On “The Beautiful & Damned,” 28-year-old Oakland rapper G-Eazylays out the contradictory impulses of his nature. “To understand a Gemini/ Angel, devil, it’s both him and I,” he raps. The mid-tempo track’s solemn tone reflects the rapper’s mental unrest. He ruminates on the “scrutiny” of fame and how the double-edged …
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Prophets of Rage – the supergroup/”elite task force of revolutionary musicians” featuring members of Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill – offer a glimpse of their life on the road in the video for “Hands Up,” a cathartic track punctuated with the line “had enough, had enough, …
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Paul McCartney joined Steven Van Zandt and the Disciples of Soul for a raucous rendition of the Beatles‘ “I Saw Her Standing There” during Van Zandt’s concert in London, Saturday November 4th. McCartney and Van Zandt shared vocal duties, and a microphone, throughout the performance of the classic 1963 single. …
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The Used‘s Bert McCracken and Justin Shekoski delivered a powerful acoustic performance in an exclusive video for Rolling Stone. The veteran rock outfit recently released their seventh studio album, The Canyon. McCracken and Shekoski opened the three-song set with an old favorite, “On My Own,” the sweeping ballad off their …
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Trouble No More, the new concert documentary film highlighting Bob Dylan‘s infamous gospel period, will hit theaters for a one-night-only event on Thursday, November 2nd. The movie, which recently premiered at the New York Film Festival, includes rare and previously unseen footage captured at Dylan’s Toronto and Buffalo, New York …
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Billy Corgan encored the recent Toronto stop of his Ogilala tour with a brash, acoustic version of Miley Cyrus‘ “Wrecking Ball.” The Smashing Pumpkins singer replaced Cyrus’ tearjerking melisma with his clipped, nasal deadpan. The bridge’s lyrics like “I never meant to start a war/ I just wanted you to …
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The nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame‘s Class of 2018 are in, and the list includes Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Bon Jovi, Depeche Mode, Judas Priest, Kate Bush, the Cars, Dire Straits, Eurythmics, J. Geils Band, LL Cool J, MC5, the Meters, the Moody Blues, Rufus …
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Bono has issued a statement regarding the situation in St. Louis after protests in the city in part forced the cancellation of U2‘s Saturday night concert. “Deeply saddened at what has happened in St. Louis and having to cancel our show tonight,” Bono wrote on Instagram next to a sketch …
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Sampha won the 2017 Hyundai Mercury Prize on Thursday night for his debut studio album, Process. Honoring the best UK album of the past year, the Mercury Prize ceremony was held at London’s Eventim Apollo, where he was awarded £25,000 (around $35,500). Sampha, who has collaborated with a host of …
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Usher and Blake Shelton performed a striking duet of Ben E. King’s soul standard “Stand By Me” as part of the Hand in Hand hurricane relief telethon to benefit victims of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma. The two unitedat the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee where they were backed …
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