MGMT have released the new music video for “Bubblegum Dog,” the new single from their upcoming album, Loss of Life. The Tom Scharpling and Julia Vickerman-directed visual pays tribute to alternative-rock videos from the Nineties. The humorous clip finds Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser hanging by a fake fire, donning …
Read More »Should '90s Nostalgia Be the New '60s Nostalgia?
The further we get from the Nineties, the more it looks like a series of musical golden ages all stacked atop one another, a kaleidoscopic moment when grimy hip-hop and future-shock R&B hit artistic and commercial peaks at the same time as a procession of fuzz-pedal-toting rock bands found themselves …
Read More »America Really Loved Streaming Morgan Wallen in 2023
America really likes its Morgan Wallen. The country star dominated streaming on both Apple Music and Spotify this year, earning the Number One streamed song in the country on both platforms with “Last Night.” His One Thing at a Time album was the most streamed album on Spotify. On Apple …
Read More »Drake Celebrates Albanian Independence Day in 'Polar Opposites' Video
Albanian Independence Day was yesterday, but Drake doesn’t think it’s too late to join in on the festivities. On Wednesday, the Canadian rapper shared the music video for “Polar Opposites,” the closing track to his latest album, For All the Dogs, which prominently features a group of Albanian men hanging …
Read More »After Catholic Church Debacle, Sabrina Carpenter Welcomes a New Fan: Jesus Christ
Sabrina Carpenter believes that if Jesus Christ came back right now, he’d be a “Feather” stan, too. Carpenter accidentally found herself at odds with the Catholic Church after the Diocese of Brooklyn claimed it was “appalled” with the “violent and sexually provocative” music video shot inside the Blessed Virgin Mary …
Read More »Bleachers Will Go 'From the Studio to the Stage' on 2024 Tour
Bleachers is ready to tour their self-titled album in the new year. On Tuesday, the Jack Antonoff-fronted band announced that it will be heading on the From the Studio to the Stage tour in the new year. “Just wait till you see this shit,” Antonoff teased in a press release …
Read More »Foo Fighters, Weezer, Noah Kahan Lead 2024 Shaky Knees Fest
Shaky Knees in Atlanta is getting in early on the hype for next year’s festival season, announcing Foo Fighters, Weezer, and Noah Kahan as headliners for 2024. The three-day event will take place May 3 through 5 at Central Park in downtown Atlanta. The lineup leans heavily on rock and …
Read More »Young Thug's Lawyer Says Rapper Is a 'Studio Gangster' at YSL Trial
The defense of Young Thug began Tuesday with the rapper’s attorney, Brian Steel, explaining trap music to grandmothers. “He is not running a criminal enterprise on Cleveland Avenue to gather money and power,” Steel says, arguing that by 2014, the rapper, whose legal name is Jeffery Williams, was a superstar …
Read More »Aretha Franklin's Sons Awarded Real Estate, Thanks to a Will Found in a Couch
A judge awarded Aretha Franklin‘s sons the singer’s real estate after reviewing a handwritten 2014 will that was found between couch cushions, Associated Press reports. The new decision comes four months after a jury decided that the document was valid despite being hard to read. The will was signed with …
Read More »Watch Jimmy Fallon and Meghan Trainor Perform Christmas Single 'Wrap Me Up' on 'Kimmel'
Having teamed up for a new Christmas song,Tonight Showhost Jimmy Fallon and pop star Meghan Trainor performed their holiday duet live onJimmy Kimmel Live, Monday night. In the catchy tune Fallon tries to guess what Trainor got him for Christmas, with the singer revealing that she is the gift. “It’s …
Read More »