Meek Mill, Roc Nation Sued By Murdered Concertgoer’s Family

Meek Mill, Roc Nation and Live Nation are among those named as defendants in a lawsuit brought by the family of Jaquan Graves, who was murdered on December 30th, 2016 outside a Meek Mill concert at Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Connecticut. The venue is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit.

According to the

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ Headed to Streaming Services

Taylor Swift‘s new album, Reputation, is expected to join her other albums on all streaming services this week,

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Hear Ed Sheeran, Beyonce Duet on New ‘Perfect’ Remix

Ed Sheeran has unveiled a new remix of “Perfect” and it features Beyoncé. The original song appears on his third album ÷, which was

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‘Thriller’: How Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones Made the Bestselling Album of All Time

Maybe it was a sign when the speakers in the studio burst into flames.

It was late October 1982, and a full battalion of musicians and technicians were working around the clock at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, putting the finishing touches on Michael Jackson’s new album. The disc was the highly anticipated follow-up to 1979’s Off the Wall, which had established him

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Radiohead Press for ‘Justice’ in Delayed Case of Stage Collapse Death

Radiohead cautiously applauded Canadian authorities for opening a new investigation into the 2012 stage collapse in Toronto that killed the band’s drum tech, Scott Johnson.

“Five years on from the

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Grateful Dead: See Career-Spanning Photos From Massive New Book

During their initial 30-year career, the Grateful Dead transitioned from Bay Area bar band to one of America’s most beloved and enduring cultural institutions. In addition to countless audio recordings, the group left behind a rich trove of images, shot by some of rock’s greatest photographers. A recently

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Review: Miguel Throws a Psychedelic-Funk Party for a World in Flames

Jeezy Preps Triumphant New Album, ‘Pressure’

Jeezy will release his eighth studio album, Pressure, December 15th via Def Jam.

The rapper announced the record’s arrival with a short clip posted to social media in which be pulls up and hops out of a blinding white Ferrari in slow motion. The short video features a snippet of an unreleased

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Flashback: Stone Temple Pilots Play Their Final Gig With Scott Weiland

In late 2012, Stone Temple Pilots once again found themselves in an impossible situation. They’d been gigging with Scott Weiland for four years at this point and even managed to cut a new album with him in 2010, but he’d begun showing up very late for concerts and acting erratically onstage and off. It

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AC/DC’s Malcolm Young: Bandmates, Admirers Remember Group’s Quiet ‘Catalyst’

Watch Dirty Projectors’ Surreal, Romantic ‘Up in Hudson’ Video

Dirty Projectors translate ecstasy and heartbreak into vivid surrealism with their new “Up in Hudson” video. Encyclopedia Pictura directed the experimental clip, which unfolds in four distinct sections symbolizing a relationship’s rise, fall and subsequent redemption.

The first vignette documents

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Russell Simmons Steps Down Following Sexual Assault Allegations

Russell Simmons announced on Thursday that he is stepping down from leadership roles in business after writer Jenny Lumet accused him of sexual assault in 1991 in a column for

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Watch Morrissey’s Cheeky Take on ‘American Bandstand’ in New Music Video

Morrissey delivers a cheeky send up of classic music-performance shows like American Bandstand and Soul Train in the new video for “Jacky’s Only Happy When She’s Up On the Stage.” The track appears on Morrissey’s latest solo album,

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Florence Welch Details Poetry, Lyric Book ‘Useless Magic’

Florence and the Machine‘s Florence Welch will publish her first book, Useless Magic, July 5th, 2018 via Penguin imprint, Fig Tree. The book will feature Welch’s lyrics, poetry and artwork culled from

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Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock Sued Over 2016 Car Accident

Modest Mouse singer Isaac Brock has been sued for damages of more than $865,000 stemming from a 2016 traffic accident, the Associated Press reports.

In the complaint –

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Watch K-Pop Stars BTS Dance, Perform ‘Blood Sweat & Tears’ on ‘Kimmel’

K-Pop group BTS showed off their polished choreography on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday with a rendition of their chirpy hit “Blood Sweat & Tears.” 

The seven members of BTS danced in synchronized moves inspired by old breakdancing clips to Chris Brown routines. Performing their new hit,

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Matt Lauer on Sexual Misconduct Allegations: ‘I Am Truly Sorry’

Matt Lauer issued a statement on Thursday after multiple women came forward this week accusing the Today host of “inappropriate sexual behavior,” including sexual assault.

“There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I’ve

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Watch Meek Mill’s Romantic New ‘Fall Thru’ Video

Meek Mill has unveiled the new video for “Fall Thru,” which hails from his latest album, Wins & Losses.

The visuals for the slow jam traces the romantic sentiment of the track’s lyrics, which details a growing relationship, from its first blush when they meet in Miami and their late nights spent

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Jay-Z Talks Infidelity, Music as Therapy in New Interview

Jay-Z opened up about his marriage to Beyoncé, his infidelity and how using music as therapy led to them working on music together in a new interview with

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Review: Pharoah Sanders LPs Resurrect Key Work by Spiritual-Jazz Godfather

Hear N.E.R.D. Recruit Future for Thumping ‘1000’

The reunited N.E.R.D. recruit Future for the Neptunes-led group’s thumping new single “1000,” another cut off their upcoming album No One Ever Really Dies.

