The Buzzcocks will reissue the 12 singles the pioneering punk band released for United Artists between 1977 and 1980 in a new 7-inch vinyl box set. Each single in the 12-record set — due out January 15th, 2021 via Domino — is remastered from the tracks’ original tapes and recreates …
Read More »Gorillaz to Launch New Apple Music Show 'Song Machine Radio'
Gorillaz will launch a new four-part Apple Music show, Song Machine Radio, to support their upcoming collection, Strange Timez, out October 23rd. The first episode will air October 19th at 5 p.m. ET, the second on November 6th at 3 p.m. ET, the third on November 23rd at 2 p.m. …
Read More »Common Added to Afropunk's 2020 Virtual Festival Planet Afropunk
Rapper Common, Sudanese-American artist Dua Saleh, and the Southern California band Asiatica are among the artists who’ve been added to AfroPunk’s 2020 virtual festival, Planet Afropunk, taking place October 23rd through 25th. The new additions to the lineup also include the North Carolina experimental outfit Black Haüs, Kenyan rapper MC …
Read More »Promoters of Controversial Chainsmokers Concert Fined $20,000
The promoters behind a Chainsmokers concert in the Hamptons in New York this summer — which drew criticism for seeming to violate social distancing and other Covid-19 guidelines — have been fined $20,000. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the fines for In the Know Experiences and Invisible Noise on …
Read More »Metallica Will Unplug for Charity Livestream
Metallica will show off their lighter side this fall when they livestream an acoustic concert that will benefit their charitable foundation, All Within My Hands. The group’s Helping Hands Concert and Auction will take place at 5 p.m. ET on November 14th. Tickets to watch the performance cost $15 and …
Read More »Lenny Kravitz Was Almost the 'Somebody's Watching Me' Singer
As detailed in his new memoirLet Love Rule, Lenny Kravitz made some notable friends attending Beverly Hills High School in the early 1980s. One of his first friends was Kennedy Gordy — Berry’s son — who would invite Kravitz to his Bel Air mansion to hang out and listen to …
Read More »Flaming Lips Plotting Covid-Safe Concert Where Audience Will Be in Giant Bubbles
The Flaming Lips are plotting what they hope will be a coronavirus-safe concert in Oklahoma City where the audience will be placed in the giant bubbles favored by frontman Wayne Coyne. Coyne posted a picture of the potential set-up on Instagram earlier this week, with rows of un-inflated bubbles spread …
Read More »Joe Satriani Remembers Eddie Van Halen: 'He Put So Much Joy Into Every Little Note'
Born a year after Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani was listening to and drawing from the same era of music as his fellow guitar hero, who died Tuesday at 65. Both men would grow to become virtuosos of the instrument, but Satriani says Van Halen had something else that set …
Read More »'SNL': Megan Thee Stallion Slams Kentucky AG With 'Savage' Performance
Megan Thee Stallion delivered a powerful performance of her “Savage” remix as part of the rapper’s active Saturday Night Live debut. Midway through the rendition of “Savage,” gunshots stopped the performance and, through audio clips, Megan Thee Stallion slammed Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who recently opted not to pursue …
Read More »Circle Jerks Announce 'Group Sex' 40th Anniversary Reissue
Punk legends the Circle Jerks will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their seminal 1980 LP Group Sex with a new vinyl reissue featuring previously unreleased rehearsal recordings. Due out October 30th, the reissue pairs the 15-minute, 14-song album — released exactly 40 years ago on October 1st, 1980 — with …
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