Kali Uchis is officially kicking off her fifth album era with the dreamy lead single “Sunshine & Rain.” Uchis’ latest LP Sincerely will drop on May 9th and it will be her first release under new label home Capitol Records. The smooth track is a soulful, honest turn from the …
Read More »Kiss to Reunite (Again) for Las Vegas Concert
Did you really think Kiss were done? Only 481 days have passed since the group, which has reunited several times, played the last date of their End of the Road World Tour — a concert they billed as “The Final Concert” and monetized with a pay-per-view stream — and the …
Read More »Selena's Family 'Grateful' for Killer's Denied Parole: 'Nothing Can Bring Selena Back'
Selena Quintailla’s family is thankful to see the Tejano icon’s murderer stay behind bars. In a statement to Rolling Stone Thursday, Selena’s family and partner Chris Pérez shared their gratitude for the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles’ decision to deny Yolanda Saldívar’s parole request. “Today, we are grateful that …
Read More »Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings to Celebrate 'Naturally' With 20th-Anniversary Reissue
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their second album Naturally with a remastered reissue of the late singer’s 2005 soul classic. Out May 2nd via Daptone Records, the 2-LP vinyl edition of Naturally will pair the original album with a bonus record featuring instrumental versions …
Read More »Kesha Saddles Up for New Album With Countrified T-Pain Collab 'Yippee-Ki-Yay'
The pop music-as-recession indicator final boss has arrived: Kesha and T-Pain have released their first-ever collaboration, the countryfied single “Yippee-Ki-Yay.” The record follows early singles “Delusional” and “Joyride” as the latest preview of Period, stylized as the punctuation mark (.), the forthcoming sixth studio album from Kesha, out July 4, …
Read More »Ed Sheeran Debuts Nostalgic Single 'Old Phone' From New Album, 'Play' on 'Fallon'
Ed Sheeran has finished working his way though mathematics symbols with his albums Plus, Multiply, Divide, Subtract, and Equals. Now, he’s moving on to the buttons on a walkman. During a recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the musician revealed the title of his forthcoming album, Play, …
Read More »Katy Perry Going to Space Next Month
So that’s what Katy Perry has been fueling up for. On April 14, a little over half a year since she released her globally panned 143 album, the pop star will be exiting earth in search of friendlier alien music critics. Perry will be among the passengers on Jeff Bezos’ …
Read More »FKA Twigs Needs North West's Help to Win Over Music Exec in 'Childlike Things' Video
The music executive FKA Twigs recruited actor/director Kevin Smith to play in the music video for “Childlike Things” couldn’t care less about whatever Eusexua is. The musician would describe it as a feeling, the kind that emerges after reaching euphoria on the dance floor. He would call it noise, just …
Read More »Deafheaven's Ragingly Beautiful 'Lonely People With Power'
Back in the 1880s, magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin used to stun his audiences with a trick he called “The Marvelous Orange Tree.” It was all very complicated, but, in the end, resulted in a lady’s handkerchief bursting out of the titular plant, held aloft by butterflies. There’s also fire involved. …
Read More »The Secret Weapon That Helped Led Zeppelin and Big Star Find New Sounds
Terry Manning, a music producer and engineer who collaborated with Led Zeppelin, Big Star, and ZZ Top, died at his home in El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday. He was 77. Just two weeks earlier, a jovial Manning recalled working with Jimmy Page and other giants of the music biz in …
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