Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have shared their French New Wave-inspired video for “We’re on Our Way Now,” one of the new tracks featured on the band’s upcoming best-of collection Back the Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011-2021). “It’s a song about not getting to say goodbye and the frustration …
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The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains, a traveling retrospective featuring artifacts and artwork from the rock legends’ entire tenure, will make its U.S. debut this August with a four-month residency at a Los Angeles museum. The exhibition, which debuted at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum in 2017, will open …
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Wayne Coyne provided a behind-the-scenes tour of the Flaming Lips’ “space bubble concerts” on the latest episode of CBS Sunday Morning. After giving an overview of the Flaming Lips’ “prolific and delightfully weird” career, the morning show took viewers backstage and in preproduction of the concerts, held in March 2021 …
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Willow Smith pays tribute to pop-punk with her new single “Transparent Soul,” featuring Travis Barker on the drums. The song draws from the music of Paramore, Fall Out Boy, and Barker’s own band Blink-182, with hard-hitting percussion and pop-punk power chords on guitar. In the lyrics, Smith calls out the …
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