The Who’s Great Lost Masterwork, ‘Life House,’ Finally Gets Its Due in Massive ‘Who’s Next’ Boxed Set: Album Review

There’s no question that Melissa Etheridge is an inviting performer, whether she’s beckoning through her window or simply asking us to enjoy some of the great rock singing ever – and, yes, at 62 she is still a great rock singer, her raspy voice as rangy, powerful and, when she wants, as subtle as it was during her 1990s breakthrough days.

Billie Eilish is staying honest with herself.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Live Nation’s “On the Road Again” plan, announced Tuesday, says it will deliver “tens of millions of dollars” for artists and touring crews by by providing $1,500 in gas and travel cash per show to all headliners and support acts, on top of nightly performance compensation, at venues the company owns, operates or exclusively books. Those clubs will also charge no merchandise-selling fees, so artists keep 100% of merch profits.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music There’s little question that the Birthday Party — Nick Cave’s first major band — was one of the most aggressive and confrontational groups of the ‘80s if not all of rock history. Their bruising, brutal sound and genuinely dangerous concerts are the stuff of legend, but as Cave’s intensity has been channeled into more-refined and less-blunt art, it’s sometimes easy to forget just how genuinely crazy the Birthday Party’s concerts were.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music As someone who purchased “Tim,” the Replacements’ 1985 major label debut, on the day it arrived in my local record store, I can say the following with absolute certainty: If the remixed, significantly beefed-up version of the album that dropped last week had been released in 1985, the group would have been crucified by the indie-rock morality police, and it probably would have destroyed their career. Make no mistake, the new version sounds amazing: The original, produced by the late original Ramones drummer Tommy Erdelyi in a sort of homage to Phil Spector, was a muddled mess, with the instruments blurred together and an indistinct, heavily reverbed sound.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music When Megan Thee Stallion pulled out of her scheduled performance at the Global Citizen festival in New York earlier this month due to an “unforeseen scheduling conflict,” it took about five minutes to do the math and realize — oh, Beyonce’s playing in Houston that night. Not only did she and Megan team up for the “Savage Remix” back in 2020, they’re both from Houston.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music It’s not hard to understand why Doja Cat sometimes seems to have a chip on her shoulder. She rode in five years ago on an unabashed novelty song called “I’m a Cow” (choice lyrics: “Bitch, I’m a cow / Bitch, I’m a cow / I go ‘Mooooo’”) and was originally positioned as a Dr. Luke-produced, sassy and solid if unspectacular pop-R&B singer.

Kim Kardashian had some naysayers calling her a liar when she first shared one of North West’s masterpieces in 2021. Fast forward to 2023, the 10-year-old is still making art that looks like a professional. On Sunday, the Skims founder shared a photo of North’s easel with a stunning sunset over an ocean.North’s work of art looks stunning, with pink, purple, orange, pink, and red hues.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music It’s been 17 years since Sean “Puff Daddy/ Diddy/ Love” Combs made a solo album, and he’s more than made up for lost time with “The Love Album: Off the Grid.” In the conversation below, he describes the album as a “Super Bowl of R&B,” and the list of guests bears out that title: everyone from the Weeknd and Justin Bieber to Summer Walker and H.E.R. to Babyface and Mary J. Blige make featured appearances, but it sounds like a Puff album every step of the way.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Derek Smalls, the legendary bassist with the ultimate heavy metal band, Spinal Tap, has returned with a brutally contemporary new single: “Must Crush Barbie,” which is described as “an excoriating attack on the pink sensation … that advocate of everything pink and fluffy, Barbie.” The vividly worded announcement continues, “The self-described embodiment of lukewarm water reaches boiling point with Smalls’ first track in five years.” The song is available now via Bottomland Productions / Immortal Records. “Been spending the last year or so as Brand Ambassador for BruegelCoin, the Dutch cryptocurrency,” says Smalls — who may or may not be actor Harry Shearer, co-star of the 1984 classic film “This Is Spinal Tap,” which may or may not be getting a sequel.

