India.Arie appeared on The Daily Show Monday to discuss her recent push to have her music removed from Spotify amid their continued backing of Joe Rogan. However, as she tells host Trevor Noah, her decision ultimately wasn’t about the controversial podcast host at all. “I have to say that asking …
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In pulling his music, Neil Young started a conversation about the music industry’s responsibility in keeping Spotify accountable for the controversial, potentially harmful content it exclusively distributes for Joe Rogan. Two of the largest music companies in the world, however — both of whom own stakes in Spotify — don’t …
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Well, “Everything Has Changed,” indeed. On Thursday, Ed Sheeran released the Taylor Swift-featuring remix for “The Joker and the Queen” — and its music video continues the storyline of the pop icons’ first collab. (Warning: you might cry.) The 2013 video for “Everything Has Changed,” a track from Swift’s 2012 …
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Fleet Foxes will return to the road this summer for the band’s first tour in nearly four years. The Seattle outfit — which surprise-released its latest LP Shore amid the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 — have scheduled a 23-date largely amphitheater U.S. trek in support of the LP, allowing Robin …
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Kanye West has announced a once-a-century, numerology-pleasing release date for his Donda 2: Feb. 2, or 2.22.22. The rapper revealed the tentative release date — this is Ye, when has he ever delivered an album as scheduled? — for the sequel to his 2021 LP on Instagram on Thursday alongside …
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Sammy Hagar is hitting the road this summer for a newly announced Crazy Times amphitheater tour spanning the U.S. from June through September. Rock supergroup the Circle — featuring fellow Van Halen member Michael Anthony, drummer Jason Bonham, and Hagar’s longtime guitarist Vic Johnson — will join the rock artist …
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Jawbreaker, the brooding post-hardcore trio that redefined emo for a generation, will hit the road this spring to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their beloved fourth and final album, Dear You. They will play the entire LP on every date of the tour. Commenting on the fact that the record …
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King Princess has returned with “Little Bother,” a glitzy slow-burner featuring Fousheé. Co-written with Zach Fogarty, the track kicks off with Mikaela Straus entering over subtle guitar: “I’m screwed from a past life/and that’s why I lost you.” The duo harmonize on the chorus, while Fousheé takes the second verse. …
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Zendaya, who was cast to play Ronnie Spector in an upcoming biopic, paid tribute to the Ronettes legend Thursday a day after the singer’s death at the age of 78. “This news just breaks my heart,” Zendaya wrote on Instagram. “To speak about her as if she’s not with us …
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A man was arrested Saturday outside a free Doja Cat concert in Indianapolis after attempting to jump the line by making a bomb threat. The crowd in the vicinity of the security line at the downtown Indianapolis outdoor venue was briefly cleared by police following the threat. Authorities investigated the …
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