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AC/DC's Cliff Williams: 'I'm Backing Off Touring and Recording'

AC/DC bassist Cliff Williams hinted at retirement following the Australian hard rock outfit’s current tour in an interview with Gulfshore Life. Williams touched on the various problems that have plagued AC/DC over the past few years, starting with the departure of founding guitarist Malcolm Young in 2014 due to dementia. Drummer Phil Rudd… Source: RollingStone Link: AC/DC's […]

Watch Coldplay's Devastating Prince Cover

Coldplay welcomed British singer Lianne La Havas onstage in Copenhagen Wednesday for a stunning, understated cover of Prince’s “Sometimes It Snows in April.” Related: Watch Emotional Prince Tributes at BET Awards The performance featured just La Havas and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, with the former plucking out the tender ballad’s simple, stirring guitar… Source: RollingStone Link: […]

Watch Krewella Get Matching Tattoos From Bang Bang

During a recent trip to New York, EDM duo Krewella made a pit stop to get a set of matching tattoos. The sisters received their latest ink from Keith “Bang Bang” McCurdy, a tattoo artist whose handiwork is featured on everyone from Rihanna to Justin Bieber. Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf came… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

A-Wa: The Israeli Trio Turning Yemenite Tradition Into a Global Groove

Tair, Liron and Tagel Haim — better known as Israeli group A-Wa —have fashioned a blend of darbuka drums, catchy harmonies and hip-hop electronics that deftly and happily transcends the complicated history of Arab-Jewish relations in their home country. With the help of producer Tomer Yosef of Balkan Beat Box, the… Source: RollingStone Link: A-Wa: The […]

Broadway Stars Team for Orlando Benefit Concert

A slew of Broadway stars will perform a benefit concert in honor of the victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre July 25th at Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, The Associated Press reports. “From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert For Orlando” will feature performances from Brian Stokes Mitchell, Norbert Leo Butz, Kelli… Source: RollingStone Link: Broadway […]

Dolly Parton Unveils New Album Cover Art, Track List

Dolly Parton has released the track listing and cover art [below] for her upcoming LP, Pure & Simple, an album that will take her right back to where it all began for the budding superstar nearly 50 years ago. In 1967, after a brief stint with Monument Records, Parton signed… Source: RollingStone Link: Dolly Parton […]

Meet Matoma, Leader of Tropical House's Next Big Wave

Before you declare some other dancehall-inflected track as the Song of the Summer, get yourself to a Matoma playlist. As temperatures rise, the Trondheim, Norway-based artist is ready to provide the next evolution of tropical house. The twentysomething born Tom Lagergren has married a fuzzy, chilled-out four-on-the-floor with a love… Source: RollingStone Link: Meet Matoma, […]

Nigeria's music scene becomes a cultural export

By Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS (Reuters) – Each night as darkness descends on Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, sweat-drenched young men and women descend on the megacity's numerous nightclubs to dance to the latest hit songs. Much like the famous "Nollywood" film industry, music is now big business in Africa's most populous nation. The music industry's revenue […]

Wavves: Racists, Homophobes, Misogynists, Trump Supporters 'Not Welcome' at Shows

Wavves are heading on tour this month, but not everyone is “welcome at a Wavves show.” As Pitchfork reports, in a letter posted to Twitter on Wednesday, Wavves’ Nathan Williams wrote that he needed “to make clear” that racists, homophobes, misogynists and Trump supporters are not among those invited to attend their concerts. While… Source: RollingStone Link: Wavves: […]