Two years since the release of their volcanic LP, Rose Mountain, DIY champions Screaming Females resurface to announce their seventh full-length album, All At Once. Set for release on February 23rd, the albumis a madcap collection of punk experimentations, brimming with the same primal energy and pop-friendly savvy of their …
Read More »Hear Hank Williams' Rare Live 'Jambalaya' From Massive New Box Set
A previously unreleased live recording by Hank Williams is just one of the highlights in a startling treasure trove of country music, comprising 20 discs with a total running time of more than 25 hours. At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight, available from Germany’s Bear Family Records on October 20th, consists …
Read More »Foo Fighters, QOTSA Honor Tom Petty, Vegas Victims at Cal Jam
It was a brief, spontaneous gesture from singer-guitarist Josh Homme at the Cal Jam ’17 festival on Saturday, but a memorable one. The Queens of the Stone Age leader spotted a sign in the crowd and asked for it to be passed forward. Moments later, at center stage, he quietly …
Read More »Sheffield on Taylor Swift's 'Reputation': What We Know, What We Want
The Old Taylor can’t come to the phone? Long live the New Taylor. Reputation is one of this fall’s most tightly guarded secrets;Taylor Swift‘s sixth album is her first in three years, her longest vacation ever. So far, each Swift LP has been a major musical departure. But this time, …
Read More »Fergie Talks 'Beautiful Insanity' of Wild New Visual Album
The eye-catching peak of Double Dutchess: Seeing Double, Fergie‘s new visual album, is a short film helmed by A-list video director Jonas Åkerlund that tackles, among other things, the singer’s previous addiction to crystal meth and her resulting, semi-debilitating paranoia. At one point, Fergie wanders through a war-torn no man’s …
Read More »See Luke Combs Honor Las Vegas Victims With 'Used to You' on 'Kimmel'
Singer Luke Combs offered a solemn tribute to victims of the Las Vegas shooting on Monday night, performing his song “Used to You” on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The song, originally recorded for Combs’ 2016 EP This One’s for You, deals with the loss of a loved one and the physical …
Read More »Billy Joel Duets With Miley Cyrus, Paul Simon at Epic MSG Show
Now that’s how you cap off a Billy Joel show – the Piano Man bringing in surprise guests Paul Simon and Miley Cyrus to sing “You May Be Right.” It was a bizarre but fitting climax to Joel’s Saturday night concert, the latest installment of his monthly residency at Madison …
Read More »Miley Cyrus Kicks Out the Jams, Talks Weed at Nashville Pop-Up Show
You can’t deny Miley Cyrus‘ country roots. Nor can she. Especially when the singer-songwriter is embracing those roots by knocking dead a crowd of uber-hyped Instagram documentarians by duetting with dad Billy Ray Cyrus on a spirited performance of his 1992 mega-hit “Achy Breaky Heart.” That was the scene in …
Read More »Lana Del Rey Sets 2018 LA to the Moon Tour
Lana Del Reyannounced the LA to the Moon Tour, her 24-date trek in support of her recent LP Lust for Life. The 2018 arena tour kicks off January 5th at Minneapolis’ Target Center and runs through February 28th with a tour-closing gig in Honolulu, Hawaii. Jhene Aiko and Kali Uchis …
Read More »Hear Kelsea Ballerini's Bittersweet New Song 'High School'
Inching ever closer to the November 3rd release of her second LPUnapologetically, Kelsea Ballerini has made a third cut available from the highly anticipated album. “High School” is a nostalgic, deeply personal track, as it was penned by Ballerini on her own. Reminiscent of the confessional breakthrough songs that made …
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