Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Meek Mill, and Yo Gotti have signed a letter from Roc Nation‘s activist wing, Team Roc, calling for “justice to be served in the case of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder.” Back in February, Arbery was shot while out on a run in Brunswick, Georgia. During his jog, Arbery …
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Even though the 40th anniversary of Motörhead’s landmark Ace of Spades album is still half a year away, the band has dropped a strobing new lyric video for their signature song on Friday. They’re dubbing May 8th “Motörhead Day,” as “Ace of Spades” sounds a little like “Eighth of May.” …
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Kathleen Hanna has joined Cameo — the service that lets fans pay celebs for a custom message — just in time for Mother’s Day. “Hi! I just joined this platform called Cameo where you can get me to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ or send a message to a friend or do …
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Nearly 50 years after it was written and recorded, Neil Young’s “Ohio” remains one of rock’s greatest protest songs. Over the decades, it’s been covered and resurrected by the Isley Brothers, Devo, Paul Weller, and, three years ago, the combo of Jon Batiste, Leon Bridges, and Gary Clark, Jr. But …
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For Lars Ulrich, quarantining during the pandemic has meant spending more time with his wife and kids. Just in the past few days, the drummer shared video of sons Myles and Layne, both home from NYU, playing their fuzzy, noisy instrumental take on the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby.” Metallica had intended …
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Nashville mainstay Chuck Mead has released what he calls “the official song of quarantine,” a remake of Hank Snow‘s 1962 hit “I’ve Been Everywhere” retitled — appropriately — “I Ain’t Been Nowhere.” Widely known today as a Johnny Cash song, “I’ve Been Everywhere” had Cash dropping a rapid-fire list of …
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Sara Bareilles and the cast of Waitress paid tribute to former cast member Nick Cordero, who has been battling COVID-19 since March 31st. Cordero, who starred as Earl Hunterson in the 2016 original production, has been in a medically induced coma after getting his right leg amputated and having a …
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Joy Division/New Order‘s Peter Hook discusses his friendship with Dennis Anderson and Lois Kahlert in a new clip — the New York couple are the subject of Chris Cassidy’s new documentary Dennis and Lois,out April 28th. “They’re iconic in the way that they were there when a movement started,” Hook …
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Vermont singer-songwriter Henry Jamison has teamed with Grizzly Bear‘s Ed Droste for a new song, “Green Room.” The track will appear on Jamison’s upcoming Tourism EP, out May 15th via Color Study. “Green Room” boasts a wistful folk-rock sway and finds Jamison recounting a moment of existential woe in the …
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The Rolling Stones went into 2020 thinking they’d once again be playing to sold-out football stadiums across North America on their ongoing No Filter tour. It’s still theoretically possible that they’ll find a way to squeeze in those dates before the end of the year, but it’s far more likely …
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