The DJ and producer RP Boo is widely regarded as the godfather of a style of dance music called footwork. Born Kavain Space in West Chicago, he gained notoriety in the late Nineties for tracks where he’d push tempos to near-delirious speeds. On songs like “Baby Come On,” often considered …
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Tom Morello teams up with the British metalcore act Bring Me the Horizon on the new track “Let’s Get the Party Started,” the latest single from the Rage Against the Machine guitarist’s upcoming all-star LP The Atlas Underground Fire. “Bring Me the Horizon is really the current standard-bearer of hard …
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Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Pras Michel will reunite as the Fugees and play their first shows in 15 years to mark the 25th anniversary of their 1996 classic, The Score. The trek will properly launch in November, but Wednesday, September 22nd, the Fugees will play a special gig in …
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Whenever Adia Victoria found herself struggling to write about the South while confined at home throughout 2020, she would turn to the soil. The one source of creative comfort she found was the imposing magnolia tree visible just outside her mother’s house in North Nashville. “I got really close to …
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Stone Temple Pilots and Bush have canceled their upcoming U.S. co-headlining tour due to “unfortunate and unavoidable Covid-related circumstances.” The 11-date trek was scheduled to begin September 30th in Mesa, Arizona. However, Bush announced Friday that the tour — as well as the band’s planned festival appearances — have been …
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UPDATE: Following a bout with Covid and Kiss‘ reconfigured tour dates, Gene Simmons‘ first-ever art gallery exhibit will now open October 21st. *** Gene Simmons will give fans a glimpse at his never-before-seen artwork as the Kiss bassist has announced his first-ever art gallery exhibit in Las Vegas this October. …
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Angels and Airwaves have released a new song and music video, “Spellbound,” which will appear on the group’s next album, Lifeforms, out September 24th. “Spellbound” is rooted in a gravely pulse but bursts with dreamy synths, guitar lines, and Tom DeLonge’s unmistakable bellow: “If you try to run/If it goes …
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Tracks from Kanye West‘s Donda overwhelmed the latest Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, led by “Hurricane,” which incorporates vocals from a pair of stars, Lil Baby and the Weeknd. “Hurricane” garnered more than 27 million streams, beating out Megan Thee Stallion’s remix of BTS‘ “Butter” to top the chart. …
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UPDATE: Following Drake‘s leak of Kanye West‘s “Life of the Party,” Andre 3000 issued the following statement regarding his role on what became a diss track: “A few weeks ago Kanye reached out about me being a part of the Donda album. I was inspired by his idea to make …
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It finally happened: ABBA announced they’re reuniting for the first time in 40 years, with a new album and a digital concert on the way. If the pair of singles they’ve released prove anything, it’s that they’ve been bottling up disco-pop lightning for years. They picked the perfect time, too: …
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