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Beyoncé and former Destiny’s Child bandmate Kelly Rowland are both from Houston. Though Destiny’s Child isn’t getting back together or anything, Rowland and Beyoncé are collaborating to create 31 permanent housing units for Harris County’s unhoused population. According to the Houston Chronicle, county leaders will use $7.2 million in American Rescue Plan funds to develop housing at the Bread Of Life gymnasium at 2019 Crawford Street.  » Read More

You’re probably already familiar with Emo Nite, but have you heard of the Emo Orchestra? Well, if not, notify the elder emo in your life ASAP. Because such a thing exists, and it’s exactly what you think it is: emo throwback songs performed by an orchestra. From the official website: “For emo lovers and orchestra aficionados alike,  » Read More

The FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off next month, and it’ll take place in Australia and New Zealand. It’s the first time the event has been held in the Southern Hemisphere and the first time hosting duties have been split between two countries. This ninth edition’s official theme song is a collaboration between artists from both countries: New Zealand’s BENEE and Australia’s Mallrat.  » Read More

Marisa Anderson, the Portland-based master of American primitive guitar, and Tara Jane O’Neil, the California-based multi-disciplinary great, teamed up on a collaborative 7″ in 2020. This summer, they’re releasing another one. The A-side presents the duo’s sparse and dreamy rendition of the standard “For All We Know,” with Anderson on nylon-stringed guitar,  » Read More

Earlier today, Fall Out Boy put out an abominable version of “We Didn’t Start The Fire” updated with events from the past 30+ years. Pete Wentz talked about why he did what he did in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1. He explains the choice to not have it be in (mostly) chronological order like the Billy Joel original and why he didn’t mention COVID,  » Read More

In a couple weeks, Madonna was scheduled to kick off her international greatest-hits Celebration Tour with a show in Vancouver. But per an Instagram statement from Madonna’s longtime manager Guy Oseary, the tour has been postponed because the pop star was hospitalized over the weekend with a “serious bacterial infection.”  » Read More

Guns N’ Roses closed out Glastonbury on Saturday night, ending their set with a special appearance from Dave Grohl, who was all over the festival this year. Certain UK publications were not thrilled with the set, and it attracted some middling reviews in The Telegraph and The Independent.  » Read More

Grian Chatten, the lead singer for Fontaines D.C., is releasing his solo debut album Chaos For The Fly on the last day of June. We’ve already covered singles “The Score,” “Fairlies” (which he played for his solo TV debut on Later… With Jools Holland),  » Read More

Brooklyn rapper Casanova, born Caswell Senior, has been sentenced to 188 months in prison on gang-related racketeering and narcotics charges. According to a press release from the US Department of Justice, Casanova had a leadership role in the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation Bloods Gang, or Gorilla Stone for short. This led to his involvement in a July 2020 shooting in Florida,  » Read More