Like the album’s

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Lil Peep: Police Investigate ‘Suspicious Death’ of 21-Year-Old Rapper

Almost two weeks after Lil Peep was found dead from a suspected drug overdose, local authorities are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the rising emo-rap star’s death. Sergeant Pete Dugan from the Tucson, Arizona Police Department confirmed the investigation to

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What Will Billboard’s New Streaming Rules Really Mean?

Rap has dominated the Hot 100 this year. Five hip-hop tracks have taken the Number One spot, tying a chart record, and in April, rap singles singlehandedly accounted for half of the Top 10. It’s also been a banner year for Latin pop – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” tied the record for the most weeks spent at Number One (16), and when J. Balvin and Willy William’s “Mi Gente” flew to

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Hear Guitar Pioneer Link Wray’s Unearthed Sequel to Rock Classic ‘Rumble’

A sequel to Link Wray’s rock classic “Rumble,” dubbed “Son of Rumble,” has been unearthed, with Black Keys singer Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound label set to release the track in April.

The instrumental “Rumble” – one of rock’s most influential cuts, with artists ranging from Jimmy Page to Iggy Pop crediting the

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Watch Adam Levine Cover Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Go Your Own Way’ on ‘The Voice’

Adam Levine recruited his Voice team members Adam Cunningham and Addison Agen for a raw, exuberant cover of Fleetwood Mac‘s “Go Your Own

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Watch Sam Smith’s Single-Take ‘One Last Song’ Video

Sam Smith has unveiled his new video for “One Last Song,” the latest single off the singer’s new album The Thrill of It All.

The video, filmed to appear like one seamless shot,

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Watch Liam Gallagher Perform Heavy ‘Come Back to Me’ on ‘Fallon’

Liam Gallagher roared his heavy new single “Come Back to Me” on Tuesday’s Tonight Show. The former Oasis frontman adopted his distinctive nasal tone throughout the track, belting over a wall of dual-guitar distortion and

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50 Best Songs of 2017

2017 sucked like no year since 2016. But pop music kept giving us reasons for hope – from Harry Styles’ glam grandeur to Cardi B’s Bronx fire to Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s takeover of middle America. Atlanta trap stars like Migos, Future and 21 Savage slow-rolled out addictive smoked-filled hits. Julia Michaels, Lorde, Tove Styrke and Taylor Swift put their personal stamp on the glistening

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See Bono Sing Frank Sinatra Classic With Chris Martin, Sean Penn on ‘Kimmel’

U2‘s Bono delivered a smoky rendition of the Frank Sinatra classic “One for My Baby” with help from Coldplay‘s Chris Martin and Sean Penn on Tuesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. The episode was devoted to (Red)’s efforts to raise money and

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Fall Out Boy’s Midlife Crisis

Watch Billy Corgan’s Psychedelic Silent Film ‘Pillbox’

Billy Corgan unveiled a kaleidoscopic 40-minute silent film, Pillbox, featuring music from his new solo album, Ogilala. Corgan

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Watch Q-Tip Slam Grammys Over A Tribe Called Quest Snub

A Tribe Called Quest‘s Q-Tip unloaded on the Recording Academy after the legendary hip-hop outfit’s final album,

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Hear Scott Weiland Discuss Drugs, Mortality in Raw, Lost 2007 Interview

When Scott Weiland sat down with Rolling Stone for two long interviews in June 2007, the Stone Temple Pilots

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Hear Rostam’s Playful Cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘Like a Rolling Stone’

Former Vampire Weekend member Rostam Batmanglij delivered a nimble cover of

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Where Do Guns N’ Roses Go From Here?

On Wednesday night, Guns N’ Roses will wrap up the 2017 leg of their Not in This Lifetime world tour with a hometown show at the Forum in Los Angeles. The tour resumes in June with a six-week run of festivals and stadiums in Europe, but their plans beyond that are unclear. By the final date of the 2018

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Dan Deacon on Music From Rats’ Brains, His Wild Aerosmith Mashup

“Everywhere I go in the world, people are like, ‘Ohhhh, whoa, Baltimore. The Wire,'” Dan Deacon tells Rolling Stone from his house in Charm City. “I can’t imagine meeting someone from New York and being like, ‘Oh, New York? Friends. Seinfield. Preeeetty

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Miguel Details 2018 ‘War and Leisure’ Tour

Miguel will embark on a North American tour next year in support of his forthcoming album, War and Leisure, which arrives December 1st. 

The lengthy 34-date

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2018 Grammy Nominations: 5 Things We Learned

This morning, the Recording Academy announced the nominations for the 2018 Grammy awards and for the first time, Grammy voters acknowledged the dominance of rap, R&B and Latin pop in the streaming era.

