If you enjoyed HBO‘s Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage — which premiered on July 23rd — Bill Simmons (The Ringer) is announcing even more films under the banner of Music Box, a docuseries that highlights pivotal moments in music. Woodstock was the first in the series, with five more …
Read More »Alessia Cara Solves a Surreal Cheating Scandal in the New 'Shapeshifter' Video
Alessia Cara acts out a silly noir melodrama in the new music video for her recent single, “Shapeshifter.” The video was directed by Tusk, and in it, Cara plays all the main roles: The jilted wife with the bottomless martini glass, the cheating husband, the clumsy private eye, the gardener …
Read More »See Lorde Day Drink 'Solar Power'-Themed Cocktails With Seth Meyers
As Seth Meyers pointed out during Wednesday night’s “Seth and Lorde Go Day Drinking” segment, it has been “a long 18 months of sitting in our apartments.” Now that bars have reopened, Meyers revived his Late Night day drinking segment at Zero Bond in New York with his sole guest …
Read More »Luke Combs Pays for Funerals of Fans Who Died at Faster Horses Festival
Luke Combs, one of the headliners of Michigan’s Faster Horses country music festival, has paid to cover the funeral costs of three fans who died at the music and camping festival earlier this month. A representative for Combs confirmed an original report by Michigan TV station WLNS to Rolling Stone. …
Read More »Bob Dylan's New Bootleg Series Will Spotlight Early-1980s 'Infidels' Period
The next chapter of Bob Dylan‘s Bootleg Series will center around the music recorded in the aftermath of his Christian period in the early Eighties. The package includes studio outtakes from 1981’s Shot of Love, 1983’s Infidels, and 1985’s Empire Burlesque along with songs recorded during live rehearsals in 1980, …
Read More »Taylor Swift Not Submitting 'Fearless (Taylor's Version)' for Grammys Consideration
Taylor Swift will not be submittingFearless (Taylor’s Version), her 2021 re-recording of her 2008 album, for consideration at the upcoming Grammy and CMA Awards, a representative for Republic Records stated on Tuesday. “After careful consideration, Taylor Swift will not be submittingFearless (Taylor’s Version) in any category at this year’s upcoming …
Read More »Kanye West to Host Album Listening Party for 'Donda' in Atlanta
Kanye West will shepherd the arrival of his new album Donda with a listening party at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on July 22nd. The show is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. ET. Shortly after images of the cover art from the album – named after West’s late mother …
Read More »Natalie Bergman Taps Beck for 'You've Got a Woman' Cover, 'Paint the Rain' Remix
Singer-songwriter Natalie Bergman has linked up with Beck for a cover of Lion’s “You’ve Got a Woman,” while Beck has also shared a remix of Bergman’s “Paint the Rain.” “You’ve Got a Woman” is a rare Seventies soul gem, which Beck and Bergman recreate with a simple guitar strum, hand …
Read More »Devo's Jerry Casale Drops Trippy Animated Video for New Song 'I'm Gonna Pay U Back'
Devo co-founder Jerry Casale is revisiting his side project Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers by re-releasing an expanded edition of their 2006 LP Mine Is Not a Holy War. It includes the previously unheard song “I’m Gonna Pay U Back,” which will also be available as a seven-inch metallic gold …
Read More »Watch the Chaos of Woodstock 99 Unfold in New Trailer for Upcoming Documentary
HBO Max has released a new trailer for Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage, its upcoming documentary about the infamous three-day music festival. The film will arrive on the streaming service July 23rd (watch it here). Thrown 30 years after the original Woodstock, Woodstock 99 was completely unlike the counter-cultural …
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