Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Quincy Jones Tapped for Michael Jackson, ‘Man in the Mirror’ Tribute Concert

Quincy Jones will appear at a special concert celebrating the 30th anniversary of Michael Jackson‘s hit song,

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Glenn Frey’s Widow Sues Hospital, Physician for Wrongful Death

The widow of Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey, Cindy Frey, has filed a wrongful death suit against Mount Sinai Hospital and the musician’s gastroenterologist.

The suit accuses Mount Sinai and physician Steven Itzkowitz of negligence and failing to properly treat and diagnose the musician.

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Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Watch Justin Timberlake Tease New Album in Behind-the-Scenes Doc

Justin Timberlake offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of his upcoming album, Man of the Woods, and teases a handful of previously unheard songs

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Seal Denies Allegations of Sexual Misconduct by Former Neighbor

Seal is adamantly denying allegations of sexual misconduct being made against him by his former neighbor, actress Tracey Birdsall.

On Tuesday, a rep for the singer told Rolling Stone in a statement, “Seal vehemently denies the recent accusations made against him by a former neighbor for alleged misconduct of more than a year ago. He intends to vigorously defend himself against

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Watch Beck’s ‘Fix Me’ Video Starring Instagram-Famous Poodles

Beck unveiled an adorable new video for his Colors track “Fix Me,” starring a young girl, Mame, and her three poodles, Riku, Gaku and Qoo, all of whom have become popular on

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Thirty Seconds to Mars Announce Fourth ‘Camp Mars’ Festival

Thirty Seconds to Mars will host their fourth annual Camp Mars music festival August 11th through 13th in Malibu, California.

At Camp Mars, fans can relive their favorite summer camp activities with the chance to interact with the Jared Leto-led rock outfit. Camp Mars activities include hiking,

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Hear Jimi Hendrix’s Fearsome Cover of Muddy Waters’ ‘Mannish Boy’

Jimi Hendrix‘s previously unreleased cover of Muddy Waters’ “Mannish Boy” was released via BBC Radio 6. The late guitarist recorded the famous blues cut at the Record Plant in New York on April 22, 1969. He was accompanied by bassist Billy Cox and drummer Buddy Miles, who soon adopted the name the Band of

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Diddy Donates $200,000 to Improve Maternal Healthcare in Uganda

Diddy announced plans to donate $200,000 to the Unforgettable healthcare campaign, which is expanding and improving the Suubi “Hope” Health Center in Uganda. The initiative was started by French Montana in partnership with the non-profit

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David Byrne Expands ‘American Utopia’ Tour

David Byrne has extended his North American tour in support of his upcoming new album, American Utopia

The new set of dates begins with a performance

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Mavis Staples, Norah Jones, Gary Clark, Jr. Lead Love Rocks NYC Benefit

The second annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert will feature performances by Norah Jones, Mavis Staples and

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Dave Matthews Band Announce New Album, Summer Tour

The Dave Matthews Band will release their first new studio album since 2012’s Away From the World, this summer.

In 2017, Matthews debuted several new songs live, including “Samurai Cop.” “I think we have some great music and some stuff that [drummer] Carter [Beauford] and I worked on that’s added to the

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Jack White Plots North American Tour

Jack White will embark on a North American tour this spring in support of his new solo album, Boarding House Reach.

The headlining trek kicks off April 19th at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan and includes stops in Milwaukee, Omaha, Austin, Dallas, Houston, St. Louis, Washington D.C.

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Cranberries Producer Stephen Street Remembers ‘Firebrand’ Dolores O’Riordan

The music world was rocked Monday by the unexpected death of the Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan at the age of 46. Following news of the singer’s death, famed producer Stephen Street, who worked with the Cranberries on their first two studio albums –

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Flashback: The Cranberries Perform ‘Zombie’ on MTV Unplugged

News of Cranberries lead singer Dolores O’Riordan’s death on Monday shocked fans, with the 46-year-old’s death initially classified by London police as “unexplained.” The Irish group hadn’t had a big profile in America for many years, but in the

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Dolores O’Riordan, the Cranberries Singer, Dead at 46

Dolores O’Riordan, lead singer of the Irish alternative band the Cranberries, died Monday in London. She was 46.

