When Fred Armisen began putting together his 2018 Netflix special Standup for Drummers, the last thing he expected to come out of it was a Grammy nomination. After all, as the title clearly states, this was a comedy show where the vast majority of the jokes were specifically about the …
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Daryl Dragon, the keyboard-playing “Captain” of Seventies hitmakers Captain and Tennille, died at a hospice in Prescott, Arizona on Wednesday. Associated Press reports the cause of death as renal failure. He was 76. As Captain and Tennille, Dragon and his then-wife Toni Tennille scored a string of catchy, easy-rolling hits …
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Joy Division formed in the summer of 1976 after bassist Peter Hook and guitarist Bernard Sumner felt the spark to start a band after seeing the Sex Pistols. They put out two full-lengths of icy, bass-driven post-punk before the band ended in 1980 after frontman Ian Curtis died by suicide. …
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James Corden recruited a who’s who of pop music to ring in the holiday season on a special edition of his recurring Late Late Show segment, “Carpool Karaoke.” “It’s not even cold outside,” Cardi B tells the festively dressed host as the bells kick in for a rendition of “Christmas …
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Pusha T has been vocal about his disdain for the Trump presidency. In an interview with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show, the Grammy-nominated artist shared how Kanye West‘s support of the President affected the creation of Daytona. “He doesn’t anymore. He stopped. He stopped, though. He stopped,” Push exclaimed …
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Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Bad Bunny will embark on a headlining tour of North America next spring. The 14-date trek kicks off March 14th at the Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania and includes stops in Portland, Oregon, Tacoma, Washington, Dallas, Texas, Orlando, Florida and more. The run wraps April 27th …
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Brandi Carlile remembers exactly where she was when she came up with “Party of One.” “I was drunk. I was listening to [Joni Mitchell’s] Blue in the hayloft of my barn, and I was feeling an insane amount of pressure to make my domestic life work, more pressure than a …
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The Grammy nominations are out and it’s a rapper-heavy affair. This yearat music’s most prestigious awards ceremony, the three artists with the most nominations all belong to the genre: Kendrick Lamar (8), Drake (7) and Boi-1da (6). Six out of the top 10 artists with the most nominations are either …
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Patti Smith has never shied away from life’s tragic side. But when she calls up Rolling Stone in October, she’s in an upbeat mood. “On the road, they have these LG televisions and when you turn them on, it says: Life Is Good. I love that,” Smith says. “Actually, I …
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The 1975‘s Matty Healy is one of the most open interview subjects in music right now — ask him virtually anything and he’ll respond with his thoughts, and lots of them. “Maybe I just have a fast-moving mind,” the singer recently told Rolling Stone. “Not a particularly good or bad …
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