Racism is baked into the foundation of the modern music industry. The business took the first steps to grapple with its role in perpetuating and profiting from racism last year, when Jamila Thomas (now at Motown Records) and Brianna Agyemang (Platoon) launched a movement called #TheShowMustBePaused shortly after the murder …
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The time is right for Debbie Gibson to finally get her due as a pioneer. She invented the whole concept of a teenage girl writing and producing her own Number One hits, singing about her own feelings, at a time when the music world scoffed at the idea. Debbie was …
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Billie Eilish has released a new kiss-off single, “Lost Cause,” along with a music video that premiered alongside the song on Wednesday. The fourth single from her upcoming sophomore albumHappier Than Ever, “Lost Cause” sees Eilish taking someone down a peg for their apathy. “You ain’t nothing but a lost …
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A new week, a new artist owning the upper reaches of the Rolling Stone Top 100: After Olivia Rodrigo released her debut album, Sour, she claimed nine of the ten most popular tracks on the chart in addition to leading the ranking with “Good 4 U,” which amassed more than …
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Mereba contends with war on Azeb, the latest EP from the Spillage Village singer whose sound blends R&B, rap, and folk. The battles she describes could be anything: struggles for peace, for resources, for survival. On “News Come,” a standout on the project, she sounds ready to fight for all …
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“Cadê Você” is a fizzy slice of funk from the Brazilian-born, France-based singer-songwriter João Selva, a masterful nod to anthems like Marcos Valle’s “Estrelar” and Sandra de Sá’s “Pela Cidade.” The bass, courtesy of producer Bruno Patchworks, is crucial here: He plays plump, descending lines, like a happy drunk wobbling …
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Machine Gun Kelly has dropped a wild new video for his recent single “Love Race,” featuring Kellin Quinn of Sleeping With Sirens. Co-directed by MGK and Isaac Rentz, the video is set at an emo summer camp — dubbed Emo Pointe — and pays gleeful homage to Eighties teen slasher …
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Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is convinced that a tweet by singer-songwriter Richard Marx is the reason he received a suspicious package at his home on Monday, May 24th. As Politico reported, Paul received an envelope at his home in Kentucky that contained an unidentified white powder that’s currently being examined …
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Two nights of Metallica and a headlining set by Nine Inch Nails lead this year’s Welcome to Rockville festival, heading to Daytona Beach, Florida, from November 11th to November 14th. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rob Zombie, Social Distortion, Deftones, Disturbed, Staind, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Anthrax, the Offspring, and Stone Temple Pilots …
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Spitboy wanted their fans to forget about sugar and spice and reconsider women’s value in “What Are Little Girls Made Of?” a track that originally appeared on the feminist punk group’s 1995 split Los Crudos and now features on the upcoming compilation, Body of Work (1990–1995). Instead, they sardonically refocused …
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