Elvis Costello paid tribute to his longtime friend and collaborator Burt Bacharach Thursday night following news of the legendary songwriter’s death at the age of 94. Bacharach’s death was announced just hours before Costello took the stage for the first of a 10-night residency at New York’s Gramercy Theater, and …
Read More »Gracie Abrams Searches for Subconscious Illusions on 'Amelie'
Dreams and reality blur together for Gracie Abrams on her latest single, “Amelie,” the second preview of her upcoming debut album Good Riddance. The soft acoustic ballad recalls a brief but impactful interaction with a girl who is now a figure in her distant past and who she can’t quite …
Read More »Nikki Lane Ships Up to Boston for Dropkick Murphys' 'Never Git Drunk No More' Video
Nikki Lane leaves Nashville behind and, ahem, ships up to Boston to film a new video with Dropkick Murphys. The country singer-songwriter duets with DKM’s Ken Casey on “Never Git Drunk No More,” a track off the band’s Woody Guthrie album This Machine Still Kills Fascists. Directed by Mike Rivkees, …
Read More »Britney Spears Denies Latest Post-Conservatorship Rumor Claiming She Nearly Died: 'Enough Is Enough'
For Britney Spears, being released from a 13-year conservatorship was meant to act as a reset, freeing her up to simply exist without her life being dictated by anyone else. But ever since she earned her freedom in 2021, paranoia has run high among fans who are concerned that she’s …
Read More »Beck Gets Back Into His Morning Phase on New Song 'Thinking About You'
Beck reenters his morning phase on his surprise new single, “Thinking About You,” which arrived Thursday night with no warning from the singer-songwriter. After spending the last half-decade traversing the pop universe with albums like Colors and Hyperspace, “Thinking About You” finds Beck returning to the mellow, introspective, and acoustic …
Read More »Flume's Surprise Album 'Things Don't Always Go The Way You Plan' Spans 2012 to 2021
Flume released the ultimate music time capsule on Wednesday, sharing Things Don’t Always Go The Way You Plan—a compilation of previously unreleased tracks recorded from 2012 to 2021. The Australian DJ/producer (real name Harley Streten) teased the drop yesterday, posting an image of the album’s artwork—a trippy computer desktop crammed …
Read More »SZA Brings Powerful Self-Affirmations to Lizzo's 'Special' on New Collaboration
Lizzo and SZA are a musical dream team on the newly released remix of “Special” from Lizzo’s 2022 album of the same name. The pair first teased the remix on social media last night with a graphic showing off their Grammy Award wins — Lizzo’s being the most recent, with …
Read More »Kelly Clarkson On Her Own in 'Here I Go Again' Whitesnake Cover
Kelly Clarkson took on Whitesnake’s 1987 hit “Here I Go Again” on Wednesday’s episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show. Backed by her band, the powerhouse singer belted out the English rock group’s single, which topped the Billboard Hot 100, for Kellyoke’s opening segment. “Though I keep searching for an answer/ …
Read More »Rihanna Reveals There Are '39 Versions' of Her Super Bowl Halftime Show Setlist: 'It's a Celebration'
Rihanna‘s Super Bowl halftime show performance is just days away. On Thursday, the musical superstar joinedApple Music’s Nadeska Alexis to discuss the upcoming performance, and without revealing too many details about what’s to come, she shared that there were “39 versions” of her 13-minute set. “The setlist was the biggest …
Read More »Roger Waters Says He's Re-Recording 'The Dark Side of the Moon' — Without Pink Floyd
Roger Waters said he has been re-recording the 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon “[because] not enough people recognised what it’s about, what it was I was saying then,” according to an interview with The Telegraph journalist Tristram Fane Saunders. In the profile, Waters claimed he’s been working …
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