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Wednesday, May 8

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Steve Albini, legendary producer for Nirvana, the Pixies and an alternative rock pioneer, dies at 61

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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Steve Albini, a legendary rock producer who shaped the musical landscape through his work with Nirvana, the Pixies, PJ Harvey and more, has died. He was 61. Brian Fox, an engineer at Albini’s studio,…

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Steve Albini, legendary producer for Nirvana, the Pixies and an alternative rock pioneer, dies at 61

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By MARIA SHERMAN (AP Music Writer) Steve Albini, an alternative rock pioneer and legendary producer who shaped the musical landscape through his work with Nirvana, the Pixies, PJ Harvey and more, has died. He was 61. Brian Fox, an engineer…

Jeopardy! players fail to name rock legend with glaring hint in clue as fans say ‘they should all be disqualified’

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JEOPARDY!’s latest contestants have been soundly ripped apart on social media over a hard-to-believe rock music fail.

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Steve Albini, influential producer of ’90s rock and beyond, has died

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Steve Albini recorded acclaimed albums by Nirvana, PJ Harvey, Pixies, and hundreds of other while becoming an outspoken critic of the music industry.

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Steve Albini dead: Legendary rock producer passes away aged 61

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Legendary music producer Steve Albini, best known for recording with Nirvana, has passed away aged 61.

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Steve Albini, Iconic Rock Producer for Nirvana and The Pixies, Dies at 61

Steve Albini, a legend of rock n’ roll who produced albums for Nirvana, P.J. Harvey, and The Pixies, as well as his own music, has died at 61. He suffered a heart attack Tuesday night, a staffer at Electrical Audio, the recording studio he…

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Celestial Sounds: Akira Galaxy’s Journey through Music & Mime

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Explore the genre-defying musical journey of Akira Galaxy, who weaves dream pop with indie rock and draws inspiration from unexpected places.

Tuesday, May 7

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Ethan Hawke Says His Teenage Daughters Had 'Profound Disappointment' Over His Taylor Swift Music Video Cameo

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The actor and filmmaker said he and Josh Charles 'felt like the biggest rock stars' on the set of Taylor Swift's video.

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Doja Cat Rocks a Wet Tee on the Met Gala 2024 Red Carpet

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Doja Cat is rocking a wet tee! The 28-year-old “Say So” superstar hit the red carpet at the 2024 Met Gala on Monday evening (May 6) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The music star took photos alongside VETEMENTS‘ Guram…

Monday, May 6

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70s rock icon announces live comeback with first UK shows in almost a decade

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David Gilmour is returning to the Royal Albert Hall (Picture: Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty)

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Joe Satriani and Steve Vai at 713 Music Hall

While rock guitar hero worship may have begun its ascendancy with Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, and exploded beneath the fingers of Eddie Van Halen, it was arguably Joe Satriani's 1987 release Surfing with the Alien that represented the…

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Things to Do: See Blackberry Smoke at 713 Music Hall and Listen to Be Right Here

It’s been a couple of weeks since Dickey Betts died. And if there were a Mount Rushmore for Southern Rock Guitarists, the Allman Brothers Band co-founder’s lean face, narrow eyes, and droopy handlebar moustache would surely be chiseled on…

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‘People think it’s just for emo or gothic kids’: the Kenyan metalhead leading a new wave of African rock

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Martin Kanja, AKA Lord Spikeheart, covers everything from colonialism to his grandmother in music that mixes African culture with metal. He hopes to help more artists like him break through

Sunday, May 5

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F1: Organizers Hope Music Puts the Miami in the Miami Grand Prix

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Organizers at Hard Rock Stadium near Miami have hosted some of the biggest spectacles in American sports in the past five years, including the Super Bowl and college football’s national championship game. Now they want to turn the Miami…

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Kate Hudson Has a Rock Star’s Voice. But She Wasn’t Ready to Sing — Until Now

Hudson tells us what made her realize it was time to record her debut album, why acting is so much less scary than making music, and why she wants to play Stevie Nicks one day

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Duane Eddy dead: Twang guitar hero of early rock was 86

Duane Eddy performs on the third day of the 2014 Stagecoach Music Festival at the Empire Polo Field, in Indio, Calif. Eddy, was a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as “Rebel Rouser” and “Peter…

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An attempt to explain the inexplicable in the world of rock music

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Yelling 'Freebird!' and raising hands in the 'devil horns' sign — why do rock fans do some of the things they do? Alan Cross examines these and other rock traditions.

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MUSIC REVIEW: Perfectly balanced program closes out Arkansas Symphony Orchestra season

Isn't it Romantic? The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Geoffrey Robson closed out their 2023-24 Masterworks season Saturday night at Little Rock's Robinson Center Performance Hall with a perfectly balanced program featuring…

Friday, May 3

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What your favorite music says about you — and your politics

We look into polling data that answers the age-old question: What is your favorite genre of music, and why is it classic rock?

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Lubricated Goat’s Stu Spasm honored in new Rock Doc

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People outside of Australia are still getting the message about how fucked up, wonderful, and significant its largely under rated punk movement was. As with Scotland’s Postcard Records bands, and the groups that came out of New Zealand’s…