New Kids on the Block are reissuing their breakthrough 1988 album Hangin’ Tough in honor of its 30th anniversary. The re-released version of the LP will be out on March 8, 2019. The 18-track edition of Hangin’ Tough will feature the 10 original tracks of the album along with remixes and extended …
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WASHINGTON —It’s been an extraordinary 24 hours in the world of Paul Manafort. On Monday evening, Special Counsel Robert Mueller said in an explosive new court filing that Manafort, the disgraced former Trump campaign chairman and Republican lobbyist, had lied to the FBI and the special counsel’s office despite signing …
Read More »On the Charts: Mumford & Sons Capture Third Straight Number One With 'Delta'
Mumford & Sons claimed their third consecutive Number One album as the British band’s latest LP Delta debuted atop the Billboard 200. The experimental Delta, dubbed an “epic bummer” by Rolling Stone, sold 230,000 copies in its first week of release to join 2012’s Babel and 2015’s Wilder Mind as …
Read More »Federal Judge Strikes Down Mississippi's Restrictive Abortion Ban as 'Pure Gaslighting'
A federal judge has struck down a ban on abortion after 15 weeks that was passed by the Mississippi state legislature in March. In a blistering opinion, Judge Carlton Reeves declares the legislature’s “professed interest in ‘women’s health’ is pure gaslighting.” Reeves sided with Jackson Women’s Health Organization —Mississippi’s sole …
Read More »The Band Perry on Reinvention and the Electronic Pop of New EP 'Coordinates'
“OK, family,” Kimberly Perry says to her brothers with a winking smile. “Let’s have some sake and talk about how pissed we are.” It’s been a long time since the Band Perry have been able to joke about their career, but sitting in a dark booth in an underground Manhattan …
Read More »Graham Nash: 5 Songs That Inspired Me as a Young Songwriter
Graham Nash‘s new career-spanning compilation album Over the Years …traces his long career as a songwriter, stretching all the way back to his days in the Hollies when he sketching out tunes like “Marrakesh Express” and “Teach Your Children” that would later be recorded by CSN and CSNY. Earlier this …
Read More »See Maggie Rose's Simmering Studio Performance of 'I'm Yours'
Maggie Rose and her band get cooking in a new studio performance of “I’m Yours,” a song from her 2018 album Change the Whole Thing. Wanting to capture the energy of her full-throttle live shows, Rose went into the studio with her “family band” —featuring players from her touring band …
Read More »Watch Bad Bunny Perform Grungy 'Sensualidad' at Latin Grammys
Latin trap phenom Bad Bunnyadded distorted rock guitars to several of his songs during his performance at the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas. He began with “Sensualidad,” which was originally recorded as a collaboration with J Balvin and Prince Royce. The single adheres closely to the formula of a previous …
Read More »Review: Cupcakke Stays on a Roll with 'Eden'
Yet another lean and excellent project – her sixth in three years – from still-unsigned, still under-the-radar, still not-on-Rap-Caviar Chicago pottymouth Cupcakke. Her style should be irresistible for anyone who’s a fan of vintage cassettes with Parental Advisory stickers or modern bloody-shoe boast badasses, a mix of 2 Live Crew’s over-the-top raunch …
Read More »Watch Robert Ellis Channel Elton John in 'F-cking Crazy' Video
Part of the beauty of Robert Ellis has always been his ability to match his uncanny talent and masterful musicianship with a sense of humor — while his last self-titled LP was a reflection on heartbreak and restlessness built with as much modern jazz as it was country, he took …
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