Smashing Pumpkins opened their reunion tour Thursday in Glendale, Arizona, where the band performed a 31-song setlist stocked with hits, “classic lineup”-era favorites and a surprise cover of Led Zeppelin‘s “Stairway to Heaven.” Nestled between “Tonight, Tonight” and “Cherub Rock” on the setlist, Smashing Pumpkins delivered a faithful rendition of …
Read More »Hear Iggy Pop & Underworld's Buoyant 'Get Your Shirt'
Underworld & Iggy Pop have shared their buoyant new single “Get Your Shirt,” the latest preview from their collaborative EP Teatime Dub Encounters. A sharp contrast to the atmospheric, spoken word song “I’ll See Big,” Pop and Underworld return to their bedrocks – infectious beats and proselytizing vocals – for …
Read More »Watch Young Thug, Lil Uzi Vert Go Full David Lynch in Surreal 'Up' Video
Young Thug and Lil Uzi Vert descend into a world of surreal debauchery in the new video for their song, “Up.” The clip has a distinctly David Lynch-ian vibe with Young Thug and Uzi prominently spitting the woozy track in a room draped in red velvet curtains and covered with …
Read More »Drake's 'Scorpion' Shatters Single-Day Streaming Records
Drake‘sScorpionshattered single-day streaming records on both Apple Music and Spotify, with the rapper’s new double album on pace for the most streamed week in charts history Scorpioneasily crushed Apple Music’s single-day streaming record – previously held by Drake‘s ownMore Life– with 170 million streams worldwide in its first 24 hours …
Read More »Joe Strummer's '001' Box Set to Feature Rare, Unreleased Solo Songs
Joe Strummer‘s work outside of the Clash will be collected in the new compilation Joe Strummer 001, featuring rare and unreleased recordings by the late rocker. The compilation – which features Strummer’s solo work in addition to songs with his 101ers and Mescaleros and the first recordings Strummer made post-Clash …
Read More »How We Made the Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far List
To compile our list the 100 Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far, we reached out to a large group of artists, producers, critics and industry experts who sent us ranked lists of their favorite songs. The list was determined by ballot. Voters submitted their 25 favorite songs of …
Read More »Judas Priest Launch Glenn Tipton Parkinson's Foundation to Honor Guitarist
Judas Priest have launched the Glenn Tipton Parkinson’s Foundation, named after the heavy metal act’s guitarist who announcedthat he had been battling the disease for a decade prior to their Firepower Tour. “It was the band that suggested we start a foundation which, although in my name, is really a …
Read More »Coheed and Cambria Detail New Album 'The Unheavenly Creatures'
Coheed and Cambria have detailed their upcoming concept album The Unheavenly Creatures, a sprawling 78-minute, 15-song LP that continues the narrative set forth in the band’s Amory Wars narrative. The band previously trumpeted their upcoming album, Coheed and Cambria‘s first since 2015’s The Color Before the Sun, with the 10-minute …
Read More »Steve Albini Wins World Series of Poker Event
Steve Albini won his first World Series of Poker tournament late Saturday night as the renowned producer and Big Black rocker finished first in the $1,500 Seven Card Stud event. The producer of albums like Nirvana’s In Utero and Pixies’ Surfer Rosa beat out 309 other players to win the …
Read More »Thirty Seconds to Mars Champion Emotional Unity in New 'Rescue Me' Video
Thirty Seconds to Marsunveiled the music video for “Rescue Me,” featuring a montage of people expressing various emotions in tight close-up shots. The song appears on their fifth albumAmerica, which was released in April. “‘Rescue Me’ is a song about pain, a song about empowerment, a song about faith and …
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