As pandemic-related business closures remain in affect across much of the country, the iconic indie record shop Amoeba Music has been forced to close one of its locations. The store on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood will not reopen even after retail is allowed to come back online at some point, with co-owner Jim Henderson say, […]
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Some of us havenât been wearing much of anything around the house during our social distancing, just pulling on the closest T-shirt for Zoom calls. Then thereâs Katy Perry, still over the top as ever. On April 26âs American Idol, the first remote episode of a competition show during the coronavirus pandemic, the judge wore […]
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Bad Bunny has everything you need to get through quarantine: music, inspirational messages, and now, sketch comedy. The rapper joined Kenan Thompson (as former Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz) in âBig Papiâs Cooking Showâ on this weekâs Saturday Night Live. Ditching the bad for big, Big Papiâs âPuerto Rican cousinâ Big Bunny joins the […]
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DaBaby has come to collect his second No. 1 album. His April 17 release, Blame It on Baby, has full responsibility for bumping The Weekndâs After Hours from the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart, after four straight weeks. It was looking like no one could stop The Weeknd, not even Megan Thee Stallion, […]
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Unlike most of us, who have to struggle through a thick brain fog to reply to an email or craft a Zoom invite, Lil Uzi Vert has been creatively breezing through quarantine, dropping a new song just a matter of weeks after premiering his second studio album and a follow-up EP. The Philadelphia rapper debuted […]
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Meanwhile, Pete Townshend is trying to figure out how he can defend his bandâs honor. Using the quarantine era to ignite a feud from a safe distance away, noted purveyors of outstanding rock music Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney (you know, from the Rolling Stones and the Beatles) are using their free time to go […]
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Whether you want to donate money to the fight against the novel coronavirus, or just see the inside of his house (mostly the pool table room), do yourself a favor and watch Post Maloneâs coronavirus benefit livestream, composed entirely of Nirvana covers. Joined by bassist Brian Lee, guitarist Nick Mack, and Blink-192âs Travis Barker on […]
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As it was prophesied, the coronavirus has ushered in a new era of art, albeit marked by tone-deaf celebrity videos along with bathtubs, basements, and broken records. Add this video to the museum too. New Kids on the Block brought together their ⊠friends ⊠Boyz II Men, Naughty by Nature, Big Freedia and Jordin […]
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TRL was always a war. Fans of *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys battled for the run of the MTV music video countdown show in its early years, as did fans on opposing sides of the long-simmering (and overhyped) beef between Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Hip-hop heads and nu-metal outcasts rejected the neatness of the mass-marketed […]
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Ariana Grande is saying âthank u, nextâ to the new trend of âimpersonatingâ her on TikTok. In a since-deleted Instagram story, Grande shared actor and writer Jordan Firstmanâs âImpression of a Memeâ video to call out TikTokers who have earned huge followings just for impersonating her. âOmg can this please also double as your impression […]
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Feel like going âSicko Modeâ because youâre still stuck in your apartment? Well hopefully you can let out some of that angst with the new single âThe Scotts,â from ASTROWORLD rapper Travis Scott and Man on The Moonâs Kid Cudi. The two rap artists dropped their collaborative single – produced by Daytrip, Dot Da Genius and […]
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Tekashi 6ix9ine â who was released from federal lockup early and given home confinement because of coronavirus concerns â wants permission from the court to shoot music videos in his backyard, a letter from his legal team filed Thursday reveals. âI am writing today only to request the Courtâs approval to permit Mr. Hernandez to spend […]
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Taylor Swift knows you need something to distract from the monotony of self-isolation, so she has checked back in on the ongoing feud with her former label, Big Machine, which is now co-owned by her industry nemesis and Justin Bieberâs manager, Scooter Braun. Tonight the label plans to release a live album of a past […]
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I didnât think it was possible to have nostalgia for a city I currently reside in, but reducing travel to the five-block radius around my building has made me miss places and people situated only two or three miles away. I havenât seen grass in six weeks. Iâve been looking at the same six trees […]
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For one night only, BET brought all the music weâve been loving on Instagram Live onto a slightly bigger screen. Alicia Keys, John Legend, Usher, Chloe X Halle, Swae Lee, Fantasia, Tyrese, Kirk Franklin, Kelly Price, and more joined Anthony Anderson, Tiffany Haddish, Diddy, Fat Joe, Queen Latifah, NeNe Leakes, and even more on top […]