The band confirmed O’Riordan’s death in a brief statement,

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Jimi Hendrix Collaborators on Assembling Guitarist’s Long-Awaited New LP

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Watch Halsey Bring Out G-Eazy for ‘Him & I’ on ‘SNL’

Halsey fulfilled “the biggest of all dreams” when the singer served as musical guest on the Sam Rockwell-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live.

The singer performed to cuts off her latest LP

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Saturday, January 13, 2018

See ‘Stranger Things’ Star Cover Velvet Underground at Brooklyn Show

Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard and his band Calpurnia performed Friday night at Brooklyn’s Rough Trade NYC, where the group played a gig of both covers and originals off Calpurnia’s upcoming EP.

In this Rolling Stone video, Calpurnia deliver their rendition of Velvet Underground’s “Here She Comes

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‘John Wick’ Spin-Off TV Series in the Works at Starz

A television spinoff of Keanu Reeves’ assassin action series John Wick is in the works at Starz.

The series is titled The Continental and revolves around the clandestine hotel that Wick and other hit men frequent and turn to as safe harbor in the two John Wick films.

Reeves

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Friday, January 12, 2018

Watch Nas Perform ‘Illmatic’ With Orchestra in PBS Concert Film Trailer

Nas has shared the new trailer for the upcoming PBS concert film that teamed the Illmatic rapper with the National Symphony Orchestra for a unique performance.

Great Performances — Nas Live From the Kennedy Center: Classical Hip-Hop finds the rapper performing his 1994 masterpiece at the venerable

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Hear Rozzi’s Soulful New Song ‘Uphill Battle’

San Francisco singer-songwriter, Rozzi, emotes about romantic tribulations in her new piano ballad, “Uphill Battle.” 

“I cried on your shoulder right there in the kitchen/ My friends in the next room, so close they could listen,” she croons over a minor chord. Rozzi’s intense vibrato builds alongside organ and

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Watch Billy Joel Perform Foreigner’s ‘Urgent’ With Mick Jones, Lou Gramm

Billy Joel welcomed Foreigner’s Lou Gramm and Mick Jones onstage at New York’s Madison Square Garden Thursday to perform a pair of the rock band’s hits, “Urgent” and “Cold as Ice.”

Before bringing the

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Jack White Details Track List for New LP ‘Boarding House Reach’

Jack White detailed the track list and release date for his upcoming third solo LP, Boarding House Reach. The 13-track album – his first since 2014’s

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10 New Albums to Stream Now: Camila Cabello, Anderson East and More Rolling Stone Editors’ Picks

Camila Cabello, Camila
The solo debut from the “Havana” thrush and former Fifth Harmony member is “a personal statement, low-key and mellow even when it’s infused with the rhythms of her Cuban-Mexican heritage,” writes Rob Sheffield. “Even at her most tormented, she sounds totally confident and totally herself.”
Read Our Feature: 

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Review: Camila Cabello Eschews Bangers on Personal, Low-Key Solo Album

Only 20, Camila Cabello is already a seasoned veteran of the pop-star wars. Born in Havana, raised in Miami, she blew up with the girl group Fifth Harmony, who formed on The X Factor before scoring superb hits like “Reflection” and “Work From Home.” Although Cabello was the most high-profile member of Fifth Harmony, this group wasn’t built to last, and Cabello broke away in one of the

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Hear Marshmello’s Vibrant Lil Peep Collaboration ‘Spotlight’

Marshmello released a new single, “Spotlight,” featuring Lil Peep, a song the pair started working on but didn’t complete prior to the rapper’s death.

“Peep brought an excitement to music that was unparalleled to anybody I’ve ever met,” Marshmello said in a statement. “We started an idea

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Watch Dua Lipa Dance Battle Herself in Kinetic ‘IDGAF’ Video

Dua Lipa dance-battles herself in the vibrant new “IDGAF” video. The clip embodies her dueling voices – the vulnerable romantic and the empowered independent spirit – that follow a breakup.

