Four years after the death of DMX, the late rapper is back with “Bring Out the Worst,” the first single from an upcoming posthumous project. The track, which arrives a week after the 27th anniversary of DMX’s classic debut album It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot, pairs the rapper with …
Read More »John Fogerty Is Re-Recording Creedence Classics. We Asked Him Why
As John Fogerty begins talking about his new album, a bemused smile comes over his face. “I wanted to call it Taylor’s Version,” he says during a recent visit to New York. “I lobbied very much to the record company.” Whether he’s joking or not, Fogerty says his label passed …
Read More »The Beatles' 'In Mono' Box Set Is Back in Print
More than a decade after The Beatles in Mono box set got a limited-edition release on vinyl, the collection is back in print. The Beatles website has listed the 14-LP anthology, to be re-released July 18 (the CD version is still in stock here). The box set contains the group’s …
Read More »Hear Bruce Springsteen's Lost Nineties Mariachi Song 'Adelita'
In just four weeks, Bruce Springsteen will release Tracks II: The Lost Albums, a collection of seven LPs he recorded in full and then shelved between 1983 and 2018. In the build-up to the release, Springsteen has shared several songs from the project, including “Blind Spot” from the drum loop …
Read More »Sean Combs' Ex-Assistant Testifies He Raped Her in Staff Bunk Bed
Follow all our Sean Combs trial coverage A former personal assistant for Sean Combs took the witness stand Thursday and claimed the Bad Boy Records founder worked her around the clock, physically abused her and subjected her to “traumatizing” sexual assaults that she had planned to take to her grave. …
Read More »Lorde Paints Vivid Descriptions on 'Virgin' Track List
Lorde is packing her forthcoming studio album, Virgin, with visceral feelings. She recently described the lyrics on the record, out June 27, as being “right on the edge of gross,” leaning into the “grotesque nature” of garnering an intimate understanding of her body. With the record still a few weeks …
Read More »Travis Roberts Mixes Gin Blossoms Power Pop With Steve Earle Grit on New Song 'Bellmarie'
Travis Roberts is emphasizing the “alt” in alt-country. On his debut album, Rebel Rose, coming Aug. 1 on New West Records, the Amarillo, Texas, songwriter channels the punk sounds of Jimmy Eat World, the power-pop of Gin Blossoms, and the grit of the album that changed his life, Steve Earle’s …
Read More »Alex G Announces New Album 'Headlights,' Shares First Track, 'Afterlife'
“When the light came big and bright, I began another life,” Alex G sings slowly, like he’s making sense of it, on his new single, “Afterlife.” It’s a pleasant meditation on growing up (“We were mean and 17/Make it like a dream,” goes another lyric) imbued with nostalgic touches like …
Read More »John Fogerty Celebrated His 80th Birthday With Cake, Confetti, and Loads of CCR Classics
John Fogerty could have celebrated his 80th birthday with a quiet family meal at home or a private party with his closest friends. Instead, he gathered nearly 3,000 people in New York’s Beacon Theatre, took the stage alongside his longtime band — which includes his sons Shane Fogerty and Tyler …
Read More »Yungblud's Guide to Good Emotions: Lady Gaga, Florence Pugh, Rogue Bartending, and More
Yungblud‘s recent single “Lovesick Lullaby” sent him on a search for uplifting emotions, or at the very least, ample distractions, to offset the dark clouds that sometimes trail behind him. During a recent visit to New York, the British rocker shared his guide to positive escapism, feeling good, and connecting …
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