BTS member Suga has picked up a new three-letter acronym as he announces his role as an NBA ambassador. In the announcement video, the rapper and producer poses with his own custom Lakers jersey, sits courtside at games, and snaps selfies with Steph Curry. “It is personally a great honor, …
Read More »Zelooperz Turns His Pain Into Powerful Lyrical Exhibition on 'Microphone Fiend'
Between 2019 and 2021, Detroit rapper ZelooperZ released six albums — three in 2020 alone. His fans were satiated with his Get WeT.Radio and Might Not Make It tapes, but nonetheless sought out a full-length followup to the stellar Van Gogh’s Ear. Thankfully, ZeelooperZ appeared out of nowhere last week …
Read More »The War and Treaty Bring Slow Burner 'Have You a Heart' to 'Jennifer Hudson Show'
Husband-and-wife duo the War and Treaty stopped by the Jennifer Hudson Show Thursday to perform their “Have You a Heart,” the closing track on their recently released major label debut Lover’s Game. Prior to the performance, Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter sat down with J-Hud, who revealed that Tanya …
Read More »How Punk Legend Paul Simonon Channeled Del Shannon and Oscar Wilde on New Song
Decades ago, “when the Clash was falling apart” – as the band’s bassist Paul Simonon tells it – Joe Strummer wanted to return to his roots busking in public. So he and the band journeyed to the north of England to play in the streets. “We slept on a lot …
Read More »Kelly Clarkson Takes on the Emotions Classic 'Best of My Love' for Kellyoke
Love is no mystery to Kelly Clarkson. On the latest episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, the singer ran through a cover of “Best of My Love,” the classic 1977 single from The Emotions, alongside her band Y’all. The song was originally recorded with vocals from multiple performers in the …
Read More »Hold Steady Wake Up 'Late Night' With 'Sideways Skull'
The Hold Steady performed “Sideways Skull,” a track from their recently released The Price of Progress album, on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Wednesday. Frontman Craig Finn peered out into the void while hectoring a typically verbose narrative about meeting another band, drinking Newcastle, accepting a woman’s schoolyard insult-flirts …
Read More »5 Seconds of Summer Continue Embracing 'the Feeling of Falling Upward' With Summer 2023 Tour
The 5 Seconds of Summer Show, the tenth anniversary celebration that the pop-rock band hosted at the close of 2021, was part career-spanning concert film and part Saturday Night Live skit poking fun at their decade-long evolution. It featured a recreation of the video for one of their earliest releases …
Read More »Nora Forster, Wife of John Lydon and Mother of Ari Up, Dead at 80 After Alzheimer's Battle
Nora Forster, the wife of Sex Pistols/Public Image Ltd. singer John Lydon and mother of the late Slits singer Ari Up, has died at the age of 80 following a lengthy and public battle with Alzheimer’s disease. “It is with a heavy heart that we share the sad news that …
Read More »How the Camp and Drama of a Beloved Nineties Telenovela Became 'La Usurpadora The Musical'
Even though it’s been decades since it first premiered, La Usurpadora remains one of the campiest, most beloved classics in the telenovela canon. Its 102-episode run was full of jaw-dropping plot twists and shocking surprises that gripped audiences from the moment the Spanish-language drama premiered in February 1998 (in Mexico, …
Read More »Motley Crue's Mick Mars Files Lawsuit Against Bandmates
Guitarist Mick Mars, who cofounded Mötley Crüe in 1981, has filed a lawsuit against the band, claiming they ousted him from the group and cut him out of profits. Mars has asked a judge to allow him to inspect the band’s business records and to be awarded attorneys’ fees and …
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