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The 5 best NYC shows to see this week
This week’s picks include Moses Sumney, The New Colossus Festival, Fessesz, Human Impact (ex-Unsane), the Planned Parenthood benefit with Courtney Love & Melissa Auf der Maur, and more.
Courtney Love & Melissa Auf der Maur playing NYC Planned Parenthood benefit
The benefit, which happens in March at Town Hall, also features Perry Farrell, Joan as Police Woman, Rachael Yamagata and more.
21 New Songs Out Today
Listen to new songs by The Mountain Goats, Lee “Scratch” Perry & Brian Eno, Eartheater, Sudan Archives, Michael Kiwanuka, Mono, Moor Mother, Upset, Abigail Williams, and more.
Hole’s mid-’90s lineup finally reuniting?
Courtney Love posted a now-deleted Instagram picture of a rehearsal with her, drummer Patty Schemel and bassist Melissa Auf der Maur. The caption read “Whose rusty AF? Ladies!!!” with hashtags “#hole #rehearsal # tonight #hollywood.”
The NY Times names hundreds more artists who lost masters in 2008 UMG fire
Just about every area of recorded music was hit by the fire, from jazz to punk to cabaret to comedy, new wave, historical speeches, metal, hip hop, you name it.
Hole, Soundgarden, Tom Petty's estate & more suing Universal over 2008 fire
Soundgarden, Hole, Steve Earle, and the estates of Tom Petty and Tupac Shakur are suing Universal Music Group over materials lost in the 2008 UMG warehouse fire that, according to the suit, was never disclosed to them.
Universal Music disputes NY Times' story on 2008 vault fire
”Music preservation is of the highest priority for us and we are proud of our track record” says a Universal Music Group statement.
Thousands of classic master recordings lost in 2008 Universal fire that went unreported till now
It was “the biggest disaster in the history of the music business” but went unreported for over 10 years. Losses included masters from everyone from John Coltrane and Chuck Berry to Nirvana and Snoop Dogg.
11 New Songs Out Today
Listen to new songs by Chromatics, Tunng, French Vanilla, Taylor Bennett and Chance the Rapper, Slaughter Beach Dog, and more.
Rolling Stone lists the 50 greatest grunge albums of all time
Rolling Stone has done other genre-specific ‘greatest albums’ lists before, like for metal and punk, and now they’ve done it for grunge.