Daryl Hall and John Oates are going to spend much of the summer on the road with Squeeze and KT Tunstall, but when the tour wraps, they’re hoping to turn their attention to their first collection of new songs since 2003’s Do It for Love. “I’m in the process right …
Read More »Watch The Jonas Brothers Preview a New Song at the Grammys
The Jonas Brothers took the stage at the 62nd Grammy Awards to perform their new single, “What a Man Gotta Do,” as well as a preview of “Five More Minutes,” a new song that has yet to be released. “So what a man gotta do?/What a man gotta do?” the …
Read More »Roger Waters Plots North American Tour, Calls on Human Race to 'Change' or 'Die'
A little over a year after wrapping his monumental Us + Them Tour, Roger Waters will return to the road this summer for a North American tour summer dubbed This Is Not a Drill. He will present an all-new show, this time in the round. The trek, which finds him …
Read More »Waxahatchee Catches 'Fire,' Announces New Album and Tour
Waxahatchee‘s Katie Crutchfield overlooks the Mississippi River in the new video for “Fire,” the first single from her upcoming LP Saint Cloud, out March 27th via Merge Records. “That’s what I wanted,” she sings in the clip, walking across the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge in the blinding sunlight. “It’s not …
Read More »Porches Dances With His Therapist in New Video for 'Do U Wanna'
Porches, a.k.a. Aaron Maine, dances with his therapist in the new video for “Do U Wanna.” The track is the first single off the synth-pop artist’s upcoming LP, Ricky Music, out March 13th via Domino Records. Directed by Maine and Nick Harwood, the dreamy clip opens with Maine in the …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Mac Miller, 'Good News'
Hearing Mac Miller wrestle with dark thoughts from beyond the grave is a gut-punch. It’s also beautiful. That’s the duality of “Good News,” the first single from the rapper’s new posthumous album, Circles. Over a gently chugging groove sprinkled with pizzicato strings, Miller, who died in 2018 of an accidental …
Read More »The Allman Brothers Band Celebrate 50th Anniversary With Box Set of Rarities and Unreleased Tracks
The Allman Brothers Band has announced the release of Trouble No More: 50th Anniversary Collection, a box set of rarities, unreleased tracks, live performances and classic songs. The box set, out February 28th via Island Mercury/UMe, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the rock band, and is available as a 10-LP …
Read More »Hear Megan Thee Stallion and Normani Join Forces on 'Diamonds'
Megan Thee Stallion and Normani have teamed up for a new single, “Diamonds,” which comes off the upcoming soundtrack Birds of Prey: The Album. The soundtrack, which will accompany Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), also includes contributions from Halsey, K.Flay, Doja Cat, CYN and …
Read More »Neil Peart, Rush Drummer Who Set a New Standard for Rock Virtuosity, Dead at 67
Neil Peart, the virtuoso drummer and lyricist for Rush, died Tuesday, January 7th, in Santa Monica, California, at age 67, according to Elliot Mintz, a family spokesperson. The cause was brain cancer, which Peart had been quietly battling for three-and-a-half years. A representative for the band confirmed the news to …
Read More »Guided by Voices Announce First Album of 2020 'Surrender Your Poppy Field'
Robert Pollard almost threw up on New Year’s Eve when Guided by Voices kicked off 2020 with a 100-song set at Los Angeles’ The Teragram Ballroom. “It was difficult because I have a bum hip,” the intrepid high-kicker tells Rolling Stone. “It felt fine for about the first two hours …
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