Ahead of the release of Toots and the Maytals’ new album on Friday, Toots Hibbert has dropped the buoyant single “Just Brutal.” “We need more love in our hearts/Remember what the preacher said,” Hibbert sings over a chaotic frenzy of a horn section and background singers before ripping into the …
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Kanye West’s troubled and often disarrayed presidential campaign hit a series of setbacks this week as the rapper’s Birthday Party failed to qualify for the ballot in West Virginia and Wisconsin and, more importantly, missed a crucial Federal Election Commission deadline. The West Virginia Secretary of State’s office revealed Friday …
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Metallica made an appearance on The Howard Stern Show Wednesday to play three songs, two of which come off Metallica, a.k.a. the “Black Album.” That record — which has become the best-selling album of the past three decades — came out 29 years ago on August 12th. For the appearance, …
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If you use Neil Young‘s Archives website, you may need to make a new login. The artist is spending $20,000 to remove Facebook and Google logins from the site, according to Variety. “Facebook knowingly allows untruths and lies in its political ads to circulate on the platform, while bots sow …
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A Grammy-winning producer who’s worked with Beyoncé, Lil Wayne and other A-list artists, was arrested Wednesday, August 5th, on multiple counts of sexual assault, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement on Facebook. The LASD said its Special Victims Bureau had been investigating multiple sexual assault allegations …
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Lady Gaga has announced the launch of her new show, Gaga Radio, which will be available via Apple Music on Friday. The dance music-focused show will feature DJs, producers and others who have inspired the pop star and her Chromatica album. “The last few weeks I’ve been figuring out different …
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In Aminé’s playful video for “Compensating,” Aminé challenges himself to a tennis match and hangs out with his friends in a luxe Bel Air mansion. The song, which features Young Thug, appears on his sophomore studio album, Limbo. The album drops on Friday via Republic. In the Aminé and Jack …
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On the heels of celebrating 10 years of their debut Crazy for You, Best Coast‘s Bethany Cosentino hit The Late Show with Stephen ColbertThursday to perform “Rollercoaster,” off of the band’s new album Always Tomorrow. Due to the pandemic, Cosentino performed the track at home, accompanied only by her electric …
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The War on Drugs, Waxahatchee, Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, members of Grizzly Bear and more will partake in the Vote Ready livestream concert/voter registration drive, August 14th starting at 7 p.m. ET. The free virtual concert was put together by the voter registration group HeadCount and Fort William Artist Management …
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On the heels of announcing her new album Whole New Mess, Angel Olsen performed the title track on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday. “I think I’ll really do the change/Oh I’ll really do the change, really do the change,” she repeats in front of an empty audience, …
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