News Ezra Koenig Tells Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus About Next Vampire Weekend Album: Listen “We almost have an album’s worth of songs,” Koenig told Hoppus on After School Radio on Apple Music Hits By Matthew Strauss December 30, 2021 Facebook Twitter Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, October 2021 (Steve Jennings/WireImage) Facebook Twitter Ezra Koenig was a guest
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Is a stack of toilet paper the new Left Shark? On Wednesday night (December 29th), Katy Perry debuted her new Las Vegas residency, PLAY, with some help from some over-the-top set pieces. Among the props for the show, the pop star performed alongside a massive mask, a giant toilet and a mountain of toilet paper,
News Vinyl Sets New Weekly Sales Peak for Modern Era 2.11 million vinyl albums were sold in the week ending December 23, making it the biggest vinyl sales week since at least 1991 By Matthew Strauss December 29, 2021 Facebook Twitter Photo by Richard Ecclestone/Redferns Facebook Twitter Over two million vinyl LPs were sold last
Joe Rogan was forced to cancel his sold-out 4/20 show in Vancouver, Canada because the unvaccinated podcast host is unable to meet the country’s COVID-19 requirements for travelers. Via Exclaim, Rogan first raised the possibility of cancellation during the December 24th episode of his podcast. “I should probably say this because I haven’t yet,” he told the
News Katy Perry and Alesso Share New Song “When I’m Gone”: Listen A new single to mark the start of Perry’s Las Vegas residency By Matthew Strauss December 29, 2021 Facebook Twitter Alesso and Katy Perry, photo by Rony Alwin Facebook Twitter Swedish DJ and producer Alesso has enlisted Katy Perry for the new song
Next Friday — the 2000 sequel to Ice Cube‘s beloved stoner comedy, Friday — had a conspicuous missing piece with the absence of Chris Tucker. Though the original 1995 film was made on a small budget, its smash success meant a follow-up had more cash to work with. Still, it wasn’t enough to bring Tucker back, who Ice
You can’t fake the ‘it’ factor – you’ve either got it or you don’t, and Max Hawthorne definitely has something special in his new children’s song “A Tyrannosaurus For Christmas.” Although composed simplistically and marketed towards a preadolescent age group, there’s a lot to marvel at from a compositional perspective in this track, and it
Movie composer Randy Edelman will be a featured guest on “Saturday Night With Hayley Palmer” On Saturday, January 1st, 2022 at 9 PM GMT, 1 PM PST and 4 PM EST. Music royalty with a career challenging the longevity that rivals the Queen of England, composer, conductor, singer and celebrated piano phenomena Randy Edelman has
News Listen to Jhay Cortez’s New Song “ENTERRAUW” The song is the latest shot fired in his beef with fellow Puerto Rican singer Rauw Alejandro By Matthew Ismael Ruiz December 29, 2021 Facebook Twitter Jhay Cortez (Photo by Natalia Aguilera) Facebook Twitter Jhay Cortez has shared a new song called “ENTERRAUW.” The 7-minute track is
John Madden, the legendary NFL coach, television broadcaster, and namesake of the popular football video game franchise, has died at the age of 85. In a statement released on Tuesday evening, the NFL said Madden passed away “unexpectedly” earlier in the day. A cause of death was not immediately disclosed. Madden coached the Oakland Raiders
Collaborations spotlight the abilities of all parties involved when they’re done right, and while the verse-heavy new album Christmas with Bigfoot initially seems to focus more on the poetic stylings of Marty Achatz, it’s undeniably a strong showing for Streaking in Tongues as well. Experimentalists Streaking in Tongues have been on every credible critics’ radar for years
News Patti Smith Awarded Key to New York City “I wish I could give New York City the key to me.” By Evan Minsker December 27, 2021 Facebook Twitter Bill de Blasio presents Patti Smith with the Key to the City of New York (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) Facebook Twitter Patti Smith was awarded the
It’s hard to tell if Grimes’ priorities lie in music or Internet trolling these days, but she’s apparently switching them up soon. The experimental pop artist has announced she will be changing her “day job” once she releases her upcoming album, Book 1, citing the toxicity of celebrity culture. “Celebrity culture is suffocating a f,” Grimes tweeted.
Wonderama is bringing the party to VNYE, the immersive New Year’s Eve experience connecting people to the virtual world of Times Square, exclusive games, and livestreams from Times Square and around the world. Wonderama will host an 18-hour live broadcast on the VNYE app and vnye.com that includes musical performances and appearances from Tony Orlando,
News Chai Cover Wham!’s “Last Christmas”: Watch the Video The band’s rendition of the holiday classic arrived on Christmas Day By Evan Minsker December 27, 2021 Facebook Twitter Chai, still from “Last Christmas” video Facebook Twitter Chai got into the holiday spirit this year, releasing a cover of Wham!’s classic “Last Christmas” on Christmas Day.
When Paramore released their first album, 2005’s All We Know is Falling, Hayley Williams was 16. Inspired by ’90s hardcore, the Nashville teenagers wrote earnest, emphatic emo, and quickly rode the wave of pop punk nostalgia that swept the 2000s. Across five albums, however, they went from Warped Tour stages to the Grammys, from a
News Pink Siifu Shares New “Gumbo’! 4 tha Folks, Hold On” Video: Watch A pleasant visual for the musician’s Gumbo’! opener By Matthew Strauss December 27, 2021 Facebook Twitter Audrey and Pink Siifu in “Gumbo’! 4 tha Folks, Hold On,” directed and produced by Amira Green and Livingston Matthews Facebook Twitter Pink Siifu has released
Patti Smith has been New York City nobility ever since she rose to prominence as one of the initial voices of the city’s punk scene in the 1970s. But now, the multi-hyphenate’s mark on the Big Apple is official: Mayor Bill de Blasio honored Smith with a key to the city today (December 27th). “There
News Joan Didion Dies at 87 The iconic American author wrote about musicians like Joan Baez and Janis Joplin in Slouching Towards Bethlehem By Madison Bloom and Amanda Wicks December 23, 2021 Facebook Twitter Joan Didion, January 2003 (Neville Elder/Corbis via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Iconic American author Joan Didion has died at 87 from
It’s been more than two and a half years since Game of Thrones aired its series finale, and Peter Dinklage is finally speaking out about the fan backlash to the polarizing episode. In a profile with The New York Times, the actor who played Tyrion Lannister for all eight seasons of the hit fantasy drama