Category: Music
In a season full of big moments, fans’ favorite sequence in all of Stranger Things Season 4 seems to be the moment Eddie Munson shreds a solo rendition of Metallica’s 1986 classic “Master of Puppets” in order to distract some evil demo-bats as part of the heroes’ plans to defeat the evil …
Daniel Johns, the former frontman of Australian rock trio Silverchair, has been handed a 10-month intensive corrections order to be served in the community following a DUI incident. With the sentence, handed down Wednesday (July 6), the Newcastle singer avoids a stint in jail though he has been stripped of …
Bette Midler has come under fire on social media after tweeting about the “erasure” of women in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, comments some people have found to be transphobic. On Sunday, in what appeared to be a reference to the Roe news, Midler tweeted, “WOMEN OF THE …
If you’re a card-carrying Sheerio, you’ll have the vinyl, the concert tickets, the posters. Now you can complete the set with Ed Sheeran’s organic dungarees, hoodie, t-shirt and bucket hat. The superstar English singer teams-up with independent clothing brand Lucy & Yak for a limited-edition capsule collection, splashed with butterfly …
New albums are getting announced and released constantly. It’s tough to stay on top of it all. So that’s where we come in. Pitchfork is tracking notable new music releases with our guide to upcoming albums. In the coming months, there will be big new releases from Beyoncé, Jack White, …
Within our camp we have a saying: “Mad shit happens when you do art”—it means what it means. You make stuff because you want to make it, and you throw stuff you’ve made into the world because you’d rather share it than not and then you leave it alone and …
Travis Barker is back on his grind after being hospitalized for what was described as “severe life-threatening pancreatitis.” According to People, the Blink-182 drummer was seen walking outside his Calabasas, California recording studio on Tuesday (July 5), exactly a week after he was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. …
The 1975 are ready to rock your world again. The group announced on Tuesday (July 5) that their new single, “Part of the Band,” will drop on Thursday (July 7). The news came via a moody 14-second black-and-white video clip in which singer Matty Healy is seen standing on a …
There are plenty of ways people can be memorialized after they die, and some want to be remembered for their tattoos. A tattoo preservation company called Save My Ink Forever actually allows people to memorialize their deceased loved one’s tattooed skin, and it’s becoming an increasingly popular custom. When someone …
A kid that played with the O’Keefe Music Foundation is the body double for Stranger Things character Eddie Munson during the climactic Metallica scene during the final episode of Season Four of the Netflix show. Aidan Fisher, now a young adult, revealed his participation in a Facebook post over the …
R. Kelly is suing the Metropolitan Detention Center Brooklyn, where he’s been incarcerated since being sentenced to 30 years in federal prison earlier this week. In his lawsuit, Kelly claims that he’s punitively been placed under suicide watch at MDC Brooklyn, despite having no thoughts of suicide or self-harm. The …
In more than one way, it was a hot one in Palm Springs earlier this month. As afternoon temperatures in desert destination peaked at around 113 degrees over the weekend of June 10-12, a fleet of DJs brought the metaphorical heat during the latest iteration of the longstanding daytime festival …
When America’s Got Talent judges Simon Cowell, Sofia Vergara, Howie Mendel and Heidi Klum heard from a group of dancers onstage that they were about to be hypnotized, the panel couldn’t have had any idea how true that would turn out to be. But hypnosis is exactly what the Mayyas — an …
Dave Matthews has done so much musically during the past 30-plus years that you take notice when he calls something “a highlight of my life.” That took place on Tuesday, June 21, when Matthews and his band were in suburban Detroit for a concert at the Pine Knob Music Theatre. …
Coachella is set to return to Indio, California in 2023, taking over two weekends at the Empire Polo Club from April 14th-16th and April 21st-23rd. Learn more about the festival below, and scroll on to buy tickets. You can also stay up to date on the latest Coachella news and …