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Flashback: David Cassidy Sings ‘I Think I Love You’ at Last Concert

In late February, David Cassidy, who died from liver failure earlier this month, told the world he was suffering from dementia. “I was in denial,” he told People. “but a part of

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Khalid Plots 2018 ‘Roxy’ Tour

Khalid will embark on a new headlining trek dubbed “The Roxy Tour” May 1st at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. The tour announcement comes after the 19-year-old R&B star

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Watch Spoon Perform Upbeat ‘Do I Have to Talk You Into It?’ on ‘Fallon’

Spoon delivered a bracing performance of “Do I Have to Talk You Into It?” on The Tonight Show Monday. The track appears on the Austin rock outfit’s most recent album,

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AC/DC Members Past, Present Honor Malcolm Young at Funeral Service

AC/DC‘s past and present members attended the funeral for guitarist Malcolm Young at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday, according to News.com.au. Young died

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Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars Lead 2018 Grammy Nominees

Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars lead the music world in nominations for the 60th annual Grammy Awards, airing live from New York’s Madison

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Hear Dita Von Teese’s Funky Synth Slow Jam From Debut LP

Dita Von Teese – best known for her work as a burlesque dancer, model and fashion designer – is venturing into music with her self-titled debut LP. The eclectic performer teased the project with lead single “Rendez-Vous,” a breezy funk-pop slow-jam premiering exclusively with Rolling Stone.

Von Teese adopts a French chanteuse vibe on the breezy cut. “Erotic rendez-vous today/ To

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U2, Foo Fighters, SZA to Serve as ‘SNL’ Musical Guests

U2, Foo Fighters and SZA will all serve as musical guests on Saturday Night Live‘s final three episodes of 2017.

U2 will appear on the

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Review: Noel Gallagher, Cantankerous Oasis Refugee, Still Has Tunes to Burn

Just after Liam Gallagher released his great As You Were, here comes his brother Noel with a fine one of his own – it’s almost like they’re in a rivalry. His latest with the High Flying Birds is a dazzling mess spackled together from the influences he’s been tapping since Oasis’ golden age – post-Stone Roses rave rock (“Fort Knox”), glam stomp (“Holy Mountain”), Smiths-Beatles shimmer

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Review: Björk Paints Fractured ‘Utopia’ With Cutting-Edge Co-Producers

“Two music nerds obsessing … sending each other mp3s” sings Björk euphorically over harp arpeggios, while multi-tracked Björks chirp cherubically in the background. The track, a very Björkian reverie titled “Blissing Me,” sets the tone for a record that’s in some ways a polar opposite to 2015’s incandescently brooding Vulnicura. That LP was a surgical examination of post-breakup grief

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Bruce Springsteen Extends Broadway Production With New 2018 Dates

Bruce Springsteen extended his intimate, 16-week Broadway series into 2018. Springsteen on Broadway, staged at Jujamcyn’s Walter Kerr Theatre, will continue with a

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Hear Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr. Combine George Harrison, Christmas Songs

Albert Hammond Jr. reimagined “The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot,” the 1937 Christmas song popularized by Vera Lynn and Nat King Cole, as part of Amazon’s annual Indie for the Holidays music series. Midway through the track, the Strokes guitarist segues into the chorus from George

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Phish’s Trey Anastasio Sets 2018 Solo Acoustic Tour

Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio has announced a solo acoustic tour that will travel the eastern half of the United States in February.

The nine-date trek kicks off February 8th at Morristown, New Jersey’s Mayo Performing Arts Center and works its way south before concluding February 18th at Athens, Georgia’s

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Noel Gallagher Recalls Hilarious Jerry Seinfeld Meeting

Noel Gallagher has never been afraid to publicly bash his least favorite entertainers – from his brother Liam to

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‘Magical Mystery Tour’: Inside Beatles’ Psychedelic Album Odyssey

The year leading up to the release of the Magical Mystery Tour album in November 1967 was turbulent but fantastically fertile for the Beatles – they were working on its songs more or less simultaneously with the ones that ended up on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and the Yellow Submarine soundtrack. With touring no longer a question, they had the luxury of

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Timbaland Comes Back From the Brink

50 Best Albums of 2017

Music was full of fury, confusion and resistance in our first post-election year. Albums came with titles like American Dream (LCD Soundsystem), American Teen (Khalid) and All American Made (Margo Price). And indeed, artists did get explicitly political, from Randy Newman to Jason Isbell to Jay-Z. But music in 2017 was also about a more slippery sense of self, as genre

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Hear Miguel Team With J. Cole on ‘Come Through and Chill’

Miguel teams with J. Cole and producer Salaam Remi on an updated version of “Come Through and Chill,”

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Watch Rebel Wilson Disrupt ‘Riff-Off’ in ‘Pitch Perfect 3’ Teaser

Rebel Wilson‘s blaring voice derail a spur-of-the-moment “riff-off” in the latest Pitch Perfect 3 teaser.

