The Buggles could have gone in a lot of different directions once their debut single “Video Killed the Radio Star” became a huge hit all over the world in late 1979. The synth duo (featuring Trevor Horn on lead vocals and Geoff Downes on keyboards) could have spent the next …
Read More »Brothers Osborne Announce Headlining U.S. Tour Dates
Brothers Osborne have been playing a supporting role on Dierks Bentley’s Mountain High Tour since mid-May, but they’ll move up to headlining status by the end of August with a series of newly announced U.S. and Canadian dates. The trek will get underway August 26th in Charlottesville, Virginia, just a …
Read More »Lollapalooza Livestream: Watch Jack White, Post Malone, Vampire Weekend, More
Red Bull TV will livestreamLollapalooza 2018 with performances from Jack White, Post Malone, Vampire Weekend, the Weeknd, Arctic Monkeys, the National, Odesza, Khalid, Chvrches, Zedd, LL Cool J, Walk the Moon, Manchester Orchestra and more. Coverage from Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois will begin Thursday, August 2nd at 7 p.m. …
Read More »Watch Pusha-T, Alt-J Blend Styles in Surreal 'In Cold Blood' Video
Pusha-T and Alt-J traverse an uncanny digital world in the new video for their “In Cold Blood” collaboration, which was produced by Twin Shadow for Alt-J’s upcoming remix album, Reduxer, out September 28th. The “In Cold Blood” clip follows a digitized version of Pusha-T as he navigates a surreal world …
Read More »Review: Brandy Clark Sparkles at 'Americana at the Ryman' Series
On July 15th, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium kicked off the first show in a series of six called “Americana at the Ryman.” Slated to become an annual event, the series celebrates the best and brightest in Americana and roots music in the city at the epicenter of the rapidly growing genre. …
Read More »Pop Loner Kali Uchis on Growing Up Punk in Colombia and the Struggle to Stay Bilingual
“Where I come from, nobody thinks they’re ever gonna leave,” Kali Uchis tells Rolling Stone. “Most people don’t leave to tell the story,” she adds enigmatically, “so I’m telling you today.” Insideher hotel room in New York’s SoHo neighborhood, the 24-year-old singer lays out her origin story. She lounges in …
Read More »Linkin Park Remember Chester Bennington on Anniversary of Death
Linkin Park paid tribute to Chester Bennington Thursday on the first anniversary of the singer’s death. “It has been a year since your passing – a surreal rotation of grief, heartbreak, refusal, and recognition,” the band wrote on Twitter. “And yet it still feels like you are close by, surrounding …
Read More »Amanda Shires, Americana Visionary, Makes Her Rock-Star Move
It’s lunchtime, and Amanda Shires is at Puckett’s, a local barbeque joint in Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee, spooning heaps of sugar into her large cup of iced tea. Somehow Shires – a Nashville-residing Texan – got stuck with the unsweetened variety, and that simply will not suffice. So Shires, in a …
Read More »Cher to Release ABBA Covers Album Following 'Mamma Mia'
Cher will be releasing a full album of ABBA covers, the fittingly titled Dancing Queen, on September 28th via Warner Bros. Records. Fans who pre-order the album will receive an instant download of Cher’s version of the 1979 track “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man AfterMidnight).” The singer recorded Dancing Queen …
Read More »Hear Benny Blanco, Halsey, Khalid Team for Bittersweet 'Eastside'
Producer Benny Blancoenlisted Halsey and Khalid for the bittersweet new love song, “Eastside.” “Eastside” is built around the hazy pluck of a guitar. Khalid and Halsey trade verses about how young love morphs into the malaise of adulthood. “My love is yours if you’re willing to take it,” they sing, …
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