Henry Scholfield, who helmed the video with Mosaert (Paul Van Haver and Luc Junior Tam), said the creative team aimed to capture this “internal struggle, showing the two sides of Dua’s emotive state,

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Hear Lana Del Rey on BORNS’ New Electro-Soul Song ‘Blue Madonna’

Lana Del Rey layers her silky croon into the electro-soul of BØRNS’ “Blue Madonna,” the title-track from his second LP. Del Rey appears toward the end, singing of a new lover, “Blue madonna in my bed now, blue madonna in my head now” over throbbing synth-bass, ticking programmed drums and a guitar

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Meshell Ndegeocello Previews New Covers LP With Prince Song

Singer-songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello unveiled a gorgeous cover of Prince‘s “Sometimes It Snows in April,” the first offering from her upcoming covers LP, Ventriloquism.

Ndegeocello puts a

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Thursday, January 11, 2018

Ralph Steadman: Legendary ‘Fear and Loathing’ Illustrator Talks Making First Rap Album Art

“I certainly don’t keep up with hip-hop but I’m trying to now,” says iconic British illustrator and painter Ralph Steadman, best known as the twisted mind behind the dark, grotesque, hilarious, disturbing art that accompanied the early-1970s gonzo journalistic screeds of the late Hunter S. Thompson, including his 1972 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and various Rolling Stone

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David Fricke’s Year in Rock 2017

I always wait to crack open a new calendar, to another January, before I review my year in music – in records, concerts and pivotal events – because the best of it can still happen in the December innings: Steve Miller playing the blues with fire and ardor; the blistering return, after a 30-year sabbatical, of the Dream Syndicate; and Warren Haynes’ moving epitaph, via Pink Floyd, to a rock

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Watch Tune-Yards’ Ecstatic New ‘Heart Attack’ Video

Tune-Yards unveiled a dizzying, delightful video for “Heart Attack” that from the forthcoming album, I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life, out January 19th via 4AD.

The Mimi Cave-directed video opens with a shots of various people wearing paper bags on their heads and performing surreal

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Dan Auerbach: 5 Great Songs Where the First Line Is Also the Title

In February, Dan Auerbach is hitting the road with the Easy Eye Sound Revue featuring Robert Finley, Shannon Shaw, and special guests

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Watch Camila Cabello’s Powerful ‘Never Be the Same’ Performance on ‘Fallon’

Camila Cabello took to The Tonight Show stage to deliver an electrifying performance of her latest single, “Never Be the Same.” Cabello’s debut solo album Camila will be out this Friday. In front of mirrors that doubled as screens for a

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See Fall Out Boy’s Goofy Infomercial Music Video for ‘Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)’

Fall Out Boy battle unrequited love with loud, hooky guitars on their new song “Wilson (Expensive Mistakes).” The track is the latest single from their upcoming album, Mania.

Fall Out Boy’s recent singles encompass modern production trends with electronic dance music flourishes and breezy

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Watch Future, Young Thug’s Harrowing ‘All Da Smoke’ Video

Future and Young Thug unveiled a striking new video for “All da Smoke,” a track off their collaborative mixtape, Super Slimey.

The clip opens with a dramatic sequence that

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Watch Troye Sivan’s Moody New ‘My, My, My!’ Video

Troye Sivan gives a joyous preview of his upcoming album with new single “My My My!” Grant Singer — who has directed videos for Taylor Swift, the Weeknd, Lorde and more — helmed the dreamy new clip.

The upbeat, dance-y track gets an appropriate

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Hear Karen O Channel Korean Soap Opera on New Song ‘Yo! My Saint’

Karen O released a distortion-slathered duet featuring vocals from the English singer Michael Kiwanuka on Thursday. 

“Yo! My Saint” offers a stylized distillation of Sixties rock. Electric guitar is coated in a

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Eric Clapton: ‘I’m Going Deaf’

Eric Clapton revealed that he was going deaf while discussing his ongoing health issues and the difficulties of playing guitar in his Seventies during an interview with BBC 2.

Clapton noted he plans to keep performing live, but

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See Star-Studded ‘The Promise’ PSA Featuring Chris Cornell

Chris Cornell, his children Toni and Christopher, and a bevy of stars pledge their dedication to speak out against genocide and other human rights violations in a new PSA for The Promise campaign.

