“The basic mistake that people make about Elvis was that he came along and got lucky,” record producer Ernst Jørgensen says in the new two-part HBO documentary Elvis Presley: The Searcher. “No, he didn’t get lucky. He worked hard and he created the music with great musicians. He had a …
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Former Beastie Boys member Ad-Rockoffers a funkier edge to Spoon‘s “Can I Sit Next to You” in his new remix of the 2017 song. The rapper-producer reinvents the indie-rock tune, deconstructing the arrangement with layers of feedback, clattering drums, distorted bass and processed samples of singer Britt Daniel’s voice. Spoon …
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UPDATE: Janelle Monae will release her 44-minute short filmDirty Computer: An Emotion Picture By Janelle Monáeon MTV and BET on April 26th, one day before the release of her new album Dirty Computer. “Dirty Computer is a near-future story that takes place in a totalitarian society,” she tells Rolling Stone.“I …
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Devo members Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale have assembled a unique chronicle of the pioneering New Wave group. Two new books – Devo: The Brand and Devo: Unmasked – will be packaged together to show the group’s trajectory both as a product, in the first volume, and as a musical …
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Arctic Monkeys announced a North American summer tour. The brief trek launches May 5th with a date at Los Angeles’s Hollywood Forever Cemetery. After a series of European shows, the indie rockers will perform a headlining slot at Delaware’s Firefly Festival, followed by nine more concerts in the U.S. and …
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Last month, Avenged Sevenfold wrapped a sold-out tour in support of their latest album, The Stage. The month-long trek found the group playing arenas around the country, but singer M. Shadows tells Rolling Stone that the metal outfit’s upcoming summer tour “will be our biggest trek yet. In terms of …
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A selection of new, limited edition David Bowie vinyl records will be available at the Brooklyn Museum to mark the arrival of the exhibition, David Bowie Is, set to run March 2nd through July 15th. The limited edition releases include a seven-inch single of “Time,” “The Prettiest Star” and Live …
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Pink delivered a strong rendition of the National Anthem ahead of Super Bowl LII Sunday night despite battling the flu. The singer, a self-professed Philadelphia Eagles fan, is from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, which is about 30 miles outside Philadelphia. Flanked by members of the military and an American flag, theBeautiful Traumasinger …
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Rob Halford sings about fighting evil in the name of freedom in “Firepower,” the charging title track of Judas Priest‘s upcoming 18th studio album. The rest of the band, led by guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, commands the sort of chugging riffs that made the group metal avatars in …
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A lawsuit filed in Israel accuses two New Zealand activists of causingLorde to cancel her planned performance in Tel Aviv, The New York Times reports. The suit may be the first to employ an Israeli law that forbids calling for boycotts of Israel. The suit, which was filed on behalf …
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