When Ivy Queen first recorded “Yo Quiero Bailar” in 2002, both she and her lyrics were total anomalies in the Latin music industry. With a title translating to “I Want to Dance,” the sweltering reggaeton cut reclaimed the club for women and championed the freedom to dance — not to …
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Preparations for Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged appearance in November 1993 were reportedly tense, but that’s not how easygoing Meat Puppets songwriter and frontman Curt Kirkwood remembers it. One of his fondest memories, in fact, is of joking with Kurt Cobain just before the now-legendary performance. “We were walking down towards the …
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“My dream was to be like ’NSync,” says Hayley Kiyoko. The 27-year-old singer-songwriter had this epiphany in fourth grade, when she saw her favorite boy band perform live. “My dream was to have screaming girls around and be successful and popular,” she adds. “But I thought, ‘I’m a girl, and …
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Cardi B and Bruno Mars bring the after party to the taco spot in the video for their new collaboration, “Please Me.” The neon-lit clip opens with Mars and his friends eating a late-night snack at a Mexican restaurant when Cardi and her crew roll in. A few loaded glances …
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L7 rock out in an angel dust hellscape in the video for their new song, “Burn Baby,” which will feature on their first record in two decades, Scatter the Rats. The group will also release the song as the A-side to a seven inch on Record Store Day, April 13th. …
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Just weeks after the April 12th release of his third solo LP The Hurting Kind, John Paul White, formerly one-half of Grammy-winning duo the Civil Wars, embarks on the East Coast leg of a U.S. tour. Kicking off May 3rd in Asheville, North Carolina, stops on the two-week trek include …
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Lauren Daigle extended the in-progress world tour behind her 2018 LP, Look Up Child, adding 19 new dates throughout the U.S. and Europe. Her previously announced run wraps March 18th in Nashville, Tennessee, and the new stretch — which includes her first-ever European leg — launches April 15th in Shreveport, …
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Adam Lambert has released new song “Feel Something.” It’s the singer’s first new solo track since he unveiled 2017’s “Two Fux.” Lambert said it’s slated for his upcoming album and serves as a preview of what’s to come. Written by Lambert, Benedict Cork and Josh Cumbee, the achingly yearning ballad …
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Natalie Prass unleashed a smooth, funky version of “Short Court Style” during Wednesday’s TheLate Late Show With James Corden. The singer croon about soulful love over a taut R&B groove. “Oh, you spin me ’round, ’round and ’round/Had ups and downs/No, but I can’t be without my love that I …
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Chromatics have announced the dates for their 2019 Double Exposure tour, the group’s first run of shows in more than five years. The 24-date North American tour kicks off on April 30th at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California and wraps on June 11th in San Francisco, California at Mezzanine. …
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