U2’s hardcore fans unearthed an important piece of the band’s history earlier this month with the discovery of an audience recording from an August 1979 gig the group played at Dublin’s Dandelion Market. It’s the earliest U2 concert recording known to exist, containing not just early versions of “Out of …
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A$AP Rocky has been arrested for suspected“gross assault” following an altercation on a street in Stockholm, Sweden, according to CBS News andThe Hollywood Reporter. A video filmed Sunday allegedly shows the rapper grab a man and throw him through the air; members of Rocky’s encourage then appear to throw punches …
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Leonard Cohen was a struggling poet and author living on the Greek Island of Hydra in 1960 when he first met Marianne Ihlen, the ex-wife of Norwegian author Axel Jensen. Their whirlwind romance inspired many of Cohen’s earliest love songs including, of course, the 1967 classic “So Long, Marianne.” Cohen …
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A month after unleashing their first new song in four years, the Hives have followed it up with a raucous new punk salvo titled “Good Samaritan.” The Hives said of the track in a tongue-in-cheek statement, “This a song about helping people help themselves by not helping them? Are they …
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Avril Lavigne announced her first tour in five years. The fall trek, a 15-date North American run, launches September 14th in Seattle, Washington and wraps October 11th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An artist pre-sale begins Tuesday, June 25th at 10 a.m. local time, and fan registration is available now. A Citi …
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Both Phish and Vampire Weekend paid tribute to the St. Louis Blues’ Stanley Cup victory on Wednesday with respective live versions of Laura Branigan’s 1982 synth-pop anthem “Gloria,” which the hockey team used this season as their post-victory locker room song. Phish performed a fleshed-out version of the song, with …
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“I’m feeling pretty good,” Mick Jagger said in his first interview since heart surgery caused him to reschedule the Rolling Stones‘ upcoming North American summer tour. On Toronto radio station Q107, Jagger said it’s been business as usual since his operation. “Been rehearsing a lot lately in the last few …
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The house music great Moodymann quietly returned with a new track at the end of May. “I’ll Provide” revolves around a fantastically degraded low-end, a bass as garbled as it is groovy. Moodymann drops flirtatious lines from the Prince school of seduction: “I don’t know what you want from me/But …
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You don’t hear the 1986 Genesis song “Tonight Tonight Tonight” very often these days, but back then it was absolutely inescapable. This was a weird period of time where seemingly half the songs on the radio were either by Genesis or one of the many offshoot acts like Phil Collins, …
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On Wednesday night, incarcerated rapper Max B released his second newly recorded song in as many weeks. “Don’t Push Me” offers a singsong update of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s seminal single “The Message;” along with the recently released “Hold On,” the latest track will appear on Max B’s …
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