The Struts have enlisted two heavy metal heroes, Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott and Phil Collen, for a new song, “I Hate How Much I Want You.” The track opens with a cheeky phone call between Elliott and Struts frontman Luke Spiller, who pitches the collaboration by saying, “I have this …
Read More »Joe Walsh on Friend Eddie Van Halen: 'He Was a Master at His Craft, a Peer I Was in Awe Of'
Joe Walsh paid tribute to his friend Eddie Van Halen following the news of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist’s death on Tuesday. “Eddie was a one of a kind guitarist and human being,” Walsh said in a statement. “He was a master at his craft, a peer …
Read More »Billie Joe Armstrong to Release Quarantine Covers Album 'No Fun Mondays'
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong will release the various covers he recorded during the Covid-19 lockdown as a new album, No Fun Mondays, out November 27th via Reprise/Warner Records. Armstrong launched his No Fun Mondays quarantine series back in March at the start of the lockdown with a rendition of …
Read More »500 Greatest Albums: Inside 'Blood on the Tracks,' Bob Dylan's Shapeshifting Seventies Masterpiece
As part of our newly updated survey of the500 Greatest Albums of All Time, we’re publishing a series of pieces on the making and impact of key records from the list. Bob Dylan‘sBlood on the Trackscame in at number nine. The following piece was originally published in a Dylan special …
Read More »Shawn Mendes Details New Album 'Wonder'
Shawn Mendes will release his new album, Wonder, December 4th via Island Records, with the title track set to arrive Friday, October 2nd. Mendes previewed the album with a short trailer featuring the “Intro” track from Wonder. In the clip, a camera moves through an artist’s studio and lands on …
Read More »21 Savage, Metro Boomin Announce 'Savage Mode 2' LP
21 Savage and producer Metro Boomin will release Savage Mode 2, a sequel to their 2016 collaborative EP, on Friday, October 2nd via Epic Records. The duo previewed the project at the album’s official site with a trailer featuring narration from Morgan Freeman. Over macabre imagery and in-studio shots of …
Read More »Keith Urban on How Having 'Too Much F-cking Perspective' Shaped His Bold New Album
With every album since 2013’s Fuse, Keith Urban has had less and less creative fucks to give. Sticking to the confines of the country music genre hasn’t interested him in years. Listen to “Even the Stars Fall 4 U” on Fuse, “The Fighter” on Ripcord, or “Coming Home” on Graffiti …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Paul Cauthen and Orville Peck, 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
What happens when two truly larger-than-life figures in country music decide to combine their powers? The answer is “the Unrighteous Brothers,” an unlikely-but-winning collaboration between Paul Cauthen and Orville Peck created for the express purpose of covering classic Righteous Brothers tunes. “When I first heard Orville’s voice, I knew we’d …
Read More »See Replacements' Official New Video for 'Can't Hardly Wait'
Ahead of the Replacements’ massive Pleased to Meet Me reissue, the album standout “Can’t Hardly Wait” has received an official music video highlighting the song’s remastered sound. The footage from the “Can’t Hardly Wait” video itself was culled from similarly sparse black-and-white promos for Pleased to Meet Me’s “The Ledge” …
Read More »Flo Milli Came to Flex
Flo Milli is darting around the room, chasing her Pomeranian-Chihuahua mix, Sosa. “My dog just pooped on the floor,” she apologizes. “She’s a handful.” Sosa — as in, “these bitches love Sosa,” like the Chief Keef song — evades her long, manicured grasp until the very last second, and Flo …
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