Music

Austin City Limits has announced the first half of its new season. The 47th season of the long-running live-music series kicks off October 2nd with an hour devoted to Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall, and Jack Ingram and their collaborative album The Marfa Tapes. Ahead of the premiere, ACL debuted Lambert, …

Megan Thee Stallion hopped on the remix of BTS‘ disco-pop hit “Butter,” contributing a breezy, end-rhyme heavy verse that namedrops Stevie Wonder and Hubba Bubba gum. “Smooth like cocoa butter/My drip more than a puddle,” she raps. “They know that I’m the wave/Take over every summer.” BTS originally released “Butter” …

In the fall of 1994, Chad Smith was in the middle of a soundcheck at the Rose Bowl, where the Red Hot Chili Peppers were about to open for the Rolling Stones, when his drum tech started gesturing to him with his head. “I look over and he was giving …

The baby — now man — who appears on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind has filed a lawsuit against the band and others involved in the photograph, claiming the image constitutes child pornography. Spencer Elden, now 30, claimed in a suit that the defendants involved “knowingly produced, possessed, and advertised …

UPDATE #2 (8/23): Slipknot’s Corey Taylor said he’s “out of the woods” and recovering well after testing positive for Covid-19. In a video shared on Twitter, Taylor said he’s still positive, but no longer grappling with Covid symptoms like aches and a high fever (though he was still a little …

Common has announcedA Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2, the follow-up album to 2020’s A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1. The album is is available for preorder now ahead of its September 10th release date. “A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2 was created with hope and inspiration in mind,” Common said in a statement. …

Nature Sounds has released a new track, “Vice Grip,” from late Blackalicious rapper Gift of Gab. The song will appear on the MC’s upcoming posthumous album, Finding Inspiration Somehow, out September 10th. “Vice Grip” finds Gift of Gab at his loquacious best, rolling over a booming beat produced by Nick …

The upcoming week of memorial concerts in Nashville for the late John Prine will require a vaccine to gain entry. Prine’s family made the announcement on Tuesday, but unlike recent national tours adapting to rising Covid-19 cases, the October concerts are presently not making any exceptions to their vaccine requirement. …

Dead & Company are the latest act to enforce proof of vaccination at their upcoming 2021 tour, which kicks off next week in Raleigh, North Carolina. Attendees must provide either proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test within 48 hours of the shows. The band has also gone a …

Goth rock greats Bauhaus have announced their first NFT collection, which was made in collaboration with cryptoartist Coldie. The collection arrives Tuesday, August 10th, via Nifty Gateway. The series comprises three unique 3D NFTs. The first is described as a “stereoscopic 3D anaglyph collage” of the artwork that accompanied the …