Hip-hop duo Run the Jewels discussed their love of heavy metal and the genre’s long relationship with rap in Revolver‘s new video series, “Secret Metalheads” In the clip, El-P and Killer Mike recalled growing up in the Eighties when rap was coming into its own and hard rock was still …
Read More »Method Man, Ghostface Killah Demand Return of Wu-Tang Album on 'Colbert'
Method Man and Ghostface Killah lobbied for the return of Martin Shkreli’s one-copy-only Wu-Tang Clan album on Late Show, where the two rappers faced off against Jeff Sessions … or a Keebler elf cookie that looks like the Attorney General. “That album belongs to the people,” Method Man told the …
Read More »A Perfect Circle Salute David Bowie, Carrie Fisher on New Song
A Perfect Circle salute recently deceased pop culture icons on their cinematic new song, “So Long, and Thanks for All The Fish.” Singer Maynard James Keenan references the deaths of Gene Wilder, David Bowie, Muhammad Ali and Carrie Fisher on the single from their upcoming LP, Eat the Elephant. “Now …
Read More »See Heart, Alice in Chains Members Salute Chris Cornell at Rock Hall
Ann Wilson of Heart and Alice in Chainsguitarist Jerry Cantrell teamed up for a bracing tribute to former Soundgarden and Audioslave singer Chris Cornell at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Saturday. Cornell died from suicide last year at age 52. Wilson and Cantrell honored Cornell …
Read More »Gwen Stefani Announces Las Vegas Residency
Gwen Stefani has announced a 25-date residency in Las Vegas. Dubbed Gwen Stefani – I’m Just a Girl, her Sin City run will take place in Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. The singer’s show will be designed exclusively for the theater, which will seat 4,600 and features …
Read More »Watch Arcade Fire Cover Cranberries' 'Linger' in Dublin
Arcade Fire coveredthe Cranberries‘ “Linger” during their Friday concert in Dublin, Ireland, the home country of the Cranberries and their late singer Dolores O’Riordan. Win Butler and company performed the chorus of the beloved Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We? single before segueing back into Arcade Fire‘s …
Read More »Watch James Bay Take Spaceship Ride in 'Pink Lemonade' Video
British singer-songwriter James Bay pilots his own DIY spaceship in the nostalgic “Pink Lemonade” video.Tapping into childhood frustration, Bay sneaks into his parents’ garage to flee Earth via a crudely coordinated space launch. “I was reminded of a time when I was a about four years old and I told …
Read More »Watch Jack White's Surreal, Color-Coded 'Over and Over and Over' Video
Jack White‘s apartment transforms into a vibrant fever dream in the reality-bending “Over and Over and Over” video. The songwriter appears in several scenarios, playing electric guitar as his living room shifts to blue and white. Wrestlers, masked children, women wearing colorful garments and men in military fatigues appear in …
Read More »Blink-182 to Launch Las Vegas Residency
Blink-182 are headed to Las Vegas. The pop-punk trio have inked a deal with the Palms Casino Resort for a 16-date residency dubbed “Kings of the Weekend” that will begin May 26th and run on select weekends through November 17th. “When the Palms asked us to do a residency here …
Read More »Jack Antonoff Talks Co-Writing Taylor Swift's 'New Year's Day'
Bleachers‘ Jack Antonoff appeared on TheTonight Show Thursday speaking about writingTaylor Swift’s “New Year’s Day”and the uncertainty of the songwriting process. “We wrote that song in a second, because we didn’t plan to write it. If you plan to write like a ballad or something like that, you always get …
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