Nashville singer-songwriter Hailey Whitters will release her new project The Days on September 13th. The six-track release is the first half of the “Ten Year Town” singer’s full-length debut album The Dream, which is due to arrive in 2020. Whitters earned some well-deserved recognition earlier in 2019, independently releasing the …
Read More »Missy Elliott's 'Iconology' Reminds Us Why She's One of the All-Time Greats
When Missy Elliott walks back into the room, nearly 15 years after her last album, every knee must bow. She’s the kind of genius who can work on her own eccentric terms, and the whole world agrees to play along because, well, what other Missys have we got? There’s never …
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 »See Brandi Carlile Meet Tanya Tucker for the First Time in New Documentary
When Tanya Tucker arrived at Sunset Sound Recording Studio in Los Angeles to begin work on her new album While I’m Livin‘, cameras were rolling as soon as the “Delta Dawn” singer walked through the door. It was the first time that Tucker met Brandi Carlile, a longtime fan who …
Read More »Taylor Swift Reaches For New Heights of Personal and Musical Liberation on 'Lover'
By the time “It’s Nice to Have a Friend” arrives on Lover, her seventh and most epic album, Taylor Swift has entered uncharted territory. For one thing, it’s the 17th song here, and none of her previous albums have run more than 16 tracks. (Lover actually contains 18.) More importantly, …
Read More »Hear Diplo, Morgan Wallen's New Trap-Country Ballad 'Heartless'
Diplo partners up with “Whiskey Glasses” singer Morgan Wallen for the moody collaboration “Heartless,” the latest taste of the electronic producer’s country-influenced Thomas Wesley project. Employing a less-is-more approach, Diplo and Wallen come up with something approaching trap-country balladry. “Say you’re going out late, I count down ’til you call …
Read More »Miranda Lambert Announces New Album 'Wildcard'
On Thursday, Miranda Lambert announced plans for hew new album, the follow-up to 2017’s The Weight of These Wings. Titled Wildcard, the project will be released November 1st via Vanner Records/RCA Records Nashville and is Lambert’s first full-length project overseen by producer Jay Joyce. Along with the announcement, Lambert issued …
Read More »Sleater-Kinney's 'The Center Won't Hold' is a Vital Response to a Disconnected World
Sleater-Kinney deliver the goods almost immediately on their new LP, on a title track that begins with industrial clangs, then explodes into rock fury rivaling anything in their catalog, a barrage ofNevermind-grade guitar blasts pacing Corin Tucker’s cathartic, paint-peeling howls. She paraphrases the famous “Things fall apart, the center cannot …
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 …
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