Music

In honor of Tom Petty‘s birthday on October 20th, Norah Jones‘ alternative-country band Puss N Boots have released a cover of the late rocker’s “Angel Dream.” The song originally appeared in two forms on Petty and the Heartbreakers’ 1996 soundtrack for She’s the One. Leaning slightly toward Petty’s “No. 4” …

The original video for Saves the Day’s emo anthem “Shoulder to the Wheel” came straight out of the Nineties-teen-movie playbook. Directed by Darren Doane, who previously oversaw early videos by Blink-182, the 1999 treatment was packed with archetypal American high school shenanigans: a raging suburban house party, assorted costumes and …

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich made an unexpected cameo at Austin City Limits Festival over the weekend, sitting in with Sunday headliners Mumford & Sons for a performance of their Wilder Mind cut “The Wolf.” Although Mumford and Metallica ostensibly sit on opposite sides of the musical spectrum, “The Wolf” proved …

When singer-songwriter Kendell Marvel went into the studio with Dan Auerbach and David Ferguson to start recording tracks for his second album, the producers offered him a key piece of advice: sing softer. The Illinois native, known to many as the songwriter behind cuts by Chris Stapleton and Gary Allan, …

Dolly Parton became a member of the Grand Ole Opry on January 4th, 1969. Fifty years later, she’ll celebrate that golden anniversary on October 12th with an all-star concert on the Opry stage in Nashville. The show has long been sold out, but fans of Dolly can now catch the …

For the second time in four years, the iconic green cardigan worn by Kurt Cobain during Nirvana‘s MTV Unplugged performance will head to the auction block. And, before you ask, yes, it has never been washed. “It’s very important that we don’t wash it,” Darren Julien of Julien’s Auctions told …

The power of Hemingway’s famous 6-word fiction miniature “For sale: baby shoes, never worn” lies in the unspoken parts, the gaps that the reader is left to fill in. Detroit rapper Danny Brown one-ups Hemingway at his own game on his fifth studio album uknowhatimsayin¿, a 33-minute slideshow of tiny …

Taylor Swift got an unexpected surprise Thursday night on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon when the host asked if she had recently gotten Lasik eye surgery. When Swift nodded yes, clearly dreading what was to come, Fallon revealed that he had obtained a home video from Swift’s mother of the …

Rising star King Princess continues her quest into sensuous pop territory with her new song “Hit the Back.” The track is off her highly anticipated debut Cheap Queen, out October 25th via Mark Ronson’s Zelig Records. “And I need you to be my motor/And run me ’til I can’t go further,” …

Joni Mitchell has rarely appeared in public since battling health issues in 2015, but in the last year she’s begun venturing out yet again. Recently, she’s attendedher peers’ concerts, including shows featuring James Taylor andDebbie Harry — and her own star-studded 75th birthday tribute concert. This past Friday, she attended …