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UPDATE: Led Zeppelin will release their self-titled book in October. The books is available to pre-order via Reel Art Press. Led Zeppelin will celebrate their 50th anniversary with an illustrated book created with input from the band’s three surviving members: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones. The group’s …

Eminem, RevivalFor his ninth album, Eminem lashes out at Trump, apologizes to his ex-wife, takes stock of his career and drops a few old-fashioned Slim Shady horrorcore splatterfests.Read Our Feature: Eminem’s Revival: A Track-By-Track GuideHear: Amazon Music Unlimited | Apple Music | SoundCloud Go | Spotify | Tidal N.E.R.D., No_One …

Haim celebrated the first night of Hanukkah with a funky new ode to the Maccabees, latkes and Manischewitz wine. The trio uploaded the short track to Twitter along with a note featuring a cheeky nod to the reigning king of Hanukkah music: “First night of Haimukkah. Sandler, we’re coming for …

The Killers performed an adrenalized version of the Smiths‘ “This Charming Man” Sunday at KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas – a winking allusion to Morrissey, who canceled his headlining set at the L.A. event due to an “illness in the touring party.” Singer Brandon Flowers nailed the vocalist’s distinct cadences throughout …

PJ Harvey unveiled a haunting rendition of the traditional English folk song, “An Acre of Land,” in the new trailer for the film, Dark River, out February 23rd. Harvey’s arrangement of the old tune is eerie and sparse, relying primarily on the slow tumble of an acoustic guitar, the reverberating …

Florence and the Machine‘s Florence Welch will publish her first book, Useless Magic, July 5th, 2018 via Penguin imprint, Fig Tree.The book will feature Welch’s lyrics, poetry and artwork culled from her own sketchbooks. Welch shared the Useless Magic cover art, as well as a snippet from the preface, in …

A Tribe Called Quest‘s Q-Tip unloaded on the Recording Academy after the legendary hip-hop outfit’s final album, We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service, did not receive a single Grammy nomination. The rapper and producer posted a series of videos on Instagram in which he not only …

Another stretch of Taylor Swift‘s run-up to her sixth album Reputation arrived Friday, when the video for the grinding come-on “…Ready For It?” dropped online. Directed by Swift’s recent filmmaker-of-choice Joseph Kahn, the clip for Reputation‘s opening track features Swift facing off against a cyborg version of herself, with splashy …

A new compilation will spotlight theRolling Stones‘ many performances for the BBC in the early-to-mid–Sixties. One of the highlights ofthe album, titledOn Air, is a version of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” that the band recorded on September 18th, 1965, for the program Saturday Club – mere months after the …

Augustin Mawangu Mingiedi, the leader of the Congolese outfit Konono N°1, died Monday after a long, unspecified illness, the band announced on Facebook. He was 56. “Konono No.1’s proud and brave leader Augustin Mawangu Mingiedi has passed away yesterday,” the band said. “He’d been ill for several months. We are …