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Summer Smash Snags Carti, Keem, Uzi, Skrillex

Lil Uzi Vert at Coachella in 2024 (photo: Sam Balaban). The hip-hop-dominant Summer Smash festival will broaden its musical footprint this summer with its first electronic headliner in Skrillex, who joins Lil Uzi Vert and Playboi Carti at the top of the bill for the June 12-14 event at SeatGeek Stadium in the Chicago suburb of Bridgeview. Organized by Lyrical Lemonade and SPKRBX, Summer Smash will also welcome Chief Keef, Baby Keem, a collaborative performance from Yung Lean and Bladee, […]

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Rock Hall Inductees: Oasis, Sade, Wu-Tang, Luther

Oasis' Liam and Noel Gallagher in Toronto on Aug. 24, 2025 (photo: Big Brother Recordings). The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will induct another highly eclectic class in 2026, led by Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Oasis, Sade, Wu-Tang Clan and the late Luther Vandross in the performer category. The news was revealed tonight (April 13) during an episode of American Idol. Meanwhile, salsa ambassador Celia Cruz, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, rappers Queen Latifah and […]

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The House Still Stands, But American Football Has Moved On

(photo: Alexa Viscius) Few bands carry a legacy quite like American Football – one that hinges as much on absence as output. The Champaign-Urbana, Ill.,-reared band’s self-titled 1999 debut became a touchstone of emo-leaning American indie rock through a slow, almost accidental canonization, greatly enhanced by the fact that American Football broke up shortly after its release (the Urbana house on the cover has become arguably as well-known as the music thereon; band members purchased it in 2023 and now […]

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