The New York Times on Friday published a full-page ad featuring 160 young artists and influencers advocating for reproductive freedom, including abortion rights. They oppose the Supreme Court’s plan to overturn Roe v. Wade and end the U.S. constitutional right to an abortion, laid out in a recent leaked draft opinion. As part of Planned…… MORE
Lorde has launched an exclusive artist-curated station on Sonos Radio. Fans can tune-in to Solarsystym to hear a selection of songs and stories that influenced Lorde, as well as clips of the New Zealand pop singer-songwriter looking back at her life and career. Lorde’s curated station gives listeners a candid and unvarnished look at her…… MORE
The freedom education and human rights project John Brown Lives! will honor Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello with the Spirit of John Brown Freedom Award. Choreographer Tiffany Rea-Fisher and visual artist Karen Davidson Seward are the other recipients of the award, named after the iconic 19th century abolitionist John Brown. The award will…… MORE
The inaugural All IN Festival will feature Hall & Oates, Cage The Elephant, John Fogerty and Portugal. The Man, among many others. The All IN Music & Arts Festival, a two-day event at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Indiana, is scheduled to take place on September 3 and 4. Other acts set to feature…… MORE
Kelly Clarkson performed a cover of English rock band The Smith’s “How Soon Is Now” during the “Kellyoke” segment of Monday, May 9’s episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” “I am the son and the heir/ Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar/ I am the son and heir of nothing in particular/ You shut…… MORE
My Chemical Romance, Nine Inch Nails, and the Original Misfits have been confirmed as headliners for the 2022 Riot Fest. Riot Fest is set to return to Chicago’s Douglass Park from September 16-18. Tickets for Riot Fest are on sale now via the event’s official website and are available in either 1-, 2- or 3-day…… MORE
U2 lead singer Bono announced on his birthday that he has written a new memoir that will be published on November 1. The title of the memoir, “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story,” refers to the book’s 40 chapters, each named after a U2 song. In the book, Bono writes the story of his life and…… MORE
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of their debut album, Third Eye Blind are releasing their 2006 greatest hits compilation, A Collection, as a double LP on July 15 and will tour throughout the summer. Available on vinyl for the first time, the set’s 19-tracks were selected from the alt-rocker’s first three studio albums (1997-2003)…… MORE
The Linda Lindas recently released a music video for “Why,” a track from their debut album, Growing Up. The visual, directed by Elizabeth Ito and Suzie Vlcek, features punk icon Kathleen Hanna as the voice of an interviewer. “The ‘Why’ music video is a tribute to The Decline of Western Civilization, the legendary 1981 documentary…… MORE
Pale Waves have announced the release of their third studio album, Unwanted, on August 12 via Dirty Hit. The quartet also released the album’s first single, “Lies,” and an accompanying music video. Unwanted is a follow-up to the English indie rock band’s second album, Who Am I?, released in February 2021. Speaking about the new…… MORE
