Bruce Springsteen‘s ongoing live archives series finally landed on his 2002/03 Rising tour with the release of Helsinki, Finland June 16th, 2003. The show came nearly a year into the Rising tour and features classics like “Born in the U.S.A.,” “Prove It All Night” and “Badlands” mixed in with Rising …
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Riding the MTA in late-capitalist-era New York can be a terrifying experience — particularly if the straphanger next to you is a literal member of the undead. This is one of the main takeaways from post-punk band Pill’s new video for “Midtown,” from their upcoming second album, Soft Hell. The …
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The Lumineers unveiled a stripped-down cover of Tom Petty‘s “Walls” to mark the one-year anniversary of the rocker’s death. The track finds the Lumineers deftly transforming Petty’s ramshackle 1996 rocker into a simple folk-stomper, bolstered by acoustic guitar, accordion and tambourine. Lumineers singer and guitarist Wesley Schultz cloaks his vocals …
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Led Zeppelin began recording their debut eponymous album in the fall of 1968 and to mark the 50th anniversary of the occasion they released a number of streaming items. As Led Zeppelin News reports, alongside the announced streams there is also an unexpected “album” comprising new interview clips from surviving …
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After wrapping their expansive touring in support ofHug of Thunder, Broken Social Scene is back with the new single “Old Dead Young.”Hug of Thunder was the veteran indie rock outfit’s first album in seven years. “Old Dead Young” was written during the sessions forHug of Thunderand features guest vocals from …
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John Lennon, George Harrison and the Plastic Ono Band record “How Do You Sleep?” together in the studio in never-before-seen footage from the upcoming Ultimate Collection reissue of Lennon’s 1971 album Imagine. The video for “How Do You Sleep? (Takes 5 & 6, Raw Studio Mix Out-take),” a “looser, funkier” …
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“We’ve never had so much attention,” says Willie Nelson. He’s sitting on his bus, the Honeysuckle Rose, parked outside the Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Nelson, animated and full of laughs, is killing time hitting a weed pen and sipping coffee before performing“Summer Wind” from My Way, his moving new …
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Kelly Clarkson, Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon joined with the Roots and an iPad app to cut an off-the-cuff version of the doo-wop single “Earth Angel,” originally recorded by thePenguins in 1954. After figuring out how to use the app correctly — “You’re such a dad right now,” Clarkson quipped …
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Industrial metal stalwarts Ministry will embark on a North American tour this fall in support of their new album, AmeriKKKant. The trek kicks off November 21st at the Warfield in San Francisco, California and includes stops in Denver, Detroit, Toronto, Washington, D.C., New York City, Dallas, Phoenix and more. The …
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When Dilly Dally’s Katie Monks and Liz Ball met, they were just two ninth graders living in the suburbs of Toronto. But in their minds, they were already a badass rock duo like Axl and Slash, Steven and Joe, Mick and Keith. To them, rock and roll glory was so …
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