On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Trump administration was rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, launched during the Obama era for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. Until an hour before the announcement, The New York Times reported, administration officials “privately expressed …
Read More »Hear G-Eazy, A$AP Rocky, Cardi B on Scathing New Song 'No Limit'
G-Eazy, A$AP Rocky and Cardi B trade ridiculous punch lines on the Bay Area rapper’s new song, “No Limit.” “No Limit” boasts a swift, sinister beat from Boi-1da and Allen Ritter, over which A$AP Rocky unspools the track’s leering hook. G-Eazy jumps in with a reference to Master P’s “No …
Read More »Watch Beck's Hallucinatory Video for Slick New Song 'Up All Night'
Beck released a fantastical video for “Up All Night,” his new single from upcoming 13th LP, Colors, out October 13th. The video, directed by Canada, is about a superhero teenager (Solene Rigot) facing increasingly bizarre obstacles as she rescues her passed-out friend (Pedro Attenborough) at a party. “Up All Night”is …
Read More »2017 CMA Awards Surprises: Jason Aldean Snubbed, Jason Isbell Nominated
When the Country Music Association announced the nominees for the 51st CMA Awards on Monday, the biggest surprises involved two very different guys named Jason. Country chart-topping superstar Jason Aldean was shut out in all categories, while Americana outlier Jason Isbell scored an Album of the Year nomination for his …
Read More »'Mickey' Singer Toni Basil Sues Disney, Viacom Over Song Use
“Mickey” singer Toni Basil has sued Disney and Viacom over the unauthorized use of her 1982 hit in shows like South Park and RuPaul’s Drag Race. In the lawsuit, filed Thursday at Los Angeles County Superior Court, Basil also lists retailer Forever 21 and publishing company Razor & Tie as …
Read More »Sturgill Simpson Battles Illness, Cranks Up for Guns N' Roses
“It’s the worst being sick on the road,” Sturgill Simpson tells Rolling Stone Country, texting from a tour bus on a 1,600-mile haul from Arkansas to South Florida, where, Tuesday night, the unconventional country singer plays the last of three stadium dates supporting his childhood heroes Guns N’ Roses. He’s …
Read More »How Gov't Mule Became the Jam Scene's Working-Class Heroes
Gov’t Mule are in the middle of a concert at Central Park SummerStage in New York, about to play the title track from their new album, Revolution Come … Revolution Go. But Warren Haynes, the band’s singer-guitarist-songwriter, says he has “some exciting news” to share first. “Tonight is Gov’t Mule’s …
Read More »Def Leppard's 'Hysteria': 10 Things You Didn't Know
When Def Leppard‘s Hysteria came out 30 years ago, it made itself known as a massive achievement, its wall-to-wall sonics and skyscraping harmonies sounding like a turbo-charged version of the metal-edged pop the band had laid down on their prior LP, 1983’s Pyromania. “Every track sparkles and burns,” Kurt Loder …
Read More »Son of Former Golf Pro David Feherty Dead at 29
The son of former pro golfer David Feherty, Shey Feherty, died Saturday July 29th of an overdose. He had turned 29 that day. “My first born son is gone from me, dying from an overdose on his 29th birthday,” David Feherty wrote on Twitter Tuesday. “Bless his sweet heart, I …
Read More »Ryan Adams Rips the Strokes in Twitter Rant
Ryan Adams unleashed a series of tweets mocking the Strokes Monday, two months after the band detailed the rift between them and the singer-songwriter. In the book Meet Me in the Bathroom, a look at NYC indie rock in the early 2000s, Adams is painted as a “bad influence” for …
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