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On This Day in History: October 2, 1945 – Don McLean, the Iconic Singer-Songwriter, Is Born On October 2, 1945, one of America’s most beloved singer-songwriters, Don McLean, was born in New Rochelle, New York. Known best for his timeless classic, “American Pie,” McLean’s music has left an indelible mark on the landscape of American […]
Yo La Tengo have been doing a Hanukkah Residency at New York’s Bowery Ballroom. Last night, they brought out a bunch of Ramones covers, including an opening instrumental of “Blitzkrieg Bop” and encore performances of “Rockaway Beach,” “I Can’t Make It On Time,” “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker,” “Loudmouth,” and “I Wanna Be Sedated.” The […]
Just last month, Journey guitarist Neal Schon sued bandmate Jonathan Cain, accusing him of blocking access to “critical” financial records. Now, adding to the band’s myriad legal battles, Schon has hit Cain with a cease-and-desist order over a gig Cain performed at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago last month. According to Variety, Cain performed Journey’s “Don’t Stop […]
Hello Gummers! What an incredible year for music of all shapes and sizes it has been. After spending no small amount of time in the depths of the comment section this week, Dansolo and I are proud to bring you the results of this year’s Comment Section Album of the Year results. As usual, there […]
The last entry in Weezer’s seasonal EP series is here. After dropping Spring, Summer, and Autumn installments, the band has graced us with SZNZ: Winter in honor of today’s solstice. Source link
In recent months, Madison Square Garden and its affiliated venues have used facial recognition technology to remove multiple lawyers from the premises because they’re employed by firms in active litigation against MSG. In a statement to Rolling Stone, a rep for Madison Square Garden Entertainment confirmed that in recent months the company adopted a policy […]
Antionne Brodnax, a Virginia rapper who performs under the name Bugzie The Don, sat for a photo shoot during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, then used an image from that session as the cover art for his album The Capital. (We are not sure if the misspelling of Capitol was intentional there.) Now, […]
Mac DeMarco is back with his annual Christmas release, continuing a tradition that has previously brought us renditions of “I’ll Be Home For Christmas,” “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” “The Christmas Song,” and “Wonderful Christmastime.” This time DeMarco has chosen to cover “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” in loose, loungey style. […]
The third night of Yo La Tengo’s Hannukah residency at Bowery Ballroom featured another awesome assortment of covers and guests. After an assist from Steve Shelley earlier this week, his Sonic Youth bandmate Lee Ranaldo played much of Tuesday’s show with YLT, including a suitably loud and droning cover of the Velvet Underground’s “Run Run […]
The band’s second set began with Finn performing “Blankets” from his 2019 solo album I Need A New War, then sticking around for runs through Warren Zevon’s “Play It All Night Long” and John Hiatt’s “Walk On.” (You may recall that in 2018 the Drugs covered a different Zevon song with Finn.) Finn returned at […]
