Two weeks before Sarah Shook and the Disarmers were set to go into the studio to record their new album, the intuitive Shook sensed something important was missing. “I was looking at a list of songs that we had, that we’d been practicing and rehearsing religiously for months and months …
Read More »EODM's Jesse Hughes Apologizes After March For Our Lives Tirade
Eagles of Death Metal‘s Jesse Hughes apologized to “the youth of America” on Saturday for criticizing the March for Our Lives protest. The apology came five days after Hughes labeled the surviving students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting as “disgusting vile abusers of the dead.” “Recently I made …
Read More »Chance the Rapper Blames Marketing Agencies for Subtle Racism in Ads
UPDATE: Heineken issued an apology over the beer commercial. See the full mea culpa below. Chance the Rapper blasted Heineken’snew light beer commercialfor having racist undertones. In the ad, a bartender slides a beer past several dark-skinned people to a fair-skinned woman. The ad proclaims, in reference to its light …
Read More »Hear Ryan Hurd's Dreamy 'Diamonds or Twine' Wedding Song for Maren Morris
Update: Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd were married on Saturday, March 24th and shared a photo from the event on Instagram. With a title that could easily translate to “for richer or poorer” or “in sickness and in health,” Ryan Hurd’s “Diamonds or Twine” could become the latest country tune …
Read More »See Kelsea Ballerini's Yearning Cover of OneRepublic's 'Apologize'
Kelsea Ballerini turned OneRepublic and Timbaland’s “Apologize” into a country ballad earlier this week, appearing on BBC Radio 2’s Chris Evans Breakfast Show to strip the pop-rock smash down to its most basic instrumental elements and wounded core. Singing in front of featured guests James Corden and Kylie Minogue, Ballerini …
Read More »Superorganism: How an Internet-Addled Commune Made a Psych-Pop Gem
Some of the most warped, exciting indie-pop of recent years has spilled from the East London commune housing most of Superorganism‘s eight members. The collective’s sound splits the difference between vintage Beck and meme-era mash-ups: a mix of synthetic and organic, funny, weird, internet-fueled, self-aware and very tripped-out. However, their …
Read More »See Eminem Slam NRA With New 'Nowhere Fast' Verse at iHeartRadio Awards
Eminem addressed gun violence and slammed the NRA in a new verse that accompanied the rapper’s performance of “Nowhere Fast” at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. Before launching into the Revival track with Kehlani, Eminem rapped a fiery verse seemingly inspired by the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida school shooting. “Sometimes …
Read More »See Lucius, Roger Waters Sing Lighthearted 'Goodnight, Irene'
When Lucius‘ Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig first sang with Roger Waters, the clouds above them parted and a giant rainbow stretched across the sky. Literally. The two women were late additions to the singer-songwriter’s surprise appearance at the Newport Folk Festival in 2015, when he came out with My …
Read More »Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon': 10 Things You Didn't Know
There are hit albums, and then there’s Dark Side of the Moon. Pink Floyd‘s eternally popular song cycle has sold more than 15 million copies in the U.S. since its release on March 1st, 1973, and more than 45 million units worldwide. A true colossus of classic rock, the album …
Read More »Watch Luke Combs Sing Rowdy New Song 'Beer Never Broke My Heart'
Back in January, Luke Combs debuted a new song called “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” posting fan video of his performance on Facebook. Since then, the “Hurricane” singer has played the song for other audiences at his own shows as well as for radio tastemakers at Country Radio Seminar. On …
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