Cardi B is laying legal claim to her signature phrase “Okurrr.” The rapper has officially filed an application to trademark the word/sound via her company Washpoppin, Inc. The trademark would mostly cover merchandise, which separate filings made for paper goods (like paper cups and posters) and clothing. According to the …
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After a successful run of dates last year on what he cheekily dubbed Not Dead Yet tour, Phil Collins will return to the States for a sequel, the somewhat clunkily-titled Still Not Dead Yet, Live! trek, which kicks off this fall. The tour will hit 15 cities all around the …
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The Cranberries try to move past a bad nightmare on their new song, “Wake Me When It’s Over.” The track will appear on the group’s forthcoming final album, In the End, out April 26th. Lead guitarist Noel Hogan described the song as “very much a classic Dolores [O’Riordan] song,” with …
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Ben Monder has spent more than two decades carving out an extremely personal aesthetic niche. The guitarist has played with tons of jazz luminaries, including Paul Motian and Maria Schneider, but recent albums under his own name — like 2005’s Oceana and 2013’s Hydra — feature sprawling, immersive, micro-detailed long-form …
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Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds has tapped Kesha, Tegan and Sara, Laura Jane Grace and more to perform at his 3rd annual LoveLoud Festival, taking place June 29th at the USANA Amphitheater in West Valley City, Utah. Reynolds will also perform at the event, along with Martin Garrix, Daya, Grouplove, …
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Sara Bareilles battles post-break-up despair on her new ballad “No Such Thing.” “Tell me how to start what comes after you,” she asks, as a piano flutters and somber strings swell around her. “I am in the dark.” But by the end of the song, Bareilles gives up trying to …
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“Pure Water” is about diamonds, not water. “‘Pure Water,’ the music video,” is about throwing paint-filled balloons, not diamonds. It’s a little confusing, but Migos and Mustard are agents of subverted expectations. The Colin Tilley-directed visual is built on various set pieces that never fully coalesce, but look cool enough …
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Considering the various objects that have bestowed time traveling abilities on unsuspecting pop culture figures — DeLoreans, infinity stones, hot tubs — an elevator isn’t the least plausible avenue through the space-time continuum. It’s unclear why 2 Chainz decided on an elevator-set, chronology-twisting narrative for his “Money In The Way” …
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Stephan Ellis, the former bassist for the quintessential Eighties arena rock outfit Survivor, has died at the age of 69. Survivor’s longtime guitarist, Frankie Sullivan, confirmed Ellis’ death on the band’s Facebook. No cause of death was revealed. “We are devastated to hear that Stephan Ellis has passed away,” Sullivan …
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Taylor Swift dropped into two fans’ engagement party to serenade them with the romantic Reputation anthem “King of My Heart.” Alexander Goldschmidt orchestrated the surprise for his fiancé Ross Girard at their engagement party on Saturday where he said he was grateful for everyone keeping secrets surrounding their engagement, but there …
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