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Lily Allen Releases ‘West End Girl’ on Butt Plug-Shaped USB Drives: ‘For Data Storage Only’

Lily Allen released her cathartic new album, West End Girl, this past October, exploring themes of betrayal and the end of her four-year marriage to...

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Los Campesinos! Revealed Their 2025 Streaming Revenue, and the Data Is Eye-Opening

Welsh indie band Los Campesinos! has gotten real about their 2025 earnings from streaming platforms. They shared the data in a December 3 social media...

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On This Day in 1997, Dave Navarro Tells Fiona Apple to ‘Have Fun’ by Writing It on the Wall in Blood

In 1997, the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas had a stacked lineup for its December 5 and 6 concerts. The annual charity concert weekend boasted...

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Wrapped or Whacked? Activist Organizations Call for Spotify Boycott During Annual Data Reveal

Spotify Wrapped 2025 dropped on December 3, so, of course, now comes the deluge of social media posts with users comparing their year-long listening...

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On This Day in 1990, the Simpsons Release an Album With Chart-Topping Single ‘Do the Bartman’

December 4, 1990, was a special day for anyone on the ground floor of The Simpsons fandom. Two months after the premiere of season two, the show’s...

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Flea Announces Debut Solo Album in a Distinct Departure From 40-Year Red Hot Chili Peppers Instrument

Red Hot Chili Peppers founding bassist Flea has announced his debut solo album, exploring a jazzy new genre and marking a distinct departure from the...

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Sabrina Carpenter, the Sexual, Chaotic, and Sarcastic Superstar, Says, ‘If You Don’t Like It, It’s Not for You’

Sabrina Carpenter—petite, blonde, pop star extraordinaire—got her start on Disney Channel. She was a staple of many childhoods on Girl Meets...

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David Byrne Has the Perfect Playlist for All You Christmas Music Haters

David Byrne, enigmatic frontman and eclectic curator, is gearing up for the winter season with a playlist of offbeat holiday songs. Titled...

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5 Bands Releasing New Music After Decades-Long Hiatuses

In recent years, these five artists have come back from decades-long hiatuses and released exciting new music. Some have announced new tour dates as...

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Burna Boy Is Fully Covering Funeral Costs for Victims of California Shooting

On November 29, a shooting at a birthday party in Stockton, California, left four young people dead and 11 injured. The victims, ages 8, 9, 14, and...

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Peaches Shares Enticing Details on New Tour and First Album in 10 Years

Peaches recently announced she’ll be embarking on a 2026 tour after the release of her latest album, No Lube So Rude, out on February 20. She added...

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‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Comes With an Immersive Radio Station That Will Send You Back to the 80s

Despite taking nine years to film five seasons, there’s a lot to love about Stranger Things. Personally, I watched the first two seasons, then...

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After the Beatles, Billy Corgan’s Pick for Most Influential 20th-Century Rock Band Might Surprise You

When it comes to the most influential 20th-century rock bands, the list is long and often subjective. But there are usually some common entries that...

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Why Nirvana’s 1991 Top of the Pops Performance Sounded so Different (And Who Kurt Cobain Was Actually Imitating)

The weekly BBC program Top of the Pops showcased popular talent from 1964 until 2006, and was known for its strict control over production. Artists...

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Olivia Dean Secures (Partial) Win Over Ticketmaster Resale Debacle, Urges Artists to Explore Their Options

Presale tickets for Olivia Dean’s 2026 tour quickly sold out on November 18. But a typo on many Ticketmaster listings caused prices to skyrocket...

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WATCH: Post Malone Saddles up for Halftime Show During Chiefs-Cowboys Thanksgiving Day Game

Post Malone took the stage at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, this Thanksgiving afternoon to perform during halftime at the Dallas Cowboys-Kansas...

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The Best Marching Band Performances of This Year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, As Determined by a Former Band Kid

At this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, there were 11 marching bands from all over the country (and even one from Panama). These university...

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Before He Was Performing at the Detroit Halftime Show, Jack White Was Running the Oddest Upholstery Company You’ve Never Heard Of

Detroit native Jack White will take the stage for the Thanksgiving Halftime Show on November 27, during the Detroit Lions game against the Green Bay...

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When I Die, Bury Me With These 10 Albums Like a Pharaoh Surrounded by Treasures

When we make our way into the afterlife after departing from this mortal coil, the one question that really matters won’t be “Were you a good...

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The 1990s Superstars That Made the Red Hot Chili Peppers ‘Nervous,’ Calling Them a ‘Powerful Entity’

The Red Hot Chili Peppers were titans of alternative funk rock in the 90s and 2000s. They initially gained this overwhelming success with the 1991...

26.11.2025 3

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Gojira Frontman Joe Duplantier Suffers Hand Injury That Will Keep Him From Playing Guitar for a While

Gojira are about to go out on a big European tour. Frontman Joe Duplantier won’t be playing guitar for at least part of it, though. Duplantier...

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3 Spacey Prog-Rock Albums From the 90s You’ve Probably Never Heard

When we think prog-rock, we usually think 70s, right? Maybe a little touch of 80s Genesis resurgence? But what about the oft-forgotten 90s? The 90s...

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The One-Album Wonder of Meanstreak, the First All-Girl Thrash Band

Thrash metal was still in its first wave when Meanstreak formed in New York. The genre had already emerged from the 70s European metal scene,...

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Lily Allen’s Cathartic and Revealing Album ‘West End Girl’ Was a ‘Nightmare’ to Hold Onto

Lily Allen released her latest album, West End Girl, this past October, giving fans a revealing look into the end of her four-year marriage to actor...

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Charli XCX Shares Her Thoughts on Absurd and Contradictory Realities of Pop Stardom

In a newly published personal essay, Charli XCX revealed her thoughts about the glamorous yet contradictory realities of pop stardom. The post Charli...