black midi have dropped their biting new single “Eat Men Eat” from their upcoming third studio album Hellfire, along with its accompanying horror Western music video. The song might arrive with some familiarity to fans of the UK trio, who have performed a live version of the tune since 2021 …
The hottest thing in music is a 63-year-old reclusive English siren who hasn’t released a new album in more than a decade and hasn’t played a live show since 2014. But even the 1,500-year-old God of Thunder knows what’s poppin’ when he hears it. According to Oscar-winning actor Christian Bale, …
Day N Vegas 2022 has been canceled, the festival announced Friday night (July 1). In a brief statement, the Las Vegas festival cited “a combination of logistics, timing and production issues.” The festival was slated for September 2-4, with SZA, J. Cole, and Travis Scott set as headliners. The festival’s …
Post-hardcore band La Dispute have announced their delayed 10th anniversary tour in celebration of 2011’s Wildlife taking place in Fall 2022. They will be joined by Sweet Pill and Pictoria Vark throughout the North American trek. Kicking off September 15th at La Dispute’s hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan, the jaunt will …
The Copyright Royalty Board has set a new rate, raising mechanical royalties for publishers and songwriters, as Billboard and Variety report. The new 15.1% royalty rate applies from 2018 through 2022. The process of updating the royalty rates for the first time since 2006 has been underway since 2018. An …
During a performance at Brooklyn Steel in late March, Car Seat Headrest’s Will Toledo showed the world a side of himself that few outside of a small community had seen. He wore his fur suit on stage, offering the public debut of his furry alter-ego, Mortis Jackrabbit. Now, the band …
The Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts is the subject of a forthcoming biography, made with the approval of the late drummer’s family and his band mates. Keith Richards and Mick Jagger both wrote forewords to the project, which is titled Charlie’s Good Tonight: The Life, the Times, and the Rolling Stones: …
LONDON – Ed Sheeran and his songwriting partners have been awarded more than £900,000 ($1.1 million) in legal costs following their victory in a high-profile copyright case over his 2017 global hit “Shape of You.” In April, Judge Antony Zacaroli ruled that Sheeran and his “Shape of You” co-writers, Steven …
Bush Tetras have announced their first West Coast tour with Steve Shelley on drums. Before kicking off their four dates out West in Seattle on September 2, they’ll play dates in Brooklyn and Kingston, New York this summer. They’ve also shared an Austin Sley Julian–directed video for the remastered version …
Harry Styles performed a suite of tracks for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge today (May 24), including a cover of Wet Leg’s “Wet Dream.” Check it out below, along with his renditions of “As It Was,” “Boyfriends,” and “Late Night Talking” from Harry’s House. Last month, the BBC radio studios …
In 2020, Spotify suspended all political ads from the platform surrounding that year’s election cycle amid widespread criticism of the online spread of misinformation. At the time, Spotify released a statement promising to put a better vetting process into place before bringing political ads back. The company confirmed this week …
Whitesnake guitarist Reb Beach has missed four consecutive shows on the David Coverdale-led rockers’ ongoing farewell tour that started last month, according to a June 23 report from Blabbermouth. Last week, Beach was said to be “under the weather.” That’s what fellow Whitesnake guitarist Joel Hoekstra told fans online. However, when concertgoers replied with concern …
Nigel Godrich has announced the relaunch of his beloved From the Basement live-in-studio music series, which has featured iconic sets from Radiohead, the White Stripes, Sonic Youth, and so many others. The new season will last until October, beginning on June 1 with Idles. Future installments include Caribou, Nilüfer Yanya, …
Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard teamed up with Ani DiFranco on a song supporting abortion rights called “Disorders.” All of the proceeds from their song will go to a non-profit called the National Network of Abortion Funds, which is working to remove financial and logistical barriers to abortion access. “Disorders” was recorded …
Lil Nas X is gearing up to release another new tune — and he’s doing it with his usual style of humor. On Tuesday (June 21), the “Industry Baby” rapper shared the release date for his new song, “Late to the Party” featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again, along with a …