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Barack Obama Told Jimmy Kimmel He Listens to Bill Simmons’s 'Guess the Lines’ Podcast

Barack Obama remains a Bill Simmons listener 17 years after ESPN nixed a B.S. Report appearance.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 17, 2025

Filmmaker-music journalist Cameron Crowe has a memoir out this fall. It’s called ‘The Uncool'

Cameron Crowe was planning to compile some of his old music interviews for a book when he realized he had a more personal story to tell

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025

“I used everything I knew about music”: How Green Day exceeded expectations with their most ambitious song

The sprawling 2004 epic reflected Billie Joe Armstrong’s own lived experiences - and was the cornerstone of American Idiot

MusicRadar · Apr 12, 2025

“We’ve been so very lucky to have had the Ace of Bass in our lives:” Dave Allen, bassist for post-punk legendsGang Of Four, has died

The band's famous fans included Kurt Cobain

MusicRadar · Apr 7, 2025

"Their music is as aggressively and pretentiously dull as their choice of band name": The Band's second album is an acknowledged classic, but there are some dissenters

For their second album, The Band relocated from upstate New York to California and turned Sammy Davis Jr.’s poolhouse into a makeshift studio

Louder · Apr 7, 2025

Kid Rock’s wild Oval Office suit cost more than $20,000

The bedazzled suit raised eyebrows online - and also cost the singer a fortune

The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2025

Doge employee allegedly has history of misogyny, racism and violent outbursts

Rolling Stone interviews with 10 people reveal claims that Jeremy Lewin threatened a girl with a knife and openly shared racist views

The Guardian - US · Apr 1, 2025

“If it wasn’t for that song, that would have been the end of the band”: How one track’s sudden gear-switch led Coldplay into their imperial phase

In one blinding moment, Coldplay emerged from a creative rut

MusicRadar · Mar 29, 2025

“Zal is really nobody’s guitar hero. Fans say he’s the most underrated player ever; many guitarists rate him amongst the best... but I’ve never heard anyone call him their ‘guitar hero’”: Billy Rankin on lessons learned from the legendary Zal Cleminson

In and out of Nazareth twice, and always loyal to his Gibson ES-335, Rankin had a lifetime's worth of rock stories by his mid-20s

Guitar World · Mar 29, 2025

"When we did Live Aid, we could barely play. Queen were in the middle of a tour, walked out there, took the whole thing, and turned it into an advert for themselves": Pete Townshend says that The Who invented stadium rock and then gave it away

He also prefers ABBA to Queen

MusicRadar · Mar 26, 2025