Welcome to the (extended) world of the Sparklemuffin. On Friday, Suki Waterhouse revisited her album Memoir of a Sparklemuffin and released a deluxe edition of the record featuring 12 additional tracks, including single “The Bellboy (One Last Crush)” and several live recordings. Along with the 18 singles on the original …
Read More »Kim Gordon Has Words for Donald Trump on Re-Recorded 'Bye Bye 25!'
Kim Gordon has re-recorded her single, “Bye Bye” — off her 2024 solo album, The Collective — especially for Donald Trump. On “Bye Bye 25!” she replaces her original lyrics with a list of all of the president’s favorite words: “intersex,” “Gulf of Mexico,” “climate change,” and “women,” among them. …
Read More »La-Di-Da-Di! Eighties Hip-Hop Great Slick Rick Is Back With 'Victory'
“I am British, I am Jamaican, I am American. I am what I am,” says Slick Rick on “I Did That,” a track from Victory, his first album in twenty-six years. Born in Mitcham, London yet long considered a pioneer of ostentatious New York style and panache due to seminal …
Read More »Drake, Smiley, Kim Gordon, Feid and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week,Drake teams up with Canadian rap newcomer Smiley, Kim Gordon has a potent pro-freedom message for Donald Trump, and Colombian hitmaker Feid surprise releases his seventh studio …
Read More »Neil Young Is Still Rolling Through Time on the Lovably Messy 'Talkin to the Trees'
Time fades away, but Neil Young never does. He’s been on a like-a-hurricane live roll lately with his ferocious new band the Chrome Hearts, who make their studio debut on Talkin to the Trees. The band came together fast last year, after Neil’s amazing spring tour with his old outlaw …
Read More »Will Smith Can't Get Enough of 'Pretty Girls' on New Single
Will Smith has a real problem on his hands: he can’t get enough of “Pretty Girls.” He details his addiction on the fun new song, which dropped today and follows his fifth album, Based on a True Story. Smith’s new song is catchy and light, a summer anthem from the …
Read More »J-Hope and GloRilla Flee the Scene on New Song 'Killin' It Girl'
BTS’ J-Hope is back with another new single, “Killin’ It Girl,” featuring a guest verse from Memphis rapper GloRilla. Produced by Cirkut, Inverness, and Blake Slatkin the track starts off with a spare but propulsive beat that eventually opens up on the chorus with big pop synths. J-Hope delivers a …
Read More »Dillon Warnek, a Wry Nashville Songwriter, Wants to Be Your Sizzling Plate of Fajitas
One night near the tail end of 2021, I received a text from Dillon Warnek. I didn’t recognize the number, a Washington state area code, or the name, but he said he was a songwriter here in Nashville with a record coming out, and that Margo Price and Jeremy Ivey …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen, the Crooner? Hear Surprising 'Lost' Track 'Sunday Love'
“Sunday Love,” a Bruce Springsteen ballad that’s premiering today that’s officially coming out as part of the Tracks II: The Lost Albums box set, finds the singer-songwriter in crooner mode. With horns and strings, the song recalls the best of Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s melodramatic production, while the way …
Read More »Sean Combs Accuser Breaks Silence, Reveals Name in Lawsuit
An ex-girlfriend of Sean Combs who claimed the mogul had been continually pushing her to have a “freak-off” before he allegedly drugged her at his Miami mansion in July — two months before he was arrested —has refiled her civil lawsuit under her real name. The woman, Chelsea Lovelace, filed …
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