In the clip, newly reunited a cappella group the Bellas arrive to meet

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Watch K-Pop Stars BTS Perform ‘Mic Drop’ on ‘Ellen’

Breakout K-pop stars BTS made their United States daytime TV debut on Monday, performing their trap-infused single “Mic Drop” on Ellen. During the performance, which was pre-filmed on November 21st, the South Korean septet swapped vocals, rapped verses and intricate choreographed moves on a stark stage illuminated by flashing lights.

BTS also sat down with host Ellen Degeneres

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Jimi Hendrix: 10 Great Pre-Fame Tracks

Before he was experienced, Jimi Hendrix was a hard-working sideman, playing studio session dates and backing bands across the so-called Chitlin’ Circuit and beyond during the first half of the Sixties. After his discharge from the 101st Airborne Division following his brief spell as a paratrooper, the chance

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Walter Becker’s Estate Responds to Donald Fagen’s Steely Dan Lawsuit

The estate of Walter Becker has responded to a lawsuit filed by his Steely Dan bandmate Donald Fagen over the ownership of the band following Becker’s

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On the Charts: Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ Remains Number One

Taylor Swift remained at Number One as the singer’s Reputation added to its 2017-best sales with an additional 256,000 total copies in its second week on the

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Wayne Cochran, Influential Soul Singer, Dead at 78

Wayne Cochran, the influential singer dubbed “The White Knight of Soul” and writer of songs like “Last Kiss” and “Goin’ Back to Miami,” died November 21st in Miramar, Florida. He was 78.

Cochran’s son Christopher confirmed to the Miami Herald that the soul singer died following a

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Watch Elton John’s Rousing ‘Benny and the Jets’ on ‘Colbert’

Earlier this month, Elton John visited The Late Show to perform a pair of his hits as well as sit down for an interview with Stephen Colbert. While that November 13th episode

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Watch OK Go’s Innovative ‘Obsession’ Video, Made With Wall of Printers

OK Go transform a wall of printers into a kaleidoscopic backdrop in the music video extraordinaires’ new visual for “Obsession.”

The innovative video, a collaboration between the band and paper company Double A, utilizes stop-motion imagery, precise choreography and 567 printers to create the “world’s first

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50th Anniversary Flashback: Our Wild History With Kanye West

Miley Cyrus: Eight Great Covers That Reveal Her Range

Miley Cyrus’ varied discography hints at her wide-ranging musical tastes, but her cover songs give even more insight into her musical background. Here are eight remakes – of songs by Tom Petty, Crowded House, Taylor Swift and others – that stand out. 

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A Soul Queen Says Goodbye: Inside Sharon Jones’ Final Album

One month after Sharon Jones died of pancreatic cancer in 2016, her closest friends and family gathered at the Universal Church of God in Queens, New York, to celebrate and mourn the exuberant, Grammy-nominated soul and funk vocalist. As a

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Watch Sia’s ‘Santa’s Coming for Us’ Video With Kristen Bell, J.B. Smoove

Sia stages a quirky Christmas Day party in her celebrity-packed “Santa’s Coming for Us” video. Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard star as the husband and wife of a massive family; Caleb McLaughlin

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AC/DC’s Brian Johnson on Malcolm Young: ‘He Gave Rock and Roll a Fist’

Watch Gwen Stefani Perform Sixties-Inspired Christmas Song on ‘Fallon’

Gwen Stefani kicked off the holiday season on The Tonight Show by performing “Under the Christmas Lights” from her new holiday album, You Make It Feel Like Christmas. Stefani belted about wrapping presents late at night while the Roots accompanied her with a doo-wop

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Paul McCartney, U2, Gorillaz Top Record Store Day Black Friday Lineup

Paul McCartney, Gorillaz, Ryan Adams and U2 are among those planning exclusive releases for Record Store Day’s annual Black Friday event on November 24th.

McCartney will help usher in the holiday season with a pair of 7-inch singles. Each contains a new rendition of “Wonderful Christmastime,” which originally came out in 1979. In honor of Record Store Day, McCartney re-recorded the track

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10 New Artists You Need to Know: November 2017

Once again, we talked to 10 of the hottest artists who are climbing the charts, breaking the Internet or just dominating our office stereos. This month: Rising rapper YBN Nahmir, eight-member pop collective Superorganism, nostalgic house producer DJ Seinfeld and

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Dickey Betts: The Lost Allman Brother

Leaning forward on a couch in his home on the west coast of Florida, two cans of Budweiser in front of him and Duane Allman’s Dobro on a stand nearby, Dickey Betts hesitates. “I don’t know if you want to write this or not,” he says. “But, shit, my career is over, so I don’t give a shit.”

