Usher reteams with Ludacris and Lil Jon — the same trio that released the 2004 hits “Yeah!” and “Lovers and Friends” — for the singer’s new single “SexBeat,” which arrived Friday. “When Usher, Jon and Luda come together it’s always amazing. It allows us to stay connected to our core …
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The Weeknd‘s “Blinding Lights” spent a second week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, surging in the aftermath of the official release of the singer’s new full-length, After Hours. Roddy Ricch’s long-running hit “The Box” continues to perform strongly after more than four months on …
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John Mayer made a “generous” donation to Livingston HealthCare hospital in Livingston, Montana, which hospital officials said will go toward the purchase of much-needed ventilators in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. As The Livingston Enterprise reports, Mayer is a part-time resident of Park County, where the hospital is located. …
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“It’s all based on a true story,” says Jason Isbell, “and it’s all fiction.” The roots-drenched singer-songwriter’s excellent new album, Reunions, is filled with tales of lost friends and other melancholy memories, but don’t let his gift for novelistic detail fool you: The people he’s mourning didn’t necessarily exist, just …
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Country singer-songwriter Jessi Alexander, whose hits include Miley Cyrus‘ “The Climb,” released her new solo album Decatur County Red on March 27th. The album’s autobiographical title track and centerpiece comes to life in the new video, which features photos and videos from Alexander’s childhood spending time on the Tennessee River. …
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The coronavirus may have forced the Who to push all their tour dates until 2021, but that doesn’t mean Pete Townshend has been inactive. In a new interview with the BBC’s Matt Everett, he revealed he’s using the downtime to begin work on new Who music. “I’m in Wilshire; I’ve …
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“Holy Grail,” the opening salvo of Jay-Z’s 2013 album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, was always an ostentatious affair. Justin Timberlake sings what seems to be a sexual innuendo where a reproductive body part is compared to a “holy grail.” Jay-Z delivers part of Nirvana’s “Smell Like Teen Spirit” in a …
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As the world fights a pandemic, we’ve been reaching out to some of our favorite artists with three questions about these unprecedented times. Here’s what Henry Rollins — who’s launched a new KCRW internet-radio show called The Cool Quarantine and recently put out the record-collecting ode Stay Fanatic!!! Vol. 1 …
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“I love you!” a girl giggles at the beginning of Butch Walker‘s new song “Pretty Crazy,” to which Walker deadpans, “Oh, cool.” It’s a lightning-flash exchange that nonetheless sums up the superficiality of today’s culture — are anyone’s words ever really sincere? Walker tackles all sorts of words and viewpoints …
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Along with seven hours of big cat intrigue, alleged murder, accidental shootings, and unsolved arson, Netflix‘s docuseries Tiger King has gifted us with some outrageously cheesy country songs, all sung (or at least performed) by zookeeping country wannabe Joe Exotic. “Here Kitty Kitty” is a swampy murder ballad and “My …
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