Haley Dahl took the stage at Austin’s Mohawk bar on March 16 dressed like a witch from folklore, which checks out, considering her band Sloppy Jane’s recent albumMadison was recorded in a cave. She stood head to toe in royal blue, her velvet suit’s sharp shoulder pads providing a trusty …
Read More »Mandy Moore and Her Celeb Friends Show Their 'Real Life' in Sweet Video
Mandy Moore showcases the sweet moments of what happens “In Real Life” in the celeb-filled video for her forthcoming album‘s title track. As the sweet, uplifting track plays, the video shows clips of Moore spending quality time with her husband Taylor Goldsmith and their son Gus. The video is laced …
Read More »Residente Blasts U.S. Imperialism on Blistering New Track 'This Is Not America'
If his recent diatribes haven’t made it clear by now, the Puerto Rican rapper Residente rarely holds back when it comes to saying how he feels. But on his detonative new track “This Is Not America,” he’s not focusing on other artists or what he sees as failures of the …
Read More »'Prince Was A Teetotaler': Winery's Novel Defense in 'Purple Rain' Trademark Dispute
An Ohio winery now locked in a legal battle with Prince‘s estate has floated a novel defense for its “Purple Rain” trademark, saying the late musician’s famed aversion to alcohol means consumers would never link his legacy to its adult beverages. “To the extent Prince was famous, he was equally …
Read More »Kim Kardashian Says She Takes 'High Road' While Co-Parenting With Kanye West
Kim Kardashian simply has to put her kids first when it comes to co-parenting with Kanye West. During her Thursday appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Kardashian spoke about what it’s like to raise children with her ex-husband, as he continues to publicly bash her boyfriend Pete Davidson online. “I’m …
Read More »The Cactus Blossoms and Jenny Lewis Team Up for Colorful 'Everybody' Video
The Cactus Blossoms mine a classic soft-rock vibe on “Everybody,” an easygoing duet with Jenny Lewis that appears on their 2022 album One Day. Appropriately, the song’s new video finds the three performers in colorful, retro-futuristic surroundings. Singing siblings Jack Torrey and Page Burkum are set against a faded pink …
Read More »Charli XCX Outsmarts the Pop Machine on 'Crash'
It’s been flat-out exhilarating to watch Charli XCX elude conventional stardom for so many years. Though she’s thrown some tracks into the commercial vortex, she’s been too much of a free-thinking weirdo to let her boundless creativity get crushed out by mainstream expectations. Instead, she found a way to feed …
Read More »Phil Lesh and Friends, Khruangbin, the War on Drugs Lead New Sacred Rose Festival
Phil Lesh and Friends, Khruangbin, the War on Drugs, Black Pumas, Kamasi Washington, Animal Collective, and Margo Price are among the lineup for Sacred Rose, a new festival taking place August 26-28 at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, located about 15 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. The lineup featuring more …
Read More »Aaliyah's Self-Titled Album to Drop on Vinyl for First Time
Aaliyah’s eponymous album — her third and final studio LP originally released in July 2001 — will receive its first-ever vinyl pressing in April via Vinyl Me, Please’s Essentials Record of the Month subscription program. The exclusive offering for VMP Essentials subscribers arrives as a two-LP set pressed on red …
Read More »Dawn Richard, Kurdish Heavy Folk, and New Africa Showcase Amplify Diversity at SXSW Day 2
SXSW‘s second day was all about diversity. There were revelatory sounds from Africa, Turkey, and the U.K., all of them shot through with a sense of pride for the respective artists’ homelands. In some cases, that meant Texas and Tennessee, too. Here’s what we saw on the stage, in the …
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