Nick Cave‘s and PJ Harvey‘s music have always shared a similar gloomy sensibility, but where his was often stark and gothic, hers was ethereal and impressionistic. The two artists’ worlds collided in the mid Nineties; they collaborated on the morose “Henry Lee” for Cave’s album Murder Ballads and dated for …
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“On the second LP, you can really hear the group identity coming together,” Jimmy Page recalled years after the release of Led Zeppelin‘s second LP. While the group recorded itsfirst album in three weeks after a single, two-week Scandinavian tour, Led Zeppelin II was cut over six months on tour …
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After a handful of delays, Kanye West will release his new album, Jesus Is King, this Friday, October 25th. West tweeted the release date early Monday morning alongside a photo of Jesus Is King pressed on blue vinyl. The album’s arrival will coincide with the release of West’s accompanying film, …
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Elton John did not mince words. In fact, he decided to throw down the hammer regarding the 2019 remake of The Lion King and its subsequent soundtrack, which featured modern pop stars like (Beyoncé, Donald Glover) and actors with varying degrees of vocal talent (Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner) seeking to …
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Just days after releasing her first new music in five years, Liz Phair visited CBS This Morningto perform three songs in a “Saturday Sessions” mini-concert. The alt-rock singer, who just released her debut memoir Horror Stories and shared an exclusive audio excerpt of her reading it, performed her new single …
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City Girls have unveiled new song “JT First Day Out.” Aptly named to mark duo member JT’s release after serving more than a year in prison on credit card fraud charges, JT raps that she’s “motivated” and poised for what’s next. On the Twysted Genius-produced track, JT details the time …
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Dead Can Dance will tour North and South America on a Spring trek dubbed “A Celebration – Life & Works 1980-2020.” A U.S./Canada leg launches April 17th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and wraps May 11th in San Diego, California. A brief run of Mexico, Columbia, Peru and Chile continues through late …
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Mick Jagger could not have foreseen that he’d still be rocking out in his seventies. In fact, according to the Rolling Stones‘ former accountant, he discussed the possibility of setting up a pension plan back in the day. “I was having a meeting with Mick while he was waiting for …
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A month before the release of his excellent 2018 album Bottle It In, Kurt Vile retreated to the Catskills in Upstate New York for a weekend of solace. Residing in a 20-bedroom Victorian estate called Big Indian Springs, Vile spent time preparing for the record’s release and rehearsing for an …
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The Beatles have dropped a heart-rendering new video for the George Harrison-penned “Here Comes the Sun.” The release is timed with the anniversary of Abbey Road, which turned 50 on Thursday. Directed by Trunk Animation’s Alasdair Brotherston and Jock Mooney, the clip features vintage photos of the group floating throughout …
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