EDITORS’ PICK: Christina Aguilera, Liberation “On Liberation, [Aguilera] gets closer than ever to zeroing in on the right path for her immense skills,” writes Brittany Spanos. “Her eighth album is a healthy mix of hit-chasing, theatrics and soon-to-be classic power ballads that emphasize her immense skills over half-baked conceptual themes…Once …
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Nile Rodgers & Chic debuted a funky new song titled “Boogie All Night” with singers NAO and Mura Masa Tuesday on Later… With Jools Holland. The song will feature on Chic‘s upcoming album It’s About Time. “I’ve had the great privilege of producing some of the greatest artists in the …
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Kid Cudi has two platinum albums and dozens of stylistic children. He has credits on (and plaques from) some of the most beloved rap records of the millennium; he starred in an HBO show that people were excited about, stopped watching, then gravitated to as a post-cancellation cult classic. He’s …
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Charli XCX teased via Twitter on Wednesday that she’d be unveiling some new material in 2018 and she started by delivering a surprise song at midnight called “5 in the Morning.” On the new track, Charli XCX calls out posers and praises the merits of late-night jams. “I’m going all …
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Whitney Houston‘s estate said it was “extremely disappointed in Kanye‘s choice” to license a photo of the late singer’s drug-covered bathroom counter for the cover of Pusha-T‘s new Daytona album. Houston’s estate registered its disapproval in a statement to ET on Tuesday. “Even in Whitney’s death, we see that no …
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The Rolling Stones brought out Florence Welch to duet with Mick Jagger on “Wild Horses” during the band’s London Stadium concert Friday night. The two singers delivered a passionate rendition of the Sticky Fingers classic, with Jagger and Welch trading verses, sharing choruses, locking eyes and holding hands as if …
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Good Charlotte go back to their emo roots with the dark, heavy “Actual Pain.” The song will appear on Generation Rx, their upcoming LP set for release on September 14th. The song takes an inward look at the “darkness” within. “Tell me why I hurt this way/Should I even love …
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Jessie Reyezexamines how women through the eras have paid the price for injustice and gender inequality in the empowering new video for “Body Count.” In the Peter Huang-directed video– filmed in Reyez’s Toronto hometown – Reyez has apparently violated some puritanical societal standard and is dragged across a field to …
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After Donald Glover issued his heavily symbolic video for Childish Gambino single “This Is America,” think-pieces and essayspoured in from all corners of the Internet, dissecting the clip as a critique on gun violence and racism. But the actor-rapper-singer told Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday that he’s purposefully stayed away from …
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While Smashing Pumpkins are set to embark on their semi-reunion tour in two months, Billy Corgan visited The Late Late Showin support of his 2017 solo LP Ogilala with an intimate rendition of that album’s “Archer.” The performance kept with the stripped-down tone of Ogilala, as that album’s tracks featured …
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