The Grammys still have a long way to go — just ask pretty much any current hip-hop artist, or have a chat with Ariana Grande, who skipped music’s biggest night. But considered as pure spectacle, the overstuffed 2019 awards ceremony was the most entertaining “of the post-LL Cool J era,” …
Read More »Stephen Malkmus Gets Animated in Trippy 'Rushing the Acid Frat' Video
Stephen Malkmus‘ new album, Groove Denied, has some weird and cool electro-pop leanings, but it’s also got a handful of the chill guitar jams the former Pavement frontman is best known for. “Rushing the Acid Frat” is one of the best songs in the latter category, and now it’s got …
Read More »NRA Country's Great American Blowout Fails to Stir the Masses
By the time Lee Brice took the stage in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, it would have been nearly impossible to tell that this early-February country music concert wasn’t sponsored by a beer company or a local promoter, but rather by the National Rifle Association. While the concert — featuring Brice, Easton Corbin …
Read More »The Internet is a Pop Star's Game, and Slayyyter is Winning
The rulebook for would-be pop stars has changed drastically over the last decade. As social media has largely replaced tabloids, new artists in search of a certain kind of fame have been forced to stir up their own controversy instead of relying on headlines or paparazzi photos to do the …
Read More »See Luther Dickinson and Sisters of the Strawberry Moon Sing New 'Like a Songbird That Has Fallen'
Luther Dickinson and Sisters of the Strawberry Moon offer an inspirational message in the new video for “Like a Songbird That Has Fallen,” the first single from the group’s debut albumSolstice, which will be released on March 22ndvia New West Records. A new project, Sisters of the Strawberry Moon finds …
Read More »Here's Where to Stream or Download This Year's Grammy-Winning Albums
Some of the big winners from Sunday night’s Grammy Awards are seeing a sizable sales bump today, as many of their albums return to the top of the charts. As of press time, “Album of the Year” winnerKacey Musgraveswassitting at Number One on the iTunes chartwith Golden Hour (originally released …
Read More »Review: Ariana Grande Moves on in Spectacular Style With 'Thank U, Next'
Ariana Grande is a woman of her word, dropping her new album just six months after her last one—and Thank U, Next turns out to be her best album yet. Sweetener was full of potential hits; the old-school model would have been to milk it for a couple of years, …
Read More »Grammys 2019: Travis Scott Takes Audience to 'Astroworld' With Two Tracks
Travis Scott took the stage at the 2019 Grammy Awards to perform a couple of songs off his Grammy-nominated albumAstroworld during the 61st annual ceremony in Los Angeles. He performed “Stop Trying to Be God” with one of the collaborators on the song, Philip Bailey, and its cowriter, James Blake, …
Read More »2019 Tibet House Benefit: Primal Screams, Feedback and a Bowie Cover
The annual Tibet House benefit is a New York City musical tradition, always well-curated by composer and downtown arts ambassador emeritus Philip Glass. The organization’s mission is to preserve, protect, promote and advance Tibetan culture — and with its focus on peace (inner and outer), meditation, healing and happiness, that …
Read More »Larkin Poe Take London in New 'Honey Honey' Video
“I’m as American as apple pie, I’m kicking down the door,” sings Rebecca Lovell in Larkin Poe’s “Honey Honey,” a track from the sister duo’s 2018 album Venom & Faith. With its menacing bass groove and some eerie peals of steel guitar that recall the gnarly blues of To Bring …
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