When the Cure played their 1989 album, Disintegration, in its entirety earlier this year at the Sydney Opera House, the whole experience was “weird” by frontman Robert Smith‘s estimation. The album is the band’s best-selling release — it’s certified double platinum in the U.S. and made it up to Number …
Read More »Flaming Lips Mark 'The Soft Bulletin' 20th Anniversary With Vinyl Reissue
The Flaming Lips will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 1999 masterpiece The Soft Bulletin with a limited edition vinyl reissue this October. The 2-LP reissue, released exclusively through subscription service Vinyl Me, Please and pressed on mustard yellow, preserves the album’s original 13-song vinyl track list – including the …
Read More »Supergroup Saudade Preview New EP with Devastating Instrumental 'Crisis'
Saudade, the supergroup/collective with a revolving door of musicians (which includes bassist Chuck Doom, Deftones’ Chino Moreno and Bad Brains’ Dr. Know), unveiled a new song, “Crisis,” from their forthcoming EP Shadows & Light/Sanctuary Dub, out later this year. “Crisis” is a staggering instrumental that sweeps gracefully between swaths of …
Read More »Frankie Muniz Graciously Offers to Be Lizzo's Purse
Frankie Muniz woke up today. He may have hit the snooze button a couple of times before his significant other complained, then scrolled through his Instagram, checked his email, and eventually traveled to Starbucks because the house was out of K Cups. All of this is conjecture, because we have …
Read More »Lindsay Lohan Dropped An EDM Song About Anxiety via Instagram (and Only Instagram)
Everything about Lindsay Lohan‘s new song — “Xanax,” featuring Alma — is about as bizarre, in a good way, as you’d expect. The track isn’t available on any major streaming services yet, instead opting to exist only as a music video on IGTV. “This video is a compilation of vignettes …
Read More »RS Charts: Post Malone's 'Circles' Is Number One for Third Straight Week
Post Malone continued to dominate the RS 100 with songs from his new album Hollywood’s Bleeding. “Circles” maintained its hold on Number One, thanks 21.7 million streams, while “Take What You Want,” “Enemies,” and “Goodbyes” also remained in the Top 10. This represents a slight downturn from the previous week, …
Read More »Lady Antebellum Preview New Album 'Ocean' With Yearning Title Track
Lady Antebellum have announced the autumn release of Ocean, the trio’s first full-length LP since 2017’s Heart Break and first since departing longtime label Capitol Nashville. Ocean, due November 15th, teams the group with producer Dann Huff for the first time, and marks Lady A’s debut project for Big Machine …
Read More »Song You Need To Know: Willie Scott & The Birmingham Spirituals, 'Keep Your Faith To The Sky'
The line between secular and spiritual sounds in America has always been blurry, a perfectly fine thing considering the rich, churchy DNA that to some extent informs all our music. The ’60s and ’70s, however, were particularly fruitful for gospel-pop fusions, partly because it was a golden era for gospel …
Read More »See Alicia Keys, Miguel's Elegant, Rain-Soaked 'Show Me Love' Video
Alicia Keys and Miguel float through a rain-soaked room in the video for the former’s new song, “Show Me Love.” The clip also features actors Michael B. Jordan and Zoë Saldana, along with Saldana’s artist husband, Marco Perego Saldana. In the Cara Stricker-directed video, couples move languidly through literal and …
Read More »Flashback: Hear B.B. King, Randy Travis Collaborate on 'Waiting on the Light to Change'
Blues icon B.B. King often said in interviews that the blues and country music were “first cousins.” Riley B. “Blues Boy” King was born on this day in 1925, and is being paid tribute in today’s Google Doodle, which depicts the legendary musician playing his signature guitar, “Lucille.” Hitchhiking to …
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