Frank Iero of Frank Iero & The Future Violents performs during the Vans Warped Tour 25th Anniversary on 20 July 2019 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero has said he “may not be a lesbian in the classical sense” much to the confusion of the internet.
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Mary Wilson, the Supremes co-founder who sang in the group until its split, has died suddenly at home in Las Vegas, Associated Press reports. No cause of death was given. She was 76 years old. Born in Greenville, Mississippi, in 1944, Wilson grew up in Chicago and later Detroit. She formed the Primettes, a vocal
Eladio Carríon has shared his new video with J Balvin for “TATA,” the latest single from his new album Monarca. Check it out below. Carríon released Monarca in January; it features guest spots from Lunay, Natanael Cano, and more. J Balvin released his last LP Colores in March; it won Best Urban Music Album at
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There’s an unsettling vibe to the first thirty-five seconds of “Elephant Park,” the opening track in Foley Age by Bloom’s Taxonomy, but it has almost nothing to do with the melody forming in this introduction. The pace of the music as it unfolds is tension-inducing beyond compare, and with every passing moment it feels like the synths are
Lil Yachty, who’s immersed himself in the Michigan rap scene, has shared a new song featuring a number of the state’s up-and-coming artists. The track, “Royal Rumble,” features Dc2Trill, Detroit’s Babyface Ray and Icewear Vezzo, and Flint’s Krispylife Kidd, RMC Mike, and Rio Da Yung OG. Check out the video, made by AMD Visuals, below.
Jazmine Sullivan and Eric Church teamed up at Super Bowl 2021 tonight at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, where they performed the National Anthem together ahead of the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Watch that go down below. “We come from two very different backgrounds, (but) I find
The Weeknd pulled out all the stops for his much-anticipated Super Bowl 2021 Halftime Show performance. He arrived on a set that appeared to have a Vegas-style skyline alongside a choir performing in red goggles (like a bunch of Mothmen). Watch footage from the performance below. He opened with “Starboy” and “The Hills.” When he
Phoebe Bridgers was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live last night (February 6), which was hosted by Dan Levy. For her career-first SNL performance, the singer-songwriter performed “Kyoto” and “I Know the End” from her Grammy-nominated album Punisher. She ended the latter by smashing her guitar against her stage monitor. Watch it all go down
Fucked Up have released new music, an addition to their long-running zodiac series called Year of the Horse. It’s dedicated to Iron Age guitarist Wade Allison and Power Trip singer Riley Gale—the Texas thrash musicians who died within weeks of each other last year. Listen to it below. The band began the zodiac series in
Wolf Alice singer Ellie Rowsell has shared a story of her own experience meeting Marilyn Manson while tweeting out her solidarity with the shock rocker’s ex-girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood. “I met Marilyn backstage at a festival a few years ago. After his compliments towards my band became more and more hyperbolic I became suspicious of
H.E.R. was the musical guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night (Februrary 4). She performed her new single “Fight for You,” which appears in Shaka King’s new film Judas and the Black Messiah. Watch H.E.R. perform the track with a full band below. “Fight for You” was nominated for Best Original Song
Fresh off his Vampire Weekend reinterpretation “2021 (In the Space Between Two Pieces of Wood),” Los Angeles musician and producer Sam Gendel has announced a new album: Fresh Bread is out February 26 via Leaving. The 52-track, genre-spanning album includes solo work from Gendel, as well as contributions from players like Daniel Aged, Carlos Niño,
SoundCloud is reportedly looking into a new direct payment system on its platform that would allow music fans to pay artists for their work directly, according to a new report from Billboard that cites “multiple sources close to the situation.” The company is reportedly still “exploring several alternative streaming payout models,” with one source indicating
The FMs have released their highly anticipated new music video “Silent City (Ghost Stories Redux)” worldwide. Oddly prophetic, the song was written a year ago by frontthem Matte Namer about a pandemic hitting NYC and forcing everyone to stay inside. During the month of April, The FMs shot a music video for Silent City, being
The ReWlettes have just released their highly anticipated new cover video for the hit song “To Sir, with Love.” This new video release in partnership with the Zest Radio Show will benefit Feed The Children. Send The ReWlettes “To Sir, with Love” music video to your teachers in appreciation for all they do! When you
Universal Music Group has pulled its catalog from TikTok rival app Triller. A UMG spokesperson issued the following statement: “We will not work with platforms that do not value artists. Triller has shamefully withheld payments owed to our artists and refuses to negotiate a license going forward. We have no alternative except to remove our music
Chicago artist Polo G is back with a new song. “GNF (OKOKOK)” features a shoutout to late rapper Pop Smoke. The track arrives with a Cole Bennett directed visual. Check it out below. “GNF (OKOKOK)” was written by Polo G and produced by WIZARDMCE and Varohl. It follows Polo’s recent solo single “Epidemic,” which landed