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Music News: Motörhead cover Bowie; Lorde drops new video

Lemmy Kilmister performs with Motorhead at Glastonbury in June.
Lemmy Kilmister performs with Motorhead at Glastonbury in June.OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images

by Brett Baldwin

August 03, 2017

Motörhead cover Bowie


Shortly before Lemmy Kilmister's passing, Motörhead recorded a cover of David Bowie's iconic song "Heroes." The song was recorded as an effort to round out a compilation of covers Motörhead had performed and recorded over the years. Under Cover will be available September 1, and will also feature renditions of songs by The Sex Pistols, Ramones, and Metallica among others. (Rolling Stone)

So that's what Lorde means by "Perfect Places"


Just before her appearance at Lollapalooza, Lorde dropped a new video for the song "Perfect Places," the second single from Melodrama. In it, you can see Lorde singing the song in various stereotypical "perfect" places intercut with her singing into a light bulb, which is fairly evocative of David Lynch's Blue Velvet. WTF are perfect places anyway? (Consequence of Sound)

LL Cool J to be honored at Kennedy Center


Thirty years after becoming rap's first sex symbol, LL Cool J will be the first hip-hop artist to receive Kennedy Center Honors in its 40-year history. He will be inducted with a prestigious 2017 class — including pop stars Gloria Estefan, Lionel Richie, television icon Norman Lear and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade — on Sunday, Dec. 3 at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C. (NPR Music)

You can buy Glenn Danzig's house


Glenn Danzig's house in Los Feliz, Calif. is for sale. While it doesn't look like the home is in really great shape, the listing price is a cool $1.2 million. Mother! (Dangerous Minds)