When we think of the Red Hot Chili Peppers at their best — making rock that was both breezily Californian and exceedingly funky — guitarist John Frusciante has always been the heartbeat of that sound. Of course, Frusciante’s experience with the band has been tempestuous. He’s quit twice, most recently …
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A belated birthday party is better than no party at all. A few days after Willie Nelson turns 89, a group of friends and disciples will join the Red Headed Stranger at his Luck Ranch outside of Austin for a May 1st tribute concert. “To Willie: A Birthday Celebration,” produced …
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Harry Styles has dropped his hotly anticipated new song “As It Was.” It’s the lead single and video from his upcoming third album, Harry’s House, due May 20 — the first music he’s released since his 2019 blockbuster, Fine Line. It’s one of the most emotionally powerful songs he’s ever …
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Shawn Mendes has dropped the video for his new single “When You’re Gone.” The singer debuted the song— which he co-produced with Jonah Shy and cowrote with Shy and Scott Harris — earlier in the month at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas. The Jay Martin-directed video, shot in Toronto …
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Flume has released a new single, “Sirens,” featuring Caroline Polachek. The soaring electronic song, co-written and produced by Danny L Harle, will appear on Flume’s forthcoming LP, Palaces, out May 20 via Future Classic and Transgressive. “Caroline and I had known each other for years, but she’d just moved to …
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Budding reggae star Lila Iké embraces kindness, care, and warmth on her first new song of 2022, “True Love.” The swooning cut, Iké explained in a statement, came from a freestyle she did about a year ago as she tried to parse the emotional turmoil and heaviness of the pandemic. …
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Last week, Harry Styles announced that his third album, Harry’s House, will be out in May. This may have been brand-new information to you. But if you’re a Styles stan in the trenches of social media sleuthing, you’ve probably been waiting for this announcement for months. On this week’s episode …
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The Regrettes aren’t afraid to use their unique brand of emotive pop to address uncomfortable issues, whether it’s the sadness associated with unrequited love or the existential feelings brought on by isolation. On new single “Anxieties (Out of Time),” from the forthcoming album Further Joy, the Los Angeles band dives …
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Buffalo Nichols made his late-night debut on The Late Show Tuesday evening, performing “Lost & Lonesome,” off his self-titled debut album, which Fat Possum released in October 2021. Appearing solo, the Austin-based blues musician gave an intimate, emotionally-wrought performance of the song, accompanied only by his guitar. Born in Houston but …
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Paul McCartney honored Taylor Hawkins as “a true Rock & Roll hero” and looked back fondly on his collaborations with the Foo Fighters in a tribute to the late drummer shared Wednesday, March 30. “Taylor’s sudden death came as a shock to me and the people who knew and loved …
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