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Cassie Ramone, the former leader of Vivian Girls and the Babies, released her debut album The Time Has Come way back in 2014, after the first Vivian Girls breakup. A year later, she followed that one with the holiday LP Christmas In Reno.  » Read More

This past weekend, extremely busy human being SZA headlined Glastonbury, played London’s Hyde Park, and played a sexy bug alien in her “Storytime” teaser. (LANA, which might be an SOS deluxe edition or an entirely new album is apparently still on the way, though it remains mysterious.) Somewhere along the way,  » Read More

Capulet Fest, a three-day metal festival, was initially supposed to go down at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway between Friday and Sunday. On Thursday, the festival’s organizer Capulet Entertainment announced that the venue would instead be the lower-capacity Webster Theater, with a handful of bands axed from the lineup. By Saturday evening, the final day of Capulet Fest was fully cancelled,  » Read More

This past weekend was Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival in Massachusetts. The band released their new EP Hot Sun Cool Shroud just as the fest was beginning, and their “deep cuts” set on Friday night was full of live debuts and rarities. Last night, the festival was shut down for about an hour because of the threat of lightning.  » Read More

At this year’s Grammys, Killer Mike swept the rap awards. That night, he won three trophies, including Best Rap Album, during the non-televised pre-show. Shortly after accepting those awards, Mike was arrested and led away in handcuffs, reportedly after shoving a security guard. (He was charged with a misdemeanor and released without bail.) Last night,  » Read More

This year’s BET Awards aired live last night from Los Angeles’ Peacock Theatre. SZA, Victoria Monét, and Tyla won big awards, but nobody watches the BET Awards for the actual awards. The performances are the main draw, and this year had some big, elaborate ones. The most attention-grabbing of them came from Will Smith,  » Read More

In it, the rapper addresses his arrest at the Grammy Awards earlier this year  » Read More

The film also boasts a new Childish Gambino soundtrack  » Read More

The new album captures the late Japanese artist’s final concert performance  » Read More