Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced on Monday that her office is dropping the pending sexual assault and abuse cases against disgraced singer and convicted felon R. Kelly, following federal convictions against him in New York and Chicago. Kelly is already serving 30 years for his conviction in New …
Read More »The Smile Are Coming Back for More With 2023 Tour Dates
Radiohead offshoot the Smile have announced a second run of North American tour dates for this summer. The trio — which features Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner — will launch the 14-date run on June 22 at the National Auditorium in Mexico City. The run will continue over …
Read More »Morgan Wallen Will Drop 36 Songs on the New Album 'One Thing at a Time'
Morgan Wallen follows up Dangerous: The Double Album with what can arguably be called a triple: One Thing at a Time, loaded with 36 tracks, drops March 3rd. Among the glut of songs on the album is Wallen’s current hit “You Proof,” the song he wrote for his mother, “Thought …
Read More »Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper Will Transform Into 'Freaks on Parade' This Summer
Shock rockers Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper will reunite this summer for another haunted hayride around the United States. Industro-rock acts Ministry and Filter will open up each date of the tour. The bands are billing the trek as Freaks on Parade; the graveyard smashers previously toured together on a …
Read More »Yves Tumor Gets the Gruesome 'Gulliver's Travels' Treatment in New 'Echolalia' Video
Experimental rock whiz Yves Tumor is back with a new song, “Echolalia,” which will appear on their next album, Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds), out March 17 via Warp Records. “Echolalia” is anchored by a restless rock grove, out from …
Read More »Chuck D Still Believes Rap Can Change the World
Chuck D is humble about his contributions to Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World — the expansive, four-part PBS and BBC series where he joins other hip-hop icons from Melle Mel to Eminem, as well as executives, journalists, and academics, in unspooling rap’s history as a social …
Read More »Laith Ashley Still Cannot Believe He's in Taylor Swift's 'Lavender Haze' Video
Laith Ashley didn’t get much sleep last Thursday. That night, Taylor Swift dropped the long-awaited visuals for “Lavender Haze,” her third video from Midnights. In it, Ashley plays Swift’s love interest — and though the video came out around 9 p.m. his time in Los Angeles, he ended up staying …
Read More »Margo Price Channels Marilyn Monroe in 'Radio' Video With Sharon Van Etten
Margo Price dazzles in a Seventies dream sequence in the music video for her self-love anthem “Radio,” which features indie-rock songwriter Sharon Van Etten. Directed by Bella Mazzola, the hazy visual follows the country singer as she takes her phone off the hook and tunes out anything that might distract …
Read More »Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter Previews New Solo LP With Orchestral Song
Thomas Bangalter — one half of the duo Daft Punk, who announced their split in 2021 — has released the first track, “L’Accouchement” from Mythologies, his upcoming debut solo album. It arrives on April 7 via Erato/Warner Classics. Bangalter’s orchestral composition — along with the rest of Mythologies — is …
Read More »Vic Mensa Shreds Guitar While Skydiving in New 'Strawberry Louis Vuitton' Video
Vic Mensa peels off some tasty licks while falling through the sky in the wild new video for “Strawberry Louis Vuitton.” The tender, soulful tune features contributions from Thundercat as well as R&B artist Maeta. In the video, co-directed by Mensa and Danielle DeGrasse-Alston, Mensa goes skydiving with his guitar, …
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