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Live music went away for a year, but these artists helped ease the pain

How Racist Do You Have to Be to Defend Someone Who Asked You to Stop Defending Their Racism?

Fans have put up billboards in support of Morgan Wallen, who was caught on tape using the n-word in February

Remembering “Josie and the Pussycats,” the Last Bastion of Pop Cynicism

Now 20 years old, Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont's film still reads as a slyly subversive commentary on the slow, corporate death of popular music

How to Get Your Hands on Spotify’s Car Thing, Its First Physical Device

The smart player is free for a limited time. And yes, it's really called "Car Thing."

So, Did Usher Tip Strippers With Fake “Usher Bucks” or Not?

Either way, maybe don't bring fake money to the club

Turns Out Phoebe Bridgers Smashing Her Guitar on “SNL” Wasn’t Wasteful After All

The smashed guitar recently sold for over $100,000 in a GLAAD auction

Seriously, Please Leave Prince’s Vault Alone

A new "60 Minutes" segment looks inside the musician's vault, but it's just further proof that it's none of our business

Rock Photographer Greg Gaar Reflects on the Many Lives of San Francisco

The man who shot the Dead, the Stones and the Who has been in the Bay Area for more than 70 years

Rapper DMX Dead at 50

The multi-platinum rapper was hospitalized last week following a drug overdose

Suddenly ’70s: The New Retro Influence Set to Dominate Popular Music

From St. Vincent to Bruno Mars to, yes, Greta Van Fleet, it's currently inescapable

Diddy Pens Open Letter to General Motors: “If You Love Us, Pay Us”

The mogul called out the company for disrespecting Black-owned media brands

Prince Shelved His Album “Welcome 2 America,” But It’s Being Released Anyway

Should we listen to the 2010 recording when he’s not here to give permission?

Is Will.i.am’s $299 Xupermask the Future of Face Masks?

It features built-in fans, noise-canceling headphones and a SpaceX connection