In the nearly two-and-a-half-hour Stranger Things season finale, newcomer Eddie Munson (portrayed by Joseph Quinn) was tasked with distracting a swarm of villainous bats linked to their evil ringleader Vecna. So how did he do that, exactly? By delivering a grand performance of Metallica’s 1986 single “Master of Puppets,” of …
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Soul singer P.P. Arnold, who once sang with Ike and Tina Turner as a member of the Ikettes, has accused Ike Turner of raping her in her upcoming memoir, Soul Survivor. While the book hasn’t been published yet, Arnold told The Telegraph in an interview that Turner once trapped her …
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Halsey has been a strong advocate for abortion rights, supporting the right to choose in May when the threat of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade loomed and defendingtheir right to speak on it during their concerts. Now, following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturnRoe v. Wade, Halsey is …
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It’s time to take it down a notch, right Easy Life? On Tuesday, the English indie band released their single “OTT” (abbreviation for “over the top”), featuring Benee, about wanting people to simply just chill for a second. “The song deals with the concept of having one too many. There …
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Ten years after La Gran Señora died in a horrific plane crash, Jenni Rivera‘s family is set to release never-before-heard music from the late Mexican icon. After taking over her mother’s estate from aunt Rosie earlier this year, Jenni’s daughter, Jacqie Rivera, announced that there’s an LP on the way …
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Damn, Pride Month ended less than a week ago and we’re already back on our anti-trans bullshit? Over the weekend, a clip of Macy Gray making some wildly transphobic comments in an interview with Piers Morgan went viral. In it, she said trans women who receive gender-affirming surgery aren’t really …
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Killer Mike is celebrating Independence Day with his first solo music in nearly a decade as the Run the Jewels rapper has dropped the new single “Run,” featuring Young Thug. In addition to the No I.D.-produced track, Killer Mike also shared its video, which boasts an introductory monologue by Dave …
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Hüsker Dü bassist Greg Norton was meant to head out on the road in late June for his first tour with UltraBomb – the supergroup he formed with The Mahones’ Finny McConnell and UK Subs’s Jamie Oliver – before a prostate cancer diagnosis halted the scheduled shows. Now, Oliver and …
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After two years of virtual programming, the saints returned to New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome for the Essence Music Festival (now officially the Essence Festival of Culture) with mixed results. Nearly 30 years ago, the Black women’s magazine launched in the early 1970s created a celebration of music that has evolved …
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Adele returned to the stage this weekend for her first concerts of the 30 era, but in a new interview with BBC 4 Radio, her mind was still on the shows she didn’t perform: The last-minute postponement of her Las Vegas residency. “I definitely felt everyone’s disappointment and I was …
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