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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Hear Sigur Ros’ Two New Ambient Songs From ‘Black Mirror’

Sigur Rós recorded two new tracks for an episode of Black Mirror. The sweeping pieces – “End” and “Match” – appear on collaborator Alex Somers’ soundtrack to “Hang the DJ,” an episode from the Netflix sci-fi series’

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Watch the Killers’ Moving New Video for ‘Rut’

The Killers released an evocative new music video for “Rut,” a song off the band’s recent LP, Wonderful, Wonderful.

The Danny Drysdale-directed video is told from the

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Jack White Releases Two New Songs, Talks ‘Getting Into a Character’s Head’

The four-year wait is over. On Wednesday, Jack White released “Connected by Love,” the blistering first single from his upcoming new album Boarding House Reach.

The song is a woozy plea for forgiveness from a lover who has burned all his bridges. Recorded with musicians who regularly play in the

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Russell Simmons: NYPD Investigating Two More Rape Accusations

Two more women have filed criminal complaints against Russell Simmons accusing the mogul of rape.

Asked about the latest complaints against Simmons, NYPD detective Sophia Mason told USA

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54 Most Anticipated Albums of 2018

It’s that time of year, when we take a breather from the onslaught of last year’s releases and start speculating about what’s in store once this one starts heating up. If half the scheduled, reported and rumored new albums we’re expecting actually materialize, 2018 is going to be nuts. Major pop artists like Liam Payne, Frank Ocean, Ariana Grande and Sky Ferreira are prepping LPs, as are

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G-Eazy Ends H&M Partnership Over ‘Disturbing,’ ‘Racially Insensitive’ Ad



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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Watch Nicki Minaj, Quavo’s Vibrant ‘She for Keeps’ Video

Nicki Minaj and Migos rapper Quavo look for love in the charming new video for their 

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Queen, Tina Turner to Receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Queen, Tina Turner, Neil Diamond and Emmylou Harris are

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Flashback: Crosby, Stills and Nash Perform ‘Just a Song Before I Go’ in 1977

Crosby, Stills and Nash first played together in 1968, but it was nearly a decade before they toured as a trio. That’s because a certain shaggy Canadian fellow joined their ranks right before they hit the road to support their debut LP. They sold millions of records without the guy, his

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Bruce Springsteen Offers Tickets to Broadway Show in Charity Contest

Bruce Springsteen is offering one fan the chance to meet him and see one of his sold-out shows on Broadway as part of a charity contest to benefit the Bob Woodruff Family Foundation.

The contest is run through

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Radiohead Publisher Issues Statement Refuting Lana Del Rey Lawsuit

A spokesperson for Radiohead‘s publisher, Warner/Chappell, disputed Lana Del Rey‘s claim that the band has filed a lawsuit against the singer over alleged similarities between her

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See Cassie Lounge With a Tiger in ‘Don’t Play It Safe’ Video

Cassie relaxes poolside with a tiger in the new video for “Don’t Play It Safe,” a downtempo funk single that commands a lover to “take the reins.”

“Don’t Play It Safe” is produced by Kaytranada, who crafts a beat full of juicy, rumbling low-end and skipping hi-hats. Cassie heaps instructions on top of this foundation: “Don’t wait,” “change the pace up,” “show me some things.”

The

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Chris Robinson on Why He’s Ready to Sing Black Crowes Songs Again

It’s been more than four years since the Black Crowes split following an epic show at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. In that time, Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson has kept their music alive in his spinoff group the Magpie Salute, but his brother Chris has focused on the Chris

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Willie Nelson Cancels Shows Due to Breathing Issues

Willie Nelson called off a concert after just one song and was forced to cancel several upcoming dates due to breathing issues, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

During a

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Justin Timberlake Producer Danja Talks Making the Wild, Futuristic ‘Filthy’

Last Friday, pop superstar Justin Timberlake returned with “Filthy,” a strutting single that’s a surprising pivot from the carefree, innocuous Trolls tune “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” In contrast, “Filthy” is full of grating synths and shrill screams. There’s a pair of stadium-funk breakdowns, all walloping drum fills and histrionic guitars. Although Timberlake has relied heavily

