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Peel Sessions From Nirvana, David Bowie, Siouxsie and the Banshees Organized Online
Disc jockey John Peel was a music institution for almost four decades, highlighting influential bands and underground sounds on his BBC Radio 1 program. The shows featured over 4,000 in-studio sessions from over 2,000 artists — captured from 1967 up through his death in 2004. A good chunk of those recordings are floating around YouTube, but it’s exhausting trying to wade through them all. Now, thanks to blogger David Strickland, that process just got a whole lot easier. Over at his “Formally Known as the Bollocks” blog, Strickland is rounding up an exhaustive, alphabetized list of the Peel sessions available online — at least 1,000 so far. Highlights include two Nirvana performances (1990 and 1991), David Bowie’s 1972 recording with the Spiders from Mars, five sets from Siouxsie and the Ba...
Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Covers Nirvana’s ‘Heart-Shaped Box’ on Piano
Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo is a self-proclaimed Nirvana super-fan, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that he covered one of that band’s signature tracks, “Heart-Shaped Box,” during quarantine. The performance, which originated from a Zoom session hosted for fans, finds the songwriter stripping back the heavy In Utero rocker to a quiet solo piano ballad. Decked out in a tank top and seated next to a massive plant, he plucks out the chords and nails the track’s verse-to-chorus dynamic shift — even replicating the guitar solo melody. Cuomo has gushed about his Nirvana obsession in the past, telling Rolling Stone in 2014, “In some ways, I feel like I was Nirvana’s biggest fan in the Nineties. I’m sure there are a zillion people who would make that claim, but I was just so passionately in lo...
The Black Keys Cancel Summer Tour
A few weeks after canceling their Canadian tour, the Black Keys have pulled the plug on their summer U.S. tour. Considering that the COVID-19 pandemic is still raging and only a couple of states have allowed live music to resume, it seems like a sensible decision. Add to that that Live Nation is only gradually opening up small venues, playing a summer tour at an amphitheater in front of tens of thousands of people would be negligent. “We are very disappointed to let you know the U.S. Let’s Rock Summer tour is no longer happening. We were looking forward to seeing you all out there, but the health and safety of our fans and crew has to take priority. We hope to see you all soon. Please stay safe!” the band said in a statement. The...
‘Rise Up New York!’ Telethon: The 10 Best Moments
“We care about our neighbors, and that’s why we want to help.” New York native and acting legend Robert De Niro kicked off Robin Hood and iHeartMedia’s Rise Up New York! telethon on Monday (May 11) with that simple reasoning about why the benefit show was happening. Since the coronavirus began spreading across the nation earlier this year, New York City has been the hardest hit, becoming the epicenter of the pandemic with more than 26,000 deaths to date and too many jobs lost. The telethon, hosted by Tina Fey from 30 Rockefeller Plaza, featured numerous famous faces with New York ties, from musicians to Broadway stars to chefs and beyond. Each offered messages of hope and urged viewers to donate to help the people of New York get back on their feet after the devasta...
‘The Voice’ Contestant Joanna Serenko Spreads the Love With Uplifting ‘Lean on Me’ Performance
Joanna Serenko has had a tough journey on The Voice, most recently escaping elimination last week as the instant-save contestant. Now, in the semifinals and on Team Blake, the 19-year-old stepped up to plate with a performance of the late Bill Withers‘ classic, “Lean on Me.” Like last week, to follow precautions amid the coronavirus pandemic, Serenko performed the tune at home. The scenery fit perfectly with the loving, supportive tone of the song, as the singer was surrounded by lush woodlands and bohemian furniture. After former coach Nick Jonas told Serenko that he “totally believes in the artist that [she] is,” Blake Shelton couldn’t help but dig the knife of losing such a talented contestant a little deeper. “Nick I hate to be such a stic...
Hayley Williams Leads Midweek U.K. Chart With Solo Debut ‘Petals For Armor’
Hayley Williams is out front in the race to the U.K. chart title. The Paramore frontwoman’s debut solo album Petals For Armor (Atlantic) leads the midweek chart, with an advantage of 1,100 chart sales over its nearest rival, D-Day Darlings’ I’ll Remember You (Sony Music CG), according to the Official Charts Company. Williams has tasted the high life on two previous occasions with her alternative rock outfit, bagging No. 1 with Brand New Eyes in 2009 and with Paramore’s self-titled 2013 set. Petals For Armor was the best-selling album in the U.K. on CD and vinyl over the weekend, the OCC reports. The most downloaded album at the midweek stage is I’ll Remember You, the debut LP from the Britain’s Got Talent alum D-Day Darlings. The set originally dropped in November 2018, peaking at No....