He starts talking about an incident in 1993, when Betts, along with Bob Dylan, the Band, Stephen

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Flashback: Listen to Final INXS Concert With Michael Hutchence

Twenty years ago today, a maid at the Ritz-Carlton in Sydney, Australia discovered the lifeless body of INXS frontman Michael Hutchence hanging from a door when she came in to clean the room. “He was in a kneeling position facing the door,” read the police report. “He had used his snake skin belt to tie a knot on the

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Pearl Jam’s ‘Vitalogy’: How Band Nearly Came Apart Making Volatile Third LP

They wanted to call it “Life,” and by the time Pearl Jam began recording their third album, their lives seemed pretty charmed. Despite ignoring nearly every dictate of the music business, they had sold millions of copies of Ten and Vs. Creatively, Pearl Jam were on such fire that they began cutting

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Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter Accused of Rape

Melissa Schuman, former member of teen-pop group Dream, has accused Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter of rape. In a detailed blog post, Schuman claimed that the alleged attack occurred after she and Carter were

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Watch SZA Unveil Hypnotizing, Stripped-Down ‘Go Gina’ Video

SZA delivers a sparse and striking rendition of “Go Gina” in a new video for Vevo’s Lift series. “Go Gina” appears on SZA’s debut album

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David Cassidy, Singer and ‘Partridge Family’ Teen Idol, Dead at 67

David Cassidy, the musician, actor and Partridge Family teen idol, died Tuesday, according to

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Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen Sues Walter Becker’s Estate

Steely Dan‘s Donald Fagen is suing the estate of his late bandmate, Walter Becker, in order to retain control of the band. The crux of the suit is a Buy/Sell Agreement Fagen and Becker signed in 1972, not long before the release of their debut album,

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RZA Files Trademark Opposition Suit Against ‘Woof-Tang Clan’

Wu-Tang Clan honcho RZA has filed a trademark opposition suit against a Brooklyn dog walking company trying to register the trademark, “Woof-Tang Clan.”

In a lawsuit filed November 15th, RZA (real name Robert Diggs) touted the

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King Krule: Rock’s Coolest New Crank Sounds Off

Las Vegas Shooting Victims Sue Hotel, Concert Promoters

Over 450 victims of the Las Vegas massacre have signed on to several lawsuits seeking damages from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, as well as the promoters of the Route 91 Harvest Festival, the

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Hear ‘Weird Al’ Play Accordion on Raging Ramones Cover

“Weird Al” Yankovic unveiled a blistering, accordion-tinged cover of the Ramones‘ “Beat on the Brat.” The track will appear on the

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Don Henley Talks ‘Hotel California’ Reissue, Eagles’ Future

“I was delighted at the energy and grittiness of the live tracks,” Eagles singer-drummer Don Henley says of the previously unissued concert recordings – from October 1976 at the Forum in Los Angeles – added to the new 40th-anniversary

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See Pink, Channing Tatum Dance Through Malaise in ‘Beautiful Trauma’ Video

Pink and Channing Tatum chug martinis, swap wardrobes and dance through marital distress in the wild new video for “Beautiful Trauma.” The track appears on

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L7: To Hell and Back

It’s Reading Festival, 1992, and L7 singer Donita Sparks has just whipped her bloody tampon into the unruly crowd. “Let’s rock the sisters in the house tonight!” she yells as drummer Dee Plakas kicks into “Fast and Frightening” – a glorious headbanger with the prescient lyric “She’s got so much

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Stolen John Lennon Diaries, Glasses Found in Berlin

One hundred items stolen from the estate of John Lennon have been recovered in Germany, The Associated Press reports. The massive trove includes three diaries, a hand-written music score, a cigarette case and two pairs of Lennon’s famous circular

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Eminem: 50 Greatest Songs

Though he’s been a multiplatinum, Grammy-winning star for almost 20 years, Eminem is not an unequivocally triumphant figure, either within pop music or within his own mind. Just listen to the vulnerability and self-doubt on his recent single “

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Watch Vic Mensa Perform Moving ‘We Could Be Free’ on ‘Colbert’

Vic Mensa unleashed a striking performance of “We Could Be Free” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday. The track appears on Mensa’s new album,

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Ex-Black Sabbath Drummer Bill Ward Cancels Day of Errors Tour

Former Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward was forced to cancel a string of December shows with his new band Day of Errors due to heart problems.

“I wound up in hospital this past weekend with heart problems,” Ward wrote on

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Eagles Plot 2018 North American Tour

The Eagles will embark on a North American tour next year, with scattered dates scheduled throughout the spring and summer. The trek begins March 14th at the United Center in Chicago.

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will join the Eagles for four stadium concerts, while James Taylor and His All-Star

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On the Charts: Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ Is 2017’s Top Album With Platinum Week

Taylor Swift‘s Reputation scored the best-selling week of 2017 – and became the year’s highest-selling album in total so far – as the singer’s latest Number One LP sold over 1.2

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Billy Joel to Appear on CW Superhero Series ‘Arrow’

A Billy Joel concert will be the target of a terrorist plot in the upcoming Thanksgiving episode of the CW superhero series Arrow, which will feature footage from one of the Piano Man’s gigs.

Arrow executive producer and diehard Joel fan Marc Guggenheim wrote a letter requesting permission to feature both

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Stewart Copeland on 5 Songs About the Upside of Sin

Former Police drummer Stewart Copeland just released the debut LP by his funky new art-rock band Gizmodrome, which features King Crimson’s Adrian Belew on guitar. Here he chooses his favorite songs about indulgence and abandon, and tells us what he loves about each.

