British electronic duo Underworld will return to North America for their first set of shows here in five years this May. The run kicks off May 15th at the Warfield in San Francisco, and includes stops in Los Angeles, New York and Detroit before wrapping May 27th at the Rebel …
Read More »Jennifer Lopez Talks Super Bowl Performance, Springsteen Phone Call on 'Fallon'
Jennifer Lopez appeared on the Tonight Show Friday to recap her acclaimed Super Bowl halftime show and reveal that she personally asked Bruce Springsteen for permission to use “Born in the U.S.A.” during the performance. Jimmy Fallon walked Lopez through the entirety of her medley, beginning with the opening where …
Read More »Green Day Tap 'Stranger Things' Star for Death-Defying 'Meet Me on the Roof' Video
Stranger Things‘ Gaten Matarazzo plays a hopeless romantic and a budding daredevil in the new video for Green Day‘s “Meet Me on the Roof.” Directed by Brendan Walter and Greg Yagolnitzer, the clip stars Matarazzo as a lowly middle schooler pining for a girl who harbors a celebrity crush on …
Read More »John Moreland on Why He Ditched Guitars for Drum Machines on New Album
“Since I was 18,” says John Moreland, “I’ve made a lot more hip-hop music than folk music.” For longtime fans of the 34-year-old songwriter, who has become known for his desolate acoustic finger-picking over the past decade, such a statement may come as a surprise. But it’s true: For many …
Read More »Christine and the Queens Drops Synth-Pop Stunner 'People, I've Been Sad'
Christine and the Queens, a.k.a. French pop singer Hélöise Letissier, released a new single called “People, I’ve Been Sad,” accompanied by a sleek video. The clip is part of a session Letissier shot at Berlin’s COLORS Studio — a suave, minimalistic space that features artists against saturated backgrounds. “It’s true …
Read More »Flashback: Guns N' Roses Officially Launch 2016 Reunion Tour in Las Vegas
Guns N’ Roses rolled out yet another leg of their reunion tour earlier this week that will bring them to stadiums across North America throughout the summer. They downgraded to arenas in America after the first leg of the tour in 2016, and filling 60,000 seat venues might seem like …
Read More »Damon Albarn Talks New Gorillaz Songs, 'Raging Against' Brexit
Damon Albarn called into Apple Music’s ALT CTRL for a chat about his latest song for Gorillaz, “Momentary Bliss.” The track features instrumentation from the punk band Slaves and a verse from leftfield U.K. rapper Slowthai, and was released as part of Gorillaz’s Song Machine video series. The series features …
Read More »Drive-By Truckers Channel Their Disgust With Trump's America on 'The Unraveling'
For anyone who thought 2016’s American Band would be the most explicitly political record of the Drive-By Truckers career, the quintet has nine new songs that’ll likely convince you otherwise. In 2016, the longtime road warriors found new life with its election year treatise, which saw the band more revved …
Read More »Watch Alicia Keys Perform 'Underdog,' Discuss Kobe Bryant on 'Ellen'
Alicia Keys appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to perform her new single “Underdog” — and also took the opportunity to talk about her reaction to Kobe Bryant’s death. “Underdog” comes off Keys’ upcoming eighth album Alicia, which will be released March 20th; the singer told Ellen DeGeneres why she …
Read More »Watch Alicia Keys and Boyz II Men's Moving Tribute to Kobe Bryant at the Grammys
While hosting the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Alicia Keys brought out Boyz II Men for a moving tribute to Kobe Bryant, who died Sunday in a helicopter crash. “[It’s] music’s biggest night celebrating the artists that do it best, but to be honest with you, we’re all feeling …
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