Bon Iver’s New Release ‘Please Don’t Live in Fear’ Raises Funds for Coronavirus Relief: Stream It Now
Justin Vernon’s Bon Iver is throwing its support behind COVID-19 relief efforts with “PDLIF (Please Don’t Live in Fear),” which premiered Monday (May 11) on the Direct Relief website. “PDLIF” was cut in self-isolation and “serves as a subtle reminder that, though apart, we’re never alone; the importance of collaboration and community remains as strong as ever,” a statement from the band reads. The chilled-out Bon Iver release marks the first time a music video has premiered on the site for Direct Relief, a humanitarian aid organization that’s working to protect workers and patients and is active in all 50 U.S. states and more than 80 countries. The Grammy-winning indie outfit is donating 100% of all proceeds of the track to Direct Relief‘s COVID-19 response. Like every other to...
Tory Lanez Reacts To Having His IG Live Record Beaten By Tekashi 6nitch9ine
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz After holding the title of most viewers in a live with his ultra hype Quarantine Radio, Tory Lanez‘s viewership record was annihilated by self-proclaimed “King of the Rats” Tekashi 6ix9ine. On Friday (May 8), notorious informant Tekashi 6ix9ine made his return to the music scene by dropping his first post-prison single, “GOOBA,” with visuals. Despite his criminal status, 6ix9ine’s music video reportedly beat a Youtube record previously set by Eminem in 2018, by amassing more than 98 million views in two days. As if fans couldn’t be more obsessed, 6ix9ine also conducted a record-breaking Instagram live session that same day after racking up a whopping 2 million viewers at one point, demolishing the record Tory set last month with 300K during Drake‘s a...
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The Real Deal: Evander Holyfield Would Fight Mike Tyson But Isn’t In A Rush [Video]
Source: NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 29: Retired boxing champion Mike Tyson attends the 2016 US Open Opening Night held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 29, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Getty Images) As Mike Tyson continues to train it is no surprise some of his fiercest competitors are in the rumor mill as possible contenders. One of his fiercest opponents is now considering the opportunity. As spotted on TMZ the Brooklyn native is actively sparing in effort to sharpen his boxing skills back up. So much so that he has a serious itch to return to the squared circle. Last week Iron Mike shared a brief clip on his Instagram that proved that he is far from a slouch. The visuals show him throwing punches at a fast speed and from the looks of his c...
Styles P “Time,” Moneybagg Yo “Me Vs Me” & More | Daily Visuals 5.11.20
Last week we got some long awaited work from Yonker’s finest trio, The LOX, and while we love what the three-man group provides when together, we’re not opposed to anyone of them going solo for a minute either. Such is the case today as Styles P comes through with some visuals for his own cut “Time” in which he highlights his hood by the hill and reminds viewers of the struggle he came from that molded him into the G he is today. Moneybagg Yo meanwhile seems to be enjoying the fruits of his labor as he flaunts bricks of cash in the driver side of his drop top for his clip to “Me Vs Me.” Wearing gloves while handling all that paper. Smart and responsible thinking, b. Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints you might’ve missed over the weekend including work from Yella Beezy and ...
Bryan Adams Blames Coronavirus on People Not Going Vegan
A decidedly not-in-“Heaven” Bryan Adams took to Instagram tonight to condemn *puts on glasses* “fucking bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making greedy bastards” for the cancellation of his intended Royal Albert Hall shows in London this week so that “the whole world now is on hold.” That certainly cuts like… some kind of sharp object. But wait, there’s more: “My message to them other than ‘thanks a fucking lot’ is go vegan.” These are decidedly not the best days of Adams’ life. Read the entire post below and either give this man an “amen” or enjoy your dinner of bratwurst.
On the Heels of ‘Level of Concern,’ Twenty One Pilots’ Tyler Joseph Says a New Album Is Coming Soon
Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots curated an “At Home With” playlist for Apple Music today (May 11) and dissected his picks with Zane Lowe while discussing what’s cued up next for him. Before the Ohio-based duo hit No. 1 again on Billboard‘s Alternative Songs airplay chart (dated May 9) with “Level of Concern,” Joseph disclosed there was a do-or-die pressure to put it out. “We really tasked everyone, all of our partners and everyone that helped us release this with, ‘Hey this needs to come out right now or it’s not coming out,'” he told Lowe in the interview. “I can’t tell you how many emails I got just from the Atlantic office that were saying, ‘Thank you for this because this is a reason for...
