Gary Clark Jr. had never so much as considered covering the Beatles’ “Come Together” until he was approached to play on a version of it for the Justice League soundtrack. It ended up being the most fun Clark has ever had in the studio. “I don’t know what ‘toe-jam football’ …
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Traditionally, the opening band shouldn’t have the best weed on the tour. That’s just not good form. But in 1987, when my group, the Del Fuegos, was first on a bill of three as part of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Rock ‘n’ Roll Caravan, we defied tradition. We may …
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The pastoral, gorgeous modular synthesizer flutter of Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith‘scritically acclaimedEarsbecame a crossover avant-garde success in 2016.Since the beginning of that year, she’s toured with Animal Collective, hit the European festival circuit, collaborated with Google on an interactive tour of national parks and released an LP collaboration with electronic music …
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It’s been 13 years since the Killers exploded with their debut single, “Mr. Brightside,” and they’re still one of the biggest rock acts in the world; the Las Vegas band just headlined Lollapalooza and has an arena tour kicking off in January. “There’s still a need for what we have …
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Avicii spent most of his twenties as one of the biggest touring DJs in the world, blowing fans’ minds from Las Vegas to Ibiza with confetti cannons and colossal EDM hooks, not to mention a wedding-favorite pop smash (“Wake Me Up”). But, it turns out, it wasn’t much fun for …
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