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Oneohtrix Point Never Performs “I Don’t Love Me Anymore” on Fallon: Watch
Oneohtrix Point Never made his television debut by delivering a psychedelic performance of “I Don’t Love Me Anymore” on Friday’s night episode of The Tonight Show.The track is a highlight from his new album Magic Oneohtrix Point Never. As has become custom in pandemic times, the performance looked like a cross between a late-night set and a music video. Daniel Lopatin and his bandmates played the song in front of a colorful backdrop of lush greenery and otherworldly lights, and Lopatin even donned a guitar in addition to his synth for this shoegazy tune. That part wasn’t out of the ordinary for live performances, but the set was interspersed with footage of bleak cityscapes and the lyrics of the song popped up on the screen as they would in a lyric video. The experimentation with the ...
2020 MTV EMA Winners: See The Full List
By not being centrally located in a single city, the 2020 MTV EMA were able to spread the party out all over the world. From Budapest, David Guetta and Raye brought a night-sky, laser-filled rendition of “Let’s Love,” while Maluma steamed up London with a neon-purple medley of “Djadja” and “Hawái.” The winners list, too, saw artists from across the globe honored and celebrated as the show aired on Sunday (November 8). Heading into the ceremony, Lady Gaga led the nominations by earning six in total, while BTS and Justin Bieber weren’t far behind with five each. During the show, BTS took home four in total — Best Song, Best Group, Biggest Fans, and Best Virtual Live. Gaga walked away with Best Artist and Best US Act, while Bieber won for his st...
Foo Fighters Announce New Album Medicine at Midnight, Share First Single “Shame Shame”: Stream
Minutes before they took the stage at Saturday Night Live, Foo Fighters confirmed the release of their next studio album. It’s called Medicine at Midnight and will be released on February 5th, 2021. As a preview, they’ve let loose the first single, “Shame Shame”, which you can stream below. Produced by Greg Kurstin and Foo Fighters, engineered by Darrell Thorp, and mixed by Mark “Spike” Stent, Medicine at Midnight spans nine songs spanning 37 minutes. As Dave Grohl detailed in an interview earlier this year, the new album is “filled with anthemic, huge, sing-along rock songs. It’s kind of like a dance record, but not an EDM, disco, modern dance record. It’s got groove. To me, it’s our David Bowie’s Let’s Dance record. That’s what we wanted to make, we wan...
Foo Fighters Debut “Shame Shame”, Dust Off “Times Like These” on SNL: Watch
Foo Fighters kicked off the promotional cycle behind their new album Medicine at Midnight by serving as the musical guest on this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live. Dave Grohl and co. performed their newly released lead single, “Shame Shame”, live for the first time. They later returned to the stage and dusted off “Times Like These’ in celebration of today’s election results. Replay both performances below. This weekend’s episode of SNL marked Foo Fighters’ ninth time serving as musical guest. Prior to last night, they most recently appeared on the show’s 2017 Christmas episode in support of their ninth studio album, Concrete and Gold. Foo Fights’ tenth album, Medicine at Midnight, is due out on February 5th, 2021. [embedded content] [embedded content] Related You Deserve to Make Mo...
Trent Reznor on Nine Inch Nails’ Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction: “The Journey Is Far from Over”
Trent Reznor accepts his induction into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, photo via WarnerMedia This evening, Nine Inch Nails were formally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Because of the pandemic, this year’s live ceremony was canceled and replaced with a pre-recorded two-hour special airing on HBO. Iggy Pop had the honors of introducing Nine Inch Nails into the Rock Hall of Fame. He began his remarks by describing his perception of the band’s music: “Listening to Nine Inch Nails’ music, which is so often called industrial, I actually hear funk. Just listen to ‘Closer’ — the foundation could be Stevie Wonder or George Clinton,” Pop noted. “On top of that is a focused and relentless process of emotional destruction which paints a portrait of pain, pressure, and dissatisfactio...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions Lose Luster Without Live Element: Review
It’s been a strange year for the music industry. Case in point: we’re finally watching the 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions in November, it’s all being done remotely by tape, and there are no musical performances. Nothing about this is normal, of course, and fans will surely miss the who’s who of rock royalty that can usually be seen rubbing shoulders at the ceremony, not to mention the opportunity to see our heroes climb on stage together — sometimes for the first time in years — to accept hardware and even take a stab at performing our favorite songs. Obviously, the raging COVID-19 pandemic made a normal induction ceremony impossible, and those who produced or took part in Saturday’s telecast deserve credit for finding a way to safely honor the best of the music industry. <i...
