XXXTentacion, the young rapper with a controversial past who was shot and killed last week, has the most popular song in the country. “Sad!” the lead single from this year’s ?, rocketed to the top of the Billboard 100 this week after an outpouring of grief, outrage, and heated online …
Read More »Elisabeth Moss Goes on Emotional Journey in New Max Richter Video
Elisabeth Moss spends a night wandering desolate city streets in the new video for “On the Nature of Daylight,” a composition by contemporary classical composer Max Richter. “On the Nature of Daylight” appears on Richter’s acclaimed 2004 albumThe Blue Notebooks, which will be reissued June 29th to mark its 15th …
Read More »Kamasi Washington Ignites Arcade Showdown in 'Street Fighter Mas' Video
Two days before the arrival of Kamasi Washington‘s new album Heaven and Earth, the saxophonist unveiled the video for “Street Fighter Mas.” The video keeps true to the song title as the stylistic, AG Rojas-directed video hypes an impending showdown that culminates with Washington and his nemesis facing off in …
Read More »See How Johnny Rotten Started Over in Public Image Ltd. Doc Trailer
Four decades ago this past January, the Sex Pistols broke up in a blaze of glory at the conclusion of their first U.S. tour. Before 1978 was over, frontman Johnny Rotten rebounded – using his birth name, John Lydon – and formed the pioneering post-punk group Public Image Ltd., which …
Read More »Wayne Coyne Looks Back on the Flaming Lips' Beautifully Amateurish Early Years
TheFlaming Lipshave conducted boombox and car-stereo orchestras, constructed a single album across four separate CDs, composed a 24-hour song, and issued music on gummy fetuses and skulls. So for the long-running psych-rock crew, releasing a conventional best-of package and early-era box set might be their strangest experiments to date. The …
Read More »Alessia Cara Talks 'Growing Pains,' Self-Care and New Music
In the three years since Alessia Cara released her Isaac Hayes-sampling anti-party anthem “Here,” the Canadian singer-songwriter has released a debut album; appeared on two Top 10 hits in collaboration with other stars (Zedd’s “Stay” and Logic’s “1-800-273-8255”); sung the pop radio version of a the latest Disney princess classic …
Read More »Watch Low Cut Connie's Goofy Bar Adventures in 'Hey! Little Child' Video
Philadelphia rockers Low Cut Connie hold court at a local bar in the video for “Hey! Little Child,” a cover of the 1979 Alex Chilton song. Throughout the clip, the band drink shots, shoot pool, pose for goofy photos, fire tater tots into each others’ mouths, do impromptu push-ups, blow …
Read More »Jason Isbell Details Live Album, Plans 2018 Ryman Residency
For Americana fans, one of the live music highlights of 2017 was Jason Isbell’s historic six-night, sold out run at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Now, Isbell has two exciting new Ryman-related announcements. First, on October 19th the beloved singer-songwriter and his band the 400 Unit will release Live From the Ryman …
Read More »Hear Lori McKenna's Evocative New Song 'Young and Angry Again'
“Someone said youth is wasted on the young,” Lori McKenna sang recently on “People Get Old,” the first song to be released from her upcoming LP The Tree. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter builds on the theme with her latest song, “Young and Angry Again,” a playful ode to making the most …
Read More »Hear Little Big Town Evoke Yacht Rock in New Song 'Summer Fever'
Little Big Town turn up the heat and turn back the clock with their just-released single “Summer Fever.” A breezy nod to the mellow tunes that dominated AM radio in the Seventies and Eighties, the song was co-written by the group’s Karen Fairchild with Jesse Frasure, Cary Barlowe and Sam …
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