Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, and Kiss will serve as headliners at the 2022 Louder Than Life festival, returning to Louisville, Kentucky, on Sept. 22 to 25. Lamb of God, Tenacious D, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Evanescence, Alice in Chains, Ministry, Incubus, and Mammoth WVH are also …
Read More »Mash-Up King Girl Talk Teams With Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA for New Song 'Put You On'
Girl Talk, the late-aughts master of the mash-up, has linked up with Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., and Smoke DZA for a new song, “Put You On,” from their upcoming album, Full Court Press, set to arrive April 8 via Asylum/Taylor Gang. “Put You On” finds Girl Talk pairing a warm …
Read More »Tainy Wants To Know If You're the Next Latin Superstar
The superproducer Tainy has been a driving force behind reggaeton’s evolution since he was a 14-year-old kid, making tracks for some of the most famous stars in the genre. Now, he’s taking his decades of expertise in the industry and teaming up with music exec Lex Borrero for a new …
Read More »Stromae Honors Sex Workers in 'Fils de Joie' Video
Stromae has released a video for “Fils de Joie,” which comes off the Belgian artist’s recent album, Multitude. The video is a creative collaboration between Henry Scholfield, Luc Van Haver, Coralie Barbier and Paul Van Haver. The cinematic clip, which takes place in a fictional country, centers around a funeral …
Read More »Ghost Predicted the Pandemic. Now the Metal Band Is Foretelling the Fall of Empires
When your day job requires you to dress up as a satanic pope, you’re going to have a complicated view of Christianity. But that doesn’t mean Tobias Forge, the creative mastermind behind the occult-rock band Ghost, can’t appreciate the religion’s artistic and cultural beauty. “In the same way that I …
Read More »'I Was an Underdog': How Myke Towers Made the Whole World Listen Up
Myke Towers raps with a natural ease — effortless, fluid, like he was born to do it. Except, when he was growing up in Puerto Rico, being a performer barely crossed his mind. “Music always spoke to me, but I swear to you, I never, ever, ever thought that I …
Read More »Kanye West Is 'Dead' in New Poetic Art Piece
Kanye West declared himself “Dead” in a new poem/visual art piece shared on Instagram Tuesday, March 8. Similar to the “Divorce” piece he posted over the weekend, “Dead” finds Ye ostensibly working through this tumultuous time in his life: “They ran through my account like the sign said free bread/But …
Read More »Lauren Jauregui Talks Self-Love, Imposter Syndrome, and Making Music as a 'New Bitch'
At the start of the pandemic and its self-reflection-causing lockdown, Lauren Jauregui took to Instagram Live for weekly conversations, a series titled Attunement. She’d speak to experts about voting, recite poems, and ultimately share space with other individuals. “I was talking about my own healing process and sharing tools that …
Read More »Flashback: Pearl Jam Wrap Up 2016 Arena Tour With an Epic 'Yellow Ledbetter'
Pearl Jam fans are a fiercely loyal bunch, but a quick glance at Twitter, Facebook, and their fan forums shows that many of them are getting a little impatient when it comes to the band’s North American tour plans. The group was originally supposed to hit U.S. arenas in March …
Read More »Bob Dylan Announces New Book 'The Philosophy of Modern Song'
Bob Dylan has written his first book since his 2004 memoir Chronicles: Volume One. The Philosophy of Modern Song, out November 8th, will be a collection of over 60 essays focusing on songs by other artists. Dylan will analyze songwriters such as Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina …
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