For many of us, 2018 was the Year of the Leppard. The hard rock band headlined and sold out Madison Square Garden for the first time, got nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and at long last, made their entire catalog available to stream. Def …
Read More »Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Dead at 65
Paul Allen, the tech tycoon who co-founded Microsoft and became one of the world’s wealthiest men, died on Monday. He was 65 years old. The cause was non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to a statement from Allen’s company Vulcan Inc. In a statement, Allen’s sister Jody remembered him as “a remarkable individual …
Read More »Kamaiyah, Travis Scott's 'All I Know' Sounds Like the Song of the Summer in October
The fall wind is here, people are claiming they dressin’ dressing. But rappers are still releasing warm-weather anthems. Forget anybody who says Drake and Bad Bunny’s “Mia” is the song of the summer (autumn, does it matter), because the real contender is Kamaiyah and Travis Scott’s “All I Know.” Scott …
Read More »Coldplay Prep Career-Spanning Band Documentary 'A Head Full of Dreams'
Coldplay trace their charmingly nerdy beginnings, creative struggles and rise to pop superstardom in the first trailer for their upcoming band documentary A Head Full of Dreams. The film, which follows the British quartet over two decades, is out November 16th via Amazon Prime Video. The clip opens with Coldplay …
Read More »Drake Tests His Spanish on New Bad Bunny Single 'Mia'
Drake and Bad Bunny party and play dominoes in the video for “Mia,” a highly anticipated collaboration that came out on Thursday. This is the sound of two stars in cruise control: The instrumental consists of one airy synth and a squeaky vocal sample; a steady kick-drum ensures that DJs …
Read More »Lynyrd Skynyrd: Court Rules That 'Plane Crash' Film Can Be Released
Lynyrd Skynyrd‘s surviving members cannot prevent the release of the film Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, New York overturned a permanent injunction that previously halted the movie, which depicts …
Read More »The 'Party Rock Anthem' Meme Will Enrich Your Life
Here’s an actually fun thing: Enterprising jokers have been mashing up the dance sequence from LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” video with songs that share the same beats per minute (bpm). The meme seems have begun with Twitter user @Josejusejo, who set LMFAO dancing to the theme from the anime series …
Read More »Hear Lil Pump, Lil Uzi Vert Collide on Blistering 'Multi Millionaire'
Lil Uzi Vert and Lil Pump merge their irrepressible energy on “Multi Millionaire.”It’s standard fare for Lil Pump: A battering beat from Danny Wolf, who also co-produced the rapper’s early hit “Flex Like Ouu,” a sub-three-minute run-time, and repetitive chanting of the title phrase. Blink and you might miss Lil …
Read More »Jefferson Airplane's Jorma Kaukonen: Marty Balin's Death 'Reaffirms the Power of Love'
Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen mourned and praised former bandmate Marty Balin, who died Thursday at age 76, in an emotional statement on his blog. “Marty’s passing reaffirms the power of love, the power of family, the power of possibilities,” he wrote. Kaukonen moved from grief to optimism throughout the …
Read More »Fyre Festival Organizer's Lawyer Claims 'Mental Illness' in New Court Letter
Randall Jackson, the lawyer of Billy McFarland, organizer of the failed Fyre Festival venture, filed a letter claiming that his client suffers from “mental illness.” Jackson wrote a letter to U.S. District Judge Naomi Buchwald describing how McFarland wasdiagnosed with alcohol abuse, ADHD and bipolar disorder, which led to his …
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