James Blake brought a string section along for his performance of “I’ll Come Too” on The Tonight Show Wednesday night. The track comes from his latest album,Assume Form, released in January of this year and currently up for Best Alternative Music Album at the Grammys. Blake wrote the song about …
Read More »Beyoncé, Thom Yorke Make Oscars' Best Original Song Shortlist
The shortlists for the 92nd Academy Awards were announced last night, including the categories of Best Original Song and Best Original Score. Beyoncé‘s “Spirit” fromThe Lion King, Thom Yorke‘s “Daily Battles” fromMotherless Brooklyn, Pharrell Williams and Clad Hugo’s “Letter to My Godfather” fromThe Black Grandfather, Idina Menzel’s“Into the Unknown” from …
Read More »RS Charts: Roddy Ricch's 'Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial' Wins Tight Race for Number One
Roddy Ricch‘s Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial won a tight race for Number One on this week’s Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. Ricch’s 16-song set, which included contributions from Gunna, Ty Dolla $ign, and Mustard, earned 101,500 album-equivalent units, enough to squeak by Camila Cabello‘s Romance (98,800) and …
Read More »Meghan Trainor Embraces Her Wild Side in 'Evil Twin'
Meghan Trainor has shared a new single, “Evil Twin,” the latest track from her upcoming album, Treat Myself, out January 31st. In the lyrics, Trainor apologizes for — and embraces — her wild side, or her “evil twin.” “Even though she crazy, gotta love her ’cause she half of me,” …
Read More »Priests Announce Split for 'Foreseeable Future'
The Washington, D.C., punk outfit Priests announced they are splitting up for the “foreseeable future” with their last show set to take place New Year’s Eve in New York City. The band announced the hiatus on Twitter, writing, “We aren’t in a place to write another album together right now, …
Read More »Final Words: How Some of Our Greatest Artists Used Their Music to Reckon With Death
Here’s a partial list of musicians we lost in the 2010s: Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Chuck Berry, Ornette Coleman, B.B. King, Etta James, Whitney Houston, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Prince, Merle Haggard, Kitty Wells, João Gilberto, Ravi Shankar, Tabu Ley Rochereau, David Mancuso, Amy Winehouse, Abbie Lincoln, Gil Scott Heron, …
Read More »Orville Peck Celebrates a Wild Year in 'Nothing Fades Like the Light' Video
Masked singer Orville Peck celebrates a whirlwind year in the newly released video for “Nothing Fades Like the Light.” The song closes out Peck’s 2019 debut, Pony. Interspersed with snippets of audio from Peck and his band, the video captures the singer’s rapid rise to fame in the last year …
Read More »Chris Cornell's Widow Sues Soundgarden Over Unreleased Recordings
Chris Cornell‘s widow, Vicky Cornell, has filed a lawsuit against Soundgarden, claiming the band is withholding royalties from her over seven unreleased recordings Cornell made before his death in 2017. The lawsuit, filed in Florida court Monday, names Cornell’s former Soundgarden bandmates, Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd, as …
Read More »Weezer Enlist Kristen Bell for Video for 'Frozen 2' Song
Weezer have paired their Frozen IIsoundtrack cut “Lost in the Woods” with a music video starring actress Kristen Bell, who voices the character of Anna in the Disney animated blockbuster. The video features Weezer, dressed in medieval garb, performing the track somewhere in the middle of the woods, with Rivers …
Read More »Stalk Ashley's 'Young' Video Is An Ode to Staying Single
Stalk Ashley jilts a lover at the altar in the new video for “Young.” “While we’re young, let’s just have fun,” Ashley sings — just before driving away with her would-be husband’s car and a briefcase full of cash sitting shotgun. The guy chases her throughout the clip, brooding in …
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