Haim haven’t thrown in the towel just yet, with the trio dropping a deluxe edition of their latest album, I Quit, featuring three new songs. The group teased the expanded LP last week with the release of “Tie You Down,” a new collaboration with Bon Iver. One of the other …
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The members of Rush are looking back on their time touring as an opener for Kiss in the Seventies. Following Ace Frehley‘s death on Thursday, Oct. 16, Rush shared a tribute to the Kiss guitarist, calling him an “undeniable character.” “Absolutely stunned and saddened by the news Ace Frehley has …
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The world is pouring out some cold gin for the late, great Ace Frehley, the guitar spaceman of Kiss. Frehley died last night from complications after a fall, at 74. He summed up the archetypal Seventies guitar hero if anyone did — the space cadet from the planet Jendell. He …
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If Kali Uchis had listened when she was told to only sing in English so her music would be more marketable, the artist might not be the star she is today. In a new cover story for Billboard, Uchis revealed that she was told earlier in her career to pick …
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Todd Snider is in pain. And fans hoping to catch the gritty, live-it-to-the-hilt storyteller in person would be wise to catch the full-band tour he is launching at the end of October in support of High, Lonesome and Then Some, his just released new album. After more than three decades …
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Kiss lead singer Gene Simmons shared a tribute to his bandmate, guitarist Ace Frehley, who died onOct. 16 in Morristown, New Jersey, at the age of 74. While Simmons and Frehley were known for their complex and often fraught relationship, Frehley’s unpredictable nature and distinctive laugh counterbalanced Simmons more somber, …
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Tame Impala released their new album, Deadbeat, today, and to celebrate the arrival, Kevin Parker and company visited NPR’s Tiny Desk to deliver the band’s first-ever all-acoustic performance. Armed with six acoustic guitars — one of which was used as the percussion — Tame Impala played four songs over 20 …
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Tributes celebrating the wild, remarkable talent and inimitable laugh of Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley were shared by his fellow musicians following the Spaceman’s death today at age 74. Frehley co-founded the band in 1973 alongside bassistGene Simmons, guitarist Paul Stanley, and drummer Peter Criss, playing with Kiss during their Seventies …
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Neil Young will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his classic 1975 album Tonight’s the Night with a reissue package featuring several previously unreleased recordings from the original album sessions. Young and his backing band — which included, at the time, guitarist Nils Lofgren, pedal steel player Ben Keith, bassist Billy …
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In the late 2000s into the 2010s, Alabama-born, Atlanta-bred rapper Gucci Mane was at the height of his popularity. He performed the iconic party song “Wasted” at the BET Awards in the fall of 2009. That winter, his sixth studio album The State vs. Radric Davis topped the charts, and …
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