The Streets have returned with “Call My Phone Thinking I’m Doing Nothing Better,” a new track featuring Tame Impala. The song marks the U.K. rap project’s first new music in nine years, following 2011’s Computers and Blues. The song’s video features the Streets’ Mike Skinner trying to call Tame Impala’s …
Read More »Watch Pete Davidson's Videos for 'Drake Song,' 'Andre 2000' From 'SNL at Home'
Pete Davidson provided a pair of homemade music videos, “Drake Song” and “Andre 2000,” for the first Saturday Night Live at Home episode. On “Drake Song,” as the title suggests, Davidson offers his own pastiche of a Drake song, even employing the dance from the Toronto rapper’s quarantine-made hit “Toosie …
Read More »The Strokes Heart the Eighties and Sound Like Themselves on 'The New Abnormal'
The first Strokes album in seven years picks up pretty much where the last one, 2013’s Comedown Machine, left off — another study in what LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy once called “borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered Eighties.” Few bands so embody a place and time as the Strokes did New …
Read More »Watch Dolly Parton Sing Kenny Rogers' 'Sweet Music Man'
Country Music Hall of Fame legend Kenny Rogers was celebrated Wednesday night with the first broadcast of CMT Giants: Kenny Rogers, a benefit for the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. The special, which aired on CMT, featured intimate at-home performances of songs for which the pop-country singer was well-known, and included …
Read More »That Time John Prine Joined the Supergroup the Buzzin' Cousins
Don’t remember the supergroup the Buzzin’ Cousins? You’re not alone. Despite featuring five architects of Americana music, the collaboration remains a blind spot for most music fans, even those who may be hardcore devotees of the artists involved. And what a group of names they were: John Mellencamp, Dwight Yoakam, …
Read More »See Luke Combs Tell His Fans' Stories in New 'Does to Me' Video
When Luke Combs began brainstorming ideas for the music video for “Does to Me,” his collaboration with Eric Church, he knew his fans would be involved in some way. He decided on having them submit inspiring photographs and posts via Instagram. “I had them share things that might not mean …
Read More »Jewel Finds the Sunshine in Darkness in New Song 'Grateful'
Jewel finds sunshine in the darkness in “Grateful.” The track will be included on her upcoming, as-yet-untitled twelfth studio album. “It’s all the little things that make the world go round/It’s all the little things that are almost powerful,” she sings over a bluesy guitar riff. “There’s no politician no …
Read More »Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney, Elton John Set for 'One World' COVID-19 Charity Special
UPDATE #2:The Rolling Stones — Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood — will participate in Global Citizen‘s One World: Together at Home coronavirus charity special. In a statement, the band said, “We are honored to be invited to be part of the One World: Together at Home …
Read More »How Tekashi 6ix9ine Got Released Early
Two weeks ago, when Governor Andrew Cuomo began to shut down New York City after the spread of coronavirus became unmanageable, Lance Lazzaro sprung into action. For the past two years, Lazzaro has served as counsel to Daniel Hernandez, the controversial rapper known as Tekashi 6ix9ine who, until this week, …
Read More »'MTV Unplugged' Announces 'At Home' Livestream Series
MTV Unplugged is the latest program moving to livestream in the time of coronavirus. The new series,MTV Unplugged at Home, will encourage safely social distancing by broadcasting artists performing over the internet. “Reimagining the beloved music series as a multi-platform digital experience, the new mini-concert series will feature stripped-down, acoustic …
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