Foo Fighters helped James Corden close out the Late Late Show‘s weeklong visit to London with a riveting performance of the band’s “Best of You” live from the Central Hall Westminster. Before Dave Grohl and company rocked the stage – and after Paul McCartney’s Carpool Karaoke aired – the singer …
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Fifteen years ago this week, the Drive-By Truckers released Decoration Day, the band’s signature 2003 album that also introduced the world to newest member Jason Isbell. Isbell had joined the group two years earlier, shortly after the release of their breakthrough 2001 album Southern Rock Opera, but Decoration Day was …
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When Beyoncé and Jay-Z‘s album Everything Is Love appeared suddenly on Tidal on Saturday night, a surprising name stood out on the credits list: veteran duo Cool & Dre co-produced three of the nine songs on the album, along with a bonus track. Cool & Dre were ubiquitous on much …
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In the decades since Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach and their ilk putrefied hard-rock radio with one dumbed-down, primitive heavy metal rager after another, there have been a few adventurous groups who have been able to break through by operating outside of the box. The most recent and most surprising has …
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It’s been a mighty grim year to be a Kanye fan. For a lot of people, this guy is just a celebrity douchebag who dabbles in music on the side. But for the first time, it sounds like Kanye agrees with them. It always seemed like he cultivated that “jerk-off …
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Bruce Springsteenwill join Grammy-winning rock band Portugal. the Man next week in his hometown of Asbury Park, New Jersey for the reopening of concert venue Asbury Lanes. On Monday, June 18th, the event celebrates the multimillion-dollar renovation of Asbury’s beloved shuttered bowling alley, newly outfitted as a music venue. A …
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The 2018 CMT Music Awards continue to unveil talent for this year’s event: a group of first-time nominees, all of them rising talent in the genre, will take the Ram Trucks Side Stage at the show. Nominated for Breakthrough Video of the Year, artists Carly Pearce, Devin Dawson, Lanco, Lindsay …
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Charli XCX has spoken out on the backlash that followed the release of Rita Ora‘s latest single “Girls,” which features XCX alongside Cardi B and Bebe Rexha. Upon the song’s release, it was met with concerns of how the mostly male writing team evoked exploitative, harmful stereotypes of sexual relationships …
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It’s been an action-packed week for Darius Rucker. Along with assisting American Idol runner-up Caleb Lee Hutchinson for a performance on the show’s season finale on Monday, he also appeared on Thursday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to sing “For The First Time,” the second single from …
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Luke Bryan wrapped up his first season as American Idol judge by debuting the new single “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset.” Bryan took the stage during the show’s Monday-night finale prior to 19-year-old Maddie Poppe being named the season’s victor. An easy-rolling mid-tempo track filled with romantic nostalgia and golden-hour memories of …
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