For his Monday night appearance on the Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Kane Brown opted to highlight not one of his up-tempo radio hits but a ballad album track off his latest LP Experiment. Displaying a supple baritone, Brown crooned “Homesick,” a love letter to the one he misses when …
Read More »King Crimson Plan 50 Concerts for 50th Anniversary
King Crimson will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a year full of special releases and events, including a 50-date tour spanning three continents. The prog-rock band confirmed three U.S. shows for September: the 3rd in Los Angeles, California; the 10th in Chicago, Illinois; and the 21st in New York, New …
Read More »Lunachicks Guitarist Rails Against Justice Kavanaugh in New Metal-Pop Song
Gina Volpe, guitarist and co-founder of New York City punk band Lunachicks, channels modern angst via detuned metal guitars and rattling 808 beats on her new solo single, “Time to Come.” “Old man, move aside/Your day has come, number’s up; the tide is high,” she snarls on the track, written …
Read More »The Best 2019 Grammys Custom Merch to Buy for Fans of Post Malone, Cardi B and Other Nominated Artists
If you’re looking for a way to root for your favorite artists at the 2019 Grammy Awards, we’ve rounded up some of the best fan-driven merch from this year’s most-nominated artists. Rapper Kendrick Lamar leads the pack for the 61st annual Grammy Awards, with eight nods, including Record of the …
Read More »Hear Lana Del Rey's Mournful New Song 'Hope Is a Dangerous Thing…'
Lana Del Rey released a new song “hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have –but I have it.” Throughout the cut, described in a statement as a “fan track,” Del Rey meditates on religion, family, alienation and the myths that surround celebrity. “I was reading …
Read More »For Lee Fields, Love Will Never Go Out of Fashion
Lee Fields, a 68-year-old soul singer, has a cutting tenor best suited for romantic pleas and songs of supplication. He believes that work is more valuable than ever in a time when public discourse is increasingly characterized by rancor and animosity. “There are so many things happening in the world …
Read More »Hear the Steel Woods' Barbed New Song 'All of These Years'
Nashville-based country rockers the Steel Woods issue a hard-driving wake up call in “All of These Years,” a newly released track appearing on their upcoming second album Old News, out January 18th. Featuring another blast of their characteristic dark roots rock and plenty of face-melting attitude, the track owes as …
Read More »See Trombone Shorty, Cyril Neville Perform 'Fiyo on the Bayou' on 'ACL'
Trombone Shorty brought his 10-piece group Orleans Avenue to Austin City Limits for an hour of Big Easy funk. The episode will premiere on PBS on January 5th. Cyril Neville, dressed in a flashy white jacket and hat, joined the group for a funky rendition of the Neville Brothers‘ “Fiyo …
Read More »Blackpink: 5 Things to Know About the K-Pop Girl Group
In today’s Instagram-focused age, festival-poster placement matters. When Blackpink was listed boldly on the second row of the Coachella Day 1 lineup, alongside Janelle Monáe, Diplo and the 1975, it drove home just how much of an impact the K-pop girl group has made despite the California fest marking their …
Read More »Iggy Pop to Executive Produce All-Star 'Punk' Docuseries
Iggy Pop will serve as executive producer on the upcoming four-part docuseries Punk, with fashion designer John Varvatos also on board to tell EPIX’s “quintessential story of punk.” The Stooges legend is also among the artists to provide exclusive interviews to the series. Sex Pistols’ John Lydon, Dave Grohl, Blondie’s …
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