Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider is greenlighting the use of “We’re Not Gonna Take It” for Ukrainians protesting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but anti-maskers who had hoped to use the song as a rallying anthem for their own cause are going to have to pick another track. “People are asking me …
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Neil Diamond has sold his publishing and master recordings to Universal Music Group in the latest major catalog deal. No financial terms were disclosed. Along with his publishing and masters, the deal includes 110 unreleased tracks, an unreleased album, and archival video footage. UMG will also handle any future Diamond …
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It’s been long enough since Sarah Shook & the Disarmers first cut the tracks for their new album Nightroamer that they’ve had to re-learn how to play them. Recorded just a hair ahead of the pandemic in 2020, the album’s release was delayed until last week, so trying those songs …
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The trio formerly known as the Dixie Chicks are heading back out on the road this summer for the first time as the Chicks. The country band has scheduled a tour spanning 27 cities in North America in support of their 2020 album Gaslighter, the band’s first in 14 years. …
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The guitars and effects pedals were left behind, but Kyrylo Brener had no choice. When Russia invaded his home country, Ukraine, the guitarist, who plays in the power trio Kat, grabbed essentials like clothes and water and left his native city of Kharkiv, driving west with his wife. Talking by …
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Since Season 1, Labrinth’s work as composer for the score for Euphoria has been instrumental in the show’s cultural imprint. The orchestral vocals, futuristic production and sonic ingenuity soundtrack the characters’ quest for elation and ecstasy. Songs like “Still Don’t Know My Name” and “Yeh I F*ckin’ Did It” have …
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While some celebrities have decided to use the Russian invasion of Ukraine as an opportunity to cringepost, Stevie Nicks chose to use her platform to deliver some choice words about Russian president Vladimir Putin. On Friday, the singer shared a letter to her fans in which she compared Putin to that …
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Russian punk band/activists Pussy Riot have teamed with several cryptocurrency groups to mint an NFT that will be sold this weekend to raise funds for Ukrainian civilian groups. UkraineDAO will launch Saturday at noon EST with the release of a 1/1 NFT of the Ukrainian flag, the sale of which …
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Kanye West is now suggesting he might challenge his prenup with Kim Kardashian and that her claims he’s been causing her “emotional distress” with harassing social media posts are “double hearsay.” In a new court filing late Friday, the Donda rapper is doubling down on his opposition to Kardashian’s pending …
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Rauw Alejandro has been teasing Trap Cake Vol. 2 for months, promising to build on the sludgy, trap-soul sounds from his first iteration of the project, which he released back in 2019. The EP finally dropped last night and while it’s a quick, 33-minute ride, it refuses to be limited …
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