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Duran Duran Drops New Track ‘Laughing Boy’: Stream It Now
Duran Duran is celebrating their long-overdue nomination for the Rock Hall with “Laughing Boy,” the first in a hattrick of new releases. “Laughing Boy” dropped at midnight, and is one of three previously-unheard tracks that’ll appear on the digital deluxe edition of Future Past, due out this Friday (Feb. 11). On it, keyboardist Nick Rhodes leads the way with an atmospheric synth soundscape, John Taylor’s bass pops and slaps, and frontman Simon Le Bon belts out high notes and hits a classic, x-large Duran Duran chorus. Future Past is the band’s 15th studio album, and features plenty of assists from the likes of Blur’s Graham Coxon, Tove Lo, CHAI, Ivorian Doll, and David Bowie’s former pianist Mike Garson, plus production by Erol Alkan and Giorgi...
Pusha T Releases ‘Diet Coke’ After Collaborating With Ye: Stream It Now
Pusha T‘s new song “Diet Coke,” produced by Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and 88-Keys, is out now. The track, which dropped at midnight Tuesday (Feb. 8), comes after Pusha T and his manager Steven Victor teased it early Monday. Victor began the song’s rollout by sharing a clip from the black-and-white music video with no caption. In the snippet, Pusha is seen rapping as Ye grooves to the beat in the background. “Imaginary players ain’t been coached right/ Master recipes under stove lights/ The number on this jersey is the quote price/ You ordered Diet Coke, that’s a joke, right?/ Everybody get it off the boat, right?” The song’s lyrics, which were released before the tune, continue, “But only I can really have a snow fight/ Detroit n—a challenge, what’s your dope like?/ If your Benz bi...
Iggy Pop and Ensemble Intercontemporain Named 2022 Polar Music Prize Laureates
Iggy Pop, one of the founding fathers of punk music, and Ensemble Intercontemporain, a classical music assemblage based in Paris, have been named the Laureates of the Polar Music Prize for 2022. The royal ceremony and banquet will take place in Stockholm on May 24 after a two-year COVID gap. Explore Explore Iggy Pop See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first Polar Music Prize ceremony, which honored Paul McCartney and the Baltic States, in 1992. The Prize was founded and funded by Stig “Stikkan” Anderson, the noted Swedish songwriter, producer, label owner and music publisher who was the manager of ABBA. After the Nobel Prize Committee rejected Anderson’s suggestion of a Nobel Prize for music, he created the Polar...
How to Get Tickets to Nine Inch Nails’ 2022 Tour
Nine Inch Nails have returned with 2022 tour dates, including two nights at Red Rocks and a Cleveland hometown show with fellow industrial giants Ministry and Nitzer Ebb. The 11-date tour of North America and Canada also includes headlining appearances at Shaky Knees Festival and Primavera Sound LA. Get tickets here, and read on for more info about pre-sale codes, tour dates, and more. What is Nine Inch Nails’ 2022 Tour? Nine Inch Nails will be embarking on a short run of dates this spring, including Atlanta’s Shaky Knees Festival in late April. The tour then resumes in September and will feature a headlining performance at the inaugural Primavera Sound LA. The tour will end in late September with a special hometown show in Cleveland, Ohio, with Ministry and Nitzer Ebb as support. Nine Inc...
NOFX Confirm Four Punk in Drublic Festivals for 2022: Pennywise, Face to Face, and More
NOFX are set to headline four separate dates of their Punk in Drublic Craft Beer & Music Festival this spring. The fests are set for March 19th (Mesa, Arizona), March 26th (San Diego), March 27th (Ventura, California), and May 7th (Sacramento, California). The bill varies by each city, with NOFX headlining all dates. The most recently announced lineup on May 7th in Sacramento features a stacked bill including Pennywise, Face to Face, The Bouncing Souls, The Bombpops, Get Dead, and more. Other dates include Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, T.S.O.L., and more notable punk acts. Advertisement Related Video Tickets for Punk in Drublic Sacramento go on sale Friday (February 11th) at 10 a.m. PT via Ticketmaster, with a pre-sale beginning on Thursday. Passes to other three dates are available t...
Pusha T Drops New Single “Diet Coke”: Stream
Pusha T has dropped a new single called “Diet Coke.” Take a listen below. Produced by Kanye West and 88 Keys, “Diet Coke” pairs twinkling keys with an old-school vinyl scratching sample. “The number on this jersey is the quote price,” Pusha T raps. “You ordered Diet Coke, that’s a joke, right?” The song’s accompanying video, directed by Omar Jones, will premiere on Tuesday at Noon ET. Related Video Pusha T’s last album was 2018’s Daytona, which was also produced by West. Since then, he’s linked up with Black Thought and Killer on collab “Good Morning,” remixed the Succession theme, and appeared on Pop Smoke’s posthumous album Faith. [embedded content] [embedded content] Share this: [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=”Submit to Flexi...
