While some deeply misplaced Outkast comparisons and overly hyperbolic Rap Twitter praise may have soured some on Earthgang, a Young Thug feature — in this case on the duo’s “Proud Of U” — is always enough to make me relent. Thug is experiencing a long-awaited commercial boom thanks to the …
Read More »Green Day Preview New Album 'Father of All…' With Title Track
Alongside dates for a massive 2020 stadium tour with Fall Out Boy and Weezer today, Green Day detailed their new album Father of All…, due out February 7th, along with a single of the same name. The song is bright, upbeat and a big departure from the tone of 2016’s …
Read More »Gregg Allman's Birthday Celebration Spawns Allman Family Revival Mini-Tour
The annual Allman Family Revival tribute concert to Gregg Allman has grown into a three-city tour this year that will hit San Francisco, Denver and New York City in December. The lineup includes the Allman Betts Band, Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander, Robert Randolph, Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd …
Read More »See J.S. Ondara Tell 'Tales of America' in U.S. Television Debut
Rising folk artist J.S. Ondara made his U.S. television debut for CBS This Morning‘s Saturday Sessions, where the Kenyan-born singer-songwriter delivered three tracks off his recent album Tales of America. For the performance of “Lebanon,” “Saying Goodbye” and “Torch Song,” Ondara – one of Rolling Stone’s Artists You Need to …
Read More »Big Sean, A$AP Ferg Team for Wild New Song 'Bezerk'
Big Sean exchanges wild boasts and rhythmically dense punchlines with A$AP Ferg on his new song “Bezerk.” The duo seamlessly trade off lines throughout the track over producer Hit-Boy’s throbbing sub-bass and airy keys. At times, they even finish each other’s rhymes: “My diamonds shining like the ball that drop …
Read More »Tyler, the Creator Taps Solange, YG, Brockhampton for Camp Flog Gnaw
Tyler, the Creator has enlisted Solange, YG and Brockhampton to perform at his eighth annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, taking place November 9th and 10th at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium. Other performers include H.E.R., Thundercat, Willow Smith, 21 Savage, Blood Orange, DaBaby, Juice WRLD, Earl Sweatshirt, Clairo, The Internet, FKA …
Read More »'Abbey Road' vs. 'Let It Be': Which Was the Beatles' Last Album?
So what’s the final Beatles album? Abbey Road or Let It Be? If you’re a Beatles fan, you’ve had at least one chemically-assisted late-night argument about this (because that’s what we do). Abbey Road was the last they recorded, but Let It Be was the last they released. So did …
Read More »Hear Slipknot's Menacing New Song 'Birth of the Cruel'
Slipknot proclaim themselves “the bitter, the maladjusted and the wise, fighting off a generation too uptight” on their menacing new song “Birth of the Cruel.” The track will appear on the metal band’s upcoming sixth LP, We Are Not Your Kind, out Friday, August 9th. “Birth of the Cruel” — …
Read More »The 'Forever Business': Smithsonian Folkways' Quest to Preserve Music's Past
In the middle of January, with temperatures hovering around zero degrees, John Smith and his colleagues at Smithsonian Folkways drove a truck up to a 19th century homestead in Sharon, Connecticut to pick up a record label. For over 50 years, the remolded barn and carriage house had been the …
Read More »Hear Carly Rae Jepsen Join Gryffin for Single 'OMG'
Summer loving is the vibe on Gryffin’s new single “OMG,” which features Carly Rae Jepsen on vocals. The glossy synth-pop number, produced by Gryffin, evokes a sultry sensibility as Jepsen croons, “I love it/ When you touch me now/ I go from zero to a million/ When you dim the …
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