Here lies Taylor Swift‘s reputation — or at least the final nail in the coffin of herReputation era. Since its release last November, Swift’s sixth album has kept a deserved hold on the pop narrative of the last year, but on Friday, the album and its singles were all suspiciously …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen Releases 'The Roxy 1975' Live Album
The newest chapter of Bruce Springsteen‘s ongoing live download series spotlights a show he played at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California on October 18th, 1975. Born To Run had come out a little less than two months before the show and the hype around the album was reaching a …
Read More »Spiritualized Plot 2019 North American Tour
Spiritualized will embark on a 2019 North American tour next spring in support of their latest album, And Nothing Hurt. The band will get things underway March 22nd with a set at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee. The tour will then criss-cross the United States over the next …
Read More »Jazz Is Dance Music Again
Makaya McCraven’s set at New York’s (Le) Poisson Rouge on Sunday touched on a universe of musical styles. Driving funk, hypnotic reggae, loping odd-time vamps, hectic Afrobeat-esque workouts and more all found their way into the mix as the Chicago drummer and his 11-piece all-star band — featuring a roll …
Read More »Tommy Lee Fires Insults at 'Idiot' Travis Scott Over Similar Stage Design
In unlikely beef news, Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee took shots at Travis Scott over similar use of a circular stage roller coaster that Lee claims he pioneered. Scott has been spinning on one during hisAstroworld tour. On Wednesday, Lee posted videos from both a Mötley Crüe show on their “Final …
Read More »Smokey Robinson: I Regret Never Recording With Aretha Franklin
Smokey Robinson reveals in a new interview that, in the aftermath of Aretha Franklin, he regrets not recording in the studio with the Queen of Soul. “It was my close friend and I loved her very much; I still do. She was my buddy and she was one of those …
Read More »Young Thug Treks Through Creepy, Enchanted Forest in New 'Chanel' Video
Young Thug, Gunna and Lil Baby navigate a trippy world in the new video for “Chanel.” The song appears on Young Thug’s Slime Language, which was released in August. While the song’s lyrics bouncily tout buying their respective women “anything she want” and “anything you see” including designer items ranging …
Read More »A K-Pop Movie Beat Out One Direction In U.S. Theaters
Boy band BTS has another few accolades to add to its litany of milestones this year. After having an album debut at Number One and being the first Korean group to play a U.S. stadium, the K-Pop group released a film this weekend that is alreadyAmerica’s highest-grossing event-cinema music production. …
Read More »Hear John Legend, Joan Jett, Tony Bennett's New Christmas Songs
For the second year, Spotify brings early presents for every kind of music fan under its proverbial Christmas tree with 15 new tracks added to its hit playlist,Spotify Singles: Christmas Collection. The new batch is a mixed bag of artists, with boy band Why Don’t We’s rollicking “Feliz Navidad” to …
Read More »'Dennis and Lois': Rockers Laud Famed Music-Obsessed Couple in Doc Trailer
Dennis Anderson and Lois Kahlert – the music-obsessed New York couple who inspired a Happy Mondays song and transcended traditional fandom with their decades of rock dedication –are the subjects of filmmaker Chris Cassidy’s new documentary Dennis and Lois. The movie will premiere as an official selection at the ninth-annual …
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