Futuristic NYC avant-rockers Battles have announced the upcoming release of their fourth album, Juice B Crypts. Due in October via Warp, the record finds the band scaling back to the duo of guitarist-keyboardist Ian Williams and drummer John Stanier, following the departure of bassist Dave Konopka in 2018. Much like …
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Alan Paul and Andy Aledort’s new book, Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan — out August 13th — chronicles the life of the legendary guitarist in his own words, and those of his closest friends, collaborators, and admirers. The following excerpt, an abridged version of a chapter …
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Teyana Taylor pays tribute to innovative music video director Hype Williams in her new visual for “HYWI?”, her latest single featuring the rapper King Combs. The video, directed by Taylor herself (credited as Teyana “Spike Tee” Taylor), references the hip-hop and R&B videos of the late Nineties and early aughts, …
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Bastille broke through with 2013’s “Pompeii,” an emotional, bombastic stomper that has racked up more than 27 million YouTube views. The band took a darker turn for their new album Doom Days, a concept album about how to have fun and find escapism during an apocalypse. In the latest video …
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On Monday, Lil Nas X‘s “Old Town Road” set a new record, topping Billboard’s Hot 100 for 17 weeks. To achieve this, the single kept six rival pop stars out of the top spot, garnered five remixes (don’t forget Cupcakke’s), lasted for more than four months, nearly spanned three Democratic …
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On Friday, Lizzo unveiled the music video for “Tempo,” her collaboration with Missy Elliott that she released earlier this year. The Andy Hines-directed clip sees Lizzo taking over the parking lot of a diner (sporting her own name, of course) with her crew, in a gorgeous blue feather boa and …
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Sheryl Crow recruited Stevie Nicks and Maren Morris for her rootsy, catchy new single “Prove You Wrong.” The song is as much a testament to Crow’s ability to continue churning out powerhouse rock hits as it is to her curatorial prowess when it comes to assembling the ultimate supergroup. On …
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Following the Lance Bass-produced YouTube documentary The Boy Band Con, a biopic of Lou Pearlman is officially in the works. Transcon will tell the story of late boy band mogul turned Ponzi schemer, who died in prison in 2016. Producer Edward R. Pressman and Greg Basser (previously the CEO of Village …
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Nine-piece K-pop group NCT 127 have released their latest single “Highway to Heaven,” produced by the American pop duo Social House (Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next,” “7 Rings”). The single release includes an entirely English-language version of the song alongside the original version in Korean. The single arrives on the …
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In October, Wilco will release their eleventh album and their first since 2016’s excellent Schmilco. It comes with an ambitiously universal titled, Ode to Joy. “Nobody needs more Wilco music,” Jeff Tweedy says in a statement. “But at the same time, if you use that as motivation, that’s a lot …
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