Music

Although Dr. Dre had already helped put L.A. gangsta rap on the map as a member of N.W.A, it was his solo debut, released in December 1992, that made the good doctor a household name and turned Death Row Records into a hit factory. The Chronic introduced the world to …

Richie Sambora suspected that Bon Jovi would get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when he saw that they absolutely dominated in the fan vote, but he didn’t know for sure until his longtime buddy Steve Van Zandt called him up at 2 a.m. to deliver the news. …

Thirty years after the Smiths ended, Morrissey carries on being his outrageously caustic self. The British rock legend just released a well-received new solo album, the mordantly witty Low in High School. He’s spent most of the fall on an American tour, despite the usual controversies over his last-minute cancellations. …

There isn’t much to see in the town of Luckenbach, Texas. It’s barely even a town. A sleepy, unincorporated settlement about an hour outside Austin, Luckenbach – with its lone mailbox – boasts a population of three people. Yet 40 years ago, it achieved immortality with “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to …

Miguel sheds light on the social injustice of immigration detention centers with his moving video for “Now,” the closing electro-soul ballad from his newly issued fourth LP, War & Leisure. The singer-songwriter traveled to the California desert for the clip, performing the song at anOctober 20th political rally near the …

On Wednesday night, Guns N’ Roses will wrap up the 2017 leg of their Not in This Lifetime world tour with a hometown show at the Forum in Los Angeles. The tour resumes in June with a six-week run of festivals and stadiums in Europe, but their plans beyond that …

Rebel Wilson‘s blaring voice derail a spur-of-the-moment “riff-off” in the latestPitch Perfect 3teaser. In the clip, newly reunited a cappella group the Bellas arrive to meet the other bands on their overseas USO tour. “You guys just sing other people’s songs right?” another singer asks, prompting an irritated Patricia (Wilson) …

David Cassidy, the musician, actor andPartridge Family teen idol, died Tuesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 67. Cassidy’s representative Jo-Ann Geffen confirmed his death, saying, “On behalf of the entire Cassidy family, it is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father, our uncle, and …

The sequel to Tove Lo‘s raw Lady Wood, like her stylized longform videos, deals explicitly with derangement – sexual, emotional, drug-induced. It’d be easy to dismiss as softcore shock-pop if her songwriting wasn’t so formidable. The nicely-titled “Disco Tits” is a lustily convincing club single; “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” and …

At an industry panel in 1992, radio host Rick Dees explained the popularity of Right Said Fred‘s tongue-in-cheek disco confection “I’m Too Sexy”: “Everyone is so busy they don’t have time to devote to memorize [rap songs]. With Right Said Fred you know he is too sexy for a dozen …