The Hold Steady played a rousing version of their single “Denver Haircut” on Tuesday’s Late Night With Seth Meyers. The Brooklyn sextet captured a faithful version of the track, a trademark blast of crunching guitars, clattering cymbals and frontman Craig Finn’s clever lyrics about a “cesspool” town. “He shaved his …
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Taylor Swift continues to dominateRolling Stone‘s Artists 500 chart, maintaining a spot at Number One for the week of August 30th through September 5th. Swift gained considerable momentum on the Artists chart during the week of August 23rd, when her highly anticipated album Lover was released. Last week, Swift saw …
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There’s no shortage of beloved Bruce Springsteen bootlegs out there in the fan community, but one of the most cherished ones was taped at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey on September 19th, 1978. It was a smoking hot night midway through the Darkness on the Edge of Town …
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Jimmy Johnson, the guitarist for the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (a.k.a. “the Swampers”) whose foundational R&B-based playing could be heard on hundreds of records, including iconic hits by Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, Wilson Pickett and Lynyrd Skynyrd, died at the age of 76. His death was confirmed by his son …
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Taylor Swift sat down with Ryan Seacrest for hisOn Air show and revealed that she may not play stadiums when she embarks on a tour in support of her latest album Lover. Swift has mostly played stadiums since her Redtour in 2012. During the interview, Swift first noted that she …
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Kanye West hosted his weekly Sunday Service in Dayton, Ohio as part of Dave Chappelle‘s Gem City Shine benefit Sunday honoring the victims of the August 4th mass shooting in the city’s Oregon district. “We’ve come to love you and we’ve come to share the love of Jesus Christ with …
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Patty Griffin turns Tom Waits‘ elegiac, cinematic “Ruby’s Arms” into a sparse, somehow even more heartbreaking piano ballad for a new compilation, Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits. She adds a minute to the runtime of the original song, which appeared on Waits’ 1980 album Heartattack and …
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Taylor Swift refused to hide her discomfort following the announcement that Scooter Braun‘s Ithaca Holdings had acquired Scott Borchetta‘s Big Machine Label Group, especially since ownership of her masters were a huge part of the deal. During an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Swift revealed a plan to circumvent Braun’s …
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Charli XCX and Sky Ferreira have teamed up for a synth-heavy club banger of a breakup song, “Cross You Out.” The track is the fourth single from Charli XCX’s Charli, her third studio album, out September 13th. “Cross You Out” sees the two pop idols finding closure and liberation in …
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James Corden is always up for a good argument about music and this time the late night host has tapped Smokey Robinson for a debate over classic soul versus modern soul. Robinson appeared on The Late Late Show to promote new documentary Hitsville: The Making of Motown, prompting Corden to …
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