Prophets of Rage– the supergroup/“elite task force of revolutionary musicians”featuring members of Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill – brought their high-minded rap-rock to The Tonight Show on Monday night, performing “Living on the 110” from their upcoming eponymous debut album. “Living on the 110” confronts systemic …
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The Rolling Stones‘ first concert of 2017 and first gig in nearly a year boasted a trio of major surprises as the band dusted off songs they had not performed live in decades. When the Rolling Stones announced their No Filter European tour in May, the band promised “a couple …
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Hitchhiker marks a pivotal moment in Neil Young‘s ongoing series of archival releases: Instead of a live classic-songs set, this is a buried-treasure mother lode – 10 newly unearthed studio recordings, cut in one acoustic session, on August 11th, 1976. Young wasn’t exactly swept up in the country’s bicentennial spirit …
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Dave Matthews Band will celebrate the resiliency of their hometown, Charlottesville, Virginia, with an all-star concert featuring Pharrell Williams, Justin Timberlake, Ariana Grande, the Roots, Cage the Elephant, Alabama Shakes singer Brittany Howard, Chris Stapleton and other special guests. “A Concert for Charlottesville,” set for Sunday, September 24th at the …
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Eric Church has announced 61 Days in Church, a near definitive account of his 2017 Holdin’ My Own Tour. Beginning last week, the ambitious singer-songwriter is releasing batches of live recordings from his tour to Apple Music. Thirty songs are currently available with more than 100 to follow. Following an …
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The time has come, the time has come, the time has come today. LCD Soundsystem have finally returned from a mysterious five-year break-up they never quite explained, despite making a high-profile film documentary ostensibly designed for just that purpose. As rock & roll breakups go, it was about as believable …
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