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Skrillex Plots ‘Skrillex Takeovers’ in Multiple Cities

Superstar EDM artist Skrillex is taking his concert experience to the next level in 2014 with a series of shows he’s calling “Skrillex Takeovers” The concept finds Skrillex curating a series of shows at different venues over the course of a few days in San Francisco Brooklyn Amsterdam and Barcelona The…

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R. Kelly Streams ‘Black Panties’ Early

R Kelly’s new album Black Panties is streaming now on ItemVN It will come out officially on December 10th Watch R Kelly Sing Ridiculous Sex Songs Earlier this year Kelly said that the album will find him returning to the sexually charged R&B that was his calling card in the early Nineties as opposed to…

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Meet the Folk Singer Who Inspired ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’

People who were close to Dave Van Ronk the Greenwich Village folk-blues-jazz institution had a feeling someone might be making a movie inspired by his life A few years ago Elijah Wald who co-wrote Van Ronk’s posthumous memoir The Mayor of MacDougal Street heard that an unnamed filmmaker had optioned…

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Josh Homme Jams With Reggie Watts on ‘Taxidermy Love’

If there’s one subject that’s underrepresented in popular music it’s the love a person can feel for taxidermy Josh Homme and Reggie Watts are doing their part to change that in a new “Reggie Makes Music” webisode accompanying the IFC series Comedy Bang! Bang! See Photos of Reggie Watts in His…

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9 Bombshells From Joe Jonas’ Revealing Interview

In late October the Jonas Brothers called it quits after cancelling a tour We surmised that there were a few good reasons this was a smart move — mainly because they’re currently in musical world purgatory where they’re not scoring hits but still too fresh to tap their fans on…

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Beatles Get a Mindblowing Tribute

The holidays are packed with live music traditions from New York’s Jingle Ball to Phish’s New Years Eve runs On a smaller scale more than two dozen of New England’s top artists gather every Thanksgiving weekend in Portland Maine for Beatles Night an arena-size set leaning heavily on late-period songs…

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RZA Honors Paul Walker With ‘Destiny Bends’

Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA has just released a song he wrote in honor of Paul Walker the Fast & Furious actor who died in a car accident Saturday The four-minute vocal ballad titled “Destiny Bends” features singer Will Wells and it begins with the rapper dedicating the song to Walker…

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Life-Size Lady Gaga Dolls Coming Soon

Just in time for your holiday wishlists a Japanese company introduced prototypes of a “Gagadoll” yesterday in Toyko The figures are life-size replicas of Lady Gaga inspired by her Artpop album that the company has dressed in fittingly flamboyant outfits such as a dress made of Japanese newspaper and her…

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Nine Inch Nails Superfan Andrew Youssef Dead at 38

Andrew Youssef a concert photographer and writer who chronicled his battle with cancer for OC Weekly died Saturday the California alt-weekly reported He was 38 Youssef was a devout Nine Inch Nails fan who drew attention last month when Trent Reznor called him onstage from a concert in Las Vegas…

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Standells Drummer and Singer Dick Dodd Dead at 68

Dick Dodd singer and drummer for garage rockers the Standells died on Friday at the age of 68 The band was best known for its 1966 hit “Dirty Water” which became an unofficial anthem for the city of Boston and its sports teams Dodd who was born in Hermosa Beach California…

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