Siouxsie Sioux performed for the first time in a decade on Wednesday at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels. While her set was dominated by Banshees songs from “Spellbound” to “Happy House” to their Beatles’ cover of “Dear Prudence,” Siouxsie also performed tracks from her 2007 solo album Mantaray, including “Here Comes …
Read More »Rauw Alejandro and Bad Bunny Lead Premios Tu Música Urbano Nominations
Rauw Alejandro may be taking the Premios Tu Música Urbano to Saturno at this year’s awards show. On Tuesday, the Latin music awards announced its list of nominations for this year, with Alejandro leading with a whooping 11 nods. Following closely behind Alejandro in a number of nominations is Bad …
Read More »CNCO Say Goodbye: The Latin Boy Band on Their Legacy, Future, and 'La Última Canción'
Nearly eight years ago, Joel Pimentel, Erick Colón, Christopher Vélez, Zabdiel de Jesús, and Richard Camacho linked up as CNCO on La Banda, the Univision TV show co-produced by Ricky Martin and Simon Cowell with the intent of forming the next big group. And boy, did La Banda succeed with …
Read More »Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian Folk-Rock Troubadour, Dead at 84
Gordon Lightfoot — a genius-level Canadian singer-songwriter whose most enduring works include “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown,” “Carefree Highway,” “Early Morning Rain,” and “Rainy Day People” — died on Monday, the CBC confirmed. He was 84. Lightfoot’s deceptively simple songs, which fused folk with pop and country rock, …
Read More »Gordon Lightfoot: 10 Essential Songs by the Canadian Folk Icon
So many brilliant songwriters came out of Canada in the Sixties — legends like Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Robbie Robertson — that the talents of Gordon Lightfoot are sometimes overlooked by those who don’t know better. He never even appeared on a Rock and Roll Hall of …
Read More »Suga Downs Performs 'Haegeum', Does Whiskey Shots on 'Tonight Show'
BTS’ Suga had a full slate of activities planned for his appearance on The Tonight Show Monday, May 1, discussing his new solo album as August D, D-Day, testing his gastrointestinal system with a new game, and performing his song, “Haegeum.” To start at the very end, Suga’s riveting performance …
Read More »Jonas Brothers Promise 'Five Albums Every Night' on North American Tour
The Jonas Brothers will dig into their own “eras” bag with a new North American tour that will find them performing “five albums every night.” A few weeks before its kick-off, the band has extended their biggest tour yet with the addition of 26 new shows in North America and …
Read More »Doja Cat Was the Met Gala's Ultimate Chaos Agent. We Expected Nothing Less
“Meow, meow, meow … meow, meow,” Doja Cat told Emma Chamberlain before heading into her first-ever Met Gala on Monday evening, delving into detail about her intense creative process to completely transform into a glamorized version of Karl Lagerfeld’s beloved cat, Choupette. She has such a way with words and …
Read More »Accidental Sapphic Icon Hozier Stands With His LGBTQI+ Fans
A few days before his 33rd birthday, Andrew Hozier-Byrne is in the woods. From the second we meet, both clad in leather jackets and walking fast, we’re immediately talking activism and celebrity and how a person can stumble into both. I lead him to a tiny gated sanctuary off the …
Read More »Y La Bamba Opens Up About Breaking Curses on "Lucha"
Luz Elena Mendoza Ramos of the alt-rock outfit Y La Bamba starts out talking about rain. “I feel like I’ve been going through my Saturn return for ten years,” they confide early in our conversation. “I’m in the eye of the storm.” In some ways, it’s the perfect place to …
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