Pearl Jam‘s Jeff Ament tries to escape flooding, fires and other form of life-threatening natural disasters in the grindhouse-inspired clip for his sinister new single, “Safe in the Car.” The track will appear on Ament’s upcoming solo album, Heaven/Hell. “Safe in the Car” coheres around sludgy guitars and funereal organ. …
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Beyoncé‘s Homecoming Scholars Award program (previously the Formation Scholars Award program) is expanding to eight schools in its second year with the help of a Google.org partnership. In the 2018-2019 academic year, one student from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Xavier University, Wilberforce University, Tuskegee University, Bethune-Cookman University, Texas …
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Bon Jovi delivered a ferocious selection of hits at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland on Saturday. The performance marked the first time the band had performed in public with founding guitarist Richie Sambora since 2013 and bassist Alec John Such – also playing guitar …
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Goo Goo Dolls will mark the 20th anniversary of their multi-platinum albumDizzy Up the Girl on tour this fall.The band kicks off September 30th in Phoenix, Arizona and winds back around to end in Las Vegas, Nevada. During each show, the Goo Goo Dolls plan to perform one portion of …
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Rae Sremmurd‘s Slim Jxmmi and Swae Lee teamed with Pharrell for a rumbling new song, “Chanel.” The track will appear on Rae Sremmurd‘s upcoming triple album, Sr3mm, which producer Mike WiLL Made-It saidarrives in April. On “Chanel,” Mike WiLL crafts a sinister trap beat out of dissonant synth drones, over …
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Ringo Starr announced a U.S. leg for his 2018 tour with the All Starr Band. The 20-date run launches September 1st in Tulsa, Oklahoma and concludes the 29th in Los Angeles. The latest iteration of the former Beatle’s rotating group features returning members – singer-guitarist Colin Hay (Men at Work), …
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Beach Housereleased a second new single off their forthcoming album 7 with “Dive.” 7 is the band’s first album of new material since 2015. The song begins in dreamy repose, but at the midpoint, turns into a messy, dance-driven stomp that’s unusual for the synth-pop duo. Similar to the other …
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Warped Tour has announced its 2018 lineup. The tour’s final cross-country run includes several bands that have performed over the tour’s past 24 years, including All Time Low, Simple Plan, Sum 41, Taking Back Sunday and the Used. Last November, founder Kevin Lyman announced that 2018 would be the end …
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Miguel, Mary J. Blige, Sufjan Stevens, Common and Gael García Bernal are set to perform their Best Original Song nominees at the 2018 Academy Awards. Miguel will perform “Remember Me” from the computer-animated fantasy Coco, alongside the film’s star, Bernal, and singer Natalia Lafourcade. Best Supporting Actress nominee Blige – …
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Albert Hammond Jr. released a new single, “Far Away Truths,” from his upcoming fourth solo LP, Francis Trouble, out March 9th. The Strokes guitarist belts power-pop hooks anchored by distorted riffs and a driving rhythm section. “Far Away Truths” is Hammond Jr.’s second sample from the new album, following “Muted …
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