Ozzy Osbourne was laid to rest on Wednesday during a funeral in his native Birmingham, England, giving fans one last chance to bid farewell to the heavy-metal pioneer. Osbourne died last week at the age of 76, sparking tributes from throughout the music world: Green Day played a snippet of …
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Rebecca Schiffman is an indie-pop songwriter who’s been on the scene for a couple decades already, making noise in New York in the early 2000s. But she gets deep into grown-up problems with her fantastic fourth album Before the Future. It’s a sly, candid sleeper of an album, where Schiffman …
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Leave it to the Trump Administration to ruin one of the funniest viral trends of the year. On Wednesday, July 30, singer and songwriter Jess Glynne slammed the official White House account on X for jumping on the “Jet2 Holiday” commercial meme — which features her 2015 hit single “Hold …
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Choreographer Felix “Fefe” Burgos is suing Epic Games, claiming dance moves he created for Alejandro Rauw’s “Touching the Sky” video were incorporated into Fortnite and sold to players without his permission. The emote was introduced to Fortnite earlier this year, and was even named “Touching the Sky,” like Alejandro’s song. …
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A judge made a series of key rulings in Cardi B‘s favor Wednesday as the Grammy-winning rapper prepares for a trial next month over allegations she assaulted a security guard at a Beverly Hills medical building in 2018. The guard, Emani Ellis, claims Cardi B battered her and scratched her …
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The Starting Line may be getting older, but they’re still young at heart. To prove it, they’re releasing their first album in 18 years, aptly-titled Eternal Youth this fall. Today, they release new song “Circulate” from the forthcoming LP. Driven by an incessant pedal drum and complemented by staccato guitar …
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Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo celebrated Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath as “the soundtrack to our lives” in a new tribute to the late metal great. “Ozzy was a humble man and sometimes so honest it hurt but his sense of humor made everything absolutely amazing,” Trujillo wrote on Instagram, adding: …
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Britain, the 1980s. Thatcher. Black Monday. Riots. Strikes. Racism. In 1984, George Orwell’s 1984 became a bestseller again, slotting right into the nightmarish dystopia it had predicted. As unemployment figures soared, heroin addiction spread, as did HIV and AIDS. It was bloody miserable. Then: 1988. Ecstasy, a drug promoting love …
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With a deafening cheer of “Ozzy Ozzy Ozzy! Oi oi oi!,” Birmingham, England, said a fond farewell today to its favorite son, Ozzy Osbourne, during a citywide celebration. Thousands of fans gathered in the city center, congregating along Broad Street and near the Black Sabbath Bridge. The mood was mostly …
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Silvana Estrada focused on introspection over the last few years as she made her newest album. On Wednesday, the musician announced that she’ll release her self-produced sophomore album, Vendrán Suaves Lluvias, on Oct. 17. She also previewed the project with the orchestral single, “Dime.” “Vendrán Suaves Lluvias is the album …
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