Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen is joined by two copies of himself for a lonely performance in the video for his latest solo single “Shadow in the Frame.” The song will appear on the singer and guitarist’s debut solo album You Belong There, out April 8. Directed by Luke Bern Carr, …
Read More »Goose Help Revitalize an Office Drone's Daily Slog in New 'Hungersite' Video
Goose, and an old exercise tape, help inject some life into an office worker stuck in the doldrums in the new music video for “Hungersite.” The track will appear on the Connecticut band’s upcoming album, Dripfield, out June 24. “Hungersite” is a breezy tune with shuffling drums, rich harmonies, a …
Read More »Watch Cody Jinks Pay Tribute to Taylor Hawkins With 'Learn to Fly'
Cody Jinks deviated from his set list of outlaw-country tunes like “I’m Not the Devil” and “Must Be the Whiskey” during his weekend show in Round Rock, Texas, weaving in a Foo Fighters cover to pay tribute to the band’s drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died March 25. Around the halfway …
Read More »Obongjayar Gets a New Outlook on 'Tinko Tinko (Don't Play Me For A Fool)'
Obongjayar, a London-based, Nigeria-born music maker influenced by afrobeat, soul and hip-hop, is thinking about things from the inside-out on his recent single “Tinko Tinko (Don’t Play Me For A Fool).” After a quick and romantic EP with popular Afrobeats producer Sarz last year, Obongjayar’s upcoming debut album, Some Nights …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, Carole King Join Social Media Rally to Aid Ukrainian Refugees
UPDATE (4/5): Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, and Carole King will join Global Citizen’s social media rally to drive support for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine and elsewhere. The latest additions to the already star-studded online event also include Fall Out Boy, Jon Bon Jovi, Kesha, Padma Lakshmi, Panic! At the Disco, Rufus …
Read More »Paul McCartney's 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' Lyrics Can Be Yours for Around Half a Million
Paul McCartney‘s handwritten lyrics to “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” are headed to the auction block via Moments in Time. The asking price is $425,000. The song was pretty close to its final form when McCartney wrote these lyrics down on Apple Corps stationary, but he did cross out a few words …
Read More »Why Don't We Forced to Postpone Ticket Sales Due to Lawsuit With Allegedly Abusive Manager
Why Don’t We have been forced to put their Good Times Only tour on hold “due to legal complications” regarding a lawsuit between their former managers, according to a post on social media. Tuesday, they announced that ticket sales are being postponed due to their former manager’s alleged attempts to …
Read More »Give BTS a Real Spy Movie Immediately, and 11 Other Thoughts on the 2022 Grammys
Even the most ardent Grammy haters would have to admit that the ceremony at least has an ethos: The alternate-universe vision of current popular music it presents is almost its own radio format, where almost everything is more classicist, melodic, and live-instrument-driven than our unfiltered real world. (The choices for …
Read More »LL Cool J Turns Quick Bodega Run Into Rock the Bells Festival Lineup Announcement
LL Cool J has an announcement to make, but first he has to make a quick stop at the bodega to pick up a few things. There’s the Rick Ross cigar, the Jadakiss chapstick, a few Digable Planets gumballs, a canister of Fat Joe and Remy Ma espresso ground coffee, …
Read More »J Balvin Brought the Red-Hot Heat With Maria Becerra at the Grammys
J Balvin performed “Qué Más Pues?” with Maria Becerra and “In Da Getto” at the 2022 Grammys — and we’re sweating. Bathed in red light, Balvin’s busted out “Qué Más Pues?” with Becerra — flirting it up during the song’s chorus. Balvin then joined a trove of masked, seated dancers …
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