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Lester Bangs Play ‘How to Be a Rock Critic’ Captures Writer’s Wild Spirit

Critics aren’t the most obvious subjects for drama. But if anyone qualified for a theatrical presentation, it would be the late Lester Bangs, whose caffeinated, take-few-prisoners prose and rock & roll–animal image (accurate or not) made him nearly as iconic as the musicians he loved, dissected or

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Hear Black Eyed Peas Slam Racist Policy on ‘Street Livin”

Black Eyed Peas take aim at police brutality, the criminal justice system and immigration policy on “Street Livin,'” a sobering new boom bap song the group shared on Monday. 

The Black Eyed Peas became global superstars during the second half of the 2000s with a stream of turbocharged dance pop

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Bonnaroo: Eminem, the Killers, Muse Headline 2018 Festival

Eminem, the Killers and Muse will headline this year’s Bonnaroo, scheduled to

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Watch Kendrick Lamar Perform ‘Damn.’ Medley at College Football Championship

Kendrick Lamar staged the first halftime performance in College Football Playoffs history, performing a four-song set featuring three songs from the rapper’s acclaimed Damn. as well as

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Watch Lana Del Rey Talk Potential Radiohead Lawsuit at Denver Concert

Lana Del Rey warned fans that her potential lawsuit with Radiohead could result in the singer

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The Weeknd Cuts Ties With H&M Over ‘Deeply Offensive’ Photo

The Weeknd has severed ties with clothing retailer H&M after a controversial photo of a black child modeling a hoodie reading “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle” appeared on the Swedish company’s website. The singer tweeted on Monday,

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Monday, January 8, 2018

Hear Eminem Blast Critics on Volatile ‘Chloraseptic’ Remix With 2 Chainz

Eminem fires back at his critics in a remix of Revival track “Chloraseptic,” featuring 2 Chainz and Phresher. “Not as raw as I was; ‘Walk on Water’ sucks; Bitch, suck

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Hear Belle and Sebastian’s Dreamy New Song ‘The Same Star’

Belle and Sebastian released a lush new single, “The Same Star,” previewing the second installment of their EP trilogy, How to Solve Our Human Problems.

Multi-instrumentalist Sarah Martin wrote the breezy track incorporating synthesizers, vibraphone and a climactic distorted guitar

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David Byrne Preps New Album ‘American Utopia,’ First Solo LP in 14 Years

David Byrne announced his new album American Utopia, the former Talking Heads singer’s first solo LP in 14 years.

Byrne also unveiled the animated video for the album’s first single “Everybody’s Coming to

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The National Enlist Father John Misty, Feist for Homecoming Festival

The National recruited Father John Misty, Feist, Future

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Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers Plot Co-Headlining North American Tour

Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers announced a co-headlining North American summer tour, with the 37-date trek kicking off May 10th in Charlotte, North Carolina and wrapping July 14th in Bethel, New York.

Tickets go on sale to the

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Rod Stewart Sets 2018 Summer Tour With Cyndi Lauper

Rod Stewart is set to spend another summer on the road as the two-time Rock Hall singer announced a 22-date North American tour.

Like Stewart’s 2017 trek, Cyndi Lauper will once

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Pink to Sing National Anthem at Super Bowl LII

Pink will sing the National Anthem at this year’s Super Bowl LII, which hits Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium on February 4th.

The Beautiful Trauma singer joins artists like Lady Gaga, Luke Bryan, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Garth Brooks, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey as

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Hear David Bowie’s Unreleased, Stripped-Down ‘Let’s Dance’ Demo

An unreleased demo of David Bowie‘s “Let’s Dance” has been unearthed to celebrate what would have been the rock icon’s 71st birthday Monday.

Bowie and Chic’s Nile Rodgers, who produced 1983’s Let’s

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Justin Timberlake Announces Man of the Woods Tour

Justin Timberlake announced his Man of the Woods Tour, the singer’s 27-date North American trek in support of his upcoming new LP.

“The outdoors is the inspiration for a lot of

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Joan Baez Talks ‘New Way of Expressing Myself’ on First LP in a Decade

Friday, January 5, 2018

Hear Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s Enthralling New Song ‘Echo’

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club released new song, “Echo,” the latest preview from the group’s forthcoming new album, Wrong Creatures.

