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Billy Joel, Sting and More to Play Rise Up New York!

Billy Joel, Sting, Mariah Carey, Bon Jovi and more will be doing virtual performances for Rise Up New York! on May 11. Hosted by Robin Hood, an organization fighting poverty in New York City in conjunction with iHeartMedia, the telethon will be raising money to support New Yorkers who have been experiencing hardship due to […]

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Tanya Donelly – "Here Comes Your Man" (Pixies Cover)

For the last few weeks, Tanya Donelly — of Belly, Breeders, and Throwing Muses fame — has been releasing a series of covers that she’s been recording while in isolation, with all proceeds from the tracks going to different charities. So far, she’s covered Marianne Faithfull, Labi Siffre, and Bob Marley. This week, she’s covered […]

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Metallica to Stream London Club Show From 2016

Last week, Metallica went way back into their VHS era to stream a show from Michigan from 1991. This week, the band is showing something far more recent. As they were in the midst of promoting Hardwired…to Self-Destruct, the group played a string of small club shows ahead of its November 2016 release. One of those […]

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Ka – “Solitude Of Enoch”

Ka is one of rap’s great mythic cult heroes: A Brooklyn native who was once a prospect on New York’s underground rap scene and who has now retreated from that world, simply releasing his own intensely personal and singular music when it works for him. Ka works as a Brooklyn fire chief, and he also […]

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Portugal. The Man Fights Book Ban in Former Hometown

Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t get any more bizarre, one school district in Alaska upped the ante by throwing a book ban into the mix. Last week, the Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Borough School Board debated the curriculum for the district’s high school English department and decided to remove five supposedly controversial books from the reading […]

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Cady Groves, Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 30

Cady Groves has passed away at the age of 30, SPIN has confirmed. Groves’ brother Cody broke the news on social media. In his original post he said her cause of death was unknown; however, has since given an update. “I hate that I even have to do this, but apparently the world and internet […]

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