Rock and roll supergroup the Hollywood Vampires unveiled a menacing new cut, “The Boogieman Surprise,” set to appear on their upcoming album, Rise, out June 21st via earMUSIC. “The Boogieman Surprise” is a churning cut that finds Johnny Depp and Joe Perry trading rugged guitar riffs and crackling licks on …
Read More »Hear Bruce Springsteen's Lush New Song 'There Goes My Miracle'
Bruce Springsteen has just released “There Goes My Miracle,” the second single from his upcoming LP Western Stars. Like the first single, “Hello Sunshine,” it’s heavily influenced by 1960s/1970s California pop artists like Glenn Campbell and Burt Bacharach. It features a string section and soaring vocals by Springsteen. The song …
Read More »Karol G Is a Reggaeton Superstar — On 'Ocean,' She Transcends the Genre
“I felt very Beyoncé just now,” Karol G says from inside her car, during a surprise paparazzi ambush in downtown New York City. “I felt very Karol G,” she adds. It was the first of many times she’d refer to herself in third person that day: she, Carolina Giraldo Navarro, …
Read More »Carrie Underwood's Cry Pretty Tour 360: 10 Things We Learned
Carrie Underwood’s new arena tour is now in full swing, having opened May 1st in Greensboro, North Carolina. From the moment the tour was announced — which features openers Maddie & Tae and Runaway June — it promised to put women front and center, and during Saturday night’s stop at …
Read More »See Rick Wakeman Praise 'Favorite Keyboard of All Time' in Moog Doc Clip
“My favorite keyboard of all time will always be the Minimoog,” Rick Wakeman says in an extended version of a scene that will appear in Electronic Voyager, an upcoming doc on the life of legendary synth inventor Robert Moog. “I couldn’t live without one.” In the film, Moog’s daughter, Michelle …
Read More »Prodigy Singer Keith Flint Took Drugs Before Apparent Suicide
Keith Flint, the late lead singer of the British electronic group Prodigy, had unspecified amounts of cocaine, alcohol and codeine in his system when he died in March Though the new report confirms Flint died by hanging — as reported in an earlier inquest released one week after his death …
Read More »Watch Lil Nas X Perform 'Old Town Road' on 'Desus and Mero'
Lil Nas X appeared on Showtime series Desus and Mero to discuss his recent success with country single “Old Town Road.” The rapper, whose track went to Number One on the Hot 100, spoke to the hosts about his career and working with Billy Ray Cyrus before offering a performance …
Read More »Hear Hank Williams' Rare Performance of 'Lost Highway' Off New Box Set
In the spring of 1949, Hank Williams had his first Number One hit with “Lovesick Blues” and made his final appearance on the Louisiana Hayride. He would then join the Grand Ole Opry, where he made his triumphant debut that June, shortly after his son, Hank Jr., was born. In …
Read More »Watch Shawn Mendes' Artsy Video For 'If I Can't Have You'
Shawn Mendes has dropped a lovelorn new single, “If I Can’t Have You,” along with an accompanying music video. The singer co-wrote the track alongside collaborators Scott Harris, Teddy Geiger and Nate Mercreau, and co-produced it with Geiger. The black and white music video for the single features Mendes in …
Read More »We've Heard Logic and Eminem's 'Homicide' Before
“Homicide” is simple: Two self-righteous rappers walk into a room and, somehow, get more self-righteous. For Mountain Dew mafia circles and cream-colored cul-de-sacs Logic and Eminem‘s first collaboration is an event. It’s also an amplification of the two patron saints of perceived persecution’s worst, though arguably most lucrative, tendencies. On …
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