Margo Cilker is keeping an eye out for an easier patch of ground in “Lowland Trail,” the first offering from her new album Valley of Heart’s Delight. The follow-up to Cilker’s acclaimed 2021 album Pohorylle, the new project will be released Sept. 15. “Lowland Trail” has a breezy feel with …
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The Edge is normally reserved and immune to hyperbole when discussing U2‘s latest plans. But the group’s schedule in opening up Sphere in Las Vegas this September has the U2 guitarist atypically talking in grandiose terms. “My hope is that this will be a kind of quantum leap forward in …
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Ever see a pregnant robot? The video for “Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo) shows mankind’s Darwinian evolution from an amoeba to a primate to a man to a robot to an enceinte automaton (that looks a lot like a female version of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo’s stage costumes). The …
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The ACM Awards aired live from Texas on Thursday night in the Dallas suburb of Frisco —located just 12 miles from Allen, Texas, where a gunman killed eight people last weekend at a shopping mall. It was the U.S.’s 199th mass shooting of 2023 and the second-deadliest of the year. …
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“Hit it, quit it, live it, spit it….get nasty,” Paul Cauthen croons in his new song “Hometeam.” Like the tracks on his 2022 album Country Coming Down, the song leans hard into funk sounds and swaggering attitude. In fact, it’s so over-the-top that it’s easy to wonder if Cauthen is …
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Hardy brought an intense performance of “Truck Bed” to the 2023 ACM Awards in Frisco, Texas, where he was one of the evening’s top nominees. The song appears on Hardy’s album The Mockingbird & The Crow, which also features his recent hit duet “Wait in the Truck” featuring Lainey Wilson. …
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Collaborating with iconic artists takes some significant patience and effort. During his interview with Rolling Stone for On Your Radar, Alok reveals that it took him 10 different versions to get Mick Jagger‘s final approval for his remix of Rolling Stones‘ “Living in a Ghost Town.” The Brazilian DJ recalls …
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My Morning Jacketannounced that they will play their celebrated albumIt Still Movesin its entirety for select shows during its fall North American tour. The handful of shows will mark the 20th anniversary of the record, which Rolling Stone called a “first-class acid-country Radiohead swimming slowly to the surface” back in …
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Portugal. The Man is willing to go the distance to achieve the American dream. On their latest single, “Thunderdome [W.T.A.],” the band recruits Black Thought and Natalia Lafourcade to consider what it takes to make the ultimate sacrifice. “Welcome to America/ I’m waiting on a miracle/ All my sins American/ …
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Dolly Parton closed out the 2023 ACM Awards with the live debut of her new song “World on Fire.” Parton also co-hosted the two-hour show alongside Garth Brooks. Performing with a line of backup dancers that doubled as a choir, Parton sang a cautionary tale about the state of affairs. …
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