The fifth Tool album has become something like alt-metal’sChinese Democracy. This April will mark 12 years since the release of the group’s most recent LP, 10,000 Days, and 10 since they started teasing a follow-up. Among journalists and fans, Tool albumspotting has become its own pastime. Information has trickled out …
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Lucy Dacus contemplates death and self-forgiveness on her new single, “Next of Kin.” The 22-year-old singer’s supple contralto provides calm over snapping guitar and bass. It’s a smart combination Dacus returns to on her forthcoming album, Historian,out March 2nd. She released the record’s first song,“Night Shift,”in December. Dacus tells Rolling …
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Various Artists, Black Panther: The AlbumThe Kendrick Lamar-helmed soundtrack to Marvel Studios’ latest blockbusterfeatures K-Dot collaborations with SZA, Travis Scott and The Weeknd, as well as appearances by Khalid, 2 Chainz, Future and Top Dog Entertainment crew members Schoolboy Q and Jay Rock. “At first, [Lamar] was just going to …
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Portland-via-New Zealand psych rockers Unknown Mortal Orchestra will release their new album, Sex and Food, April 16th via JagJaguwar. The band also shared a new music video for the record’sfirst single, “American Guilt.” Director/animator Greg Sharp helmed the clip, pairing the grimy, heavy sounds of “American Guilt” with a vivid …
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A new, 50th anniversary box-set edition of Love‘s landmark Forever Changes album will feature unreleased tracks, alternate mixes and a hardcover book. The set, due April 6th, will create a comprehensive portrait of the album through four CDs, a DVD and an LP, paired with liner notes by music historian …
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A year after Migos‘ Culture debuted atop the Billboard 200, the Atlanta trio repeated the feat as their Culture II opened at Number One with 199,000 total copies sold. However, of Culture II‘s 199,000 total copies sold, only 38,000 were from traditional album sales, with streaming equivalent albums (SEAs) responsible …
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William Shakespeare, in his play Twelfth Night, wrote, “If music be the food of love, play on.” For Deacon and Jessie, it’s cheeseburgers then music that fuel their newfound passions, which would explain why they end up dancing together in the Elliston Place Soda Shop, then making out hot and …
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Kathy Griffin has been doing a lot of thinking in what she calls her “fuck-you house” in the eight months since she was blacklisted by Hollywood for a photo prank gone wrong. In a new cover story interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the comedian recounts the series of events leading …
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Lee Ann Womack braces herself for an oncoming storm of emotional turmoil in the just-released clip for “All the Trouble,” a brooding standout from her most recent LP, The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone. Alone in an expansive, furniture-less home, save for a single chair and a nearby table …
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Awards shows are made-for-TV spectacles, full of quick cuts and closeups designed to reveal a performance’s emotional intensity. It’d be impossible to truly capture the excitement and, in some cases, bemusement of the nearly 20,000 fans (and a few rows of celebrities) who filled New York City’s Madison Square Garden …
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