The country trio Lady A will return to the road this summer with a 34-city tour. The What a Song Can Do Tour kicks off July 29th at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, and runs through early October. The primarily outdoor amphitheater tour features three on-the-rise support acts: Carly Pearce, …
Read More »Hear Miranda Lambert's Quarantine Lament 'They've Closed Down the Honky Tonks'
After its 24-hour online stream in May, The Marfa Tapes Film — following the making of Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, and Jon Randall’s new collaborative album — is available for purchase and rental. Also featured in the short film is the new song “They’ve Closed Down the Honky Tonks,” a …
Read More »Guided By Voices Announces 2021 Tour
Guided By Voices are known for having 50-plus-song setlists and when they hit the road in August, they’ll have four more albums of new material to choose from. On Monday, the band announced their first tour since the Covid-19 pandemic shut down live music in 2020. The initial dates begin …
Read More »Cody Johnson, Willie Nelson Update 'Sad Songs and Waltzes'
Cody Johnson has recorded a cover of Willie Nelson’s classic “Sad Songs and Waltzes” as the first single from his upcoming album. To make a bold move even bolder, Johnson recruited Nelson to sing and play on the tune, which originally appeared on the 1973 album Shotgun Willie. Johnson’s version …
Read More »The Eternal Legacy of Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens was just 17 years old when he changed the course of pop music in the late 1950s. As the first Mexican-American hitmaker in the U.S., he laid the groundwork for Chicano rock and beyond, with an enduring legacy that continues to inspire generation after generation— from legends like …
Read More »'In My Room' With Seventeen
Seventeen were the latest group to perform forRolling Stone‘s In My Room video series, with each member of the 13-member band showcasing their vocal talents in Seventeen’s three separate units. The five-member Vocal Unit — consisting of Woozi, Jeonghan, Joshua, DK, and Seungkwan — went first, singing an updated version …
Read More »See Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' French New Wave-Inspired 'We're On Our Way Now' Video
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have shared their French New Wave-inspired video for “We’re on Our Way Now,” one of the new tracks featured on the band’s upcoming best-of collection Back the Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011-2021). “It’s a song about not getting to say goodbye and the frustration …
Read More »'The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains' Heading to Los Angeles Museum
The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains, a traveling retrospective featuring artifacts and artwork from the rock legends’ entire tenure, will make its U.S. debut this August with a four-month residency at a Los Angeles museum. The exhibition, which debuted at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum in 2017, will open …
Read More »See Flaming Lips Give Tour of 'Space Bubble Concerts' on 'CBS Sunday Morning'
Wayne Coyne provided a behind-the-scenes tour of the Flaming Lips’ “space bubble concerts” on the latest episode of CBS Sunday Morning. After giving an overview of the Flaming Lips’ “prolific and delightfully weird” career, the morning show took viewers backstage and in preproduction of the concerts, held in March 2021 …
Read More »Willow Smith Goes Full Pop-Punk on New Track 'Transparent Soul'
Willow Smith pays tribute to pop-punk with her new single “Transparent Soul,” featuring Travis Barker on the drums. The song draws from the music of Paramore, Fall Out Boy, and Barker’s own band Blink-182, with hard-hitting percussion and pop-punk power chords on guitar. In the lyrics, Smith calls out the …
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