Unlike

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Judas Priest Preview ‘Firepower’ Album With Ferocious ‘Lightning Strike’ Video

Judas Priest have unveiled their video for “Lightning Strike,” the heavy metal legend’s first single off their upcoming new album Firepower.

The video, which first premiered at Revolver, combines live footage

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Watch First Aid Kit Go to Prom in Mysterious ‘Fireworks’ Video

First Aid Kit add a dash of the supernatural to their new “Fireworks” video, which stars sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg at an Eighties-style high school prom. The musicians look like rivals from a coming-of-age movie: Klara plays the classic nerd, wearing oversized glasses; Johanna, with her frizzy hair and heavy

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See Father John Misty’s ‘So I’m Growing Old on Magic Mountain’ on ‘ACL’

Father John Misty utilized a 16-piece orchestra for his grand Austin City Limits version of “So I’m Growing Old on Magic Mountain.” The web exclusive clip previews singer-songwriter Josh Tillman’s debut performance

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Watch Lena Hall’s Stirring Rendition of ‘Hedwig’ Classic ‘Origin of Love’

Lena Hall received a Tony Award for her powerful performance as Titzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and the singer and actress is revisiting that musical and several of her influences in the forthcoming year-long Obsessed project. She kicks off

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Hear Liam Payne, Rita Ora’s Sexy New Song ‘For You’

Liam Payne and Rita Ora trade desirous lines over the electro-pop single, “For You” – a highlight on the newly issued Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack.

“In your eyes, I’m alive,” Ora croons over whirring synths in her solo verse. “Inside you’re beautiful, something so unusual.” Payne rams up

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Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.’: 10 Things You Didn’t Know

Bruce Springsteen is a bold new talent with more than a mouthful to say,” raved Lester Bangs in his Rolling Stone review of Springsteen’s 1973 debut, Greetings from Asbury Park,

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Watch Justin Timberlake’s Futuristic New ‘Filthy’ Video

Justin Timberlake plays a Steve Jobs-styled robot inventor in his new video for “Filthy,” a song from his upcoming LP Man of the Woods

Timberlake

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David Duchovny Details New Album ‘Every Third Thought’

David Duchovny has announced the release of his sophomore album, Every Third Thought. The follow-up to 2015’s Hell or Highwater, the new 12-song set will be released on February

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Thursday, January 4, 2018

The Last Word: Erykah Badu

2018 Music Forecast: 9 Trends and Artists to Watch

With news of a massive lawsuit against Spotify and the release of several high-profile festival lineups, the year in music is

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See Sufjan Stevens’ Sun-Dappled ‘Mystery of Love’ Video

Sufjan Stevens released the video for “Mystery of Love,” which he penned for the Luca Guadagnino-film Call Me By Your Name.

The video is full of footage from the movie: shots of scenic Italy in summer and the stars Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, whose evolving relationship is the center

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Lady Gaga, Pink, Childish Gambino to Perform at 2018 Grammy Awards



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Bono on Gender Inequality: ‘Poverty Is Sexist’

Bono penned an op-ed for Time urging action from men, especially world leaders and those in other positions of power, to reduce gender inequality. 

“Men can’t step back and leave it to women

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Flashback: The Cars Wrap Up 2011 Reunion Tour at Lollapalooza

When the Cars reunited in 2010 to cut their new album Move Like This they could have easily stayed on the road for a solid two years supporting it. They have more hits than just about any other band of their era and since they’d been completely inactive since splitting in 1988, the demand to see them was enormous. But the

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Titus Andronicus Preview New LP With Sweeping ‘Number One (In New York)’

Titus Andronicus released a sprawling new track titled “Number One (In New York)” on Thursday. The song is the lead single from A Productive Cough, their new album due out March 2nd.

“Number One (In New York)” is an insistent piano ballad that unfurls over ten minutes. The band establishes the dominant keyboard motif early and barely changes it throughout the entire song.

