Melanie Martinez accomplished a neat trick with her 2015 debut album, Cry Baby. Nothing from the album cracked the singles chart, which sometimes indicates that a release is a flop. But listeners kept returning to Martinez’s tracks, savoring them over long periods rather than devouring them in a quick gulp. …
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The early years of David Bowie‘s career will be the focus of the upcoming five-disc Conversation Piece. The box set collects the singer’s 1968 and 1969 works, from home recordings to his work with guitarist John “Hutch” Hutchinson and the mime group Feathers to Space Oddity. In addition to recently …
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Kanye Omari West was thrust into the court of public opinion over Labor Day weekend. On September 1st, a Twitter user shared a video of the part-time rapper, full-time church enthusiast allegedly “eating his earwax.” Predictably, the tweet went viral; by Tuesday it had amassed nearly 25,000 retweets, and well …
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The Rolling Stones managed to stay dry through through most of their tour-closing show at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium Friday evening, even as Hurricane Dorian continued to gain strength in the Atlantic. But when the band came out for the encore of “Gimme Shelter” and Mick Jagger sang the opening …
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Post Malone ruminates on a fleeting relationship in his new single, “Circles.” The song precedes the release of his forthcoming album, Hollywood’s Bleeding, due out on September 6th. On the pensive, acoustic guitar-led “Circles,” the musician contemplates letting go of a relationship that’s not coming together and risk being the …
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Singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin has dropped a kind-hearted music video for his track “Must Have Been the Wind.”Directed by Conner Evert, the emotional video follows Benjamin has he feels concern for a female neighbor in crisis. “I heard glass shatter on the wall,” Benjamin croons, as he sits on the floor …
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Jam band guitar icons Derek Trucks and Phish’s Trey Anastasio united onstage during their respective headlining sets at the 2019 Lockn’ Festival, which took place this past weekend in Arrington, Virginia. Anastasio joined Tedeschi Trucks Band for a Saturday night collaboration that featured a nearly full performance of Derek and …
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Eddie Money has revealed that he is currently battling stage 4 esophageal cancer. The rocker – who canceled his summer tour dates following heart valve surgery – discussed the diagnosis in a new clip from his AXS TV series Real Money. “I thought I was going in for a check-up …
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Lizzo has dropped a new version of her track “Truth Hurts.” This remix, which features an appearance by DaBaby, shakes up the upbeat number by adding new verses from the rapper throughout Lizzo’s vocals. “Truth Hurts,” which originally was released in 2017 and produced by Ricky Reed, appeared on the …
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Bruce Springsteen has released a lyric video for “I’ll Stand By You,” a previously unreleased song that appears in the new movie Blinded By The Light. The visual features the lyrics from the song along with scenes from the movie, which is about a Pakistani teenager growing up in 1987 …
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