- I’ve always been fascinated by Meat Loaf, though I don’t really know why. I love some of his music. Some of it is unlistenable. He’s just a weird guy with a weird career who’s also at times really cool and at others really not. Rolling Stone has an in-depth feature on Meat at 70.
- In addition to hosting the show and performing a medley of nominated songs like Kendrick Lamar’s “Be Humble,” Khalid’s “Young, Dumb, and Broke,” and Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do,” Kelly Clarkson asked for action regarding gun control in lieu of a moment of silence at the Billboard Music Awards last night.
- Toronto-based rock band PUP (pictured above) posted a picture to Twitter with Eva Hendricks from Charly Bliss in the studio recording the band’s third album. The band’s last album, The Dream Is Over, was released in 2016, while Guppy, released in 2017, was Charly Bliss’ debut album.
you knew we wouldn’t miss a chance to have eva from @charly_bliss sneak into the studio while they’re in toronto for a gig @HorseshoeTavern tonight right??? might still be some tickets left if you’re real lucky! pic.twitter.com/CiwZOR8Rpa
— PUP (@puptheband) May 20, 2018
- NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert had their first Broadway performance when the cast of The Band’s Visit, including Tony Shalhoub and Katrina Lenk, came to perform some songs from the musical, which opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre late last year.
- Though The Navigator, the sixth full-length album by Hurray for the Riff Raff, was released early last year, the band has released a music video today for the song “Pa’lante” featuring a recovering Puerto Rico and Mela Murder, who you may or may not recognize from last year’s underlooked gem of a movie, The Florida Project.
Header image courtesy of NPR.