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Since 2019, Taylor Swift has promised that she would re-record her first six albums in an attempt to regain ownership of her music after Scooter Braun bought her masters. Today, she’s officially launched the campaign on Good Morning America: Her 2008 album Fearless will be the first to be released in re-recorded form, now expanded

Janet Weiss appeared on the latest episode of the The Line, a new podcast by Screen Radar. During the interview, Weiss talks about working as a location scout and manager on Kelly Reichardt’s latest film First Cow. Weiss and producer Neil Kopp recall finding the right cow meadows and trees for the scenic movie. Listen

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its long list of nominees for the class of 2021. JAY-Z and Foo Fighters have been nominated in their first year of eligibility (meaning their first commercial recordings came out 25 years ago). Other first-time nominees include Mary J. Blige, Fela Kuti, the Go-Go’s, Iron Maiden,

Elliot Mazer—the prolific engineer and producer who worked on records by Neil Young, the Band, Linda Ronstadt, and more—has died, Rolling Stone reports. He died at his San Francisco home on Sunday (February 7) of a heart attack, Mazer’s daughter Allison confirmed to RS. She added that her father had been battling dementia for years.

Westerman has shared a remix of “Drawbridge” by Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Listen to the new version of the Your Hero Is Not Dead song below.  Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Ruban Nielson released the album IC-01 Hanoi in 2018—a collaboration with his brother, father, and the Vietnamese musician Minh Nguyen. Last year, he shared a remix of

Eladio Carríon has shared his new video with J Balvin for “TATA,” the latest single from his new album Monarca. Check it out below. Carríon released Monarca in January; it features guest spots from Lunay, Natanael Cano, and more. J Balvin released his last LP Colores in March; it won Best Urban Music Album at

Following the Weeknd’s Super Bowl spectacle, Metallica stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Sunday night (February 7) to play their 1991 classic “Enter Sandman.” The set featured an assortment of the band’s speaker cabinets from over the years in the background. Check it out below. Last year, the band launched a vinyl subscription

Jazmine Sullivan and Eric Church teamed up at Super Bowl 2021 tonight at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, where they performed the National Anthem together ahead of the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Watch that go down below. “We come from two very different backgrounds, (but) I find

The Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are facing off tonight (Sunday, February 7) in Super Bowl LV at the Bucs’ home Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. Eastern. Before that, H.E.R. will sing “America the Beautiful,” and Jazmine Sullivan and Eric Church will duet for the

Wolf Alice singer Ellie Rowsell has shared a story of her own experience meeting Marilyn Manson  while tweeting out her solidarity with the shock rocker’s ex-girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood. “I met Marilyn backstage at a festival a few years ago. After his compliments towards my band became more and more hyperbolic I became suspicious of

Universal Music Group has pulled its catalog from TikTok rival app Triller. A UMG spokesperson issued the following statement: “We will not work with platforms that do not value artists. Triller has shamefully withheld payments owed to our artists and refuses to negotiate a license going forward. We have no alternative except to remove our music

SoundCloud is reportedly looking into a new direct payment system on its platform that would allow music fans to pay artists for their work directly, according to a new report from Billboard that cites “multiple sources close to the situation.” The company is reportedly still “exploring several alternative streaming payout models,” with one source indicating

Chicago artist Polo G is back with a new song. “GNF (OKOKOK)” features a shoutout to late rapper Pop Smoke. The track arrives with a Cole Bennett directed visual. Check it out below. “GNF (OKOKOK)” was written by Polo G and produced by WIZARDMCE and Varohl. It follows Polo’s recent solo single “Epidemic,” which landed

Michelle Williams has been cast as Peggy Lee in a forthcoming biopic, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Todd Haynes, who previously worked with Williams on the Bob Dylan-centric I’m Not Here, is set to direct the project.   The Hollywood Reporter notes that Fever is based on a Nora Ephron screenplay, but that the project

Megan Thee Stallion has shared a new video for her DaBaby-featuring Good News single “Cry Baby.” It’s directed by Colin Tilley, who previously directed Megan’s videos for “Body,” “Don’t Stop,” and “WAP” (plus recent videos by Justin Bieber, Post Malone, J Balvin, and more). This one takes place in a toy store, and it features

Trent Reznor has issued a new statement regarding his former friend and collaborator Marilyn Manson. The statement, shared with Pitchfork, comes days after Manson’s former partner Evan Rachel Wood alleged that the musician groomed and abused her during their relationship. Reznor’s statement addresses an anecdote involving Reznor that Manson included in his 1998 autobiography The

The 2021 Sundance Film Festival concluded tonight by awarding the top jury prizes to films that premiered at the event. The Questlove-directed Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)—a film about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival—was awarded the U.S. Documentary Competition’s Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award. Questlove reacted to the

May 2007: Wood stars alongside Manson in a sexually suggestive video for his song “Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand).” It’s public knowledge that Wood is dating Manson, who’s in the midst of a divorce from dancer Dita Von Teese. The following year, Manson and Wood split. June 2009: In an interview published

Ricky Powell, the portrait and street photographer best known for his work with Beastie Boys, has died, his management confirmed to Complex. He was 59. In his heyday in the in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Powell was a mainstay in the downtown Manhattan art and music scene. His portraits and candids of musicians

Loma Vista Recordings is no longer promoting Marilyn Manson’s music after Evan Rachel Wood accused the musician of abuse. The label had released Manson’s last two albums, 2017’s Heaven Upside Down and 2020’s WE ARE CHAOS. When reached by Pitchfork, the label shared the following statement: In light of today’s disturbing allegations by Evan Rachel