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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Grammy nominated singer-songwriter James Bay is gearing up for hisSaturday Night Live debut with a second new song from his forthcoming album,Electric Light. The uptempo, rock-oriented “Pink Lemonade” follows previously released single “Wild Love.”Electric Light comes out May 18th. While “Wild Love” was more contemplative, “Pink Lemonade” has a brisk, …
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Sade released a beatific acoustic ballad titled “Flower of the Universe,” the group’s first new release since 2011. They recorded the track for the forthcoming soundtrack to A Wrinkle in Time, which arrives March 9th. Anyone familiar with Sade‘s work, especially the Lover’s Rock album, will recognize the ingredients in …
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Flea recently examined the opioid crisis in America and his own struggles with addiction in a stirring op-ed the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist penned for Time. “I’ve been around substance abuse since the day I was born,” Flea wrote in “The Temptation of Drugs Is a Bitch.” “I saw …
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