Australian electronic outfit the Avalanches have announced a North American tour for next year. The 13-date trek is set to launch February 17th, 2022 at the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. and wrap March 6th at the Warfield in San Francisco. The concerts will find the Avalanches — Robbie Chater …
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Robby Steinhardt, violinist and co-lead vocalist of the rock outfit Kansas, died Saturday, July 17th. He was 71. Steinhardt’s wife, Cindy Steinhardt, confirmed his death on Facebook. Cindy said Steinhardt was admitted to the hospital with acute pancreatitis in May. Not long after, he went into acute septic shock and …
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John Mayer has announced a North American tour in support of his new album, Sob Rock, which will kick off next year. The run will launch on February 17th at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York, and wrap on April 28th at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. …
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Paul McCartney reflects on the unique piccolo trumpet solo at the heart of the Beatles’ “Penny Lane” in a new clip from the upcoming docuseries, McCartney, 3, 2, 1, premiering July 16th on Hulu. The new series finds McCartney in an extensive one-on-one conversation with Rick Rubin. As the series’ …
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BTS have released new song “Permission to Dance.” The track appears on the “Butter” CD single, which dropped on Friday and also houses instrumental versions of each of the songs. “Permission to Dance” was cowritten by Ed Sheeran along with Steve Mac, Johnny McDaid, and Jenna Andrews, and produced by …
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The Roots’ Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter shares one of his earliest raps in an excerpt from his new Audible original, 7 Years, out Thursday, July 8th. In the clip, Trotter remembers how he began writing his first raps when he was about nine years old: “I wanted to be one …
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LCD Soundsystem will mark the 10th anniversary of their 2011 farewell show by reissuing the out-of-print vinyl set, The Long Goodbye, on August 6th via DFA Records/Parlophone/Warner Music. The five-LP album captures the entirety of LCD Soundsystem’s nearly four-hour, career-spanning show at the famed New York arena on April 2nd, …
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Kool & the Gang have returned with a new song, “Pursuit of Happiness,” from their upcoming album, Perfect Union, out August 21st via Omnivore Recordings. “Pursuit of Happiness” boasts a bright groove and exudes hopeful energy with a hook that proclaims, “We need more Lennons, Lincolns, more Kennedys, and Kings/Lord …
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On the evening of Tuesday, June 15th, after more than a year of relative isolation, an aspiring singer named Lily Davies entered a recording studio in Toronto for her first post-pandemic writing session with strangers. The 20-year-old had scribbled a slew of lyrics earlier that day after a boozy brunch; …
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The past couple of years have not been easy on David Crosby. After the pandemic made it impossible for him to tour, his financial situation grew so dreary that he feared the bank would take away his house. The tendonitis that’s been plaguing his hands has advanced to the point …
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