Paul Simon offers a widescreen glow to “One Man’s Ceiling Is Another Man’s Floor” in his new re-recorded version of the track, which originally appeared on his 1973 LP, There Goes Rhymin’ Simon. The slowed-down, simmering track opens with chiming piano, brushed drums and finger snaps before settling into its …
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Toronto punks Dilly Dally unveiled a swelling ode to sobriety with “Sober Motel” off their upcoming albumHeaven, out September 14th. “Sober Motel” is a towering punk ballad that pulls off the classic soft-loud structure with a unique edge. The track is centered around the heavy march of drums, quivering guitar …
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Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda announced a headlining North American tour. The 22-date trek launches with two Canadian dates – October 10th in Montreal, Quebec and the 11th in Toronto, Ontario –before spanning the U.S. and concluding November 17th in Silver Spring, Maryland. General tickets go on sale Friday, August 10th …
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Denzel Curry wants to master just about everything he can. To do so, the 23 year-old former Raider Klan emcee, newly moved to Los Angeles from his native Florida, is currently in the process of switching up his style. His last LP, Imperial, found the rapper confrontational, abrasive — a …
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A Canadian group of rootsy outlaws, an unabashed Nineties-country bro and an Americana duo who excel at hushed elegance make up the 10 new country and Americana artists you need to hear right now. Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion Sounds Like: A fleet of rumbling IROC-Zs at Talladega revved-up on leaded …
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Trent Reznoris not a Vegas kind of guy. Yet here is Mr. Self-Destruct, clad entirely in his signature black, a 5 o’clock shadow peeking through at 11 a.m., sitting on the worn leather couch of a green room inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. “It’s a nice, dark room,” …
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A new documentary promises to tell the full story of one of southern rock’s defining bands, warts and all. The film, Lynyrd Skynyrd: If I Leave Here Tomorrow, covers a lot of ground: the band’s rise from Jacksonville, Florida, the plane crash that killed vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve …
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Cardi B, the Carters (Beyoncé and Jay-Z), Childish Gambino, Drake and Bruno Mars lead the nominees for the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards. The show will air live from Radio City Music Hall in New York, New York on Monday, August 20th at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Cardi B earned the …
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This past May, after he performed his first solo single “Creep City” on The Graham Norton Show, Scissor Sisters singer Jake Shears received some unsolicited feedback on Twitter. “Some bitchy queen was like, [in a British accent] ‘This sounds like every other Scissor Sisters song ever written,’ and I just …
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A band as seasoned as Asleep at the Wheel hardly needs to put out new music these days. With a 48-year run that spans more than 20 albums, there’s plenty of material for Ray Benson and his crew to draw upon. But the Texas-based Western swing ensemble is back at …
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