Saint Nick who? Tonight, we celebrate San Benito — even if he’s doing something unholy. On Thursday, Bad Bunny and Ñengo Flow released “Gato de Noche,” which Bad Bunny teased on TikTok earlier this week. “He loves you and would do anything for you/But you’re a devil who’s crazy for …
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Pop punk colors Black Eye, the debut solo from Vernon, one-thirteenth of the K-pop supergroup Seventeen. The third to venture out on his own, following Hoshi and Woozi, the hip-hop unit member previously appeared on a string of features, popping up alongside Charli XCX and Rina Sawayama on a “Beg …
Read More »Beck and Dave Grohl Roar Through 'E-Pro' for Hanukkah
Beck took to the stage for the fifth night of Hanukkah Sessions, roaring through a rendition of “E-Pro” with Dave Grohl, Greg Kurstin, and the bird and the bee bandmate Inara George. TheHanukkah Sessions,which was launched by Grohl and Kurstinback in 2020, continues to celebrate the holiday by sharingcoversof songs …
Read More »The Search for Guns N' Roses' Lost Masterpiece
I n the parking lot of a Panera, just off I-95 in Stafford, Virginia, Rick Dunsford climbed into the passenger seat of a white Ford F-350 pick-up. Depending whose account you believe, he was holding either $12,000 or $15,000 in cash. It was late afternoon on a Friday in July …
Read More »Rob Sheffield's Top 25 Songs of 2022
Give 2022 some credit—any year with Kate Bush crashing Top 40 radio can’t be all bad. So let’s celebrate a superbly crazy year for music, when brilliant tunes kept exploding all over the stylistic map. These are my 25 favorite songs of 2022. (Although many other gems are over on …
Read More »That Time Loretta Lynn Sang About Being at the Grand Ole Opry on Christmas Night
In its nearly 100-year history, few events have stopped the Grand Ole Opry broadcasts. And while each calendar year is different, the Opry’s weekend shows, now on Friday and Saturday nights, have more than a few times, including this year, fallen on Christmas Eve and/or Christmas Day. Back on Christmas …
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Megan Thee Stallion‘s boyfriend of more than two years, artist and songwriter Pardison Fontaine, has been a staple in the rapper’s inner circle in the lead-up to and through the duration of the felony assault trial against Tory Lanez, who allegedly shot her during an altercation in July 2020. Despite …
Read More »BTS' V Gets in the Holiday Spirit on 'It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas' Cover
Sharing the gift of a holiday song is becoming something of a tradition for BTS member V. This year, the singer crooned his way through a shimmering piano melody on his rendition of the classic tune “It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas.” The offering comes at the conclusion …
Read More »Phoebe Bridgers Doesn't Want to Kill Her Dad Anymore
Nature is healing: Phoebe Bridgers doesn’t want to kill her dad anymore. The sadcore queen skipped all of the first date pleasantries on her outing with Chicken Shop Date’s whimsical host Amelia Dimoldenberg and jumped straight into existential oversharing, starting with a sprinkle of familial trauma. The worst thing Bridgers …
Read More »Big Scarr, Rapper and Gucci Mane Protegé, Dead at 22
Rapper Big Scarr, who hailed from Tennessee and created buzz as a rising artist on Gucci Mane’s 1017 records, has reportedly passed away. The artist, born Alexander Woods, was 22 years old. Details surrounding Woods’ death have not been shared, though TMZ reported that “the case is an ongoing death …
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