It’s been a whole week since the music business held a “blackout” to discuss measures against racism, in response to the killing of George Floyd and other black victims of police brutality. So where are those measures? “I thought it was a good symbolic gesture, a show of silence,” Chuck …
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Anthrax will mark the 30th anniversary of their fifth album, Persistence of Time with a comprehensive reissue that features many previously unreleased tracks. The original album featured a generally darker, more brooding sound for the thrash-metal group, as well as a hit cover of Joe Jackson’s “Got the Time” The …
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Trey Songz shines a light on police brutality and institutionalized racism on his new track “2020 Riots: How Many Times,” the singer’s response to the police killing of George Floyd. “Three or four nights ago I woke up in the middle of my sleep…I couldn’t sleep. My chest was hurting. …
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Last summer, Andy Bell headed to Brooklyn to work on new music with Erasure bandmate, songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke. The band didn’t have a concrete intention for a follow-up to 2017’s World Be Gone— “[An album] is in the distance,” Bell said at the time — but a year …
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Chicago rap legend Da Brat discussed her decision to come out in a new profile out inVarietyfor the magazine’s Pride Issue. The Dish Nation host revealed her sexual orientation this past March in an emotional Instagram post, where she confirmed her relationship with Kaleidoscope Hair Products CEO Jesseca Dupart by …
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Ryan Culwell tapped into a sense of national angst on his incisive 2018 album, The Last American, but it was nothing like the fever-pitch emotion he experienced firsthand on Saturday when riots broke out in Nashville following a peaceful protest against police brutality and the killing of George Floyd in …
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Four more women have levied sexual assault allegations against disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein in a new lawsuit filed in New York court on Thursday. Court documents — spanning nearly three decades from 1984 to 2013 — detail a now-familiar pattern of abuse, deceit, and intimidation that enabled Weinstein to continue …
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The Flaming Lips have shared an expansive new song, “Flowers of Neptune 6,” that features backing vocals from country star Kacey Musgraves. “Flowers of Neptune 6” boasts a sprawling arrangement that begins as a sparse bit of psych-folk but steadily builds to a lush and orchestral peak. The song arrives …
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UPDATE (6/4):The premiere of We Are Freestyle Love Supreme has been delayed in solidarity with anti-police brutality protesters. It was set to premiere on June 5. No new release date has been set. “Today our country, our world struggles to reach an end to this systemic racial injustice, intolerance, police …
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Weyes Blood released a trippy new video for “Wild Time” while announcing a new album scheduled for 2021. The California singer-songwriter, real name Natalie Mering, directed the video herself, shot on 16mm film prior to the pandemic. The clip features Mering performing the Titanic Rising track in the mountains, sitting …
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