Kanye West is being sued by an ex-employee who alleges he was forced by the rapper to work under dangerous conditions.As Sky News reports, Tony Saxon claims he is owed $1million (£800,000) in unpaid wages and loss of earnings after working as a project manager, full-time security, and live-in caretaker at West’s house in Malibu, California.The lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court alleges that the ‘Donda’ artist unlawfully fired Saxon after he refused to comply with Ye’s “dangerous” demands.Saxon told Sky News that he was instructed by West to remove the electricity supply and windows from the property, claiming Ye “wanted it to be like a bomb shelter”. Quoting the rapper, he said: “‘This is going to be my bunker, my place to go off the grid and hide’.”According to the lawsuit, Saxon was hired by West in September 2021.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music It’s never the VMAs without drama, real, manufactured or imagined, and the first hour of Tuesday night’s show was no exception. Either before or after her performance with Cardi B of their new single “Bongos,” fan footage of Megan Thee Stallion apparently getting into an argument with Justin Timberlake, who took the stage with his (reunited?) bandmates in NSYNC early in the show. In a crowded area backstage, Megan is seen getting glam while the members of NSYNC pass.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music As expected, 19 years after Justin Timberlake left the group and ten since their last performance together, the five members of NSYNC reunited again on Tuesday at the VMAs at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Their return was greeted with no small amount of enthusiasm by the crowd and especially Taylor Swift, who was seated up front next to Ice Spice.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Range Media Partners has announced that Casey Robison will join the company as the head of its new music publishing division. Robison was most recently executive VP of A&R at Hipgnosis Songs, where he led the company’s pop division, working with songwriters and artists including Monsters & Strangerz (Jordan and Stefan Johnson), John Ryan, Julian Bunetta, Normani, Teddy Geiger, Imad Royal, Dan Wilson and others.

American actress Julia Fox once again proved her ability to turn heads after being papped strutting her stuff through the streets of New York City last night. Uncut Gems star and former flame of rapper Kanye West, Julia was photographed flaunting her enviable physique in a brilliant white co-ord set, as she stepped out during New York Fashion Week.The TV favourite, 33, styled a low-cut corset style bralet top, which she paired with a low-rise skirt by the same designer - both items donning a silver adornment.

Megan Thee Stallion is sharing some of her sexual preferences!

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Newer fans may not be aware that in the early years of his career, James Blake’s music was really, really weird. The largely instrumental tracks featured lots of blipping, angular grooves and warped sounds and voices that were initially totally disorienting but would always coalesce into something melodic or rhythmic (if sometimes testing the boundaries of coherence).

Kanye West has shared a preview of a new song called ‘Israel’, in which he raps about meeting the devil.The track is set to appear on ‘Dying Near A Charger’, the new album from Al Be Back, and comes after Ye was reportedly ready to drop new music “imminently”.On the preview of ‘Israel’, Kanye raps: “Tell me right now is it real / Y’all be talking about the devil I seen a close-up / Every night I could’ve told everything they told us.“They was talking about the style I said n***a Moses / Ain’t nobody pardon [Larry] Hoover but we got the closest.”Watch a preview of the track below.Albe Back previews "Israel" featuring Ye pic.twitter.com/OX6O8O5vmQ— Donda Times (@dondatimes) September 6, 2023West was declared ‘Antisemite Of The Year’ by the watchdog group StopAntisemitism in response to his anti-Semitic comments in the last year. He has been widely condemned by many figures in the entertainment world, as well as several political figures and organisations that represent Jewish communities.

Kanye West and his ‘wife’ Bianca Censori continue making headlines, following a controversial moment in Venice, Italy, that caused them to be banned from a Venetian boat company after being caught in an inappropriate position while riding a boat. Fans of the singer have shown concern after photographs were made public, and now Bianca’s friends are also revealing that “everyone” close to her is “extremely concerned.”KIM KARDASHIAN ISN’T INTERESTED IN SPEAKING TO BIANCA CENSORI ABOUT KANYE WESTBIANCA CENSORI: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT KANYE WEST’S NEW ‘WIFE’BIANCA CENSORI TURNS UP THE HEAT IN BIKINI PHOTOS FROM HER MODELING DAYSA close friend revealed to the Daily Mail that Bianca has changed considerably since starting her relationship with the rapper, and it seems her friends have been trying to reach out to her.

again this weekend after reportedly crashing a US couple’s wedding in Florence, Italy.The video, posted to TikTok on Tuesday, shows a man dressed in head-to-toe black as he greets the newlyweds just moments after they said “I do.” “Imagine getting a pic with Kanye West at your Italian wedding,” reads the closed caption over the footage.In the video, the mystery man can be seen asking the happy couple questions about themselves. “Of course we know,” the dashing groom exclaimed while the man pulled down the mask covering his face, still keeping his back to the camera.According to the undercover video, the hooded man seems to ask where the couple is from. “We’re from Atlanta,” the groom continued.