CupcakKe is back with the searing “Ayesha,” a summer anthem meant to ward off haters and copycats. The song is named after and references Ayesha Curry, the celebrity chef married to basketball player Steph Curry. On the song, the Chicago rapper remains highly referential as she spits various nods to …
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Johnny Cash wanted to make a big impression when his ABC music variety show The Johnny Cash Show debuted on June 6th, 1969. The back-to-back success of his recent live albums At Folsom Prison and At San Quentin re-introduced him to a mainstream audience outside of the country community, and …
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L.A. pop trio Muna announced a fall headlining tour in support of their sophomore album Saves the World, out September 6th via RCA Records. The band will kick off the tour in Portland on September 16th, stopping in several cities — including San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall in September …
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Taylor Swift stopped by New York’s iconic LGBTQ+ bar Stonewall Inn for a surprise performance on Friday night. The singer made her appearance during AEG and Stonewall Inn’s pride celebration, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. While the event’s headliner Jesse Tyler Ferguson was presenting, Swift …
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Indie pop duo The Bird and the Bee have announced that they’re releasing a Van Halen tribute album, sharing the single “Ain’t Talking ‘Bout Love.” Interpreting the Masters Volume 2: A Tribute to Van Halen will be out on August 2nd. The album will be in the style of the …
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Major Lazer debuted a new video for “Can’t Take It From Me” on Wednesday, featuring Skip Marley. The clip shows Marley and a crowd of worshippers paying their respects to the Major Lazer figure, or “the High Priest of Lazerism,” as a stone idol. “The visuals were inspired by my …
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Mark Ronson enlisted Camila Cabello for his yearning new song “Find U Again.” The duo co-wrote the synth-pop track with Tame Impala mastermind Kevin Parker and singer-songwriter Isley Juber (Shawn Mendes’ “Mercy”); Ronson and Parker co-produced. Cabello fronts the sleek single, crooning over twinkling keys and spongey synth-bass. “Walk in …
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To users of Apple‘s Garageband, the drumbeat of Rihanna’s “Umbrella” has another name: “Vintage Funk Kit 03.” And that’s just one of the countless ways in which an easy-to-use piece of software has infiltrated and transformed music production since its introduction in 2004. In a new episode of our podcast, …
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Justin Townes Earle released his latest album, The Saint of Lost Causes, earlier this month, the follow-up to 2017’s Kids in the Street. The Nashville songwriter and son of country legend Steve Earle sat down with Rolling Stone to discuss some of his earliest musical memories, like the first time performing with …
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Lucy Dacus is hitting the road this fall, kicking off a new headlining tour in Lancaster, PA, on September 10th. Dacus will then make nearly 30 stops around the U.S. before wrapping up on November 6th in Grand Rapids, MI. The tour will follow several summer festival stops in North …
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