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Is there anyone cooler than Kim Gordon?
Imagine going 38 years as the centerpiece of one of rock's most important punk/noise/art bands and finally putting out a solo album that's just as disonnate, just as edgy, just as modern, but without the swirling guitars and all their endless feedback.
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There are many ways to promote an upcoming tour. Some are genius. Most are not.
Back in the 1980s one of the ways involved MTV and music videos and getting on the news because social media was decades away.
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Last week NSYNC wowed their fans in LA when they made a surprise appearance at the end of Justin Timberlake's intimate show at the Wiltern Theater.
The boys reunited for a few of their big hits and then live debuted the new song, "Selfish," that's on Justin's latest album.
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Limp Bizkit is taking a page out of The Kinks' playbook.
While there may not be many similarities between the Nü Metal band fronted by Fred Durst compared to the British legends led by the Davies Brothers, when the Kinks titled their 1981 album Give The People What They Want, it seems to be resonating with the rap rockers.
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The Smile, the supergroup of Radiohead's Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood along with Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner have released a pair of albums in the mere two years of the band's existence, to the pleasure and concern of fans.
It's a huge bonus because the songs are Radioheady with Yorke's unmistakeable vocals and Greenwood's moody vibes but the tunes are different enough and a tad more freer as to not seem stale.
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Tegan and Sara are celebrating their 2002 album If It Was You by performing 13 shows around Canada. But the twins are not just playing the Great White North, they're staying within the friendly province of Ontario.
The show consists of each of dozen songs from the album, slightly reimagined and performed acoustic, sprinkled with hits from seven of their other albums to send everyone off to down poutine in the streets with a smile.
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The early 1990s were a great time for alternative music, college radio, and record sales. Of the bands who were able to segue from a respectable underground appeal in the '80s into massive success later was The Cure, who did so without completely feeding the pop beast.
Wish, The Cure's first album to debut at #2 on the US charts, was released on Robert Smith's birthday in 1992.
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What a better place for one of music's mightiest senior citizens to kick off his 2024 tour than in Phoenix, Arizona?
Arizona, yes, because at 72-years-old, the Bruce Springsteen is about the same age as many who have migrated to the Grand Canyon State to play out their final act.
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Even when Weezer tries to copy something, they do something original.
Lovable Weezer is celebrating the 30th anniversary of their self-titled debut smash "Blue" album with The Voyage to the Blue Planet Tour. Rivers and the boys will play the absolutely perfect LP, in order, in its entirety, along with some other favorites.
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If Liam Gallagher & John Squire just want to play their entire new album together (plus a famous cover) and no songs from their illustrious past, there's a few choices you can make as a concertgoer.
But know they are choices.
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Madonna has performed over 60 shows on her two-year Celebration Tour, but her five night stand at the Forum in Los Angeles brought out the stars in a major way.
Here's a list of some of the famous faces and voices who joined the Queen of Pop as she graced the Fabulous Forum in Inglewood, California - as well as some other memorable Madonna moments.
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The writing was on the wall, literally.
Last week in Los Angeles wheatpaste posters went up announcing a free Justin Timberlake concert at the historic jewel box Wiltern Theater.
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