Music

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 …

Zac Brown Band have announced plans for a new album due this fall. Titled The Comeback, the group’s upcoming full-length studio project will be released October 15th via Warner Music Nashville and Brown’s Home Grown Music. The 15-track release includes the band’s current single “Same Boat,” which came out in …

Steven Van Zandt’s new book, Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir,is a deep dive into the life of rock’s greatest consigliere. It traces his childhood in New Jersey, his first meetings with Bruce Springsteen in 1965, and their early days on the New Jersey bar circuit, the formation of the E Street …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

After a long battle to get their back catalog heard in the digital realm, De La Soul‘s music will hit all streaming platforms later this year, the group announced on Instagram Live. The group, who cut ties with their label of 30 years Tommy Boy last year after negotiations fell …

Miley Cyrus has reached out to DaBaby, according to her Instagram post, to “see how we can learn from each other and help be part of making a more just and understanding future.” Her message to the rapper comes after several festivals have nixed him from lineups followinghomophobic remarks he …