Jesse Malin pays tribute to his late friend and bandmate Todd Youth in the new music video for the song of the same name, filmed in New York during the coronavirus pandemic. Youth was a pioneering guitarist in the New York hardcore scene, performing with Murphy’s Law, Agnostic Front, Warzone, …
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Ellie Goulding recruited recent collaborators Diplo and Blackbear to appear in her upcoming livestreamed show. “The Brightest Blue Experience,” a pay-per-view event presented by LIVEnow, will be broadcast Wednesday, August 26th at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum. Tickets are available now. The two guests contributed to the singer-songwriter’s recently issued …
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It was hard not to think of Hank Williams when Justin Townes Earle —who died this week at 38 — made his network-television debut on the Late Show With David Letterman in 2011. Dressed in a crisp brown suit and bowtie, and bending his well-over-six-foot frame into the microphone, the …
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Angel Olsen has shared a stirring new song, “Waving, Smiling,” set to appear on her upcoming album, Whole New Mess, out August 28th via Jagjaguwar. “Waving, Smiling” is centered around a simple and familiar — although no less potent — finger-picking pattern with the distinct feel of classic soul. Olsen …
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Peaches challenges status quo and calls for systemic change in her rebellious new single, “Flip This.” She filmed the song’s accompanying video in her Berlin recording studio on an iPhone. In what appears to be a one-shot take, it opens on a sheet of paper with “BLM” scrawled across it. …
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Chicago’s Pilgrim Baptist Church was gutted by fire in 2006 and now, following this week’s windstorms, has been reduced to two walls. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the location was set to become the National Museum of Gospel Music in recognition of the historic role the church played in crafting …
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Boston trio Throwing Muses have shared another new song, “Frosting,” from their upcoming album, Sun Racket, out September 4th via Fire Records. “Frosting,” as its title suggests, is a chilly blast of all-enveloping alt-rock, although the decisive swing of David Narcizo’s drums and Bernard Georges’ bass makes for a unique …
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The Weeknd, as a digital avatar, teased a new song and played his After Hours hits during TikTok’s “The Weeknd Experience” Friday, the Trump-targeted app’s “first-ever interactive augmented reality broadcast.” The 20-minute performance featured virtual renditions of “Pray for Me,” “Blinding Lights,” “Save Your Tears,” the remix of “In Your …
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Cam and Old Crow Medicine Show are among the artists confirmed to perform for “Live at the Ryman,” a new ticketed livestreaming series at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The series kicks off Friday, August 14th with a performance by the duo For King & Country and runs weekly through September 18th. …
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Angela H. was marching in a Black Lives Matter protest in Hollywood on June 2nd when her friends pointed out something surprising. They’d spotted a man in black gloves, sunglasses, and a hoodie nearby in the crowd — and he looked just like Harry Styles, a pop star Angela has …
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