“Weird Al” Yankovic is returning to the road in 2019, where the musician will employ a full symphony orchestra for every show. Unlike this year’s Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour – where he played a set consisting almost entirely of his lesser-known original tunes – he’ll be breaking out all …
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Janelle Monáe returned to the Late Show Friday to deliver a transfixing performance of her Dirty Computer single “Make Me Feel.” The rendition opened in black-and-white video with Monáe delivering a Janet Jackson-like dance routine before the performance of the Prince-inspired song wiped to full color with backup dancers, backing …
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These days, when Ray Davies listens to his band’s masterstroke, 1968’s The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, it’s with “a bit of misery.” The frustration he was feeling at age 23, when he wrote it, is still fresh: The Kinks were banned from playing in the U.S. following …
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In April, Kimbra released Primal Heart, a slick electronic pop album teeming with sharp hooks. She’s been tinkering with the results ever since. She took “Version of Me,” a brooding, self-castigating ballad from the piano-and-microphone school, and reworked it with simmering harmonies from the singer Dawn Richard. “Top of the …
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Lady Antebellum will become the latest top-tier country act to take up residency in Las Vegas as their Our Kind of Vegas concert series launches early next year. The multi-award-winning trio’s residency at the Palms Casino Resort’s Pearl Concert Theater will consist of 15 dates between February 8th and August …
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As Jason Isbell eases into another run of sold-out shows at the Ryman Auditorium, it’s tempting to take the songwriting hero — whose Ryman residencies stretch back to 2014 — for granted. He’s driven. He’s dependable. And ever since Southeastern relaunched his solo career five years ago, he’s rarely stumbled, …
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Nine Inch Nails highlight the rabid energy of their stage show in a new live video for “Ahead of Ourselves.” The black-and-white clip, filmed during the band’s ongoing “Cold and Black and Infinite” North American tour, shows frontman Trent Reznor adopting a forceful pose – grabbing the microphone stand and …
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Loretta Lynn sent a message to fans Saturday afternoon following a report that the country legend was in the hospital. Earlier in the week, Lynn was forced to miss the 2018 CMTArtists of the Year event,where she was to receive a lifetime achievement award. “I was so disappointed to have …
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Swedish singer Tove Lo has entered herBlue Lips era with a short film based on the songs from the album. The film follows the release of her Major Lazer collaboration “Blow That Smoke.” She co-wrote the film with director Malia James. Tove Lo stars as Ebba, who goes on an …
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Bittersweet, somber and haunting, “Cry Alone” is peak Lil Peep. The song was recorded in 2017, before the young rapper’s death, and features him singing about the intersection of drugs and death. “I don’t wanna die alone right now, I just did a line of blow right now,” Peep says …
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