Billy Corgan is heading out on a full-band tour in June featuring songs from classic Smashing Pumpkins albums, but the band in question won’t be the Pumpkins: The frontman has formed a new quartet, Billy Corgan and the Machines of God, which will perform songs from Mellon Collie and the …
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Soundside Music Festival will return to Bridgeport, Connecticut at the beginning of the fall season with headlining performances from the Killers and Hozier. Scheduled for Sept. 27 and 28 at Seaside Park, the weekend will include sets from Vampire Weekend, Weezer, Rachel Chinouriri, Remi Wolf, Djo, the Backseat Lovers, and …
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Miley Cyrus has released the new video for the title track of her new concept album, Something Beautiful, which starts out as an alt-R&B ballad, before exploding into distorted rock in its choruses. She dropped the song and its stylish live-performance video today shortly after revealing another album track, the …
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Say what you will about Lil Durk, but understand upfront that he’s all about a vibe: Whether bucking lyrical shots or crooning a love song, the drill innovator makes moody, hypnotic songs that relate like one relentless, sinuous trance. Almost always, we’re game for being seduced by Durk’s melodic turnups. …
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Jessica Simpson‘s secret to good vocals? Snake sperm. In a silly Instagram Reel she shared over the weekend, Simpson said she’s been taking a syrup-like supplement to help her with her vocal performance — its contents were a mystery until a a recent Google search. “They’re like, ‘What are you …
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A comprehensive exhibition of Yoko Ono‘s art, “Music of the Mind,” will open at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in October. The institution will display more than 200 pieces, covering a span of more than seven decades’ worth of work. These include photography, musical compositions, participatory instruction pieces, installations, …
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Jonas Brothers are giving a glimpse inside their studio sessions in their new video. On Monday, the pop star bros released the video for “Love Me to Heaven,” the group’s newest single. The Anthony Mandler-directed video captures the brothers writing and recording the Eighties-infused love song in an old-school New …
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Bob Dylan gave Tracy Chapman a birthday shout-out via the social platform X Sunday: “Happy birthday Tracy,” he wrote, alongside a picture that probably dates to the 1988 tour where she opened for him. “Hope to see you again sometime.” Chapman always cited Dylan as a key influence on her …
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The Newport Folk Festival threw fans a curveball on Monday when it announced its latest performer at this summer’s folk gathering: Country superstar Luke Combs. Known for country radio hits like “Hurricane,” “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” and “Beautiful Crazy” — along with a crossover cover of Tracy Chapman’s 1988 …
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“A lot of artists, when they’re 62 years old, they’re winding things down,” Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett says in the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. “I feel like I’m still fucking climbing the summit, bro.” Hammett has a new coffee-table book out, The Collection: Kirk Hammett, with …
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