Rappers YBN Cordae and Trae tha Truth were among 87 people arrested at a protest demanding justice for Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday. The demonstration, per the Louisville Courier-Journal, was organized by the group Until Freedom and was composed by about 100 people, who marched to the home …
Read More »Flashback: U2 Meet Batman in 'Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me' Clip
Twenty-five years ago this month, Batman Forever was playing in multiplexes and it was hard to leave your house without being reminded of that fact roughly every 90 seconds. Billboards showing Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris O’Donnell, and Nicole Kidman dotted the landscape; Super Nintendo was selling …
Read More »RS Charts: Pop Smoke's 'Shoot for the Stars Aim For the Moon' Makes Massive Debut Atop RS 200
Pop Smoke‘s posthumous debut, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, makes a massive debut atop the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart, pulling in 245,000 units during the week of July 3rd through July 9th. Five months after the Brooklyn drill rapper was fatally shot at 20, his …
Read More »Kanye West Disavows Trump After Longtime Support
Kanye West revealed that he was likely sick with COVID-19, discussed his presidential aspirations, shared anti-abortion and anti-vaccine views and declared that he no longer supports President Donald Trump in an interview with Forbes. The interview marked West’s first major piece of press since he declared on July 4th that …
Read More »Prince Estate Announces Massive Vault-Raiding Reissue for 'Sign O' the Times'
The Prince estate has announced a massive, vault-raiding reissue for 1987’s Sign O’ the Times, featuring more than 45 unreleased studio recordings. The Super Deluxe Edition reissue — available either as a stacked eight-CD or 13-LP set on September 25th — boasts the remastered LP alongside three discs of unreleased …
Read More »The Psychedelic Furs Get Darker on 'Come All Ye Faithful'
The Psychedelic Furs dropped a haunting new track “Come All Ye Faithful,” the latest single from their upcoming LP Made of Rain, out July 31st via Cooking Vinyl. Accompanied by a video that features the song’s lyrics and the Made of Rain vinyl over a purple hue, Richard Butler sings …
Read More »Phil Elverum Teases First Microphones Album in 17 Years
Phil Elverum is set to drop his first album as the Microphones in 17 years, Microphones in 2020, out August 7th on P.W. Elverum & Sun. The new album comprises one 44-minute song and will also include an album-length short film, out August 6th. On Tuesday, June 16th, Elverum released …
Read More »Norah Jones Shares 'To Live' Video for Album Release Day
Norah Jones‘ eleventh studio album, Pick Me Up Off the Floor, is out now. On Friday, the singer-songwriter and pianist shared a new music video, “To Live,” alongside the LP’s release. Filmed in quarantine, the clip shows a stylized Jones and several bandmembers — drummer Nate Smith, bassist Jesse Murphy, trumpeter …
Read More »Dead Cross Cover Black Flag's 'Rise Above' in Solidarity With Black Lives Matter
Dead Cross have shared their cover of Black Flag’s “Rise Above,” which the hardcore supergroup recorded in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. The band’s rendition of the Damaged classic was accompanied by footage of the recent protests in Los Angeles — as well as instances of police brutality …
Read More »Billie Eilish Slams 'All Lives Matter,' White Privilege in George Floyd Essay
Billie Eilish penned a lengthy essay Saturday that supported Black Lives Matter, touched on white privilege and demanded justice for George Floyd. “I’ve been trying to take this week to figure out a way to address this delicately,” the singer prefaced. “I have an enourmous [sic] platform and I try …
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