Could it be that after decades of self-flagellation Greg Dulli is ready to cut loose? On Random Desire, the latest solo outing by the Afghan Whigs and Twilight Singers‘ resident tortured poet, he sounds like he’s at least willing to try. The album opens with a spry, buoyant bass line …
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Phoebe Bridgers gets extremely high and hangs with fuzzy monsters in the video for “Garden Song.” The track is her first new solo material in three years, following her 2017 debut, Stranger in the Alps. Directed by Bridgers’ brother, Jackson, the clip opens with Bridgers alone in her room, slowly …
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Princess Nokia made a surprise album announcement this week: She’ll be releasing not one, but two LPs on Wednesday, February 25th, coinciding with a performance on The Late Late Show With James Corden. The two albums will be titledEverything Is Beautiful and Everything Sucks,and the New York-born singer and rapper …
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Insomniac announced its Electric Daisy Carnival 2020 lineup on Friday, celebrating a full decade of the festival in Las Vegas. David Guetta, the Chainsmokers, Tiësto, DJ Snake, Alesso, Alison Wonderland and Martin Garrix are among the more than 250 dance and electronic artists announced in this year’s lineup. EDC 2020 …
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Twenty years have passed since Carlos Santana made music history by tying Michael Jackson’s record for most Grammy Awards won in a single ceremony. And even though his head was spinning that night, he still remembers how unusual it was. “On the actual night, I kept making fun of it, …
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Country music had a particularly important and diverse year in 1999. The Dixie Chicks released the country-rock of Fly, Faith Hill put out the polished Breathe, and George Jones reclaimed his legend status with Cold Hard Truth. Gary Allan touched on all of those elements on Smoke Rings in the …
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Justin Bieber has teamed up with the duo Florida Georgia Line for a country remix of his single “Yummy,” the original version of which appears on the newly released album Changes. Until the singing begins, the new version doesn’t seem radically different from the existing hit —the same keyboards and …
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During a recent solo performance in Nashville, Low Cut Connie‘s Adam Weiner talked about growing up in New Jersey and visiting Atlantic City in the summer. Despite the beaches and boardwalk, it wasn’t a rosy picture. The advent of casinos to the decaying seaside resort town in the late ’70s …
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Original master tapes and other recordings belonging to 19 artists, including Elton John, Nirvana, Sheryl Crow, Soundgarden, Beck and R.E.M., were lost or damaged in a 2008 fire at a Universal Music Group vault, according to new legal documents obtained by Rolling Stone. The revelation appeared in a new filing …
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When “Old Town Road” rapper Lil Nas X asked Bradley and Pablo to direct his video for “Rodeo,” the Los Angeles directors were ecstatic. The duo had directed music videos for Rosalía, Mark Ronson, and Charli XCX, but they had never been approached with an idea as bonkers as this: …
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