Luke Bryan claimed his third straight Number One album and fourth chart-topping release in the past five years as the country singer’s new LP What Makes You Country opened atop the Billboard 200. The new American Idol judge’s What Makes You Country debuted with 108,000 total copies – 99,000 of …
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Frank Zappa‘s legendary two-night, four-show December 1973 stand at Los Angeles’ Roxy Theatre will be the focus of an upcoming box set packed with unreleased performances, soundcheck and rehearsal recordings and more. The Roxy concerts were previously featured on the 1974 live album Roxy & Elsewhere as well as the …
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U2, Songs of Experience“If Songs of Innocence was rock’s most persistently hopeful band looking back in wonder at their punk-rock origins and unlimited dreaming in late-Seventies Dublin,” writes David Fricke, “Songs of Experience is U2 in late middle age coming to grips with an inevitable reality: They no longer have …
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UPDATE: HBO has cut ties with Russell Simmons following sexual assault allegations against the music mogul. Simmons was set to bring back the show’s Def Comedy Jam as All Def Comedythis week and while the show will air, Simmons will not be a part of it. “HBO will be airing …
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Paul McCartney, Gorillaz, Ryan Adams and U2 are among those planning exclusive releases for Record Store Day‘s annual Black Friday event on November 24th. McCartney will help usher in the holiday season with a pair of 7-inch singles. Each contains a new rendition of “Wonderful Christmastime,” which originally came out …
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Taylor Swift‘s direct address to her fans for her new album, Reputation, comes in the form of a heartfelt prologue letter – included with physical copies of the LP – which encourages fans not to believe everything they hear or see when it comes to rumors. “Here’s something I’ve learned …
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Jay-Z denounced Meek Mill‘s two-to-four year prison sentence for violating probation as “unjust and heavy-handed” in a message on FacebookMonday night. “The sentence handed down by the Judge – against the recommendation of the Assistant District Attorney and Probation Officer – is unjust and heavy-handed,” Jay-Z said. “We will always …
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Miley Cyrus returned to Saturday Night Live to perform a pair of songs from her new LP Younger Now and appear in two sketches. For her first performance of the night, Cyrus delivered a sultry take on her “Bad Mood.” Cyrus later performed her new album’s sparse ballad “I Would …
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U2 recruited Kendrick Lamar for a spoken word cameo on their exuberant new song “Get Out of Your Own Way,” the latest preview of their upcoming 14th LP, Songs of Experience. The track opens with Bono crooning over a quiet electronic pulse and bass before building to an arena-size chorus …
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Fleet Foxes brought multi-part harmonies and shambling folk-rock to The Late Show on Thursday, performing “Fool’s Errand” from their Crack-Up LP. “Fool’s Errand” mixes dogged, earnest strumming and ornate singing arrangements. The performance opened up around the one minute mark when Fleet Foxes started to demonstrate their vocal firepower. “I …
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