Back in March 1998, the rock band Semisonic released their hit song “Closing Time.” Unknown at the time, but the song would go on to become a classic hit for the band. It reached No. 1 on the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using their hit song “Closing Time” over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee. The White House added the song in ...

The band Semisonic made clear Monday that it did not "authorize or condone" a White House video using their song "Closing Time." The official White House and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) X ...

On Monday morning, the White House shared 17 seconds of propaganda in which Border Patrol agents appear to arrest an undocumented immigrant. The video is soundtracked by Semisonic's "Closing Time," ...

Semisonic, the band behind the 1998 hit “Closing Time,” said the Trump administration did not ask for permission to use the song in a video appearing to show migrant deportations. “We did not ...

As we know by now, the Trump administration’s grasp of popular music is literal at best, nauseating at worst, and confusing always. After a summer of President Trump dancing to “YMCA”—but not doing ...

An alternative rock band that formed during the mid-1990s is speaking out after the White House allegedly used one of its songs in a social media post without the band’s permission. The song in ...

The band Semisonic made clear Monday that it did not “authorize or condone” a White House video using their song “Closing Time.” The official White House and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) X ...