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Gretna Van Fleet, Namesake of Greta Van Fleet, Dead at 95
The woman whose name inspired one of modern rock’s most recognizable acts has died. Gretna Van Fleet was 95.
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Geddy Lee Found Drummers’ Offers to Replace Neil Peart “Most Distasteful”
The Rush bassist spoke about the wave of drummers who contacted him after Peart’s death, saying their timing missed the point entirely.
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Kraftwerk Pay Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto as Computer World Turns 45 During Belfast Concert
Ralf Hütter spoke only a handful of words during the Waterfront Hall performance, but a tender nod to the late composer marked one of the evening’s clearest signals of Kraftwerk’s lasting human pulse.
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Olivia Dean and the Shure SM58, a 60-Year-Old Microphone That Still Works Every Night
The British singer keeps a wired SM58 at the center of her live show. It’s the same model Phil Oakey once used in a Sheffield toilet to cut “Don’t You Want Me.”
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Chloe Qisha Steps Back from Pop with ‘Surprise Surprise’
The new single trades the earworm hooks of her previous work for a ballad rooted in emotional candor, framed as an affirmation against toxic relationships that catches the narrator in self-sabotage.
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Static-X Cancel All 2026 Tour Dates, Citing Serious Medical Issues
The band announced the decision via social media, offering no details beyond the medical severity that forced them off the road.
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They Are Gutting a Body of Water and Horse Jumper of Love Return with “charter spec”
The Philadelphia band’s first music since LOTTO finds Doug Dulgarian and Dimitri Giannopoulos trading lines over a shifting guitar arrangement.
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With ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu,’ Star Wars Commits Fully to the Side Quest
Jon Favreau’s feature-length spin-off plays like a three-episode arc of the Disney+ series, complete with a swole Hutt prizefighter and a lingering sense of narrative drift.
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The Chevy 454 Truck Anchors Fuerza Regida’s ‘This Is Our Dreams’ Stadium Tour
The band’s frontman describes the vehicle as a “hood trophy” that marks Mexican-American success and fuels the visual language of their largest shows yet.
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Barack Obama Details Debate-Night Rap Ritual in New Rolling Stone Essay on American Music
The former president writes about listening to Jay-Z and Eminem before debates, and traces a lineage from spirituals to suffrage anthems to civil rights.