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Alanis Morissette, Taylor Hawkins Honor Eddie Van Halen on Latest Alanis Radio Episode
Alanis Morissette and Taylor Hawkins paid tribute to a few musical legends and reminisced on their pasts during the latest episode of Apple Music Hits’ Alanis Radio. The longtime Foo Fighters drummer actually performed with Morissette on the Jagged Little Pill tour, joined her as the radio show’s inaugural guest on Monday. Throughout the show, the pair showed off their musical IQ as they discussed both Eddie Van Halen and Chris Cornell, among others. “We were just having our discussion about our youthful dreams about back in the day, but even before we actually got paid to do it,” Hawkins said as he introduced the episode’s first song. “...
L7, Courtney Barnett and More Join Hands Off! to Empower Young Womxn
L7, Courtney Barnett, Palehound, X’s Exene Cervenka and more are part of a new cassette compilation called Hands Off! It is a response to the shutdown of Burger Records in July, following sexual misconduct allegations. “This is a statement about there being no tolerance for predatory behavior in the rock scene. The buck stops here. We wanted to put together something special by womxn to empower womxn, as a collective force for change. Cassette culture and DIY culture must progress and maintain its importance moving forward for a better tomorrow inclusion accessibility for all artists. fuck boys clubs,” LG of Thelma and the Sleaze, who co-produced the project, said in a statement. LG teamed up with Miss Alex White of White Mystery, May McDonough of Psychedelic Cherry and Charlie Kaplan of T...
I Can’t Fight Baby: Guards Didn’t Help R. Kelly While He Caught Jail Fade, Allegedly
Source: Pool / Getty If you believe his lawyers, R. Kelly is having a rough time behind bars. Allegedly, no one bothered (right away) to help the disgraced R&B singer while a fellow inmate decided to attempt to bless him with the proper fade. Back in August, the “You Remind Me” crooner was attacked in his cell by someone who was reportedly pissed R’uh’s fans have been causing jail lockdowns. R. Kelly’s lawyers are saying the CO’s took his sweet time intervening. Reports Page Six: Kelly, who was being held in Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center on federal sex abuse charges, was assaulted in August by Jeremiah Farmer, who had punched the singer repeatedly to get media attention for himself, CNN reported. The assault left Kelly with “significant physical an...
Kendrick Lamar & Baby Keem Grace Cover Of i-D’s 40th Anniversary Issue
Source: Glen Luchford / i-D Fans of the talented Top Dawg Entertainment collective have been patiently awaiting the return of Kendrick Lamar, and their hopes of new music are coming to fruition slowly but surely. In a new cover story for i-D, K-Dot, and his buzzing protégé Baby Keem cover ground regarding their artistry and their aims in the midst of a tense election year among other fine points. For its 40th anniversary, i-D featured the two creative minds with photos from Glen Luchford supplementing the piece. With Kendrick playing the role of interviewer, the Compton legend in the making dives into Keem’s arc as an industry insider and front-facing artist, doing so while asking thoughtful questions like a seasoned journalist. From i-D (bolded words are Kendrick Lamar): I can see from th...
Marissa Nadler Covers Dusty Springfield’s ‘Spooky’ on Two Minutes to Late Night
It’s that time of the week again — a new Two Minutes to Late Night cover has dropped! Marissa Nadler takes on the lead vocals on the Dusty Springfield’s version of the moody track, “Spooky.” (The song was initially done as a jazz instrumental by Mike Sharpe in 1967.) “Trick or treat! We covered that Dustry Springfield song from every Guy Richie movie (which is actually a gender-flipped cover song),” the caption accompanying the video said. Nadler is no stranger to Two Minutes and has covered Steely Dan’s “Reelin’ in the Years.” But of course, Nadler isn’t alone. Cave In and Mutoid Man leader Stephen Brodsky and Earth’s Dylan Carson are both on guitar while Emily Lee of Shearwater and Loma takes the keys and the mini theremin. She also “mysteriously” transforms into a cat at some point in t...
FUZZ Share New Single ‘Mirror’
Over the summer, FUZZ announced III, their first new album in five years. Today, they shared the record’s third single, “Mirror,” along with a pretty creepy music video. The visuals splice footage of the band’s members — Ty Segall, Chad Ubovich and Charles Moothart — rocking out with some bizarre imagery, like Segall eating an eyeball that in turn makes his face disappear. Director Joshua Erkman described the thought behind the eerie video in a statement: In an abstract way I wanted to incorporate some of the thoughts that have been swimming around in my head about isolation; it’s pretty hard to avoid thinking about that these days,” says Erkman. “Making the video was an exciting challenge given our current circumstances – how do you shoot a rock ‘n’ roll band performin...
