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At Their Final Tour Stop in CO, A Tribe Called Quest Pay Further Homage to...
Q-Tip pays homage to Phife Dawg at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado; Photo Kyle Eustice/YouTube During A Tribe Called Quest‘s final show in Morrison, Colorado at Red Rocks Amphitheater...
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Amid Taylor Swift Groping Case, Company Shows Support Using Lyrical Post-It...
The office windows at the Craftsy headquarters in Denver; Photo: Rick Wilking/Reuters/Splash Before Taylor Swift shed tears during the closing arguments of the “groping case” she’s involved in, a...
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RIFF’d: Kesha’s ‘Rainbow’
The seeds for Kesha‘s third full-length album Rainbow were planted long before she hit the studio to record. Her public battle with Dr. Luke put her in the spotlight, and for reasons that didn’t...
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Kanye West’s Lyrics Banned by Instagram’s New AI
A screenshot from the official video for Kanye’s West’s ‘Famous’; Photo: YouTube Kanye West’s lyrics slipped under the radar of Instagram’s new foul-mouth detector program, DeepText, which is...
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‘Despacito’ Came to Luis Fonsi in His Sleep
Luis Fonsi holds his hands in prayer in response to Good Morning America’s Michael Strahan reminding the world that ‘Despacito’ is no. 1 in 47 markets: Photo: Good Morning America/ABC News As it turns...
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Common Seeks Justice for California Inmates
Common talks to inmates at a prison in Lancaster, California; Photo: Sade C. Joseph via Calmatters.org Rapper and social activist Common doesn’t only rap about current, hot-button issues, he does...
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Anti-Racist Juggalos to Hold March Coinciding with Pro-Trump Rally
A promo shot for the Juggalo March on Washington; Photo: JuggaloMarch.com In about a month, two groups will hit the streets of Washington, D.C., to voice their opinions, reports Vox. On one side,...
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Thirty Seconds to Mars Release Belligerent Single and Lyric Video
Screenshot of the official video for Thirty Seconds to Mars’ new single, ‘Walk on Water’; Photo: YouTube Yes, Thirty Seconds to Mars are still a band. And they just came out with a new single called...
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Prince’s Sister Teases a Lot of Unreleased Prince Songs, Handwritten Lyrics
Photo: Tyka Nelson/Facbook The sister of the late rockstar and songwriter Prince said his fans will be able to hear some of his unreleased music, and see his handwritten lyrics, in the near future,...
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Beck Unveils LP10, ‘Colors’, Drops ‘Dear Life’ Lyric Video
The album art for Beck’s latest album, ‘Colors’; Photo: Beck Following a trio of singles in 2016, “Up All Night,” “Dreams” and “Wow,” the latter of which landed on our Top 15 Lyric Videos of the Year,...
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‘Hip-Hop Alphabet’ Book Aims to Educate Kids on Culture’s Origin
The cover of Howie Abrams’ ‘Hip-Hop Alphabet; Photo: Lesser Gods Coinciding with hip-hop’s 44th birthday, and following up Finding Joseph I: An Oral History of H.R. from Bad Brains and The Merciless...
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UMD Marching Band Nixes Pro-Confederate State Song
The Mighty Sound of Maryland marching band; Photo: Ken Rubin/Facebook The University of Maryland is no longer allowing its marching band to play the state song, “Maryland, My Maryland,” because it...
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RIFF’d: LCD Soundsystem’s ‘American Dream’
Much like fear, anger can be a motivating force, but get too familiar with it and it can leave you scalded and disfigured. For their fourth studio album, American Dream, LCD Soundsystem reunites to...
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Dana Carvey Reveals He Didn’t Know ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Lyrics During ‘Wayne’s...
Dana Carvey explains his ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ lyrical miscues on ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’; Photo: CBS/YouTube Dana Carvey, co-star of the 1992 movie Wayne’s World, recently revealed he...
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Best Lyric Vids of the Week: Volume XXXVI
Billy Bragg builds a wall, a French metal crew get all furious Jack Kerouac on a typewriter, Green Day enlist a genius Spanish animator to spread some ‘too dumb to die’ propaganda, The Stones‘ bust...
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Ringo Starr Says He Would’ve Voted for Brexit
Ringo Starr talks his thoughts on Brexit vote; Photo: BBC Newsnight/The Independent Ringo Starr said he would have voted for Brexit, i.e. the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. In a recent...
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The Killers’‘Some Kind of Love’ Inspired by Complex PTSD
A promo shot of Brandon Flowers holding the seashell from the album art for The Killers’ LP5, ‘Wonderful Wonderful’; Photo: Anton Corbijn The Killers‘ most recent song rose up from the ashes of a...
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Best Lyric Vids of the Week: Volume XXXVII
Rising songbird Phoebe Bridgers beautifully haunts up the neo-folk scene, session bassist (Eagles of Death Metal, Courtney Love) Jennie Vee dishes out a strobing take on drug addiction, some South...
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RIFF’d: Prophets of Rage’s ‘Prophets of Rage’
The Prophets of Rage‘s self-titled debut is a prime example of how a good idea can flounder when it is poorly executed. All parties involved are legends in their own right, but together they only...
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Songwriters Sue Taylor Swift Over ‘Shake it Off’ Lyrics
Taylor Swift in the official video for ‘Shake it Off’; Photo: YouTube/Big Machine Records A pair of R&B songwriters from the early oughts, Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, are not interested in...
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