Keith Urban carried on his tradition of honoring musicians who died in the past year by performing a medley of their hits during his New Year’s Eve headlining concert in Nashville this week. The singer-guitarist began the seven-minute medley with Roxette‘s “It Must Have Been Love.” The Swedish band’s singer …
Read More »Tom DeLonge on His 2019 UFO Research: 'This Is the Year Things Really Ignited'
It’s been over 20 years since Tom DeLonge sang “Aliens Exist” on Blink-182’s Enema of the State, the multiplatinum 1999 album. Nobody knew back then how serious DeLonge was. The guitarist, who stopped playing with Blink in 2014, has become one of the most prominent UFO researcher’s in the country. …
Read More »Rockabilly Veteran Sleepy LaBeef Dead at 84
Sleepy LaBeef, the veteran rockabilly performer whose musical career spanned more than 60 years, died on Thursday at the age of 84. A Facebook post from the singer’s family confirmed the news. “He died at home, in his own bed, surrounded by his family who loved him, and whom he …
Read More »See People Wipe Out, Fall Down in Zac Brown Band's 'The Woods' Video
Hey, dude, watch this. That’s the premise of Zac Brown Band‘s video for “The Woods,” a clip that collects all sorts of dumb ideas, bad accidents, and mostly avoidable mishaps. Evoking the best and worst of MTV’s Jackass and America’s Funniest Home Videos, the video opens with a guy electrocuting …
Read More »My Chemical Romance Marches On Again at Los Angeles Reunion Show
On the eve of the My Chemical Romance reunion concert, it’s 48 degrees Fahrenheit, or the coldest Los Angeles ever really gets. But outside the Shrine Expo, where the band will stage their first concert together in seven years, several young fans are huddled behind the merch trailers, hoping to …
Read More »Lou Reed's Lost Tapes and Back Pages
In 1975, Lou Reed gave Andy Warhol a BASF C-90 cassette. One side was a mix of live Reed songs recorded at recent tour dates. The other was an apparently homemade demo of a dozen songs based on his friend and mentor’s newly-published The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A …
Read More »10 Best Country and Americana Songs to Hear Now: Della Mae, John Moreland
The Wild Feathers’ new road anthem, Brian Fallon‘s hushed love song, and Brad Paisley‘s inspiring “Alive Right Now” are among the fresh country and Americana songs to hear this week. The Wild Feathers, “Jacksonville to Jackson Hole” For years, the Wild Feathers have planted their feet on both sides of …
Read More »The Breakdown: Billie Eilish and Finneas on 'Bad Guy'
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 …
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