By Max Freedman Only toward the end of my Zoom chat with Tamara Lindeman does the painting in back of her totally come into view. As soon as Lindeman, who’s at her house in Toronto, moves slightly to her left, beyond her appears a portrait of deep blue waves crashing against a sandy shore below gorgeous, distant hills under a sunset. “It is very completely me,” Lindeman says of..

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As much as Phoebe Bridgers's brand is being sad online, two of her biggest songs delve directly into the red, venting anger and aggravation. On 2017's "Motion Sickness," a track that helped establish her as a foremost singer-songwriter who can wring your heart with nimble voice and also a couple of guitar chords, it was about reflecting on bitterness. "'Motion Sickness' is essentially..

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By Jack Irvin Maggie Lindemann has routinely thought herself a paranoid person. As a kid, it was the reason she’d ask her mom to reside in her room up until she fell asleep. As an adult, it’s why she started sleeping with a switchblade under her pillow. “It just gave me bad vibes, which is weird because it was a brand new house,” the 22-year-old singer-songwriter tells MTV N..

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"I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator," rock-and-roll legend Little Richard once famously self-described. "I am the architect of rock and roll." That quote from one of music history's most outsized personalities right now lends itself to the telling of his life story in a new documentary, Little Richard: I Am Everything. Reported Wednesday (December 16), th..

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By Grant Sharples On December 20, 2019, beloved emo outfit My Chemical Romance made their grand, highly anticipated return at The Shrine in Los Angeles. Right after temporarily disbanding in 2013, Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Ray Toro, and Frank Iero played a reunion show that sold out in mere minutes and consisted of both fan favorites, like “Helena” and “Teenagers,” and deep cuts..

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Like a lot of Instagram users her age, 20-year-old Bea Kristi has at least one alt account. Her main, for the confessional guitar music she releases as Beabadoobee (styled lowercase, naturally, remains a trove of promo pics, song teases, and bedroom selfies. That frees up her alt to devote prime grid real estate to especially pretty red pandas. As with a lot of other ideas rooted in ..

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On Monday night (September 28), punk icon Jeff Rosenstock made his late-night TV debut by roaring through "Scram!" On Late Night with Seth Meyers. Like his indefatigably sweaty live shows, it was an energetic affair. Backed by his masked-up musical group, Death Rosenstock, the kinetic front-person shouted, clapped, and perspired by means of the three-minute rager, with Black Lives Mat..

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Luna Aura had enough. Right after a number of years tumbling around the pop-music machine in Los Angeles, the writer, singer, and performer place on Earth Angela Flores was willing to add some grit. "I walked into a session and was like, 'I'm going to write a song that I want to write today, and all of you guys, each person in the room, I don't care. I want to write something bratty,..

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By Tatiana Tenreyro Rilo Kiley came into my life any time Whenever I was 16. I couldn't have noticed the California indie-rock musical group at a more pivotal time. At that age, I was dealing with two terrible relationships continuous that broke my spirit, while also feeling like an outsider in high school. Jenny Lewis's songwriting helped me find solace; her songs made me feel like ..

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Eddie Van Halen, the guitar ace whose acrobatic playing and pop-minded composition anchored the hard metal band that bore his last name for over 40 years, has died of cancer, his son and bandmate Wolfgang reported on social media today (October 6). He was 65. "I can't believe I'm having to write this, however my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle ..

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it can be springtime, yet Kailee Morgue just wants to go to Halloween Town. The spooky shop in Burbank, California is residence to props, accessories, masks, and all things ghoulish, and for Morgue — a 21-year-old rising artist whose sound blends sharp punk influences with a cloudy contemporary pop sound — it's all she can think about while self-isolating in the new, sparsely dec..

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By Eli Enis Last month, in the midst of quarantine, an one-night music festival drew 130,000 attendees and raised $50,000 for charity. It was called Square Garden, it featured artists like Charli XCX, Cashmere Cat, and 100 gecs, also it all took place in the video game Minecraft. Best of all, it wasn’t an isolated event. Just two weeks ago, emo legends American Football headlined ..

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