Category: Music
Las Vegas police are investigating the death of 43-year-old comedian and performer Donny Davis, who was found unresponsive after a night with several people at a luxury hotel on the Strip. Hotel security and Clark County paramedics discovered Davis after being summoned around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday to a Conrad hotel …
Composer Randy Edelman intimately captures his audience, forever giving his soul to touch their hearts and in return they ultimately hold him and his piano hostage on stage. Dubbed “Best Live Set in 2021” by “Rock NYC”, Randy is swiftly becoming the “hottest ticket” in town and therefore returning by …
The Roots and Live Nation Urban have announced the lineup for the 2022 Roots Picnic. The music festival—headlined, hosted, and curated by the Roots—takes place on June 4 and 5 at Philadelphia’s Mann at Fairmount Park. It’ll also stream live exclusively on YouTube. The 2022 Roots Picnic lineup features Mary …
This Friday (February 18), Canvasback Music and Atlantic Records will release the Benjamin Gibbard–curated compilation Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono. Before the album arrives, Gibbard and his band Death Cab for Cutie have shared their cover of Yoko Ono’s 1973 song “Waiting for the Sunrise.” Listen below. In addition …
The lineup for Aftershock Festival 2022 has just been announced, with Foo Fighters, My Chemical Romance, Slipknot and KISS appearing as the top-billed headliners across the four days of the rock and metal fest to take place in in Sacramento, Calif., this fall. Additional headliners include Rob Zombie, Judas Priest, Papa …
Ice Nine Kills are obviously known for their horror-inspired songs, but the band isn’t necessarily all dark and scary. During a chat with Loudwire Nights host Toni Gonzalez, frontman Spencer Charnas got into the lighthearted side of the band, and described one of the “fun” parts about it that their fans …
My Morning Jacket have announced a U.S. headline tour. The shows start in April, following the group’s One Big Holiday event in Mexico. The tour will include support from Indigo De Souza, Madison Cunningham, Joy Oladokun, and others. Check out My Morning Jacket’s tour schedule below. My Morning Jacket released …
Despite the fact that Spring Training isn’t happening this year, the Innings Festival still returned to the February baseball hotspots of Tempe, Arizona and Tampa, Florida. Green Day and the Lumineers are headlining the East Coast rendition in March while Foo Fighters and Tame Impala hit the desert this past …
This year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts and Stagecoach festivals will no longer require attendees to wear masks or provide negative COVID-19 test results, Rolling Stone and Variety point out. Stagecoach announced the news via social media earlier today. Coachella did not make an announcement via social media, but the …
YouTube is pausing Russian affiliated channels’ ability to monetize on the video platform, the company announced on Saturday (Feb. 26). In a statement, YouTube announced it would be suspending several channels’ ability to collect ad revenue, including the state-funded media outlet RT. The move comes just days after Russia’s decision …
Jennifer Hudson and Will Smith were big winners at the 2022 NAACP Image Awards, which were presented on Feb. 26. The virtual show aired on BET and was simulcast on several of its sister ViacomCBS networks. Hudson took two awards — entertainer of the year and outstanding actress in a …
George R.R. Martin announced on Friday that HBO’s upcoming Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon has completed filming. “Exciting news out of London — I am informed that shooting has wrapped for the first season of House of the Dragon,” the author wrote in a post on his …
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS John Lurie catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Season 2 of Painting with John, his HBO series that finds the musician, painter, actor, director, and producer creating his watercolor masterpieces while giving us all insight into his life, philosophies, and often-bizarre adventures. …
Decades before he was a famous author desperate to do anything at all except write The Winds of Winter, George R.R. Martin edited the superhero anthology series Wild Cards. Now, as The Hollywood Reporter notes, those stories are coming to Marvel Comics. The Wild Cards series is set in an alternate Earth riddled with the alien …
Nigo has shared another new song from his upcoming album I Know NIGO, and this time, Kid Cudi is the MC to the fashion designer’s club beat. Check out the duo’s collaboration “Want It Bad” below. Produced by Pharrell Williams, “Want It Bad” sees an über-autotuned Cudi proclaim his desires …
Last month, Damon Albarn picked a fight with Taylor Swift over songwriting, and now Liam Gallagher, who as we all know cannot resist an opportunity to stoke a fire, is doing just that. In case you need a quick refresher, the Gorillaz co-founder kicked off the drama when he falsely …
Hosted by black-ish star Anthony Anderson for the ninth time, and with recurring appearances by his mom, the 53rd NAACP Image Awards aired on Saturday (Feb. 26) at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The ceremony, with many nominees and presenters attending virtually, was complete with a performance by Queen of Hip-Hop Soul …
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In recent months, we’ve seen Machine Gun Kelly turn up at NFL, NHL and NBA events. Now he’s dipping into the wrestling world as well, signing on to executive produce the soundtrack for the WWE 2K22 video game. Kelly, seen below in a trailer with Undertaker promoting his association with …
DFA is celebrating its 20th anniversary next month; the label notes that its first two singles (the Rapture’s “House of Jealous Lovers” and the Juan MacLean’s “By The Time I Get to Venus”) came out in March 2002. An anniversary party takes place on March 26 at the Knockdown Center …
Johnny Knoxville and the rest of the Jackass cast have gotten themselves into a lot of crazy situations over the years, but believe it or not, there is a line that they draw when it comes to certain stunts. That line has become a bit more bold now, especially for Knoxville, after he …
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Howard Grimes, the drummer best known for his work in the rhythm section of the Hi Records house band, died Saturday (February 12) of kidney failure at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis, The Commercial Appeal reports. He was 80. Nicknamed “The Bulldog” for his heavy foot on the kit by …
Saturday Night Live normally kicks off each show with some humor, but the comedy sketch series opened with a tribute performance to Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion. The Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York performed a “Prayer for Ukraine” during the opening of SNL on Saturday on Feb. 26. Cast …
Wet Leg is riding a wave of Tiktok virality. The indie-rock duo (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) rose to prominence after their single “Chaise Lounge” blew up on the social media app. Now, with their debut album Wet Leg set to release on April 8 (available for preorder here) the …
In the months leading up to the pandemic, the typically carefree dudes in Twin Cities-based indie-rock outfit Hippo Campus hit their breaking point. They’d been touring for more than six years straight, with no more than two-month breaks between shows at any given time. “We were straight-up burnt out,” guitarist …
Rocky Kramer will be hosting “Rockin’ For Peace” on this week’s episode of Rocky Kramer’s Rock & Roll Tuesdays on Twitch. Tune into Twitch on Tuesday, March 1st, at 7 PM PT for this amazing show. Rocky Kramer is a guitar virtuoso, often being compared to the greatest guitar players …
Pink Mountaintops, the long-running and ever-changing project of Stephen McBean, has announced a new album. Peacock Pools is out May 6 via ATO. Check out the George Mays–directed video for the lead single “Lights of the City” below. The follow-up to 2014’s Get Back was recorded at the start of …
Modest Mouse have announced a new string of North American tour dates in support of their 2021 LP The Golden Casket, kicking off in Baltimore on April 18 and wrapping up in Boise, Idaho in August. Check out the full list below. The new dates mark the band’s second tour …
Fellow five-time hosts Paul Rudd, Tina Fey, Steve Martin, Elliot Gould and Candice Bergen, as well as Conan O’Brien, inducted John Mulaney into Saturday Night Live‘s Five-Timers Club during the Feb. 26 episode. “Not to be a total b—-, but my Five-Timers show in December was supposed to be a …