The Barbz — the nickname given to Nicki Minaj’s army of online fans — are a force of nature. If Nicki is their queen bee, each member is a buzzing worker bee intent on protecting her majesty at any cost. No jab, swipe or Twitter critique escapes their purview. You …
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Pusha-T has canceled nine shows on theupcoming tour in support of his new album, Daytona, Complex reports. The axed dates include stops in St. Louis, Missouri, Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio, as well as San Antonio and Dallas, Texas. The rapper has yet to explain the cancellations, and it’s unclear whether …
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Six months Neil Diamond retired from touring due to Parkinson’s disease, the singer made a surprise return to the stage to perform a private mini-concert for firefighters battling a Colorado wildfire. On Saturday, Diamond and his wife Katie McNeill visited the Incident Command post in Basalt, Colorado – near where …
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British funk collective Jungle unveiled two new songs, “Heavy, California” and “Cherry” from their forthcoming second album, For Ever, out September 14th via XL Recordings. The two tracks find Jungle exploring different edges of the neo-soul spectrum. On “Heavy, California,” the group crafts an uptempo dance tune awash in sparkling …
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When Eric Church‘s debut album Sinners Like Me hit in 2006, it signaled a brash new direction for country music. Here was an artist who, although leaning heavily on rock & roll, maintained a foothold in country, especially with his enlightened workingman lyricism. Naturally, Church evolved over his next four …
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David Bowie‘s five-decade career went through so many extreme highs and bizarre lows that pinpointing his single worst album may seem like a difficult task. To the singer himself, though, it was quite easy. “My nadir was Never Let Me Down,” he said in 1995. “It was such an awful …
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In May 2017, Ryan Zinke, the 52nd United States secretary of the Interior, traveled to Utah on a four-day fact-finding mission. A Montana native and former Navy SEAL, Zinke carries himself with the sort of distinctly American brand of swagger that Donald Trump, who favors Cabinet picks “out of central …
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ZZ Top‘sBilly Gibbons detailed a new solo album, The Big Bad Blues, out September 21st via Concord Records. He previewed the LP with a cover of blues legend Muddy Waters‘ “Rollin’ and Tumblin’.” Gibbons adopts his signature guitar tone throughout the track, utilizing bent-note fills and smoky chords over a …
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There are a lot of things that Billy Joel couldn’t possibly have imagined when he first played Madison Square Garden on December 14th, 1978. He couldn’t have imagined that 40 years later he’d sit on the same stage with his three-year-old daughter in his lap while the venue hoisted a …
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Eric Church steals more music than a college kid on Napster in the new music video for “Desperate Man.” But Church is doing it the old-fashioned way: swiping the master tapes and hitting the road in a cinematic heist. With camera shots and scenes that evoke such crime capers as …
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