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Elton John Recalls Surprising Iggy Pop Onstage — in a Gorilla Costume
As Sir Elton John, one of the most fabulously attired performers in rock ‘n’ roll history, prepares for his farewell tour, everyone is wondering what he’s going to wear....
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Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova: ‘Things Are Not That Different for Our 2 Countries’
“Things are not that different, surprisingly, for our countries,” muses Nadya Tolokonnikova, leader of notorious Russian feminist punk/art collective Pussy Riot. “It’s not the easiest time right now, and...
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Brian May Talks Politics: ‘We’re Not Heading in the Direction of Compassion’
Sitting with Yahoo and poring over his glossy new coffee table book, Queen in 3-D, guitar god and stereoscopic photography enthusiast Brian May pauses on page 88, gazing at...
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RuPaul Talks Punk, Politics, and Pulse: ‘Most People Are Still Living in the Dark Ages’
RuPaul Charles’s days in Wee Wee Pole, the band he fronted when he was a fixture on Atlanta’s early-’80s queer new wave/punk scene, are long gone. And lamentably, he...
Elly Jackson is better known as the flame-quiffed electropop ice queen La Roux, and she’s also well-known for taking her sweet (or bittersweet) time between albums. For instance, it took...
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This past weekend, I made two visits to the legendary Hollywood Bowl to see two bands that, in different ways, I once believed I would never get the chance to see...
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It’s record-release week for Atlanta’s rising pop ‘n’ soul quintet Penelope Road, and they’re sitting at Studio City’s Licorice Pizza Records, where they’ve just unboxed the vinyl for their debut...
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I am surprised and thrilled to announce that I have received 12 nominations at the Los Angeles Press Club’s 19th annual National Arts & Entertainment Awards, including Independent Online Journalist of the Year!...
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Al Jourgensen once famously said every day is Halloween. But that it’s not every day that the infamous Ministry founder/frontman/leader, or any rock star, grants an interview quite like this....
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Many years ago in Portland, childhood friends Adam Wallace and Jason Miller were capturing their dance routines to Technotronic’s “Pump Up the Jam” and other MTV hits of the age...
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Canadian singer-songwriter Johnny Orlando may only be 23 years old, but he’s already a showbiz veteran. He made his debut as a YouTube sensation at the tender age of 8...
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One music critic recently described powerpop legend Bleu’s Sargeant Pepper Grinder as one of the best albums ever made about grief, but it’s not exactly Sufjan Stevens’s Carrie & Lowell,...
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“The very first thing you hear when you play the album is a soundbowl, and it’s in the frequency of love. Literally. It’s 528 Hertz,” says R&B diva and singer-songwriter...
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The Black Crowes have been enjoying quite a renaissance as of late. Since the Southern rock band’s famously feuding Robinsons patched things up in 2019 — a sibling rock reunion...
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