Decades before Greg Kurstin was producing hits for Adele, Paul McCartney and the Foo Fighters, he was a preteen Van Halen diehard. “I saw them on their Diver Down tour,” he remembers. “I got to see them play ‘Unchained,’ and that was amazing. I was a massive Van Halen fan …
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Chance the Rapper has announced that he will be pushing back the tour for his new album The Big Day to 2020. Posting the news on Instagram, he wrote, “This year has been one of the greatest of my life; Marriage, new baby, first album etc. But with it being …
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The first time Amelia Davis met Jim Marshall she had absolutely no idea who he was. It was 1998 and Davis, then studying photography at UC Davis, was at a friend’s 30th birthday party packed with strangers. “There was this little man with a Leica camera around his neck who …
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Fifty years ago, a handful of milestone albums set the tone for rock of the following decade. Crosby, Stills & Nashinitiated a fresh approach to harmonies and looser group names; the eponymous debut by the Allman Brothers Band laid the foundation for the Southern rock of the Seventies. And setting …
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5 Seconds of Summer sink deeper into industrial pop with their new single “Teeth.” The song is accompanied by a dark, creepy new video directed by Thibaut Duverneix. “Teeth” culls from the same well of brooding, ominous industrial rock and nu-metal that inspired their Nine Inch Nails-inspired “Easier.” This time, …
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When Metallica announced their inaugural Orion Festival in 2012, each member highlighted an aspect of their personality with an installation; frontman James Hetfield chose restoring and hot-rodding cars. So it’s no surprise that he’s amassed an impressive collection of vintage automobiles over the years. Now he’s showing some of it …
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Sheer Mag singer Tina Halladay howls about a killer having you “right between the eyes” on the Philadelphia outfit’s new song, “The Killer.” The track will appear on Sheer Mag’s upcoming LP, A Distant Call, out August 23rd. “The Killer” owes a debt to Seventies hard rock, thanks to guitarists …
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An adult animated series starring a fictional Elvis Presley is coming to Netflix, the streaming platform announced on Friday. Netflix is partnering with Priscilla Presley and John Eddie to createAgent King, an “adult action comedy series” that positions the King as a secret government agent, moonlighting as a spy while …
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English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello and blues-rocker Delbert McClinton are among the diverse group of artists who will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 18th annual Americana Honors and Awards. The show will be held at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on September 11th. Costello will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting, …
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There’s a live version of “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” from 1969 that captures Elvis Presley in a comical meltdown of uncontrollable laughter. It’s a favorite track for oldies-radio DJs to play during Sunday morning “Breakfast with the King” hours, but it’s rarely been heard in the context of the full …
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