Singer/songwriter and actress Kate Nash took aim at a broad range of celebrities and their politics during her Glastonbury set Sunday night, according to British media reports, firing salvos at J.K. Rowling, Rod Stewart, and even 1975 singer Matty Healy‘s mom. Nash, who recently dropped the anti-transphobia single “GERM,” directed …
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Death run is his duty: Ben Gibbard, frontman for Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service, finished the Western States 100 ultramarathon Sunday morning — the fifth time he’s competed in a 100-mile race. “I can’t believe I made it,” he told Runner’s World. The 48-year-old Gibbard nearly didn’t …
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It’s good to have these guys back. In the first decade of the 2000s, there were few hip-hop acts with standards as exacting as the Clipse’s. While others originated the idea of making music about moving weight, Gene and Terrence Thornton, a.k.a. Malice and Pusha T, elevated it to a …
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Over the weekend, British punk-rap duo Bob Vylan performed at Glastonbury, where they urged the crowd to chant “free Palestine” and “Death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces],” which caused controversy amid Glastonbury organizers. Now the U.S. Department of State is taking action against the band, revoking their U.S. …
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*** The last decade of Lizzo’s career has been a microcosm of the modern American fame arc. The Houston-raised MC/singer/songwriter/flautist has gone from Prince-cosigned cult phenomenon to bona fide pop star to full-on backlash recipient and workplace-harassment-suit defendant, a process given extra intensity by the always-on news cycle and the …
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Deerhoof announced they are leaving Spotify after its CEO, Daniel Ek, invested nearly $700 million in defense company Helsing, which makes military drones and AI defense software. “We don’t want our music killing people,” the band said in a statement, explaining why they’re planning on taking all of their music …
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This past weekend, the music-loving hordes returned to Worthy Farm, and once again the Glastonbury Festival did not disappoint. The four-day event featured a plethora of great performances, politically charged controversies, and a couple of wild surprises. Here’s our run down of the eight biggest moments of Glastonbury 2025. Lewis …
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Lorde has revealed several behind-the-scenes facts about her latest album, Virgin, including that one of her favorite songs didn’t make the final track list. In a post on social media Monday, Lorde wrote that she cut a song from the album at the “last minute because I thought it diluted …
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Just after the 30th anniversary of the band’s 1995 self-titled debut album, Foo Fighters have unveiled a fierce cover of Minor Threat‘s hardcore classic “I Don’t Wanna Hear It” — with vocals recorded this year over an instrumental track that dates to ’95. The release appears to be part of …
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T he doors of the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles felt like a vortex last Friday: Fans walked in wearing Hawaiian shirts, leis, and tropical flower clip-ins, ready to be transported into the Elvis Presley Blue Hawaii world of Remy Bond. A burlesque dancer opened the show, and for …
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