Since his earliest days playing music, Eddie Van Halen was a Black Sabbath fan. “We played just about every Black Sabbath song,” he once recalled in a Guitar World interview, looking back to a time when he wanted to name his band “Rat Salad,” after a Sabbath song title. “I …
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Little Big Town gave a mostly unplugged full-band performance for a new edition of NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert. Standing in a sunken living-room area in front of a massive tree-trunk coffee table, Jimi Westbrook, Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild, and Phillip Sweet merged their voices for the dreamy title …
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The paranoia and icy alienation of Radiohead’s masterpiece Kid A may have seemed like a bit much back to some listeners when it was released in 2000. But in 2020, Kid A (which just landed at Number 20 on Rolling Stone’s revamped list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All …
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Country musician Keith Urban reacted to news of Eddie Van Halen’s death on Tuesday with an Instagram tribute to the guitar legend and his massive influence on players of all stripes. “This hit me hard. There are lots of great guitar players in the world, but very VERY few true …
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UPDATE (10/6):Shuan Lucas, the Wolfe City Police Officer who shot Jonathan Price, has been charged with murder, the Texas Rangers said in a statement. “At approximately 8:24 p.m. on Oct. 3rd, 2020, Wolfe City Police Officer Shaun Lucas responded to a disturbance call at the 100 block of Santa Fe …
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The cast of Dazed and Confused — including Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Parker Posey and Jason London — will reunite for a virtual table read of director Richard Linklater’s cult 1993 film to raise money for Texas’ mail-in voting efforts. Both the Voto Latino Foundation and March For Science will …
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David Bowie’s Nineties live performances will be the focus of an upcoming set of six concert albums that will be released individually over the next few months. Dubbed Brilliant Live Adventures, the series kicks off with Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95), a recent digital-only release that will make its …
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The other week, Kanye West launched a sustained Twitter assault against two pillars of the modern music industry — major labels and unfair record deals. He announced his intent to build a world where artists “have the power and transparency to be in control” of their future. “No more shady …
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After a TikTok where a man lip-syncs to “Dreams” while longboarding and drinking Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry Juice went viral, Fleetwood Mac‘s 1977 classic has seen a massive spike in streams, enough to enter the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs Chart. The track, off the band’s 1977 album Rumours, currently sits …
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Sharon Van Etten covered Nine Inch Nails‘ “Hurt” for Suicide Prevention Month as part of Sounds of Savings’ Song That Found Me at the Right Time series, a partnership with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The clip opens with Van Etten sharing her own struggles with emotions and reaching out …
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