Well, here we go again with the “Kanye West does something wild and uncalled for” headlines. On Monday, Kanye West showcased his new Yeezy line at a YZY SZN 9 presentation in Paris. His choice of clothing? A longsleeved “White Lives Matter” shirt. The live-streamed event saw the musician wearing …
Read More »Kid Cudi Sounds Pretty Happy on 'Entergalactic'
Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi’s generation-defining debut mixtape, 2008’s A Kid Named Cudi, showcased a unique artist at the forefront of a generation of rappers who made it feel OK to wear one’s heart on their sleeve. It was a daring look in the late aughts, when coke rap and snap-and-pop …
Read More »SZA Says Her New Album Is 'All Over The Place,' But She's Not Rushing to Release It: 'I Don't Have Any Deadlines'
SZA isn’t rushing to release her next album. In a recent interview with Complex, the singer opened up about the highly-anticipated follow-up to her 2017 Grammy Award-nominated debut CTRL, with the calm serenity of someone who isn’t fazed by the hoards of fans who have been begging for new music …
Read More »Billy Strings Picks and Sings With His Father on New Album 'Me/And/Dad'
Billy Strings will go back to where it all began with his new album Me/And/Dad, a collaborative project between the young bluegrass star and his father, Terry Barber. The new project featuring country and bluegrass classics will be released Nov. 18 and includes two songs that were released today: “Long …
Read More »Tove Lo Details North American 'Dirt Femme' Tour
Tove Lo is heading on the road early next year to promote her upcoming LP Dirt Femme, which arrives Oct. 14, and she’s bringing Slayyyter as an opener for the trek. “ARE YOU READY??? North America #DirtFemmeTour is coming in February and it is going to be worth.the.wait,” Tove Lo …
Read More »Taylor Swift Shares 'Anti-Hero' Song Title From 'Midnights'
Tick tock, tick tock (or should we say, TikTok), it’s time once again for another late-night Taylor Swift song title reveal as Swifties count down the days to the release of her highly anticipated Midnights. The LP is set to arrive on Oct. 21. As Sunday slipped into Monday, Swift …
Read More »Watch Yungblud's NFL London Games Halftime Performance of 'The Funeral,' 'Tissues'
Yungblud brought rock to the NFL during his recent performance during the NFL London Games halftime show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where the Minnesota Vikings faced off against the New Orleans Saints. Dropped into the center of a stadium filled with roaring football fans, Yungblud did seem slightly out of …
Read More »'SNL': Watch Kendrick Lamar Perform 'Father Time,' 'N95'
Kendrick Lamar’s third stint as Saturday Night Live’s musical guest saw the Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper perform the single “Father Time” off of Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, his fifth studio album. Lamar just wrapped up the North American leg of his tour promoting the May release of the album, …
Read More »See Bruce Springsteen Join the Killers for Three-Song Encore at Madison Square Garden
The Killers welcomed surprise guest Bruce Springsteen onstage for their entire three-song encore Saturday night at New York’s Madison Square Garden. With the E Streeter in tow, the band performed a pair of Springsteen classics, “Badlands” and the concert-ending “Born to Run” — both assisted by saxophonist Jake Clemons, the …
Read More »Aretha Franklin Was Tracked By the FBI for 40 Years. Here's What's In Her File
From 1967 to 2007, the Federal Bureau of Investigation methodically collected information about Aretha Franklin using false phone calls, surveillance, infiltration, and highly-placed sources, according to the documents obtained in September by Rolling Stone. Franklin’s FBI file — first requested in via the Freedom of Information Act on Aug. 17, …
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