Post Malone and Swae Lee have unveiled a new video for their Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack hit, “Sunflower.” The black-and-white visual follows a previously released video for the song, which features clips from the Golden Globe-winning animated film. The new visual offers behind-the-scenes footage in the studio while the …
Read More »Gary Clark Jr.'s New Song Is a Scathing Account of Trump-Era Racism
For Gary Clark Jr., racism was a part of everyday life growing up in Texas. It’s something he rarely spoke about as he became one of the world’s greatest living guitar players, championed by everyone from Eric Clapton to Barack Obama. But the 2016 election and the subsequent policies of …
Read More »Halestorm's Lzzy Hale Talks Grammy Nod, Greta Van Fleet Fandom
When Halestorm won the Grammy for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance in 2013 for “Love Bites (So Do I),” they figured it’d be one and done. The Recording Academy did away with the category the following year, splitting it into two, and Lzzy Hale, the singer-guitarist of the Nashville-based band, feared …
Read More »Neil Young Pays Tribute to Pegi Young With 'Harvest Moon' Song
Neil Young paid tribute to his ex-wife, collaborator and Bridge School co-founder Pegi Young in a post on the rocker’s Archives site. “Thanks Pegi, for being such a wonderful mother to our children,” Neil wrote Saturday, his first public comments since Pegi’s death. “You live inside of them and the …
Read More »Rising Bronx Rapper Lil Tjay Will Make You Feel Old
Lil Tjay sucks his teeth in dissatisfaction. Sitting on a couch at Sony’s Manhattan office, he’s either shy or aggressively uninterested in talking. When he’s asked about the rappers who shaped his style, a slight clanking of his chain is the only noise in the awkward silence that ensues. “A …
Read More »Ariana Grande Cancels Las Vegas Concert Due to 'Health Issues'
Ariana Grande canceled her New Year’s Eve weekend concert in Las Vegas due to “health issues,” the singer announced Friday. Grande was scheduled for perform December 29th at the Cosmopolitan’s Chelsea Theatre – her first full performance since both the death of ex-boyfriend Mac Miller and her breakup with Saturday …
Read More »Jay-Z Is Now America's Richest Musician
The “greatest trick in music that people ever pulled off,” Jay-Z said to Forbes in 2010, was convincing young aspiring musicians that “you can’t be an artist and make money.” The rapper followed up on his words this week by rising to become the fifth-richest figure on the magazine’s annual …
Read More »Review: Neil Young's Latest Archival Release 'Songs for Judy'
The latest in Young’s gaining-steam series of archival releases, Songs for Judy finds him again revisiting 1976, just as he did with last year’s Hitchhiker, a collection of unreleased studio recordings. Culled from the acoustic sets of Young’s November 1976 tour with Crazy Horse, the two-dozen-plus songs on Songs for …
Read More »Stevie Nicks: 'There Is Nothing Better Than Being Inducted Into the Hall of Fame'
Stevie Nicks was two shows away from wrapping up the 2018 leg of Fleetwood Mac‘s world tour when the news came in that she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist, making her the first woman in history to enter the institution twice. …
Read More »Hear Ariana Grande's Romantic, Sultry New Song 'Imagine'
Ariana Grande has unveiled her new song, “Imagine.” It’s the second upcoming LP single she has recently dropped, alongside the title track from her forthcoming fifth studio album thatshe has said will be called Thank U, Next. Leading up to the new tune, the singer revealed to a fan via …
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