It’s been nearly five months since a wave of austerity measures, proposed by Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, sent Chile spiraling into civil unrest. Outside the grounds of the 60th annual Viña del Mar International Song Festival on Monday night — the longest-running music festival in Latin America — up to …
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5 Seconds of Summer reflect on their youth in “Old Me.” The track is the latest single from their upcoming album Calm, out March 27th on Interscope Records. “Shout out to the old me/And everything you showed me,” lead singer Luke Hemmings declares in the chorus before he transitions into …
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Breland is not yet a household name, but he and his recently assembled Atlantic Records team are confident that will change quickly. Earlier this month, “My Truck,” the singer-rapper’s country-trap ode to the titular vehicle, reached Number One on Spotify’s Viral 50 chart. His Spotify profile has more than 1.2 …
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Pop Smoke, the rising New York rapper whose gruff-voiced style made fans of stars like Cardi B and Nicki Minaj, was shot and killed in Los Angeles on Wednesday. A representative for the LAPD confirmed the rapper’s death to Rolling Stone. The Los Angeles police responded to an emergency call …
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The 2020 edition of the Luck Reunion has announced its lineup. Lucinda Williams, Orville Peck, Margo Price, and perennial Luck headliner Willie Nelson are all set to perform at the daylong festival held on Nelson’s Luck Ranch outside of Austin. Slated for March 19th, the Luck Reunion brings together left-of-center …
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An investigation into recently ousted Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan’s sexual harassment allegation against Academy general counsel Joel Katz has begun, according to two documents sent to “elected leaders” of the Recording Academy Thursday evening. The memo, sent by interim CEO and board chair Harvey Mason Jr. and obtained by …
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Sam Hunt has revealed the track list for his long-awaited second album Southside. The new project will be released April 3rd via MCA. Pre-orders for the album on Hunt’s website show the full list of 12 tracks on Southside, six of which have previously been released. Those include the 2017 …
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Just three weeks ago, relations between Aerosmith and their drummer Joey Kramer were so strained that security guards refused him entry to their Grammy rehearsals. But Monday night in Las Vegas, they welcomed him back onto the stage for a full set at their ongoing Deuces Are Wild residency at …
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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have announced their sixth album, Reunions. The Americana singer-songwriter previews the upcoming LP with the new song “Be Afraid.” A jangly slice of low-fi indie rock, the song is a call to action for artists to use their voices to inspire or enact change …
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David Bowie’s unreleased Earthling-era semi-instrumental “Nuts” is the latest installment in the Is It Any Wonder? series, a six-week unearthing of rare tracks that the late icon recorded in 1996 and 1997. “Nuts” was recorded at the same November 1996 studio sessions that yielded Earthling’s “The Last Thing You Should …
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