Chet “JR” White — the bassist and producer for the celebrated 2010s indie rock outfit Girls — has died, according to a Facebook post from the band’s old record label, True Panther Sounds. He was 40. Of the cause of death, True Panther founder Dean Bein said only that White’s …
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Teyana Taylor has released her latest self-directed music video, “Lose Each Other,” taken from her newest LP The Album. The visual features a special appearance from Elton John, who plays piano during the song alongside Taylor’s vocals, a guitarist, and a duo of dancers. “’Lose Each Other’ is such a …
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Courtney Barnett, Alice Bag, Kathleen Hanna, and more artists have contributed toHands Off!, a new limited-edition cassette compilation that was created as a response to the sexual misconduct allegations surrounding Burger Records. The label shut down earlier this year after label staff and affiliated artists were accused of sexual misconduct. …
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En Vogue closed out a very odd Billboard Music Awards ceremony on Wednesday night with a rock-out performance of their 1992 single “Free Your Mind.” Decked out in all-black outfits, the current En Vogue trio of Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron, and Rhona Bennett exchanged vocal belts in front of a …
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Killer Mike discussed his friendship with Bernie Sanders, how the quarantine affected his chain of barbershops and his controversial meeting with Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia during an interview Friday on Jimmy Kimmel Live. In September, the Run the Jewels rapper revealed that he met Kemp — who Kimmel called …
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Billy Corgan paid tribute to Eddie Van Halen, “a man of staggering genius, who wrapped his gift in a smile and a party’s swing,” on social media following the guitar god’s death at the age of 65. “What a musician, what a legacy, what power and mastery,” the Smashing Pumpkins …
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Youngboy Never Broke Again held off Drake, while Machine Gun Kelly and Joji leapt into the Top 10 of the Artists 500 chart for the week of September 25th through October 1st. Youngboy Never Broke Again secured his third week at Number One with 116.4 million streams. His latest album, …
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UPDATE (10/5): The Supreme Court will not hear the copyright dispute over Led Zeppelin‘s “Stairway to Heaven,” upholding a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that “Stairway” did not infringe on the band Spirit’s 1968 instrumental track, “Taurus.” ** Led Zeppelin have won the appeal in the copyright case over …
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Chris Stapleton evokes the chilly atmosphere of late-Nineties Radiohead with “Cold,” the latest release from his new album Starting Over. The follow-up to Stapleton’s two-part From A Room series, Starting Over will be released November 13th. Framed by an angular minor-key piano part played by the Heartbreakers’ Benmont Tench, “Cold” …
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Scotty McCreery didn’t have any idea he was playing the Ryman Auditorium’s last pre-pandemic show. For the most part, his March 11th performance at the historic Nashville venue was business as usual, with the country singer turning in a full set of hits for a lively, enthusiastic audience out front. …
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