After teasing her new song “Shinigami Eyes” on social media, Grimes has dropped the new video for her latest single. As Grimes told Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe in an interview that accompanied the song’s premiere, “Shinigami Eyes” was a “label executive decision song” — “Sorry. I’m just undermining the …
Read More »Miley Cyrus to Rock Steven Tyler's Grammys Viewing Party
Miley Cyrus will perform at Steven Tyler’s 4th Grammy Awards viewing party and charity gala, set to take place April 3 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. The event will raise money for Tyler’s charity, Janie’s Fund, which works with Youth Villages to help young women who’ve suffered abuse …
Read More »Neil Young Pulls Music from Spotify, Blasts It as the 'Home of Life-Threatening' Covid Lies
Spotify has begun to remove Neil Young‘s music following the rocker’s protest of dissemination of Covid-19 misinformation on the streamer’s Joe Rogan‘s podcast. Both Young, who shared a letter on his website, and Spotify confirmed the news in separate statements. On Monday, Young posted a since-deleted letter on his website …
Read More »Cody Jinks, Margo Price, Midland to Join Turnpike Troubadours at 2022 Under the Big Sky Festival
Texas rebel Cody Jinks, L.A. rock band Lord Huron, and reunited Red Dirt heroes Turnpike Troubadours will headline the 2022 installment of Under the Big Sky. Set for July 15 through 17 in Whitefish, Montana, the festival boasts an eclectic lineup of Nashville radio stars like Midland and Lainey Wilson, …
Read More »Ty Segall Previews 'Whirlybird' Soundtrack With New Song
Ty Segall has dropped new single “Story of the Century” from the upcoming soundtrack for documentary film, Whirlybird. It’s the musician’s first feature film score. He collaborated on the set with the film’s director Matt Yoka, whom Segall has previously worked with on music videos and other projects. For the …
Read More »'It's F-cked Up to Try and Discredit My Writing': Taylor Swift Fires Back at Blur's Damon Albarn
UPDATE 1/25:Damon Albarn referenced the Swift controversy before the finale of his performance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles Monday night, according to Spin. The British rocker even took aim at Los Angeles Timesmusic critic Mikael Wood, whose interview with Albarn contained the original Swift quip. Albarn …
Read More »How Kanye West 'Cracked the Pavement' of Rap on 'Yeezus'
In 2013, Kanye West released Yeezus, his sixth studio album. It sounded like nothing the rapper had ever produced. Fans recoiled at the album’s experimental sound. This was Kanye at his most provocative, lyrically and sonically. Critics began to wonder if Ye, who seemed to be at the height of …
Read More »Vaccine Skeptic Eric Clapton Insists He Just Loves 'Freedom of Choice'
UPDATE (1/25): Eric Clapton — referring to the ongoing controversy surrounding his stance on vaccines and pandemic safety measures as “the thing” — insisted he was neither for or against actions and inoculations that will help stop the spread of Covid-19, but an advocate for freedom of choice, in part …
Read More »Surviving Garfunkel: How Paul Simon Found His Voice and Made His First Solo Masterpiece
Happy 50th birthday to Paul Simon’s self-titled solo album — the funniest, nastiest, leanest, meanest, and possibly weirdest masterpiece of his great career. When the singer-songwriter dropped Paul Simon on Jan. 24, 1972, it was a shock to a pop audience that was expecting more sweetness in the Simon and …
Read More »Daryl Hall Announces First Solo Tour in a Decade Supporting Retrospective Album
For the first time in a decade, Daryl Hall is plotting a tour all on his own. The brief, eight-date trek will kick off on April 1 in support of his first solo career retrospective album BeforeAfter, set for release on the same day. Alongside special guest Todd Rundgren, Hall …
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