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The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne Designs Trippy Wrapping Paper for Charity

The Flaming Lips‘ Wayne Coyne created a new wrapping paper design for a charity project based in the band’s native Oklahoma City. The kaleidoscopic pattern – a variation of the band’s cover art for their most recent LP,

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Panic! At the Disco Plot New Live LP, ‘All My Friends We’re Glorious’

Panic! At the Disco will release a new live album, All My Friends We’re Glorious, on December 15th. The career-spanning, 21-track LP documents the pop-rock band’s tour behind their fifth LP, 2016’s

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Watch Stone Temple Pilots’ Blistering Live Debut With New Singer

Stone Temple Pilots performed with new singer Jeff Gutt at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on November 14th. The two live videos, via SiriusXM, mark the band’s first live shows since original lead singer Scott Weiland died from an accidental drug overdose in December 2015. 

In the first clip,

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Miracles Singer Warren ‘Pete’ Moore Dead at 78

Warren “Pete” Moore, an original member of the legendary Motown singing group the Miracles, died Sunday at the age of 78.

Motown founder Berry Gordy confirmed Moore’s death in a statement. No cause of death was provided.

“I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Warren ‘Pete’

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Review: Charlotte Gainsbourg Takes Spacey Trip With Sir Paul, Half of Daft Punk

Roger Waters, Brian Eno Criticize Nick Cave for Israel Concerts

Nick Cave is facing backlash from prominent musicians including Roger Waters and Brian Eno for his decision to play two sold-out concerts in

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Review: Tove Lo Continues Dark Lust Saga on ‘Blue Lips’

How Artists Are Playing the Grammy Game

When Harry Styles sat down for an October 15th segment on CBS This Morning, the normally press-shy singer’s solo debut was already five months old and he had no new tour dates to promote. But to experts, his timing was perfect – the Recording Academy had just mailed ballots to 12,000 Grammy voters to decide the nominees for the January ceremony. “Harry Styles is in the conversation for

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Oh Sees’ John Dwyer on What Drives His Endless DIY Quest

It’s a late August afternoon, and John Dwyer is sitting in his Los Angeles backyard, sipping an iced coffee. His beagle, Buddy, zips around the bramble and the sound of a Robert Fripp record trickles out from inside the house, which doubles as Dwyer’s studio. It’s a rare moment of downtime for the heavily tattooed frontman of California psychedelic rock group Oh Sees (formerly known as Thee Oh

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Dave Mustaine Remembers ‘Brilliant’ AC/DC Guitarist Malcolm Young

Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine had an auspicious introduction to AC/DC: At a record store at a California mall near where he grew up, he’d trade drugs for

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AC/DC’s Brian Johnson Remembers ‘Genius’ Malcolm Young

AC/DC singer Brian Johnson remembered his former bandmate Malcolm Young following the rhythm guitarist’s death at the age of 64.

“I am saddened by the passing of my friend Malcolm

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American Music Awards 2017: 10 Best, Worst and Most WTF Moments

Pop whisperer Dick Clark founded the American Music Awards in 1973 as a people’s-choice alternative to what he perceived as other award shows’ stuffiness; the focus rests squarely on the stars, who win awards voted on by fans and labeled “favorite” instead of the secretive ballots and snooty connotations of being named the “best.” Sunday night’s edition (the 45th), held at the Microsoft

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See Foo Fighters, Guns N’ Roses’ Live Tributes to AC/DC’s Malcolm Young

Both Foo Fighters and Guns N’ Roses paid tribute to late AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young during their respective concerts Saturday night, hours after

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Watch Eminem Deliver Three-Song Medley on ‘SNL’

Eminem delivered a nine-minute, three-song medley during his Saturday Night Live musical guest spot, performing

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Remembering AC/DC’s Malcolm Young, Band’s Unassuming Mastermind

“There’s very few rock & roll bands,” Malcolm Young explained to a Dutch TV interviewer around the time of AC/DC‘s 2000 album Stiff Upper Lip. “There’s rock bands, there’s sort of metal bands, there’s whatever, but there’s no rock

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Anthrax’s Scott Ian on AC/DC’s Malcolm Young: ‘Greatest Rhythm Guitarist of All Time’

Anthrax‘s Scott Ian hailed AC/DC‘s Malcolm Young as “the greatest rhythm guitarist of all time” in a tribute to the late rocker who

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Watch Dap-Kings’ Poignant Sharon Jones Tribute on ‘Fallon’

The Dap-Kings remembered their late frontwoman Sharon Jones with a poignant musical tribute on The Tonight Show Friday, one day before the first anniversary of Jones’ death following a battle

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Malcolm Young, AC/DC Guitarist and Co-Founder, Dead at 64

Malcolm Young, guitarist and co-founder of AC/DC, died Saturday at the age of 64. Young had been suffering with dementia for the past three years, an illness that forced his retirement from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band he founded with his brother Angus Young in 1973.

“Today it is with deep

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Watch Dead & Company’s Wistful ‘Uncle John’s Band’ on ‘Late Show’

Dead & Company wrapped up a two-night residency at The Late Show with a wistful rendition of the Grateful Dead‘s classic “Uncle John’s Band.”