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Hear Fleetwood Mac’s Intimate Early ‘Landslide’

In 1975, Fleetwood Mac debuted their classic lineup with their second self-titled album. Not only did Fleetwood Mac establish the musical chemistry of the band for decades to come, it helped solidify the group as a pop juggernaut with singles like “Rhiannon” and “Say You Love Me.” Ahead of the

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Hear Kendrick Lamar, SZA’s Defiant New Song ‘All the Stars’

Kendrick Lamar and SZA unveiled a new song, “All the Stars,” set to appear on the soundtrack for Marvel’s

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See Bruno Mars, Cardi B’s ‘In Living Color’-Dedicated ‘Finesse’ Video

Bruno Mars and Cardi B have teamed up for a remix of “Finesse,” a song hailing from Mars’ 2016 album,

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Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Spotify Confidentially Files to Go Public

Spotify filed confidential IPO documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission at the end of December, signaling that the Swedish music streaming service will list its stock directly onto the New York Stock Exchange, per

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Wixen’s $1.6 Billion Spotify Lawsuit: What You Need to Know

On Wednesday, Spotify cemented plans for the world’s biggest streaming service to go public on the New York Stock Exchange. However, the months-in-the-works announcement was marred Tuesday by

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From Cuba With Pop: Camila Cabello’s Rise

Taylor Swift Extends ‘Reputation’ Tour With New Dates

Taylor Swift extended her upcoming Reputation tour with seven new stadium dates, adding concerts in Santa Clara, California; Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; East Rutherford, New Jersey,

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Governors Ball 2018: Eminem, Jack White, Yeah Yeah Yeahs Top Lineup

Eminem, Jack White, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and

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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Beyonce, Eminem, the Weeknd to Headline Coachella 2018

Beyoncé, Eminem and the Weeknd will headline the 2018 Coachella Music and Arts

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Hear Bob Seger Talk About His Health Scare, New Album and Springsteen

Bob Seger was having a pretty amazing year up until the morning of September 30th when he woke up and noticed that his left leg was dragging a little bit. His music was finally on streaming services after his management and Capitol Records agreed to terms following a protracted war and he was on tour in support

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Tom Petty, Neil Young Publisher Sues Spotify for $1.6 Billion

Wixen Music Publishing, which owns works by Tom Petty, Neil Young, Weezer, the

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Hear Lana Del Rey Join Borns on Romantic New Song ‘God Save Our Young Blood’

Lana Del Rey partnered with Børns on the new synth-pop hymn, “God Save Our Young Blood.” The track will appear on Børns’ upcoming album, Blue Madonna, out January

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Yoko Ono on Ringo Starr’s Knighthood: ‘It’s About Time!’

Yoko Ono congratulated Ringo Starr on Tuesday after he was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth for his “services to music.”

“I am very happy that you have received this honor from the Queen,” Ono wrote

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20 Best Avant Albums of 2017

In 2017, a generation of electronic musicians continued to distend and distort, Lee Gamble seeming to plumb our past and Chino Amobi navigating our nightmare present. The two-disc Celebrate Ornette closed the nearly 60-year career of an experimental jazz icon, but artists like Vijay Iyer and Rudresh Mahanthappa proved that a future of rule-breakers is assured. And while Prurient

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Hear A Perfect Circle’s Bleak New Song ‘Disillusioned’

A Perfect Circle recount the ills of society on “Disillusioned,” the second new song from the band’s upcoming full-length.

“Disillusioned” starts from a place of defeat. Lead singer Maynard James Keenan sings about a culture in which any long-run planning has been replaced by a futile

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Justin Timberlake Announces New Album ‘Man of the Woods’

Justin Timberlake plans to release a new album, Man of the Woods, on February 2nd. The singer announced the news on Tuesday with a short teaser detailing his thought process behind the album. 

The trailer portrays Timberlake as a rugged everyman: He struts through cornfields and snowy

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Hear Flying Lotus’ Cryptic New Song ‘Quarantine’

Flying Lotus‘s label Brainfeeder unveiled a knotty new song by the producer on Monday. “Quarantine” is the final track on the label’s New Year’s mix, crafted by producer PBDY. 

On “Quarantine,” Flying Lotus interlaces sputtering hand drums, soft shudders of stringed instruments and a

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