2 Chainz, YG and Migos‘ Offset enlisted their mothers for the former’s familial “Proud” video. Throughout the 2 Chainz-directed clip, the rappers and moms mug for the camera, swapping lyrics as they hang out in various neighborhoods. The mothers, decked out in slick track suits, steal every scene as they …
Read More »NOFX, Rancid, Pennywise to Headline Camp Punk in Drublic Festival
NOFX, Rancid, Pennywise, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes will headline the inaugural Camp Punk in Drublic festival, set for June 1st through June 3rd, at the outdoor venue Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio. The line-up also includes Goldfinger, Sick of It All, Lagwagon, Strung …
Read More »Craigslist Removes Personal Ads After Sex Trafficking Act Passes
Craigslist announced Friday that it removed personal ads – a popular, albeit potentially dangerous service – from its regional websites following the passage of the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) in Congress. FOSTA, or H.R. 1865, repealed a previous law that provided “legal protection to websites that unlawfully promote …
Read More »6 String Drag's Kenny Roby on Alt-Country Band's Reunion, Working With Steve Earle
Kenny Roby moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1991 with the Lubricators, a precocious punk band he joined as a high-schooler in Clemson, South Carolina. They opened for Jane’s Addiction, the Circle Jerks and Danzig and then broke up shortly after their northern migration. Post-split, Roby got his hands on …
Read More »Watch Hinds Stage Ski Resort Takeover in 'The Club' Video
Spanish garage rock outfit Hinds hit the slopes in the new video for “The Club,” a track off their upcoming album, I Don’t Run, out April 6th via Mom and Pop. The Matthew Dillon Cohen-directed clip, shot in wintry Connecticut landscape, finds Hinds hanging around a resort in Nineties-era ski …
Read More »Hear Wire's Rare, Poppy 'Outdoor Miner' Single Version
Last year, post-punk firebrands Wire celebrated their 40th anniversary with a tour; now they’re marking their legacy with a set of retrospective releases. Beginning this spring, the group will be releasing special and deluxe editions of its earliest works – first with a box set of nine seven-inches, Nine Sevens, …
Read More »Neil Young Talks Wild New Film and Why Retirement Tours are 'Bullshit'
When you plan to write an article about Neil Young, you don’t expect Neil Young to also write an article about you. “I’m writing a story of today for the Times Contrarian right now,” he tells Rolling Stone, referring to the online newspaper he’s been updating on Neil Young Archivesfeaturing …
Read More »See Detroit Teens Perform David Byrne's 'Everybody's Coming to My House'
David Byrne recruits students of a Detroit arts school for the singer’s celebratory “Everybody’s Coming to My House” video, a track off Byrne’s new LP American Utopia. The video features a performance by the Detroit School of Arts’ Vocal Jazz Ensemble interpreting “Everybody’s Coming to My House” accompanied only by …
Read More »Craig Mack, 'Flava in Ya Ear' Rapper, Dead at 47
Craig Mack, the rapper who had the first hit on P. Diddy’s iconic hip-hop label Bad Boy Records, died on Monday. He was 47. According to the New York Daily News, the rapper died of heart failureat his Walterboro, South Carolina home. His death was confirmed by Mack’s former producer …
Read More »See 'SNL' Weekend Update Tackle North Korea Summit, Stormy Daniels
Saturday Night Live recapped a busy week at the White House as Weekend Update tackled Donald Trump‘s potential North Korea summit, the latest Stormy Daniels developments and Gary Cohn’s resignation. “In a stunning turn of events, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has agreed to meet in May with Donald Trump …
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