It took Billie Eilish 34 “Duh”s to craft her hit song, “Bad Guy” — or at least that many takes of the word. And all that repetition paid off: Eilish recently garnered six Grammy nominations, including “Bad Guy” for Record and Song of the Year and When We All Fall …
Read More »Grimes, A$AP Rocky, Run the Jewels to Soundtrack 'Cyberpunk 2077' Video Game
Grimes, A$AP Rocky, Run the Jewels and Refused are among the artists who have been tapped to soundtrack the upcoming video game, Cyberpunk 2077, from video game studio CD Projekt Red. Gazelle Twin, Ilan Rubin, Richard Devine, Nina Kraviz, Deadly Hunta, Rat Boy and Tina Guo provided music for the …
Read More »Watch Harry Styles Perform a Crosswalk Concert on 'Corden'
Harry Styles usually performs in arenas, but this week he’s taking his music to the streets. In a segment for The Late Late Show, Styles performed several of his tracks in a Los Angeles crosswalk for commuters and passersby. Citing Jimmy Kimmel Live and Good Morning America, host James Corden …
Read More »Brian Fallon Previews New 'Local Honey' LP With 'You Have Stolen My Heart'
Brian Fallon has announced his upcoming third solo album, Local Honey. It arrives on March 27th via his label Lesser Known Records in partnership with distributor Thirty Tigers. The LP is available for pre-order and includes a download of lead single, “You Have Stolen My Heart.” “And now if you …
Read More »9-Year-Old Drummer Rocks Out to Nirvana's 'In Bloom' on 'Ellen'
Ellen Degeneres often brings talented kids onto her show to introduce them to a wider audience — you can thank her for Mason Ramsey’s sudden success — and it’s pretty amazing to see children who can play musical instruments better than most adults. On Monday, Ellen invited 9-year-old drummer Nandi …
Read More »Teyana Taylor Compares Her Family to the Obamas on 'We Got Love'
Teyana Taylor has dropped her long-teased song “We Got Love.” It will appear on her upcoming project The Album, slated for early 2020. On the track, Taylor sing-raps about positivity and making the most of life. The first verse recalls the birth of her daughter and celebrates her “black love …
Read More »With a New Self-Titled Album, the Who Have Made Classic Rock Comfort Food
The first Who album in 13 years opens with a perfectly cynical Pete Townshend lyric: “I don’t care/I know you’re gonna hate this song.” But it’s kind of hard to hate something that feels so familiar. Roger Daltrey sings the lyric and the ones that follow, claiming the song isn’t …
Read More »Amazon Studios Announces Upcoming Mary J. Blige Documentary
Amazon Studios and Entertainment One announced that they are currently in production on an untitled Mary J. Blige documentary. The film is being directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth and executive produced by Blige and Sean Combs. The film follows Blige as she is set to perform her sophomore albumMy …
Read More »Khruangbin, Leon Bridges Preview Joint EP With Twangy Song
Houston funk-soul trio Khruangbin have teamed up with fellow Texan Leon Bridges for Texas Sun, a forthcoming four-song EP due in February 7th. The collaborative EP began during Bridges’ 2018 North American tour with the retro instrumental band, beginning with a one-off track that ended up yielding an entire EP’s …
Read More »Jason Aldean, Jimmy Fallon Go Hard in 'Hometown Bar' Skit
Jason Aldean and Jimmy Fallon celebrate November’s most overindulgent holiday —not Thanksgiving, but the evening before — in a Tonight Show musical skit titled “Hometown Bar.” The drinking-night-out tradition is an annual walk down memory lane for anyone who returns home for Thanksgiving, but not all the ghosts encountered are …
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