Olivia Rodrigo scored the biggest debut of the year on the RS 200 with her debut album Sour. The concise, 11-song set earned 302,100 album-equivalent units, surpassing the first-week total for Fearless (Taylor’s Version) by over 10,000 units. Sour was a resounding streaming success, picking up nearly 280 million streams …
Read More »BTS Drop Sizzling 'Butter (Hotter Remix)' Video
BTS sizzle while cutting loose in their new video for “Butter (Hotter Remix).” The first remix of their latest single is a house-flavored take on the smooth dance-pop original. Like with their official “Butter” video, they appear in suits, but the new visual finds the guys at their cheeky best. …
Read More »Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood Form New Project the Smile
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood have formed a new project called the Smile along with drummer Tom Skinner and longtime collaborator Nigel Godrich. Yorke announced the new band Saturday morning, hours before the group was set to make their debut and perform new music during the Glastonbury Festival Presents …
Read More »Chloe Sevigny, Eleanor Friedberger Star in 'Slow Machine' Trailer
Stephanie Hayes, Chloe Sevigny, Eleanor Friedberger and more star in the new trailer for Slow Machine, a thriller film co-directed by Joe Denardo and Paul Felten that saw its premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam last year. The film also screened at the New York Film Festival last October. Slow …
Read More »Here's Why Alice Cooper Is Auctioning Off His Andy Warhol 'Little Electric Chair'
Alice Cooper had all but forgotten that he owned an Andy Warhol silkscreen when his friend, the late actor Dennis Hopper, mentioned that he was selling some of his own Warhols over lunch a decade or so ago. Owning an original Warhol seems a hard thing to slip one’s mind, …
Read More »Flashback: Tawny Kitaen Cartwheels to Video Immortality in Whitesnake's 'Here I Go Again'
When the news of Tawny Kitaen’s death hit over the weekend, various images from her career flooded into the heads of fans. People who came of age in the Eighties remembered her appearance on the cover of the 1984 Ratt album Out of the Cellar and her role as Tom …
Read More »Robert Fripp, Toyah Willcox Cover the Prodigy's 'Firestarter'
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox performed a riotous cover of the Prodigy‘s “Firestarter” in the latest edition of their at-home Sunday Lunch performance videos, joined by their mysterious masked guitarist Sidney Jake. “You are about to see our favorite kitchen trio as you have never seen them before and it …
Read More »Watch Elohim, Big Freedia Confidently 'Strut' in New Video
Elohim and Big Freedia exude self-confidence in their new video for “Strut.” The song will appear on the Los Angeles-based singer-producer’s upcoming four-part EP, Journey to the Center of Myself, which will be released over the course of the year. In the Chase O’Black-directed video, Elohim and Big Freedia hit …
Read More »Eddie Vedder to Perform at 'Hot Stove Cool Music' Virtual Concert
Eddie Vedder, Yo-Yo Ma, and Juliana Hatfield are among the artists performing at this year’s annual Hot Stove Cool Music fundraising concert, which will take place virtually on May 18th. Notable baseball execs and former players like ex-Chicago Cubs president Theo Epstein, pitcher Bronson Arroyo, New York Yankees great Bernie …
Read More »YG, Mozzy Preview Collaborative Album With Title Track 'Perfect Timing'
YG and Mozzy have released the title track from their upcoming collaborative album, Perfect Timing. “Perfect Timing” finds YG and Mozzy trading verses about their beginnings and big dreams over a slinky groove centered around a delicate guitar loop, keys, and some windswept chimes. Los Angeles-based singer/rapper Blxst ties the …
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