For their take on the Workingman’s Dead track, guitarists

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Hear Miguel’s Shimmering New Song ‘Pineapple Skies’

Miguel has unveiled his upbeat new song “Pineapple Skies,” the latest single off the R&B singer’s upcoming album War & Leisure.

“Don’t forget to hold

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Watch Vicky Cornell, Serj Tankian Honor Chris Cornell at Human Rights Watch Gala

Chris Cornell was posthumously awarded Human Rights Watch’s inaugural Promise Award at a Los Angeles gala Tuesday, with System of a Down’s Serj Tankian,

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John Cale Stages Roaring Tribute to Velvet Underground With MGMT, Sky Ferreira, Animal Collective, More

In the program notes to his scruffy, roaring Velvet Underground tribute at the Brooklyn Academy of Music last night, John Cale, 75, noted he’s “reluctant to spend too much time on things past.” Fair enough. But as foundational member and key sonic architect of a band that ranks with rock’s greatest, he’s earned a victory lap. And 50 years – the time passed since the game-changing 1967 LP

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See Dead & Company’s Buoyant ‘Jack Straw’ on ‘Colbert’

Dead & Company performed a breezy, unhurried rendition of the Grateful Dead standard “Jack Straw” on The Late Show.

Former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir and noted Grateful Dead superfan John Mayer traded

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Latin Grammys 2017: 10 Best, Worst and Most WTF Moments

With the astronomical success of “Despacito” and reggaeton’s ferocious, pop-friendlier comeback, Latin music is no longer a niche market, but a global force to be reckoned with. Singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade proved that vintage Mexican folk thrives through the filtered lens of pop; and Puerto Rican MC Residente showed that unflinching ideology still wins awards. Salsa mastermind Rubén

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Simple Plan’s Pierre Bouvier: Warped Tour Was ‘an Experience Like No Other’

Since the Nineties, Vans Warped Tour has been a constant, integral part of Pierre Bouvier’s life. He played the tour a few times with Reset, and later, with bandmate Chuck Comeau, formed Simple Plan. Warped Tour helped Simple Plan not only find their footing in the early Aughts but has remained a way for the group

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Watch Noel Gallagher’s Cosmic ‘It’s A Beautiful World’ Lyric Video

Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds have shared their new lyric video for “It’s a Beautiful World,” the latest single off the group’s upcoming Who Built the

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Review: Morrissey, Alt-Rock’s Greatest Stand-Up, Still Has It on Album Number 11

Review: Soul Queen Sharon Jones Offers a Powerful Posthumous Farewell

See Mariah Carey’s Uplifting Video for ‘The Star’

Mariah Carey makes a new bid for holiday season ubiquity with “The Star,” a sentimental ballad she recorded for the animated Nativity film of the same name. The singer also appears in the track’s video, which came out on Thursday and doubles as a teaser for the movie.

The clip alternates between shots of

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Post Malone: Confessions of a Hip-Hop Rock Star

Last night, the new Call of Duty came out, and Post Malone was so stoked about it that he parked himself in front of his Xbox until 6 a.m. Right now it’s 4 p.m. and he’s back at it. It’s a sunny Friday in the affluent L.A. suburb of Tarzana, but the shades are drawn in Malone’s den to block the light – his wall-size projecting screen is particularly susceptible, he says, to

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Jay-Z Pens Meek Mill Op-Ed Highlighting ‘Trap’ of Probation

Jay-Z penned a New York Times op-ed to ramp up his criticism of the criminal justice system on Friday after a judge sentenced the rapper Meek

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Hear U2, Kendrick Lamar on Jagged New Song ‘American Soul’

Kendrick Lamar makes a brief appearance on U2‘s “American Soul,” a buzzing, distorted new Songs of Experience cut that the rock band shared on Friday. 

The Edge’s guitar defines “American Soul,” pushing the song forward in spiky,

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See Green Day’s ‘They Live’-Inspired ‘Back in the USA’ Video

Green Day pay homage to John Carpenter’s sci-fi classic They Live in the band’s new video for “Back in the USA,” one of two new tracks on their just-released greatest hits

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Hear Major Lazer’s Buoyant New Song ‘Love Life’

Major Lazer are readying the release of their new film, which documents their historic 2016 concert in Havana, Cuba called

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See Touching Theatrical Version of Chris Cornell’s ‘The Promise’ Video

In June, what turned out be Chris Cornell‘s final video was released. A collaboration with video director Meiert Avis, he and Cornell worked on “The Promise,” which Cornell

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The Rope: The Forgotten History of Segregated Rock & Roll Concerts

One night in the late 1950s, the Flamingos’ bus pulled up to a concert hall in Birmingham, Alabama, and a row of 30 to 50 police officers holding rifles and billy clubs was waiting for them. The cops escorted the six-member doo-wop group, famous for “I Only Have Eyes for You” and “The Ladder of Love,” to its dressing room and gave strict instructions: As black performers, they were to make eye

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Review: Mavis Staples and Producer Jeff Tweedy Fight the Powers That Be

Inside David Bowie’s Final Act: New Doc Dives Into ‘Lazarus’

In October 2015, David Bowie decided to end his cancer treatments after learning the disease had spread too far to recover from. The very same week, he traveled to a Brooklyn soundstage to shoot a video for his new song “Lazarus,” the name of a biblical figure that Jesus brought back from the dead. Bowie spent the day in a hospital bed as cameras captured him with a bandage around his head.

