James Corden donned a flashy outfit, covered his face in makeup and tried to temper the wild and crazy tone of the signature Kiss track “Rock and Roll All Nite” during a performance with the band on The Late Late Show Monday. Corden’s middle-aged remix found him trading lyrics with …
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EDITOR’S PICK: Pistol Annies,Interstate Gospel “The ethos of the Pistol Annies, who steep their classicist country — rife with despair and misfortune — in rootsy arrangements, has not been welcomed within the mainstream confines of the genre in some time,” writes Jonathan Bernstein. “The Pistol Annies’ solution? Doubling down on …
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On Tuesday evening, Kanye West denied the claim that he had designed a logo and merchandise for a political branding exercise called “Blexit,” which urges black voters to leave the Democratic Party. The concept, originated by alt-right provocateur Candace Owens, advertised that West designed the group’s merchandise, which he denies. …
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Destiny’s Child member Michelle Williams will return to Broadway this fall as part of the cast of Tony Award-winning musicalOnce on This Island. She will play Erzulie, Goddess of Love. Williams will appear as Erzulie from November 30th through June 2nd of next year. Erzulie is one of four gods …
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Voters will have the opportunity to gain free entry, and in some cases a free non-alcoholic drink, to concerts on election day, Billboard reports. Shows by Drive-By Truckers, My Morning Jacket‘s Jim James, Superchunk and many others who are performing nationwide on November 6th are participating in the #IVoted initiative. …
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Florence and the Machine paid a visit to The Late Late Show with James Corden Tuesday night to unveil a rendition of “Patricia,” a song off the band’s latest album High As Hope. Singer Florence Welch took center stage under a spotlight as she and the band performed the dramatic, …
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After the release of Lord Huron’s acclaimed third album Vide Noir, the Los Angeles-based indie rock band took a few steps back during a session at Spotify Studios to cover a formative influence: Neil Young. For singer Ben Schneider, Young was a “perennial presence” growing up since his parents were …
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Melbourne’s Oh Pep! make indie-pop with the emphasis on “pop”: Their songs are smooth-running, precision-crafted melodic machines that just happen to be written and performed by two or three people instead of a factory. The couple in their new single “Your Nail and Your Hammer” first meet at a government …
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Rising R&B singer Ella Mai performed her Nineties throwback cut “Trip” on The Tonight Show Wednesday. The song appears on Mai’s self-titled debut album. The performance found Mai and her live band injecting a fresh urgency into the slick R&B groove of “Trip.” Mai deftly handled the song’s myriad vocal …
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UPDATE (10/12): “Fleetwood Mac strongly disputes the allegations presented in Mr. Buckingham’s complaint and looks forward to their day in court,” a rep for the band said Friday. “The band has retained Dan Petrocelli to handle the case.” Petrocelli, a Los Angeles attorney, had previously represented the Eagles’ Don Henley …
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