Chill-bass duo ODESZA are bringing their massive A Moment Apart tour back on the road starting with three sold-out shows in their home base of Seattle Thursday through Saturday. While their show is a spaceship-circus of geometrically pleasing lights, smoke, video and a six-member drumline, the group’s members – Harrison …
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“The key to Led Zeppelin‘s longevity has always been change,” Jimmy Page proclaimed in 1975. This restless sprit enthralled some fans and infuriated others, specifically the type who preferred that the band remain on one sonic plane. Moving past the high-octane thunder of the gods found on their early albums, …
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Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks unveiled a blown-out new song, “Shiggy,” set to appear on their forthcoming album, Sparkle Hard, out May 18th via Matador. “Shiggy” boasts a heavy groove of thumping drums, bristling bass and scorching guitars riffs, which peel off into a delirious closing solo. Over this speaker-rattling …
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Elton John and songwriting partner Bernie Taupin’s wide-ranging influence on their fellow artists is being celebrated with a pair of tribute albums out next month. While Revamp collects covers by Lady Gaga, Ed Sheehan, Sam Smith, Miley Cyrus and more, a “Nashville Edition” titled Restoration includes country-flavored versions of the …
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A quartet of superstar country acts and an Olympic ski champ are among the latest performers and presenters added to the lineup for the 53rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The list of performers now includes Entertainer of the Year nominee Keith Urban, as well as Kenny Chesney, Lady …
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Two Broadway superpowers teamed for a new charity single Monday as Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda and Dear Evan Hansen‘s Ben Platt unveiled the video for “Found/Tonight,” a mash-up of Hamilton‘s “The Story of Tonight” and Dear Evan Hansen‘s “You Will Be Found.” The video finds Miranda and Platt – a “Musical …
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Luke Bryan trumpets diversity and inclusion in his new video for “Most People Are Good,” the optimistic second single from his sixth album, What Makes You Country. Directed by Wes Edwards, the clip finds a serious-looking Bryan performing from a black sound stage with a bank of digitally-added video screens …
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Gary Burden, the Grammy-winning artist who designed iconic album covers for musicians like Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, the Doors and My Morning Jacket, has died at the age of 84. No cause of death was revealed. Young penned a tribute to Burden on the rocker’s Archives website, reflecting on a …
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Shooter Jennings is hitting the road this spring for a select run of shows in March and April that take him through Texas and the Midwest. Joining him on select dates will be California outlaw singer Jaime Wyatt, the Black Lillies, and Them Guilty Aces. In total, Jennings announced 14 …
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Katie Armiger has been one of few artists to speak openly about her experiences with sexual harassment and assault in the country music industry and Monday at a press conference in Nashville for HB 1984/SB 2130 – new legislation designed to offer increased protections for victims who don’t fall under …
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