G-Eazy, Yo Gotti and YBN Nahmir play pick-up basketball from the sidelines, flex next to sports cars and hang out with skateboarders in the flashy clip for collaborative single “1942.” The emcees boast about wealth and status throughout the track, trading verses over a synth-flute loop and warbled bass. “I …
Read More »Stevie Wonder Plots Brief Summer Tour
Stevie Wonder will perform a handful of shows this summer as part of a limited engagement concert series, “Stevie Wonder Song Party: A Celebration of Life, Love and Music.” The series launches with a five-night stand at the Park Theater at Park MGM in Las Vegas, August 3rd, 4th, 8th, …
Read More »Lindsey Buckingham on Fleetwood Mac Firing: 'They'd Lost Their Perspective'
Lindsey Buckingham spoke about his firing from Fleetwood Mac for the first time when the guitarist performed Friday night at a California campaign fundraiser. “It’s been an interesting time on a lot of levels,” Buckingham said at the fundraiser supporting Democratic congressional candidate Mike Levin (via Jeremy Roberts). “For me, …
Read More »Florence and the Machine Preview New LP With Soulful 'Hunger'
Florence and the Machine will release their fourth studio album, High as Hope, on June 29th via Republic Records. The art-pop band teased the LP – which follows 2015’s How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – with its soulful lead single, “Hunger.” Throughout the track, singer Florence Welch meditates on …
Read More »Watch Father John Misty's Disorienting 'Mr. Tillman' Video
Father John Misty has shared his disorienting new video for “Mr. Tillman,” the first single off his upcoming new album God’s Favorite Customer. Just as the song’s lyrics zero in on the singer’s unpleasant experience at a hotel, the “Mr. Tillman” video is likeThe Shining meets “Hotel California,” as Father …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer Prize for Music
Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his album,DAMN., becoming the first non-classical or jazz artist to receive the honor. The Pulitzer board announced the selection on Monday, calling the 2017 LP“a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes …
Read More »Read The Cars' Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Speeches
After a touching induction speech by the Killers’ Brandon Flowers, the members of the Cars ascended the stage in Cleveland to accept their place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band’s inclusion in the institution has been a long time coming, as they were first eligible for …
Read More »Watch Cardi B Confirm Pregnancy, Celebrate New Album on 'SNL'
Cardi B had a pair of reasons to celebrate on Saturday Night Live as the rapper, whose just-released debut album Invasion of Privacy is bound for Number One, also revealed on air that she is pregnant. Following weeks of speculation into whether Cardi B was pregnant, the rapper confirmed the …
Read More »10 New Albums to Stream Now: Jack White, Neil Young and more
Jack White, Boarding House ReachThe new album from the rocker-turned mogul is a “messy, sprawling, daffy, howling set that sounds spiritually hungry, collectively driven and, instructively, a little bit lost,” writes Will Hermes. “It’s his strangest record, but per usual, it shows his continued devotion to rock’s dark arts: the …
Read More »Film of David Bowie's 'Lazarus' Musical to Get Live Score
A film version of the London production of Lazarus, the musical that was one of David Bowie‘s last works, will get a special screening in Brooklyn this spring with a live accompaniment by the band that joined the cast on its original run. The event, billed as a “motion picture/live …
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