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InMacklemore‘s “Corner Store” video featuring Dave B and Travis Thompson, rebellious teenagers party in a park and outrun security officers. The track appears on Macklemore‘s new solo album, Gemini. The Johnny LeFlare-directed clip opens with Dave B and Thompson, two rising Seattle MCs, strolling through a bodega and trying to …

UPDATE: Hundreds lined up outside the Asan Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, watching for a hearse bearing the coffin of their pop idol, Kim Jong-hyun. His SHINee bandmates and members of the pop group Super Junior carried his coffin from the hospital to the waiting car, according …

Ty Segall debuted a blistering ode to his dog Fanny on Conan Monday. The rocker also performed a cover of Hot Chocolate’s “Every 1’s a Winner.”His new album, Freedom’s Goblin, will arrive January 26th with an extensive 2018 North American tour to follow. On Conan, Segall and the Freedom Band …

Glassjaw have announced their surprise new album Material Control, the Long Island alternative band’s first LP in 15 years. While fans had to wait a decade and a half for the follow-up to 2002’s Worship and Tribute, the new album, Glassjaw’s third LP, will arrive in just one week with …

“Weird Al” Yankovic unveiled a blistering, accordion-tinged cover of the Ramones‘ “Beat on the Brat.” The track will appear on the upcoming collection, Dr. Demento Covered in Punk, which celebrates the career of radio personality and novelty song maestro, Dr. Demento. The “Beat on the Brat” cover finds “Weird Al” …

AC/DC singer Brian Johnson remembered his former bandmate Malcolm Young following the rhythm guitarist’s death at the age of 64. “I am saddened by the passing of my friend Malcolm Young, I can’t believe he’s gone. We had such great times on the road,” Johnson wrote on his website. “I …

Kendrick Lamar makes a brief appearance on U2‘s “American Soul,” a buzzing, distorted new Songs of Experience cut that the rock band shared on Friday. The Edge’s guitar defines “American Soul,” pushing the song forward in spiky, barbed steps. Bono initially keeps his verses and hook short and punchy, returning …

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry will release his all-star solo album Sweetzerland Manifesto in January 2018. The 10-track album, executive produced by Perry’s Hollywood Vampires band mate, Johnny Depp, features guest vocalists like Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander, the New York Dolls’ David Johansen and Terry Reid alongside musicians like drummer Zak …

Sam Smith captured his first Number One album as the British singer’s The Thrill of It All debuted atop the Billboard 200. The Thrill of It All sold 237,000 copies in its first week of release, marking career highs both sales-wise and in chart position for Smith; the singer’s In …

Taylor Swift‘s sixth album Reputation came out early Friday, and the run-up to it has been surprisingly secretive – Swift’s released a few songs (and a couple of splashy videos) from the record, but has been mum on the details, declining interviews and limiting her social-media presence to cryptic Instagram …