Things get weird in Phoebe Bridgers‘ new video for“I Know the End,” the closing track off her new album Punisher. Bridgers has rocked the skeleton suit several times over the last few months, but now we’re gifted with an entire room of them, hung up neatly with gray hoodies — …
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Jessie Ware becomes a Studio 54 goddess in the video for her single “What’s Your Pleasure?” She released her album by the same name last month. In between solo scenes of Ware vamping and showing off some big, teased-up hair, she’s also joined by a crew of back-up dancers. During …
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Grammy Award-winning reggae musician Buju Banton appeared on The Daily Show to perform an anthem of strength and resilience, “Buried Alive,” from his album Upside Down 2020. The passionate performance from Banton and his band took place in an isolated studio. “I was buried alive but I’m still breathing,” Banton …
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California label Burger Records has announced a series of “major structural changes” intended to address a “culture of toxic masculinity.” The shift follows a series of anonymous sexual misconduct allegations directed at the company’s artists and employees. Burger co-founder and president Lee Rickard has resigned. Co-founder Sean Bohrman told Pitchfork …
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Maroon 5 bassist Michael “Mickey” Madden is taking a leave of absence from the band following his arrest for alleged domestic violence, as People reports. Last month, Madden was arrested on a felony charge in Los Angeles and was released on $50,000 bond. “I have some things that I need …
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Elle King has released a three-track EP of demos titled Elle King: In Isolation — recorded, as you might imagine, while quarantining in LA during the COVID-19 pandemic. “So many questions have begun to blossom within me through this time of isolation,” King wrote in a statement on the EP. “From …
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Mariah Carey will be telling all with her new memoirThe Meaning of Mariah. Carey revealed to fans that she finished the book earlier this week. Officially announced Thursday morning,The Meaning of Mariah Carey will be released on September 29th by Andy Cohen Books, an imprint at Henry Holt & Company, …
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Wednesday, July 8, marks Beck’s 50th birthday, and to celebrate, psych-rockers Khruangbin have shared their remix for the singer’s “No Distraction.” The Houston trio put a dub spin on the Colors track, stripping off the track’s pop sheen, amplifying the bass and reducing Beck’s vocals to a fuzzy, distant echo. …
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A day after Axl Rose tweeted criticism directed toward the U.S. Surgeon General, the Guns N’ Roses singer penned a July 4th message defending his political outspokenness. “My disdain 4 [our] current administration n’ what I perceive as its threat to [our] democracy is no secret,” Rose wrote; while the …
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Suzi Quatro‘s life and career as a female rock pioneer is chronicled in the upcoming documentary Suzi Q, which arrives on-demand on Friday. On Wednesday, the documentary will premiere virtually, featuring a Q&A with Quatro, the Runaways’ Cherie Currie, and the Go-Go’s Kathy Valentine. “The reaction to the documentary is …
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