Conway Savage, the longtime pianist and organ player for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, is recovering from brain surgery, accordingto the band’s website. Savagewas diagnosed with a brain tumor earlier this year. “Many of you have noticed the absence of Conway Savage from this summer’s North American tour and …
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On the day his debut record became certified platinum, Khalid brought his joyous youth anthem, “Young, Dumb & Broke” to The Late Show‘s stage. The 19-year-old singer from El Paso, Texas bounced on his heels as he sang the refrains, like surfing on a very slow wave in an unadorned …
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Tame Impala will reissue their acclaimed 2014 LP Currents as a deluxe box set complete with unreleased B-sides, remixes and more. Currents – Collectors Edition Vinyl Box Set, due out around November 17th, features the album on limited edition red marbled vinyl, a 12″ boasting two remixes and a flexidisc …
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Evanescence have shared their reflective new video for “Imperfection,” a song off the band’s upcoming album Synthesis. Shot in Los Angeles, the video’s opening minutes focus on a young girl shell-shocked following an unseen tragedy. Those images are juxtaposed with Evanescence singer Amy Lee sitting at a bus stop on …
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In 1990, Madonna was as astronomically popular as a boundary-bulldozing, unapologetically bacchanalian performance artist could get. Drawing from Harlem drag balls, “Vogue” went Number One nearly worldwide. The tour showcasing it, Blond Ambition, mixed spectacle with social commentary so sharply that it reinvented the pop concert and yielded the smash …
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A Perfect Circle unveiled a troubling new song, “The Doomed.” The track marks the metal outfit’s first new song in four years and will appear on their forthcoming LP, which is expected to arrive in 2018. On “The Doomed,” Maynard James Keenan scrutinizes a world where sinners are exalted and …
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In her Fans to the Front column, Brittany Spanos dives into what’s happening in fan culture on the Internet. Before Harry Styles‘ tour kickoff gig in San Francisco last month, hundreds of fans were equipped with homemade pink construction-paper hearts. During the singer’s performance of recent solo single “Sweet Creature,” …
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St. Vincent unveiled a deceptively playful new song “Pills” from her forthcoming album, Masseduction, out October 13th. The track boasts several guests, including backing vocals from Jenny Lewis and Cara Delevingne, saxophone from Kamasi Washington and beat production from Kendrick Lamar collaborator, Soundwave. St. Vincent co-produced the song with Jack …
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“It’s just a show of true testimony that – everybody being here and all the love in this place tonight – that nobody’s scared to come out,” Kid Rock said a few songs into his headlining set at the third annual Kid Rock Fish Fry on Saturday, referencing last weekend’s …
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Miley Cyrus and her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, coveredthe lateTom Petty‘s 1994 song “Wildflowers” on Thursday’s Tonight Show. They amplified the tune’s inner twang with their lush live arrangement featuring fiddle and steel-guitar. Miley carried the performance with her soulful vocal, including a wordless run toward the climax. Billy Ray, …
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