The Black Keys – Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney – have announced a North American tour dubbed, “Let’s Rock.” The 31-date trek will feature openers Modest Mouse. Prior to the tour, the band will perform at Las Vegas, Nevada’s Life is Beautiful festival on September 21st. The duo is also …
Read More »Drummer Alan White Reflects on His Years Playing With John Lennon and Yes
If Alan White’s résumé was limited to playing drums on John Lennon‘s Imagine and George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass, it would be pretty impressive. But about two years after appearing on those pivotal Beatles solo records, he was recruited by Yes — then at the peak of their creative …
Read More »Hear Keith Richards' Unreleased Blues Shuffle 'Big Town Playboy' From 'Talk Is Cheap' Reissue
Keith Richards has shared the new lyric video for “Big Town Playboy,” an unreleased track that features on the upcoming reissue of the Rolling Stones guitarist’s 1988 solo LP Talk Is Cheap. The blues shuffle, recorded during the same sessions that spawned Talk Is Cheap, features former Rolling Stones guitarist …
Read More »Mariah Carey Takes a Vibrant Subway Ride in 'A No No' Video
Mariah Carey throws a party on a subway train in the fun and colorful new video for her single “A No No.” The track appears on her latest album Caution, which was released in November. Carey starts off her train ride alone, in a large fur coat. The train is glimmering …
Read More »The Strokes, Eddie Vedder, Red Hot Chili Peppers Lead 2019 Ohana Festival
The Strokes, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jenny Lewis, Tash Sultana, Incubus and Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats will lead the 2019 Ohana Festival. The fourth annual fest will run from Friday, September 27th through Sunday, the 29th at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, …
Read More »Randy Bachman Documentary Featuring Neil Young, Peter Frampton Set For Release
Randy Bachman has had a surprising career, one of the rare acts to score two Number One singles with two different bands: “American Woman” with the Guess Who and “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” with Bachman-Turner Overdrive. A new documentary, Bachman, written and directed by John Barnard (The Sheepdogs Have …
Read More »Solange Releases 'When I Get Home' Album
Solange released When I Get Home, her fourth full-length album, on Thursday night. The 19-track collection is her first since 2016’s A Seat at the Table, and it includes contributions from Metro Boomin, Pharrell, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler, the Creator, Playboi Carti and more. Solange hinted at the release ofWhen I …
Read More »The Best Song on 2 Chainz' 'Rap or Go to the League' Is Its Simplest
The best song on the 2 Chainz’s Rap or Go to the League isn’t the album’s flashiest. “Money In The Way” doesn’t have any features or super producers, which the album has in spades. LeBron James, the project’s A&R, doesn’t extend his media beef with the Lakers’ young core on …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Guordan Banks, 'Can't Keep Runnin'
The R&B singer Guordan Banks works with the precision of a surgeon on his new single “Can’t Keep Runnin:’” He dissects the Gap Band’s great ballad “Yearning for Your Love,” locates the sterling melodies in the track’s core, and transplants them into a mid-tempo groove. It’s a small change, but …
Read More »Nicki Minaj Denies Copyright Infringement in Response to Tracy Chapman Lawsuit
Nicki Minaj has formally denied committing copyright infringement in response to Tracy Chapman’s October 2018 lawsuit. Chapman claims that Minaj’s unreleased Nas collaboration “Sorry,” which interpolates the songwriter’s 1988 cut “Baby Can I Hold You,” uses her material without permission. As The Blast and Pitchfork report, Minaj filed a formal …
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