Taylor Swift performed two shows in Munich, Germany this weekend during her Eras Tour, where fans who didn’t have tickets gathered on a hill outside the Olympiastadion venue to watch and sing-along to the performances. On her final night of her two-day stint in Munich on Sunday, she debuted Fearless …
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The final guest during Conan O’Brien’s star-studded Sunday evening set at Newport Folk Festival was his podcast companion and friend Jack White. The pair first delivered a duet of the White Stripes classic “We’re Going to Be Friends,” with White and O’Brien trading verses. White played electric guitar alongside O’Brien …
Read More »Wet Leg Are So Julia With Impromptu Charli XCX '360' Cover
Wet Leg brought Brat to Truck Festival 2024 with an impromptu cover of Charli XCX‘s single “360.” The indie rock band headed by Hester Chambers and Rhian Teasdale slotted their own unique take on the record into their 11-track set list. Teasdale led the performance while the rest of the …
Read More »Killer Mike Will Close 'Michael' Album Era With 'Songs for Sinners & Saints'
When Killer Mike released his sixth studio album Michael last June, it marked his first solo studio album in more than a decade. Earlier this year, the record was awarded Best Rap Album at the 2024 Grammy Awards. The accolade would have been the perfect closing page for this chapter …
Read More »Stray Kids and Jimin Make Chart History With K-Pop Album Debuts
The old adage that good things come in twos holds true as Stray Kids and Jimin make chart history together. The two acts, who respectively released the new albums ATE and MUSE recently, currently occupy the Number One and Number Two spots on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The feat …
Read More »Allegra Krieger Finds Meaning in the Mundane on 'Into Eternity'
Allegra Krieger is the kind of songwriter who can invest even a simple walk down the block with whole worlds of spiraling thought. On “Into Eternity,” the latest single from her upcoming album Art of the Unseen Infinity Machine, that’s exactly what she does. Krieger begins the song strumming softly …
Read More »MJ Lenderman Strums in an Overgrown Field in 'Joker Lips' Video
North Carolina-based singer and songwriter MJ Lenderman has shared the video for the second single “Joker Lips” off his upcoming album Manning Fireworks. The LP arrives Sept. 6 via Anti-. In the visual, Lenderman strums his guitar alongside band The Wind amid an overgrown field in Western North Carolina. “Joker …
Read More »Billie Eilish Leans Into Soft Side of 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' With Acoustic Live Performances
Billie Eilish is leaning in to the soft side of her third studio album, Hit Me Hard and Soft. On Monday, the singer and songwriter released a series of live performances stripping four songs from the record down to their acoustic forms. The selections — including “Birds of a Feather,” …
Read More »Wait, Did Kamala Harris Actually Buy a Wu-Tang Solo Album? We Explain
Wait, was that Kamala Harris emerging from a record store brandishing a vinyl copy of the Grateful Dead’s Live/Dead? No, it was actually Charli XCX’s Brat. No, hold on, it was Frank Zappa’s One Size Fits All. Or maybe it was Nirvana’s Nevermind or GZA’s Liquid Swords? All those answers …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne Apologizes to Britney Spears, Gives Feedback to 'Change a Few Movements'
After Ozzy Osbourne and his family complained about Britney Spears‘ dancing videos during an episode of The Osbournes Podcast, the singer issued an apology, along with some constructive criticism. In an episode of The Osbournes Podcast, released Monday, Ozzy Osbourne said, “I’m so sorry for making that comment. However, it …
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