Looking back, it seems odd that one of the Seventies’ greatest feel-good songs begins in such dispiriting fashion: “Well, I tried to make it Sunday/But I got so damn depressed.” When “Sister Golden Hair” was released in 1975, America had little reason to be depressed. In the prior four years, …
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All music uploaded onto Myspace prior to 2015 – an estimated 50 million songs by 14 million artists – has been lost. The site revealed that all of users’ media from Myspace’s first 12 years of existence were erased in a server migration and cannot be retrieved. “As a result …
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Teyana Taylor and A$AP Rocky juggle love and jealousy with a throwback flare in the video for Taylor’s soulful track, “Issues/Hold On.” Taylor directed the clip – cheekily billing herself as “Teyana ‘Spike Tee’ Taylor” – which alternates between normal footage and old school home video-style sequences as it tells …
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The Cure and The Killers will join Stormzy as headliners of Glastonbury in June. British rapper Stormzy was previously announced as the headliner for Friday night, while The Killers will take the Saturday night slot and The Cure will close out the festival, which takes place at Worthy Farm, on …
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The Black Keys – Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney – have announced a North American tour dubbed, “Let’s Rock.” The 31-date trek will feature openers Modest Mouse. Prior to the tour, the band will perform at Las Vegas, Nevada’s Life is Beautiful festival on September 21st. The duo is also …
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Bubba the Love Sponge is a Florida-based shock jock radio DJ best known for filming Hulk Hogan having sex with his wife. Naturally, he’s found his way back into the news now that Donald Trump is in office. As it turns out, Bubba had a longstanding relationship with unofficial presidential …
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If Alan White’s résumé was limited to playing drums on John Lennon‘s Imagine and George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass, it would be pretty impressive. But about two years after appearing on those pivotal Beatles solo records, he was recruited by Yes — then at the peak of their creative …
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Keith Richards has shared the new lyric video for “Big Town Playboy,” an unreleased track that features on the upcoming reissue of the Rolling Stones guitarist’s 1988 solo LP Talk Is Cheap. The blues shuffle, recorded during the same sessions that spawned Talk Is Cheap, features former Rolling Stones guitarist …
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Mariah Carey throws a party on a subway train in the fun and colorful new video for her single “A No No.” The track appears on her latest album Caution, which was released in November. Carey starts off her train ride alone, in a large fur coat. The train is glimmering …
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Joy Williams finds comfort in the familiar with the poignant video for “Front Porch,” the title cut from her forthcoming solo album. The clip, directed by the sister and brother team of Alexa and Stephen Kinigopoulos, captures sweet and simple moments in the lives of an interracial couple, while also …
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