No Doubt
Olivia Rodrigo Covers No Doubt’s ‘Just a Girl’ in Philadelphia
Olivia Rodrigo continues to pay tribute to her influences while on tour. The teen pop superstar covered No Doubt’s 1995 classic “Just a Girl” at her shows at the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia over the weekend, days after she was photographed with No Doubt frontwoman Gwen Stefani at the Met Gala in New York. Rodrigo’s performance is energetic and driving, delivering the urgency and angst of “Just a Girl” to an audience that likely wasn’t even alive during its heyday. [embedded content][embedded content] During the Sour tour, Rodrigo has incorporated several covers of hits from her alternative pop predecessors, including Veruca Salt’s “Seether” and Avril Lavigne’s “Complicated.” The North American leg of the Sour tour will continue through May 27, ending in San Fransisco. Rod...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Alaska Thunderfuck 5000
Name Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 Best known for Being from outer space, beauty, glamour, fashion, nails, naturally platinum blonde hair, a body that defies the laws of physics. Current city Los Angeles, CA. Really want to be in Right here, right now. Or maybe in a bar in Pittsburgh. Excited about My upcoming Extra Special Comedy Special [which premiered] April 15 on Out TV USA and coming to a city near you post-pandemic. My current music collection has a lot of Patti LaBelle… Aqua. And a little bit of ‘60s doo-wop and songs where the guys are baritones but they sing really high. Don’t judge me for I’m not ashamed of any of my music because all music is beautiful and lovely. But I am not ashamed to say that I waited about six months for my clear vinyl Lady Gaga Chromatica album to arrive in the...
Gwen Stefani Releases First New Original Song in Four Years
Gwen Stefani is back. The No Doubt singer/The Voice judge released her first new song in four years. Titled “Let Me Reintroduce Myself,” the song, well, Stefani’s way of cheekily saying that she’s back after that fairly lengthy layoff. The only material she’d done since 2016’s This Is What the Truth Feels Like was 2017’s You Make It Feel Like Christmas. “Let Me Reintroduce Myself” is bouncy and reggae-tinged, as the singer herself noted in a statement. “This song is a way of saying I’m back with new music. It’s a fun, lighthearted song, because I got inspired and hopefully to bring a little bit of joy. The idea was to write a song that had a bit of a nostalgic feeling to it, so I think musically it reminds you of back in the day, going back to where I started music...
The Most Influential Artists: #35 No Doubt
As part of our 35th-anniversary, we’re naming the most influential artists of the past 35 years. Today, we’re at #35. From Anaheim, California, here’s No Doubt. CREDIT: Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images Disneyland, the Angels, NAMM, Orange County — for most people, that’s all that came to mind when thinking of Anaheim, and even that was a stretch. Enter No Doubt. Though they’d been peripherally circling the L.A. major label scene for a few years, Gwen Stefani kicked past the Orange Curtain and picked up where Mike Ness and Social Distortion left off, bringing OC to the masses. Stefani introduced a new type of frontwoman that would be often replicated, but never duplicated, in the years to come. Beginning with their third studio album, Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt set the standard for ska-blending p...
The 50 Best Songs of the Year 2000
The year 2000 looms large in pop culture history: the Y2k non-scare, the Seinfeld “Newmannium” episode, the “In the Year 2000″ sketch from Conan O’Brien’s original late-night show, the Hulu series PEN15. And just like, say, the grunge-defined 1991, the year immediately conjures specific sounds: gleaming teen-pop, earnest radio rock, the Neptunes and Timbaland. There’s never a bad time to revisit this music. But in the middle of a pandemic, with America on the verge of collapse, it feels extra comforting — a blast of nostalgia for a time when you could safely exit your home, visit your local mall’s Sam Goody and buy Mystikal’s “Shake Ya Ass” CD single. For this list, our only criteria was that the songs appear on albums or soundtracks released in 2000. Here we go. 50. Papa Roach, “Last Reso...
