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1. Bruno Mars In A ‘Romantic’ Mood With New LP

   Bruno Mars will release an as-yet-untitled new single on Friday (Jan. 9), which will be the first taste..

2. Robyn Readies ‘Sexistential’ For March Release

   Robyn will finally break a nearly eight-year album hiatus on March 27 with...

3. Pat Smear To Miss Foo Fighters Shows After Breaking Foot

   Longtime Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear will miss three of the band's upcoming shows after...

4. Cameron Crowe Will Say Anything

   When you’ve led a life like Cameron Crowe, you’re bound to keep everything. Backstage passes from touring with Led Zeppelin in 1973. Four hours of tapes from an interview with Pete Townshend at the Quadrophenia tour kickoff the same year. A legendary note from Gregg Allman written on Miyako Hotel letterhead in which he threatened […]

5. WILD WOMAN

   “My hand broke, ‘coz I was trying to keep my head from hitting the metal,” says Amanda Shires, wildcat of alt-country-rock. She splays her claws and runs a finger up the damage zone. “Feel any different playing instruments after?” I ask. After all, she’s been a pro-fiddler since joining the Texas Playboys at 15. “Yeah, […]

6. Pavement Returning To Action At Mosswood Meltdown Pre-Party

   In a surprise move, the band will be back in action July 17 at a pre-party for the Mosswood Meltdown festival.

7. Governors Ball Grooves With Lorde, Rocky, Stray Kids

   Lorde, A$AP Rocky and Stray Kids will delight the throngs at the Governors Ball festival from June 5-7 at..

8. THE PRODIGIOUS SON

   A quarter century since the passing of his father — beloved Cockney poet, punk, and actor Ian Dury — there is much that unites the sound of vocalist-composer Baxter Dury to his dad. And more that does not. Especially now that Baxter’s dry, witty brand of sing-speak is married to the bubbling-over electronic music of […]

9. Turnstiles Frontman Talks Surprise Billy Joel Performance

   Billy Joel has been off the road since last February while recovering from the brain disorder normal pressure hydrocephalus, but the 76-year-old ailing music legend stunned fans on Jan. 2 in Wellington, Fla., when, with the help of a cane, he walked onstage to join the longtime Joel tribute band Turnstiles and perform his songs […]

10. A$AP Rocky Enlists Winona Ryder, Thundercat For ‘Punk’ Video

    The accompanying video stars Winona Ryder, Danny Elfman, Thundercat and A$AP Nast.