Depeche Mode completed the late-night trifecta Friday as the band appeared on The Tonight Show to perform their Memento Mori track “Wagging Tongue.” Since announcing their latest album just over a year ago, Depeche Mode first played then-new single “Ghosts Again” on The Late Show in February, and then played …
Read More »See the Gaslight Anthem Bring 'History Books' to 'CBS Mornings'
Fresh off the release of the Gaslight Anthem’s new album History Books, the New Jersey rockers appeared on CBS Mornings’ Saturday Session to showcase a pair of tracks from their first LP in nine years. For the mini-set, Brian Fallon and company performed “Autumn” and the title track, the latter …
Read More »Halsey Drops Out of Danny Elfman's 'Nightmare Before Christmas' Concerts
Halsey was scheduled to perform this weekend as part of the annual Nightmare Before Christmas shows at the Hollywood Bowl, but she quietly dropped out recently due to “unforeseen circumstances.” On October 10, Halsey was announced as special guest in the role of Sally and to perform “Sally’s Song” in …
Read More »Taylor Swift Breaks Her Own Record for Most Streamed Album in a Single Day
Taylor Swift is breaking records again… even her own. On Saturday, Spotify shared that 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which dropped on Friday, has become the service’s most single-day streamed album of the year so far, and she is the most streamed artist in a single day as well with the LP’s …
Read More »Sky Rompiendo Drops 'Crush' Video With Dei V, Arcangel Makes a Surprise Cameo
Sky Rompiendo and Dei V are bringing their crushes to the tropics. On Thursday, the producer-musician pair released their collaboration “Crush” along with its new music video — and a special reggaetonero friend makes an appearance. The Andy Hines-directed video opens with Sky Rompiendo and a group of female friends …
Read More »Here's Where Swifties Can Buy Every Edition of '1989 (Taylor's Version)' Online, From Vinyl to Cassette
Her name is Taylor and she was born in 1989. Nearly nine years since releasing her Grammy-winning pop album of the same name, Taylor Swift has finally dropped the re-recorded edition, 1989 (Taylor’s Version). Her fourth re-recorded album, the new soundtrack is complete with five vault tracks that’ll have Swifties …
Read More »'1989 (Taylor's Version)' Is Our Deepest Look Yet Into the Record That Made Everyone a Swiftie
Long before Taylor Swift went into the woods for Folklore, she desperately wanted out of them. In the sixth music video she released from 2014’s 1989, she’s running through the forest in a blue dress, escaping a pack of wolves and magical roots that long to twist and curl around …
Read More »The Sadness of 'Slut' — And More of Our Takeaways from Taylor Swift's New Vault Tracks
Sweetening the deal of every re-recorded Taylor Swift album is the promise of hearing new vault tracks. These previously unreleased songs, which were written during their assigned eras, flesh out the diaristic narratives Swift laid out on their respective albums — and they also give us a glimpse into how …
Read More »Taylor Swift's Version of '1989' Is Finally Here
It’s been a long time coming but Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) has arrived. This is the fourth album she has re-recorded of the six previously owned by Big Machine Records. Swift announced 1989 (TV) in August during the last stop of her Los Angeles Eras Tour shows. The new …
Read More »What's Going On With DJ Envy's Ponzi Scheme Allegations?
This week, real estate investor Cesar Piña was arrested on a federal wire fraud charge in what federal authorities are calling a “multimillion-dollar Ponzi-like investment fraud scheme” that defrauded New York and New Jersey area investors. Piña is a business associate of DJ Envy, real name Raashaun Casey, who is …
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