After Carly Rae Jepsen released the album Emotion in 2015, her A&R asked to see the songs that had ended up on the cutting room floor. Jepsen wasn’t ready to let them go, but she also didn’t know if they would ever live to see the light of day. A …
Read More »Big Thief Finally Share Studio Version of Live Favorite 'Vampire Empire'
Big Thief have finally shared the studio version of their “Vampire Empire,” a previously unreleased track that became a live favorite since its debut last year. Following the release of Big Thief’s latest albumDragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, “Vampire Empire” was first performed by Adrianne Lenker and …
Read More »Lil Durk Cancels Over 20 Concerts After Hospitalization
Lil Durk has called off over 20 concerts — including his set at Rolling Loud Miami this weekend — as he continues to recover following a reported hospitalization earlier this month. Lil Durk was supposed to kick off his lengthy Sorry for the Drought tour at the end of this …
Read More »Wet Leg Welcome Superfan Harry Styles for 'Wet Dream' Performance
Harry Edward Styles, a 29-year-old Wet Leg superfan from Redditch, England who has spent the past few years pursuing a music career including a six-year stint in the now-defunct pop group One Direction, fulfilled his lifelong dream on Tuesday when the cheeky duo from the Isle of Wight decided to …
Read More »Keanu Reeves and Dogstar Return With First New Music in Over 20 Years
Dogstar — the Nineties alt-rock band featuring storied bassist and occasional movie star Keanu Reeves — are officially back with a new song, a new album, and a whole lot of tour dates. Their new single, “Everything Turns Around,” is a bright bit of good vibes rock and roll, with …
Read More »Harry Styles Joins the Circus in Whimsical 'Daylight' Video
Harry Styles marks the near-end of his extensive, multi-year touring in support of 2022’s Harry’s House with a brand new video. “Daylight” is the fifth and, very likely final, music video from the pop megastar’s third album. In the credits for the video, it is noted that “Daylight” was “made …
Read More »Code Orange Recruit Billy Corgan for New Song 'Take Shape'
Hardcore outfit Code Orange returns this September with The Above, the band’s first LP since their breakout 2020 album Underneath. Ahead of The Above’s Sept. 29 arrival, Code Orange have shared the latest single, “Take Shape,” featuring Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan on vocals. The Above was produced by Code Orange’s …
Read More »Jason Aldean's 'Try That In a Small Town' Video Sure Features a Lot of Footage From Canada
It’s a time-honored tradition in popular music to embrace a persona or even fudge the truth a bit in service of an artistic statement. But maybe if your statement is an extremely jingoistic one rooted in myopic, rose-colored views of an American pastoral — like Jason Aldean’s “Try That In …
Read More »Luke Grimes, Molly Tuttle, and Those Insane Views Help Make 'Under the Big Sky' Country's Cool Fest
With the Rocky Mountains of Western Montana in the distance and a BNSF freight train rolling down the tracks nearby, Luke Grimes, the Yellowstone actor and emerging singer-songwriter, gazed across a sea of faces during his Friday evening performance at the Under the Big Sky festival. “This is, by far, …
Read More »The Who Announce Colossal 'Who's Next/Life House' Deluxe Edition
The Who announced the release of multi-format Who’s Next/Life House on September 15 — the massive set will feature 155 tracks, of which 89 are previously unreleased and 57 include new remixes. A press release touts the project as a “complete picture” of Pete Townshend’s songwriting, promising to captivate a …
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