My Morning Jacket have released the first proper single, “Love Love Love,” from their upcoming self-titled album, out October 22nd via ATO Records. The track boasts a subtle dance-y groove, with skipping drums and a rugged guitar riff leaving enough room for some spacey keyboard flourishes. The song builds to …
Read More »See Metallica, Miley Cyrus Perform 'Nothing Else Matters' on 'Howard Stern Show'
Miley Cyrus performed Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” alongside the heavy metal legends on Thursday’s Howard Stern Show, with the performance coming just hours before the arrival of the all-star covers LP Metallica Blacklist. Cyrus first performed the “Black Album” classic during her set at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival, she told …
Read More »Lorde Releases Surprise EP of 'Solar Power' Tracks Sung in Maori Language
Lorde has released a digital EP featuring five Solar Power tracks rerecorded in te reo Māori, the language of the indigenous people of the singer’s native New Zealand. The surprise EP arrived during Te Wiki o Te Reo, a week that celebrates the Māori language. The Te Ao Mārama EP …
Read More »Watch This Musician Use Red Hot Chili Peppers to Cover… Red Hot Chili Peppers
Los Angeles-based musician Tyzo Bloom recently shared one of the most literal covers of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Can’t Stop,” performing the song with actual red hot chili peppers. In the clip — shared on social media last week — Bloom crafts his rendition of the song with a …
Read More »How Lee 'Scratch' Perry 'Forever Changed the Sound of Music Everywhere'
It was a sunny Saturday afternoon in 1977 London when I popped in to visit the already-legendary dub creator Lee “Scratch” Perry to get his reaction to a new version by the Clash of his song about corruption “Police and Thieves.” I was curious – Joe Strummer’s rasp was so …
Read More »The Residents Cancel 'Dog Stab!' 50th-Anniversary Tour
UPDATE (8/23): The Residents have canceled their Dog Stab! 50th-Anniversary Tour due to continued concerns about the spread of Covid-19 cases from the Delta variant. While the bulk of shows will be axed, the band will keep three gigs in California: September 15th at the Regent Theater in Los Angeles, …
Read More »Hear Drake Appear to Take Aim at Kanye West With New Trippie Redd Track 'Betrayal'
Trippie Redd enlisted Drake for his new diss-track “Betrayal,” which is now featured on the expanded edition of Redd’s new LP Trip at Knight. The song, Redd and the Canadian rapper’s first-ever collaboration, appears to reignite Drake’s feud with longtime rival Kanye West. “All these fools I’m beefin’ that I …
Read More »Drake Jumps Back on Top of Artists 500 Chart as Billie Eilish Slips
Drake bounced back to the top of the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart, as last week’s Number One, Billie Eilish, slipped to Number Three, for the week of August 6th through 12th. Drake pulled in 107 million streams to top the RS500 for a record extending 29th week. And while …
Read More »Bon Iver Announces Special Live Shows for Album's 10th Anniversary
Bon Iver has announced that they’ll be celebrating the 10th anniversary of their 2011 album Bon Iver, Bon Iver, with two live performances at Los Angeles’ newly opened YouTube Theater. The performances at the Inglewood venue will take place Friday, October 22nd and Saturday, October 23rd. Tickets go on sale …
Read More »Bleachers Plan to Enforce Vaccination/Negative Test Mandate on Upcoming Tour
Bleachers is the latest artist to mandate that fans attending their upcoming tour either be vaccinated or supply a negative Covid-19 test. “Working with the promoters and venues now to make sure all shows are vaccine/negative test for entry for the Bleachers tour,” Jack Antonoff tweeted Wednesday. “We’re not messing …
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