Linkin Park have announced a new live album titled One More Light Live, a document of their final tour with Chester Bennington. “We dedicate this live album to our brother Chester who poured his heart and soul into One More Light,” the band said in a statement on the Linkin …
Read More »Chuck Mosley, Former Faith No More Singer, Dead at 57
Chuck Mosley, the vocalist for the mid-Eighties run of pioneering alt-metal outliers Faith No More, died Thursday at the age of 57. The singer pioneered what would eventually become rap-rock on the band’s first hit, 1987’s snarky MTV breakthrough “We Care a Lot.” He left the band shortly after and …
Read More »Watch Will Smith as LAPD Cop in Bastille's New Post-Apocalyptic Video
Bastille released the video for “World Gone Mad,” the lead single from the Netflix movie soundtrack for Bright. The video uses the post-apocalyptic backdrop of the action-thriller about two police officers (Will Smith, Joel Edgerton) in a dystopian version of Los Angeles. In the video, Bastille singer Dan Smith emerges …
Read More »Keith Urban to Debut 'Female,' Weinstein Response Song, at CMA Awards
In country music, the lack of female representation on the radio is often a palpable undertone, particularly during otherwise celebratory occasions like the CMA Awards – but today, Keith Urban showed how he’s not afraid to tackle that elephant head-on with his new song, “Female.” A tender ballad he’ll be …
Read More »See Maroon 5, SZA's Festive 'What Lovers Do' on 'Fallon'
Maroon 5 performed their latest hit, “What Lovers Do,” with SZA on The Tonight Show on Wednesday. The recent single climbed to Number 12 on the Hot 100 in October. “What Lovers Do” is breezy disco rock, buoyed by a cheery “ooh-ooh-oohs” from Levine. On The Tonight Show, Levine emphasized …
Read More »Hear Jadakiss, Fabolous, Future on Urgent New Song, 'Stand Up'
Rugged rap veterans Fabolous and Jadakiss celebrate their own infallibility on new track “Stand Up,” whileFuture contributes a drilling, repetitive hook. This track shrewdly updates the gothic menace of the mid-2000s New York rap scene. Funereal church bells ring in the distance, signaling imminent doom; sirens whoop through the beat …
Read More »Pink, Eric Church, Keith Urban Added to CMA Awards Performance Lineup
With less than two weeks before the 51st annual CMA Awards on ABC, the lineup of performers continues to grow, with Pink, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, and Keith Urban among those announced via the Country Music Association’s Twitter early Friday morning. Also set to perform during the live telecast …
Read More »Paul McCartney Remembers 'Truly Magnificent' Fats Domino
Paul McCartney paid tribute to New Orleans great Fats Domino‘svoice and sartorial stylefollowing the rock and roll pioneer’s death on Tuesday at age 89. “Rest in peace Fats Domino, the great rock ‘n’ roll pianist and singer who thrilled us in our early days in Liverpool,” McCartney wrote on his …
Read More »Fats Domino, Rock and Roll Pioneer, Dead at 89
Fats Domino, the genial, good-natured symbol of the dawn of rock and roll and the voice and piano behind enduring hits like “Blueberry Hill” and “Ain’t That a Shame,” died Tuesday at the age of 89. Mark Bone, chief investigator with the Jefferson Parish coroner’s office in Louisiana, confirmed his …
Read More »Watch Marty Stuart's Majestic 'Time Don't Wait' Video
In 2005, Marty Stuart and his band the Fabulous Superlatives released Badlands, a concept LP subtitled Ballads of the Lakota. That LP was inspired and guided by – and deeply connected to – members of the Lakota Sioux tribe, as is “Time Don’t Wait,” the latest music video from Stuart …
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