Mumford & Sons have announced an arena world tour in support of their upcoming fourth studio LP, Delta, which will be released on November 16th. The 60-date tour kicks off on the same day they drop their album at 3 Arena in Dublin, Ireland. The largest tour for the band …
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Lil Wayne enlisted the Roots on Tuesday’s Tonight Show for a smooth live version of “Dedicate,” a track from his recently issued – and long-delayed – 12th LP, Tha Carter V. The fanny pack-wearing rapper adopted his signature nasal flow on the track, unleashing a flurry of triplet rhymes over …
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After spending the latter half of 2018 opening for the reunited Smashing Pumpkins, Metric will return to the road in 2019 for a tour in support of their just-released new album Art of Doubt. The 27-date trek, a co-headliner venture with Mexican rock band Zoé, opens February 11th in Cleveland, …
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Nebraskawas my entry, how I got intoBruce. That was the easiest one to spend time with, because it was so bare and so direct. And the storytelling is so interesting. The song “Nebraska” — you hear the first couple of notes, and you are right in this world. Our [2004] …
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A new video for Prince‘s passionate cover of the spiritual “Mary Don’t You Weep” focuses on the impact of gun violence on American youth, augmented by the artist’s own words. After showing gun injury and fatality statistics among children, the video displays a quote from the Purple One taken from …
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Kesha pushes for equal rights for all on her new acoustic ballad “Here Comes the Change.” The song will appear in On the Basis of Sex, the upcoming film about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. There’s nothing subtle about this one: Kesha wonders, “Is it a crazy thought/ That …
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Nineties riot grrrl pioneers Bikini Kill uploaded their entire catalog on streaming services on Tuesday morning. Now available for stream on Spotify, Tidal and Apple Music, the catalog includes landmark releases from 1991’sRevolution Girl Style Now to 1998’s The Singles, which features production, guitar and vocals from Joan Jett. In …
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Loretta Lynn had her first Number One country hit in 1966 with “Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind).” More than 50 years later at, age 86, she can still deliver a badass barroom anthem. On her new song “Ruby’s Stool,” from her new album Wouldn’t it …
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There is an alternate reality where one of the five albums Kanye West produced this year (so far) could have been a Paul McCartney album. In GQ’s latest cover story, Paul opened up about working with the West back in 2014 and said that West asked if he could produce …
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Elle King draws from vintage southern soul on her new track “Good Thing Gone.” The song will appear on King’s second album,Shake The Spirit. “Good Thing Gone” borrows from old recordings made at soul studios like Stax and Muscle Shoals. The drummer plays a rock-steady 6/8 rhythm, while the guitarist …
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