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‘Basically I’m a Monk’: Blur Bassist Alex James Makes Cheese, Booze, and Music

Alex James spent many years as Blur’s bassist, notably through the Battle of Britpop in the 90s, as Blur and Oasis went head-to-head on the charts....

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8 All-Female Bands Who Broke Barriers From 60s Rock and Roll to 90s Grunge

Women belong in rock and roll because they’ve been there since the beginning. Many who focused on rock were shoved aside in the early days of the...

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The Used vs My Chemical Romance: A Crash Course in the 20-Year Feud

By now, word has spread of the decades-long beef between My Chemical Romance and The Used being squashed with a one-off concert in October 2026....

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Terminal Mind’s Forgotten Late-70s Album Proved That Punk Has Always Been Political

Terminal Mind formed in Austin, Texas, in 1978 as part of the first wave of U.S. punk rock. It’s fair to say they were instrumental in shaping the...

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Remembering Linkin Park and Jay-Z’s Unlikely, Record-Breaking Mash-Up Ahead of Its 21st Anniversary

In the fall of 2004, a six-track mash-up EP called Collision Course dropped on an unsuspecting public. Made for the MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups concert...

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Fall Out Boy Came Calling After Glen Powell Shared Moody, Self-Directed Music Video

Longtime Fall Out Boy fans know that when it comes to music videos, the band has never played around. Their decades-long devotion to being as...

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4 Forgotten Punk Albums That Deserve a Reissue, and Some That Already Have

There are many hardcore punk albums that have been lost to time, ending up forgotten by anyone who wasn’t there when the scenes were just...

15.11.2025 3

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Kesha Congratulates Mom Pebe Sebert for Upcoming Debut Album of Original 80s Recordings

Kesha recently shared a congratulatory social media post for her mom, Pebe Sebert, who announced her debut album after decades in the music industry....

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Lady Gaga Feels “Really Lucky To Be Alive” After Going Through a Psychotic Break

Lady Gaga has a reputation as recession pop’s holy mother, raising a generation of Little Monsters with her arthouse-style pop and shifting yet...

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Megadeth’s Final Tour Run Could Last “Three to Five Years,” According to Dave Mustaine

Megadeth is hanging up their instruments and saying goodbye to fans. Eventually. After previously announcing that the band would release one final...

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On This Day in 2005, Green Day Released Their Longest Single, 9-Minute “Jesus of Suburbia”

Green Day released American Idiot in September 2004, electrifying the pop-punk scene and beyond. Some might say they altered the pop culture landscape...

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Portishead Should Not Be on Your Sex Playlist, According to Geoff Barrow

Portishead emerged in 1994 with a highly acclaimed debut album that helped define the amorphous Bristol electronic scene. Decades later, Dummy is...

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Inmate Arrested in Ian Watkins Prison Murder Pleads Not Guilty

One of the inmates arrested after former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins was killed in prison on October 11 has pleaded not guilty. Watkins was...

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Poppy Announces New Album ‘Empty Hands,’ Drops Another Heavy Single

Following the release of her latest solo single, “Unravel,” Poppy has announced an upcoming album titled Empty Hands. Produced and co-written by...

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Sabrina Carpenter to Produce and Star in ‘Alice in Wonderland’-Inspired Musical Film

Sabrina Carpenter is making her return to acting with a musical movie inspired by Alice in Wonderland. The film is still untitled, but Carpenter will...

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Teen Musician Gets Third Arrest for Performing Anti-War Songs in Street Concerts

An 18-year-old street musician has been arrested in Saint Petersburg, Russia, for the third time. Diana Loginova, who performs under the stage name...

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On This Day in 1977, The Sex Pistols Released an Album That Led to a Record Store Prosecution Just for Displaying It

The Sex Pistols may have made only one studio album in their time, but the legacy of Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols remains crucial...

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“Neither of Us Are on the Tape”: So… Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye Didn’t Actually Make an Album Together

On November 4, the hardcore punk world lit up when Henry Rollins of Black Flag seemingly announced a collaborative album with Ian MacKaye of...

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“Reminds Me of Old-School Hip-Hop”: How Zach Bryan’s Fast-Paced Approach to Music Impressed Kings of Leon

Kings of Leon recently surprised fans with a new collection of songs titled EP #2, their first EP in decades, and the first completely self-produced...

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3 Hardcore Punk Bands From the 1990s That Don’t Get As Much Love As They Should

Hardcore punk of the 90s remains a special era for its continued commitment to mainstream inaccessibility and anti-establishmentarianism that...

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3 Types of Mainstream 20th Century Rock Bands Who Would Struggle to Break Through Today

If you like any of these bands a lot, then I’m really sorry for what you might read about them. But also, I stand by these statements, and you...

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‘Enema of the Garden State’: Madi Diaz Covers Blink-182’s 1999 Breakthrough Album in Full

Folk singer-songwriter Madi Diaz released her seventh album, Fatal Optimist, on October 10, to favorable reviews and praise. While she was recording...

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Charli XCX and John Cale Release Gothic, Moody Single “House” From ‘Wuthering Heights’ Soundtrack

If the rest of the upcoming Wuthering Heights soundtrack is like “House”, the first single from Charli XCX featuring John Cale, then this movie...

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Was This Joan Jett-Produced 1979 Album by The Germs the Very First Hardcore Punk LP?

The Germs was a short-lived band in the late 70s who became mythic figures of hardcore punk with only one album, 'GI' from 1979. The post Was This...

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On This Day in 1990, Vanilla Ice Went ‘to the Extreme’ With Record-Breaking, Controversial Debut Album

During the week of November 10, 1990, Vanilla Ice took his debut album, To the Extreme, all the way to the top of the Billboard 200. The album...

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