Related: Somebody Once Told Me: An Oral History of Smash Mouth‘s ‘All Star’ Each year, hundreds of thousands of bikers come from across the country to the Black Hills of South Dakota for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally — and the Covid-19 pandemic isn’t stopping them in 2020. Now in its …
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Since 2006, New York Comic Con has given fans on the East Coast a place to gather, geek out and show off their favorite superhero outfits. This year, though, fans will have to approximate that experience online. The event, which was slated to be held October 8th to 11th at …
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Amanda Shires has been hosting the livestream series Iso Lounging, often with her husband, Jason Isbell, from their home outside Nashville during quarantine. (Having a stained-glass backdrop at your disposal is pretty convenient if you’re a musician who wants to stage cool-looking shows in lockdown.) This past weekend, the couple …
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Straight outta Carolina: Reggaeton shock jocks Jowell and Randy are back, and they’re nastier than ever. Just a week after releasing their fifth studio LP, Lost In Time, the pair chased it with a riotous sixth studio album, Viva el Perreo, on Thursday night via Rimas Entertainment. It was shortly …
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Since COVID began, artists have widely experimented with the livestreaming formula, trying to get their shows to stand out in an oversaturated ecosystem. Travis Scott, The Weeknd, and John Legend have gone the augmented reality route, taking to platformslike Fortniteand Wave to give gamified animated concerts, while shows like Verzuz …
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Fresh off appearing on Taylor Swift’s Folklore, Bon Iver has shared a new track titled “AUATC,” Justin Vernon’s second new song of 2020. The track — short for “Ate Up All Their Cake” — was co-written by Vernon and Phil Cook and features vocal contributions from Jenny Lewis, Jenn Wasner …
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Washed Out has released “Paralyzed,” the third single from his upcoming albumPurple Noon. The song is accompanied by a tastefully NSFW video by director Caroline Koning, shot in her native Holland and starring real-life couple Shay and Dorien. On her inspiration for the video, Koning said: “Human contact, and something …
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I’ve been intrigued, impressed, and surprised by Spotify‘s earnings results over the years — but never quite so confused. On Wednesday (July 29th), Spotify issued its customary quarterly letter to shareholders, revealing that its global subscriber base had grown by 8 million in the second quarter, up to 138 million. …
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Twitter has permanently suspended white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke for violating its rules regarding hateful conduct, a spokesperson confirmed to Rolling Stone. “The account you referenced has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter Rules on hateful conduct,” the spokesperson said.“This enforcement …
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In 2010, I went to see Peter Wolf play an intimate set at Portland, Maine’s Port City Music Hall. At the time, I’d gotten deep into Wolf’s catalog after hearing J. Geils Band’s Houseparty album, and the frontman delivered, playing a wild set full of hits like “Homework” and “Love …
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