Chrissie Hynde is taking a break from Pretenders duty to team up with an impressive slate of vocalists — including Lucinda Williams, Dave Gahan, Brandon Flowers, Debbie Harry, and Shirley Manson — for her fourth solo LP, Duets Special. “I never thought about doing a duets album before,” Hynde says …
Read More »Taylor Swift Makes Appearance on Travis Kelce's 'New Heights' Podcast: 'This Podcast Got Me a Boyfriend'
Swifties weren’t sure how to react to the news that Taylor Swift would be appearing on New Heights, the podcast hosted by her boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce. The announcement arrived, in true Swift fashion, quite cryptically. After a full day of hints and easter eggs, a …
Read More »'Girls' Bring King Princess to Her Knees on New Single
King Princess can’t help herself on her new single “Girls,” the latest preview from her forthcoming studio album Girl Violence, out Sept. 12. “Cruel/You prep my despair/And you know I like it (You know I like it)/When rules don’t seem fair/It gets you excited (So excited)/And to let you back …
Read More »Taylor Swift Unveils 'The Life of a Showgirl' Cover, Sabrina Carpenter Feature
Taylor Swift is spilling all the details on her new album, The Life of a Showgirl. As today’s episode of New Heights came out on YouTube, the singer shared the album cover, track list, and the release date for the record: Oct. 3. “And, baby, that’s show business for you. …
Read More »Eliza McLamb Will Bring All Her Best Stories on the Road
When Eliza McLamb went on her first headlining tour for her stunning debut album Going Through It, she started to write what would become her second LP Good Story. The indie singer-songwriter was inspired by playing with a band for the first time and wrote those new songs with future …
Read More »Taylor Swift Reunites With Max Martin, Shellback for 'The Life of a Showgirl': 'Best Ideas We've Ever Had'
Taylor Swift is set to bring more glitter-pen songs on The Life of a Showgirl. The superstar shared that Max Martin and Shellback are back as the sole producers, along with Swift, for her 12th studio album. Swift revealed the news tonight during her episode of the New Heights podcast. …
Read More »Radiohead Revisit 'Hail to the Thief' for 'Very Cathartic' Live Album
Why so green and lonely? Cheer up: Radiohead are revisiting 2003’s Hail to the Thief with a new live album, out digitally today and on vinyl Oct. 31. Hail to the Thief Live Recordings 2003-2009 includes performances from that era in Dublin, London, Amsterdam, and Buenos Aires. You can hear …
Read More »Taylor Swift Made 'The Life of a Showgirl' While on the Eras Tour: 'I Was Physically Exhausted'
Taylor Swift was hard at work on The Life of a Showgirl while she brought her massive Eras Tour to Europe. In her New Heights podcast interview on Wednesday, the singer revealed that she was flying to Sweden during breaks of the run to make her 12th studio album. “I …
Read More »Kiss, Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, Gloria Gaynor to Receive Kennedy Center Honors
Kiss, Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, George Strait, and English actor Michael Crawford will receive the Kennedy Center Honors at a Donald Trump-hosted ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 8. This is the first Kennedy Center Honors since President Donald Trump took over as chairman of the prestigious Kennedy Center earlier …
Read More »David Byrne: 'Am I Ever Going to Get Any of This Figured Out?'
D avid Byrne strolls into his downtown Manhattan office around noon and promptly removes all of his footwear. He’s been in this prewar building only for a few months, but it’s already unmistakably his own, looking as much like a work space as it does like a museum of the …
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