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Donât call it a quarantune. The Rolling Stones released a new song, âLiving in a Ghost Town,â today, and they insist it predated our current pandemic times. âIt wasnât written for now, but it was just one of those odd things,â Mick Jagger told Zane Lowe on Apple Music. âIt was written about being in […]
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For the first time in seven years, Fountains of Wayne reunited, to perform in honor of Adam Schlesinger, the bandâs bassist and songwriter who died due to COVID-19 on April 1. Sharon Van Etten filled in on bass and harmonies as the group performed âHackensack,â its anthem to the New Jersey town, for April 22âs […]
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Non-essential businesses may be closed, but the Boss is still hard at work raising funds for his native New Jersey. On Wednesday evening, Garden State royalty Bruce Springsteen joined forces with fellow Jersey-king Jon Bon Jovi and the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund to produce âJersey 4 Jersey,â a benefit concert raising funds to fight […]
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Woah! We were halfway through Jon Bon Jovi singing an acoustic version of âLivinâ On a Prayerâ for the Jersey4Jersey benefit on Wednesday night when we snuck a peak at a bespoke piece of art in the back of his home studio: A large black and white photograph of a young Jovi, during his peak […]
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Roy Orbison wonât be singing for the lonely on the radio tonight. Itâll be Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, and a star-studded cast of their New Jersey friends, hoping to make you feel a little less alone while youâre livinâ on a prayer in quarantine. Weâre talking, of course, about the âJersey 4 Jerseyâ benefit […]
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Look, weâre not saying guitarist Mike Campbellâs new quarantine jam, âLockdown,â is that great of a song. It ainât no Damn the Torpedoes bonus track, if you will. âIâve got a basement and some rubber gloves,â he croons. âYeah, Iâm washing my clothes in an old bathtub!â But do we care? Absolutely not. (Actually, âI […]
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After recently performing as both Meg and the Muses in Hercules (all while not standing up, incredibly on brand for her), Ariana Grande is further embracing her truest musical-theater self and accompanying Jason Robert Brown (remotely) for one of his SubCulture series concerts on April 27. Theyâll be joined by Shoshana Bean, beltress extraordinaire, and […]
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Well, at least Lady Gaga knows how to handle a leak by now. On Wednesday, music-hungry fans noticed a new listing on Targetâs website today for Chromatica, Lady Gagaâs long-awaited sixth album thatâs currently sitting in purgatory due to the coronavirus pandemic (it was originally set for an April 10 release). Sure, that sounds fine: […]
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You might know Mike Dean from his work on pivotal Texas rap albums by UGK, the Geto Boys, Z-Ro, and Devin the Dude or from his work as a co-producer, mixer, and masterer for everyone from Kanye West and his G.O.O.D. Music collective to Travis Scott, Frank Ocean, BeyoncĂ©, and Madonna. The Houston native is […]
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When bad things happen, concerts usually follow. After 9/11, there was America: A Tribute to Heroes and the Concert for New York. After Hurricane Katrina, the major TV networks broadcast A Concert for Hurricane Relief, an event famous for Kanye Westâs declaration that, âGeorge W. Bush doesnât care about black people,â and Shelter for the […]
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As far as the world currently knows, Hayley Williams will release her first solo album on May 8. But in case 17 days is too long a wait (no matter that itâs already been three years since Paramoreâs last album), Williams has now released ten songs off the project, titled Petals for Armor. She released […]
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We wonât gaslight you and we wonât be deniers. The upcoming Dixie Chicks album Gaslighter, set to be the country groupâs first new album in 14 years, has been postponed indefinitely from its original May 1 release date. At a time when we all need the Dixie Chicksâ tell-it-like-it-is songwriting, stomp-along instrumentation, and enveloping harmonies, […]
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With American Utopia on a short hiatus from Broadway before a planned fall 2020 return, David Byrne, New Yorkâs finest resident and friend to all bikes, appeared on Amy Schumerâs podcast to share an unlikely source of creative inspiration for his certified perfect show: Jerry Seinfeld. Turns out, the Bee Movie and SeinfeldVision star was […]
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In just a month, Swizz Beatz and Timbalandâs Verzuz beat battle series has grown from a novel event bridging hip-hopâs past and present into uplifting excitement in our indoor spring, joining DJ sessions by D-Nice, Questlove, and others as well as Ontario artist Tory Lanezâs unpredictable Quarantine Radio series as the must-see remote-but-live viewing for […]
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No one likes coffee more than Chelsea Peretti. David Lynch comes close, but only Peretti could have written the ridiculous banger âCoffee Crankinâ Thru My Sysâ from her podcast, Call Chelsea Peretti. Eight years after that musical debut, and one year after leaving Brooklyn Nine-Nine where she played Gina Linetti, Peretti has matured as a […]
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