Luke Combs has announced a run of new U.S. tour dates for his “Growin’ Up and Getting’ Old Tour,” which will kick off next spring. The new stops include two-night weekend stints at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium, Jacksonville’s EverBank Stadium, Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium, Houston’s NRG …
Read More »Sufjan Stevens Enlists Bryce Dessner, Covers Neil Young on New Album 'Javelin'
Sufjan Stevens returns with his first solo album in three years as the singer-songwriter will release Javelin in October. Ahead of Javelin’s October 6 release, Stevens has shared the LP’s first single, the atmospheric piano ballad “So You Are Tired”: Stevens recorded Javelin — his first proper solo LP since …
Read More »Will Hoge, the Black Opry, and Friends Ask 'Can I Be Country Too?' in New Stereotype-Busting Song
Preeminent Nashville country-rocker Will Hoge and the Black Opry Revue founder Holly G assemble some of country music’s most dynamic and diverse voices to ask “Can I Be Country Too?”, an answer song to stereotypes that abound in much of mainstream country music. You know the kind: that country fans …
Read More »Dashboard Confessional, Get Up Kids, and the Emo Gold Rush
In “Top Eight: How MySpace Changed Music,” author Michael Tedder tells the definitive story of the brief, improbable moment in the 2000s when new technology and a thriving underground scene collided to redefine mainstream music culture. The book features extensive oral-history interviews with many of the key figures from those …
Read More »Corey Taylor Hits Career Peak Performing 'SpongeBob' Theme Song With Tom Kenny
More than three decades into his career as a performing musician, Corey Taylor is still reaching new heights. Between Slipknot and Stone Sour, the singer has performed for some of the biggest crowds filling up some of the biggest venues and festival grounds possible. But Taylor reached his peak on …
Read More »Jonas Brothers Embark on Their Own Eras Tour at Massive Yankee Stadium Shows
No one could have predicted what it was like sitting in the middle of the Jonas Brothers’ second sold out night at Yankee Stadium. The trio of Nick, Joe and Kevin rose to stardom in the Aughts as Disney’s handsome, Christian answer to Hanson, but not even Disney could prepare …
Read More »'1989' Streams Doubled After Taylor Swift Announced 'Taylor's Version'
Hype for for 1989 (Taylor’s Version) is already bringing Swifties back to the original album. Streams on 1989 doubled the day after Swift announced 1989 (Taylor’s Version) during her final show in Los Angeles for the Eras tour last Wednesday, Aug. 9, according to Luminate. In the week leading up …
Read More »Magoo, Rapper Who Made Indelible Party Hits With Timbaland, Dead at 50
Magoo, the Virginia rapper best known for his work in the late-Nineties and early-2000s with longtime friend/super-producer Timbaland, has died. He was 50. The Office for the Chief Medical Examiner for Virginia’s Tidewater District confirmed his death to Rolling Stone, though noted a cause of death was still pending. His …
Read More »Caroline Polachek Gives Lorde the 'Green Light' During Surprise Festival Appearance
Lorde‘s Melodrama single “Green Light” is made to be screamed — particularly alongside tens of thousands of people who will come get their things, but can’t let go. The singer ramped up her performance of the track at this year’s Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary with a special guest appearance …
Read More »Karol G Bet on Herself and Won
Leer en español O n the last day of June, about 15,000 fans have braved dense New York City smog to worship at the altar of Karol G. At Rockefeller Center, a massive crowd assembles for the superstar’s debut on the Today show, dressed in Colombian levanta-cola (butt-lifting) jeans and …
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