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It has been nearly one full year since the death of Mastodon guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds. Now, his former bandmates are speaking out. In a newly shared documentary, surviving Mastodon members Brann Dailor, Bill Kelliher, and Troy Sanders discuss their collective relationship with Hinds. They do so while watching old footage of themselves from across the many years of their career. The doc spans Mastodon’s early days, their rise to heavy-metal […]

Imagine helping create some of the most important songs of the last 30 years and getting underpaid for it. That’s why A Tribe Called Quest reminded us on “Check The Rhime”: “Industry rule number four-thousand-and-eighty/Record company people are shady.” Jermaine Dupri is experiencing this firsthand in his new battle with Sony. The So So Def legend filed a lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment (per Complex), alleging decades of missing royalty […]

Nathan Williams and Max Bemis get the claymation treatment in the “Deathx1k” video Read More RSS: News News 

2005 was quietly one of the greatest years in hip-hop history. The South started tightening its grip on the culture, while still leaving room for acts like Common and Kanye West to release timeless classics. Additionally, R&B was in a good space, with Mariah Carey dominating the charts and Chris Brown rising rapidly as one of the genre’s defining artists at just 16 years old. For us 90s kids and […]

He joins an already-stacked lineup of Madonna, Shakira, BTS, and Kermit Read More RSS: News News 

It has been 29 years to the day since Weezer fans and sisters Mykel and Carli Allan died in a car accident. The pair were on their way back from the band’s July 8, 1997, concert in Colorado when tragedy struck. Few specific details are known about the accident, but, sadly, the pair’s younger sister Trysta was with them and lost her life as well. The Allan sisters were not […]