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Watch Radiohead’s Phil Selway Join Ringo Starr for Beatles Classic

Radiohead drummer Phil Selway joined Ringo Starr and the All Starr Band for a performance of

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Kinky Friedman on the Night Bob Dylan, Jack Nicholson Crashed His Wild House Party

Kinky Friedman has performed with Bob Dylan, traveled with Led Zeppelin and partied with John Belushi. When his cocaine habit nearly killed him, he returned to Texas and wrote 30 books, including 18 detective novels and memoirs featuring Willie Nelson and Billy Bob Thornton. More than 547,000 Texans voted for him when he ran for governor in 2006, and bosom buddies Willie Nelson, Jimmy

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The Rope: The Forgotten History of Rock’s Early, Segregated Days

One night in the late 1950s, the Flamingos’ bus pulled up to a concert hall in Birmingham, Alabama, and a row of 30 to 50 police officers holding rifles and billy clubs was waiting for them. The cops escorted the six-member doo-wop group, famous for “I Only Have Eyes for You” and “The Ladder of Love,” to its dressing room and gave strict instructions: As black performers, they were to make eye

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Inside the New Grateful Dead Musical

Musical-theater productions tend to gestate for long periods, but Red Roses, Green Gold, the Off-Broadway show featuring the music of the Grateful Dead that opened in October, still seems like a special case. Playwright Michael Norman Mann first had the idea for the show when he attended a Dead gig in the

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Watch Macklemore’s Uplifting Performance of ‘Corner Store’ on ‘Fallon’

Macklemore enlisted the help of DJ Premier and two budding Seattle rappers, Dave B and Travis Thompson, for a delightful performance of “Corner Store” on The Tonight Show Wednesday. The track appears on Macklemore’s latest

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Black Sabbath Reflect on ‘The End’: ‘It Was So Weird Saying Goodbye’

It ended as it began – only bigger. Nearly 50 years after Black Sabbath formed in Birmingham, England, they played the final show of their farewell tour there this

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See Remy Ma, Lil Kim in Triumphant ‘Wake Me Up’ Video

Remy Ma spurns “fake-ass bitches” with Lil Kim in the glossy new clip for “Wake Me Up.”

“Wake Me Up” is filled with contemptuous couplets aimed at unnamed liars and back-stabbers. “You a clown, and homey, don’t play that shit/ See, they ain’t slick, be talkin’ all cray and shit,” she raps, as a shiny

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Fleetwood Mac Unearth Rarities for 1975 Self-Titled LP Reissue

Fleetwood Mac will include a slew of previously unreleased studio and live recordings on a new reissue of their 1975 self-titled album, out January 19th. 

The new set will be available in several

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See A Perfect Circle’s Cold, Stark Video for ‘The Doomed’

A Perfect Circle continue their march towards releasing their first new album since 2004 with the somber, black-and-white video for “The Doomed.”

“The Doomed” moves between drubbing, guitar-heavy verses and pensive, highly melodic yet utterly bleak hooks: “What of the pious, the pure of heart, the peaceful?” Maynard James Keenan wonders. “What of the meek, the mourning, and the

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Rising Rapper Lil Peep Dead at 21

Lil Peep, the New York rapper who mixed guitar-driven emo and rap production on mixtapes that gained millions of plays on SoundCloud, died Wednesday night at age 21. A representative for the rapper confirmed his death to Rolling Stone, but said that the cause of death was undetermined. 

“I am shocked and heartbroken,” said Sarah Sennett – the CEO of First Access

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Venezuela’s Uprooted Musicians: Bands Struggle to Survive

The rock band Los Mesoneros were filling Caracas’ principal Alfredo Sadel Square with thousands of fans, earning four Latin Grammy nominations for their 2011 album Indeleble, and climbing to the top of their country’s music charts with pop-rock songs about love and infidelity, before they left Venezuela and started in Mexico from scratch.

On a recent Saturday, the band is

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Watch Portugal. The Man’s Intimate Live Version of ‘Feel It Still’

Portugal. The Man recently started selling a T-shirt on their website reading I Liked Portugal. The Man Before They Sold Out. It’s a jab at critics and old fans who have turned on the group since “Feel It Still,” its crazy-catchy Motown-indebted single, hit the Top Five.

It’s rare enough for a rock band

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Watch Kesha’s Tender Cover of Marshmello, Khalid’s ‘Silence’

Kesha visited BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge to deliver a tender rendition of Marshmello and Khalid’s “Silence” and she also performed her own “Learn to Let Go” from her

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