Vanilla Ice says he wasn’t ready for Madonna’s marriage proposal while the two briefly dated in the early 1990s, when he was in his early 20s, and she was in her early 30s. “She even proposed to me,” he said of their whirlwind romance on the podcast “Just Jenny with Jenny Hutt” Wednesday. “I mean …
Left: Band (Photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images Getty Images for NAMM) Right: Foodstuffs (Photo: Post Holdings) Okay, so: OK Go (the band) is now fighting OK GO! (the cereal), over the rights to the OK Go/GO! name, in what we cannot—despite therapy and medications—stop ourselves from thinking of as one hell of an OK Go/GO! Throw …
Around the release of his debut EP, The Beautiful Moon, New York songwriter Will Epstein (then known as High Water) described his changing relationship with Bob Dylan’s music. A lifelong fan, Epstein didn’t really pay attention to what Dylan was singing until adulthood. “The lyrics act like a spell, to summon the spirit,” he said …
mark william lewis often seems to be lost in thought. Over the past couple of years, the London singer-songwriter has established himself as one of the most pensive and probing artists in the constellation of experimenters loosely orbiting Dean Blunt and his World Music Group label. Like some of the elusive artists in that foggy …
At a time when even the most modest indie rock projects are expected to provide a captivating origin story and annotated talking points, the still-anonymous South Korean artist Parannoul stated just the following about their new LP: “This album is not what you expected, but what I always wanted.” What we actually know about Parannoul …
January is generally known as a throw away month in the reviewing world. It’s my impression that labels often treat January as a down month following the Christmas holiday. As a result, good new music tends to be slim pickings most years. So, let’s hope that it’s a good sign that the first month of …
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman was recently announced as direct support on the upcoming QUEENSRŸCHE tour. Marty is confirmed to perform on 31 dates with QUEENSRŸCHE, kicking off on March 3 in Orlando, Florida and running through April 16, where it wraps up in St. Petersburg, Florida. Along the way, the tour will make stops …
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Love me, love me — do you want to buy me? A two-family New York City townhouse owned by Nina Persson — the lead singer of Sweden’s famous rock band The Cardigans, of “Lovefool” fame — and her husband, Nathan Larson, has hit the market for $3.5 million, The Post has learned. Located in East …
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Special delivery from the US ghost office. A Brooklyn-based indie-rocker got a package of cremated human remains belonging to a stranger in the mail — and was stunned when the funeral home that sent them initially told him it wasn’t their problem. Hamilton Leithauser, 44, a solo performer and frontman of the popular indie-punk band …
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Eminem, Duran Duran, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie and Carly Simon Lead Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2022 The nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023 arrived this morning (Feb. 1), and the 14 nominees range from alternative rock royalty like the White Stripes and Soundgarden to hip-hop …