The Killers‘ latest offering from their upcoming fifth album, Wonderful Wonderful, is “Some Kind of Love,” a ethereal tune about togetherness built around a Brian Eno chord progression that Brandon Flowers has dedicated to his wife. The singer’s wife, Tana, has been coping her whole life with complex PTSD, stemming …
Read More »Elvis Presley Estate Preps Orchestral Christmas LP
Elvis Presley‘s estate will release another Christmas album featuring reimagined orchestral versions of the late singer’s previously issued holiday tracks. Elvis Presley – Christmas with Elvis and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is out October 6th via RCA Records and Legacy Recordings. The LP includes Presley performances from 1957’s Elvis’ Christmas …
Read More »Charts: LCD Soundsystem Grab First Number One With 'American Dream'
American Dream, the comeback album from LCD Soundsystem, debuted atop the Billboard 200 to give the reunited dance-rock group their first Number One. The album, James Murphy and company’s first in seven years, sold 85,000 copies in its first week of availability, with 81,000 of that total coming from traditional …
Read More »Beyonce, George Clooney, Oprah Will Aid Hurricane Harvey Relief Telethon
UPDATE 2: Justin Timberlake, Dave Matthews, Leonardo DiCaprio and Travis Scott have been added to the Harvey relief lineup, per Billboard. UPDATE:Drake and Justin Bieber have been added to the lineup for theHand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Relief telethon, which airs next week. According to the website, the …
Read More »Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme to Read Bedtime Story on Kids Show
Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme will appear on an upcoming episode of Bedtime Stories, a program featured on BBC children’s networkCBeebies. The singer recorded his installment one day before the band’s recent surprise set at the Reading & Leeds Festival, NME reports. Bedtime Stories feature celebrities reading …
Read More »Flashback: Pearl Jam Finally Relents, Plays 'Bugs' Live in 2009
Near the end of Pearl Jam’s sessions for their 1994 LP Vitalogy, Eddie Vedder picked up a cheap thrift store accordion and began singing a bizarre, Tom Waits-like dirge about insects. “I got bugs in my room,” he howled. “Bugs in my bed/ Bugs in my ears/ Their eggs in …
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