Dua Lipa took fans for a dip in the deep end in a teaser posted Wednesday for her upcoming third studio album, titledRadical Optimism. The clip opens with the artist wading through the ocean and cuts to snippets of her working in the studio, and clips of her practicing choreography …
Read More »The Long, Crazy, Never-Ending Story of 'Hound Dog'
In 2004,Rolling Stonelaunched its500 Greatest Songsof All Time list. Tabulated from a massive vote that had artists, industry figures, and critics weighing in, the list has been a source of conversation, inspiration, and controversy for two decades. It’s one of the most popular, influential — and argued-over— features the magazine …
Read More »Adele Reschedules Postponed Dates of Las Vegas Residency, Now Ending in November
Adele has rescheduled the postponed dates of her Weekends With Adele Las Vegas residency, with those now-final 10 shows set for the fall. The singer was set to continue her Vegas residency with 10 shows across five weekends in March, but Adele postponed the shows suddenly in late February after …
Read More »How Pirates and Factory Workers Changed Music Forever (and Made Eminem's Life Miserable)
The story everyone knows about the rise of the Mp3 and the end of the CD gold rush is a good one. It’s got Metallica and Dr. Dre, Sean Parker and the RIAA, Napster, Kazaa, Limewire, and the record industry’s flabbergasting decision to sue its own fans. But the real …
Read More »Charli XCX Drops New Singles 'Club Classics' and 'B2b' While Unveiling 'Brat' Tracklist
Club Charli XCX will open on June 7, when the singer and songwriter unleashes her pulsating new studio album, Brat. The album’s release date arrives nearly two months after she announced it with its neon green minimalist cover artwork and chaotic lead single, “Von Dutch.” Charli is keeping her energy …
Read More »Glass Animals Return With 'I Love You So F***ing Much,' First Album in Four Years
Nearly four years after “Heat Waves” rose to become a chart-topping, pandemic-era hit, Glass Animals will return with their new album I Love You So F***ing Much, their first LP since 2020’s Dreamland spawned their smash single. The album, due out July 19, was inspired in part by frontman Dave …
Read More »Vampire Weekend's 'Only God Was Above Us' Is a Harsh Beautiful Record For a Harsh Beautiful World
Vampire Weekend’s recordings have frequently been characterized by a kind of tidiness, a clean fusion of Ezra Koenig’s pop songwriting smarts and the group’s instrumental economy. The band’s new album Only God Was Above Us offers something different, pivoting away from the brighter, jammier aspects of 2019’s Father of the …
Read More »Months After Ban, CMT Rolls Out Welcome Wagon for Jason Aldean
Less than a year ago, CMT pulled Jason Aldean‘s controversial “Try That in a Small Town” music video, ostensibly because the song dealt in white-power tropes and the clip featured footage shot in a place where a Black man was once lynched. Reps for the network didn’t comment at the …
Read More »Experts Needed: Harry Styles' Hometown Is Hiring 'Harry's Home Village' Tour Guides
The fangirl-to-music industry professional pipeline walked so that the fangirl-to-walking tour guide pipeline could run. Holmes Chapel Partnership — the community-run organization in the English town where Harry Styles grew up — is recruiting fans to guide visitors through their popular Harry Styles Walking Map, which highlights significant landmarks related …
Read More »On 'American Primitive,' the Old 97's Just Want You to Enjoy Life for 41 Minutes
On their latest album, American Primitive, the Old 97’s have sandwiched songs about assessing their life choices and serial monogamy with reminders that the world is a doomed and hopeless place and that if you’ve found even a modicum of joy, then that day is a triumph. On the first …
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