Punk rockers Violent Femmes and forever-popular jam band the Grateful Dead are among the surprising group of musicians getting into the sneaker arena this season, launching exclusive collaborations with some of the biggest brands in footwear. While hip-hop artists and pop stars like Kanye West and Selena Gomez have had …
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Carly Rae Jepsen released the fifth single from her upcoming album Dedicated. The song, “Too Much,” is a steamy dance track over a single electronic beat, and deals with a classic CRJ theme: being utterly overcome with emotion. “When I party, then I party too much/When I feel it, then …
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21 Savage announced he’ll be embarking on a North American tour this summer with North Carolina rapper DaBaby. This is the first tour for the London-born, Atlanta-based rapper since he was dubiously arrested by ICE and released nine days later. The 21 SavageI Am > I Was Tour, in support …
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The other week, Sigrid went to a park. The rising Norwegian pop star had been touring for a while, and the cities were beginning to blur. “It’s a very intense profession,” she says. “You’re always on.” So, when her taxi passed a park on the way to another hotel, she …
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“I love performing,” Adrianne Lenker says, “but unfortunately, the bigger you get, the more mitote.” Mitote (pronounced “mih-toe-tay”) is a word that Lenker and her bandmates in Big Thief have been using a lot lately. They found it in a 1997 book of spiritual philosophy called The Four Agreements, by …
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Gashi was in L.A. when he first heard Johnny Cash‘s cover of Nine Inch Nails‘ “Hurt.” He instantly related to it.“I’m a very emotional guy, and I’m very dark,” the Albanian rapper said on Spotify‘s Under Cover podcast. “And I tend to hide that because I don’t want people to …
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Three 6 Mafia‘s DJ Paul has sued Travis Scott over the rapper’s song “No Bystanders,” The Blast reports and a rep confirmed to Rolling Stone that the parties are in touch about the matter. The copyright lawsuit claims that the chant on the Astroworld song has a “cadence and sound” …
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UPDATE: The default judgment against R. Kelly was vacated by the judge Wednesday after the singer’s lawyers argued that Kelly is illiterate and therefore never responded to the multiple court summonses, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. A June 19th court date was scheduled for the civil lawsuit. One of R. Kelly’s …
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Jack Johnson has launched BYOBottle (Bring Your Own Bottle), an environmental campaign aimed at reducing plastic pollution throughout the music industry by promoting reusable water bottles and water refill stations at events. Other artists who have signed on to support the initiative include Wilco, Maroon 5, Pink, Bob Weir, Bonnie …
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Wiz Khalifa is recruiting French Montana and Playboi Carti as special guests for his upcoming “The Decent Exposure Tour.” Moneybagg Yo, Chevy Woods and DJ Drama will also join for the 29-date North American trek, which launches July 9th in Atlanta, Georgia and wraps August 15th in Boise, Idaho. General …
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