Eddie Van Halen Guitars, Smashed Kurt Cobain Guitar to Be Auctioned
Two of the late Eddie Van Halen’s iconic guitars — his custom-designed, red-and-white-striped, stage-used 2004 EVH Charvel Art Series, and a black-and-white striped Fender Stratocaster-style headstock numbered on the back #54 — are going on the auction block. Each guitar is estimated to sell between $40,000 – $80,000 at the Icons & Idols Trilogy: Rock ‘N’ Roll annual music auction on Dec. 4 and 5, live at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills and online here. The event will span over 700 historic artifacts of every genre, including items from the Beatles, Johnny Cash, Jim Morrison, the Rolling Stones, Queen, Guns N’ Roses, Little Richard, Cher, and many more. In 1991, the Charvel Art Series guitar with the red body, below, was gifted to Van Halen’s friend Bryan Cash, the o...
Beastie Boys License Music in Commercial for First Time
While other musical acts have been OK with licensing their music to advertisements, the Beastie Boys were the complete opposite — until now. The hip-hop group allowed the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris campaign to use a snippet of their 1994 track “Sabotage” in an ad that aired during the end of the Pittsburgh Steelers/Cleveland Browns football game yesterday (Oct. 18). Following the 2012 death of Adam Yauch, a clause in his will stated that none of the music he worked on or created would be used for advertising purposes. The group sued Monster Energy for using their song in summer 2012. And in 2013, there was a legal dispute over copyright infringement over their song “Girls,” which was used in a Goldiebox spot. While, again, it went against Yauch’s clause, the toy company actually sue...
For VIPs on the Go, This Inkas Mercedes Sprinter Is Both Limo and Office
Inkas Mercedes-Benz Sprinter VIP Mobile Office: Baller-Status Interior Inside the Inkas Mercedes-Benz Sprinter VIP, the layout and finishes such as flooring and upholstery are fully customizable, and upon request, Inkas offers a bulletproof-armor exterior package. The main passenger compartment generously accommodates five passengers, leaving plenty of room for kicking up your feet and relaxing. It features a corner office with a rotating chair and an L-shaped desk, four power-adjustable captain’s seats, two 45-inch smart TVs, wireless connectivity, USB ports galore, a premium entertainment system, and a removable center table. All captain’s seats are finished in high-quality leather, with a massage function and adjustable footrests. See all 15 photos Inkas Mercedes-Benz Sprint...
Gordon Haskell, Ex-King Crimson Singer/Bassist, Dies at 74
Former King Crimson member Gordon Haskell has died at the age of 74. His death was announced in a brief statement on the musician’s Facebook page on Sunday. “It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Gordon, a great musician and a wonderful person who will be sadly missed by so many,” a statement read. The Official King Crimson page noted, “His time in KC wasn’t a particularly happy part of his long career but his work on In The Wake Of Poseidon [1970]and in particular, Lizard [1971] is much admired in the Crimson community. Haskell’s journey with the prog giants began even before the band formed; he was a school friend of guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member Robert Fripp and pre-Crimson, the two were in the group the League of Gentlemen in the mid-60s. Fripp’s...
Cardi B Deletes Her Twitter Account
“I’m so tired that because of y’all I’ve gotta continuously explain myself,” said Cardi, who recently reconciled with Offset after filing for divorce. “I didn’t put my divorce out there, a f—ing court clerk put it out there. And because people are making rumors up, ‘Oh, this guy has a girl pregnant,’ this and that, I have to address it.” Cardi then complained about comments her fans have left about Offset. “You guys want to be harassing this n—-. Bro, if I work things out, why are you going to this n—-‘s Twitter to harass him? That s— don’t make no f—ing sense,” she said. She also brought up remarks left about her recently being seen smoking a cigarette, clarifying that she was...
Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ Returns to Billboard 200 Top 10 — 42 Years Later
After a 42-year wait, Fleetwood Mac’s former Billboard 200 No. 1 album Rumours returns to the top 10 this week, as the set jumps 13-7. The album, released in 1977, is basking in the glow of sales and streaming increases spurred on by publicity generated from a viral TikTok video set to the album’s song “Dreams.” The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Oct. 24-dated chart (w...