Trump Supporters Dance to Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In The Name”
In the latest edition of Onion-tier satire manifesting itself into existence, a couple of Trump supporters in Philadelphia were seen dancing and singing along to Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In The Name” while protesting the Pennsylvania vote count. On Twitter, RATM guitarist Tom Morello responded with the textual equivalent of a face-palm: “Not exactly what we had in mind”. The Trump supporters were vigorously jumping and screaming along to the famously anti-fascist band’s most blatantly anti-authoritarian, anti-police, anti-racist song in their catalog while decked out in truck-stop patriotic garb. One person waved a giant Trump flag while another had on a MAGA hat and a Blue Lives Matter flag draped over her shoulders like a cape. In the background were homemade signs with s...
Jade Bird Shares Radiant New Single “Headstart”: Stream
UK-based folk rocker Jade Bird has just released a new single called “Headstart”. It’s her first piece of new music since releasing her self-titled debut album over a year ago — and it’s well worth the wait. “Headstart” is a three-minute romp bolstered by chipper guitar and her soaring vocals. Bird recorded the new track in the iconic RCA studios with producer Dave Cobb, who worked with big name Americana artists such as Brandi Carlile and the late John Prine. According to Bird, she found the inspiration to write “Headstart” after a trip to upstate New York at the start of this year. “Being there, I was immediately taken back to the magic and inspiration of creating the first album,” she said in a statement. “It’s quite a light-hearted song, about liking someone who just can’t see the sign...
Wilco Unveil Massive Summerteeth Deluxe Reissue: Stream
Wilco have unveiled the new deluxe reissue of their 1999 album Summerteeth. Stream it below via Spotify. This version, which comes packaged as a four-disc set, features a Bob Ludwig remaster of the original album, as well as loads of demos, outtakes, and live recordings. There are previously unreleased demos of songs like “Tried and True”, “I’m Always in Love”, and “She’s a Jar”, as well as alternate versions of tracks like “My Darling”, “Every Little Thing”, “Viking Dan”, and countless others. On top of all that, the band included a live recording of a 1999 concert at The Boulder Theatre in Boulder, Colorado, featuring songs like “Candyfloss”, “Hotel Arizona”, “She’s A Jar”, and more. And if you want even more, a limited edition vinyl reissue also includes a 10-song performance from ...
HAIM’s Este Haim on Teaming with Fender and Proving People Wrong
The central thesis of HAIM’s cheekily titled third record, Women in Music Pt. III, which came out this summer, appears on the track “Man from the Magazine”. After quoting a sexist interview question that came from a male journalist, the song’s second verse goes: “Man from the music shop, I drove too far/ For you to hand me that starter guitar/ ‘Hey, girl, why don’t you play a few bars?’/ Oh, what’s left to prove?” HAIM, a Los Angeles-based rock group of three multi-instrumentalist sisters that has been referred to as a “girl band” too many times to count, shouldn’t have to prove anything. But, if they did, a spot in a Fender campaign might seal the deal. “I guess the only thing that I can do is just keep proving people wrong,” says HAIM’s bass player Este Haim, who stars in Fender’s latest...
Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb Announces New Country Album, Shares Jason Isbell Collaboration “Words of a Fool”: Stream
Dolly Parton (photo by Ben Kaye), Barry Gibb (photo by Nathan Dainty), Jason Isbell (photo by Ben Kaye) Bee Gees co-founder Barry Gibb has announced a star-studded new album called Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1. The effort features classic songs from the Gibb brothers reimagined with assistance from a wide range of country and Americana stars. GREENFIELDS boasts contributions from Dolly Parton, Keith Urban, Sheryl Crow, Jason Isbell, Miranda Lambert, and Gillian Welch. Alison Krauss, Brandi Carlile, Olivia Newton-John, and Little Big Town also appear on the LP. The entire project was produced by Grammy-winning Nashville native Dave Cobb, known for his work with John Prine and The Highwomen. In a statement about the recording process, Gibb said, “From the first day we step...
Christine and the Queens Performs “People, I’ve been sad” on Corden: Watch
The original Queen of the Quarantine Performance returned on Thursday night, as Christine and the Queens beamed into Corden to sing “People, I’ve been sad”. Throughout 2020, Chris has delivered some of the most stunning lockdown performances around. Whether covering Springsteen on Instagram, dancing through an empty venue on Fallon, or singing from a window ledge on Colbert, the French pop star has consistently found ways to make each of her appearances uniquely beautiful. For last night’s rendition of her La Vita Nuova EP lead single, Christine and the Queens took over Paris’ Musée des Beaux-Arts (the Museum of Fine Arts). And it may have been her most gorgeous late night spot yet. Asked in a pre-performance interview why she chose the location, Chris explained, “Around this EP, I’ve...