Pusha T Drops “Diet Coke,” Produced by Kanye and 88-Keys
Kicking off the build-up for the release of his upcoming album, It’s Not Dry Yet, Pusha T has now released the first single off of the project, “Diet Coke.” Produced by Kanye West and 88-Keys, the track off of the rapper’s fourth studio album first surfaced in a snippet showing Pusha and Ye. Ye’s girlfriend Julia Fox then confirmed that two were recording a music video in an interview before it was played at an afterparty for NIGO’s Fall/Winter 2022 KENZO debut in Paris. It is interesting to note, 88-Keys had first created the beat 18 years ago as an interlude for his beat tape, The Makings of Crack Cocaine. Now released assistance from Kanye West and Pusha T’s verses, the track starts with a sample of Fat Joe yelling “yesterday’s price is not today’s price.” Pusha delivers mature braggado...
Magixx ft Ayra Starr – Love Don’t Cost A Dime
Mavin Records singer Magixx comes with a special song titled “Love Doesn’t Cost A Dime”. Magixx is set to drop a new version of his song “Love Don’t Cost A Dime” with his label mate Ayra Starr. The new record promises to be hot and exceptional with an impressive verse/angelic voice from Ayra Starr, for their beloved fans. “Love Don’t Cost A Dime” re-up is scheduled to be released soon. Listen and share Magixx – “Love Don’t Cost A Dime” ft Ayra Starr below. [embedded content]
Neil Young Encourages Spotify Employees to Quit and Save Their Souls
Neil Young’s war against Spotify rages on for a third week: In a new letter posted to his website, Young not only encouraged musicians to leave the platform, he also advised Spotify’s employees leave the company “before it eats up your soul.” Young’s latest swipe at Spotify came at the end of a longer letter about misinformation and corporate greed. He noted that just 5% of America’s financial assets are in the hands of millennials (as compared to 70% held by baby boomers). He also argued for a boycott of banks like Chase, Citi, and Bank of America, which contribute financially to “the mass fossil fuel destruction of Earth.” Regarding Spotify, Young advised his fellow creators to “find a better place… to be the home of your art.” So far, artists including Joni Mitchell, David Crosby, Steve...
Foo Fighters’ World Domination Expands to Metaverse with Super Bowl Sunday VR Concert
For those not particularly invested in sports, Dave Grohl has a different idea for Super Bowl Sunday. Following February 13th’s big game, Foo Fighters, somehow still finding new ways to infiltrate every aspect of society, will play a virtual reality concert in Meta’s Horizon Venues app. “Foo Fighters love a challenge — from playing the biggest stages in the world to the tiniest clubs to making movies and miniseries… We’ve pretty much done it all,” Dave Grohl said in a statement. “But we’ve never collaborated with Mark Romanek on a conceptual set of songs (including one being played live for the first time ever) for a worldwide audience, where everyone has the best seats in the house thanks to the most badass VR tech… until now. Join us when we cross that one off the FF bucket list!” Foo Fi...
Here Are the Lyrics to ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’
Grammy-winning gospel sister duo Mary Mary will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” ahead of the 2022 Super Bowl on Sunday. In 2010, the dynamic duo of Trecina Atkins-Campbell and Erica Campbell recorded a rendition of the powerful ballad — also known as the “Black National Anthem” — alongside fellow gospel singer Smokie Norful for the compilation album A Dream Realized: A Gospel Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. If you need a guide to follow along with the words, find the lyrics below: Lift every voice and sing‘Til Earth and Heaven ringRing with the harmonies of LibertyLet our rejoicing riseHigh as the listening skiesLet it resound loud as the rolling sea Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught usSing a song full of the hope that the present has brought usFac...
Brandi Carlile to Perform at Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscars Viewing Party
Brandi Carlile is set to perform at the 30th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards viewing party, taking place March 27. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter will join a lineup of performers, the rest of whom will be announced in the coming weeks. Last year’s event went virtual first the first time, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but 2022’s event will be returning in person, organizers said Monday. The party, which coincides with the 30th anniversary of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, raises funds to support the foundation’s efforts to “challenge discrimination, prevent infections and provide treatment as well as influencing governments to end AIDS.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news “David (Furnish) and I are so grateful to celebrate 30 years...
