Music

Snoop Dogg may have jokingly repeated “I wanna thank me” during his acceptance speech when he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last November, but he’s not wrong to pat himself on the back for the hard work he has put into his career. To wit, he …

Country trio Midland unplug for a live acoustic rendition of their current single “Mr. Lonely” that was recorded for Vevo during CMA Fest in early June. The original version of the track will appear on the group’s upcoming second album, Let It Roll. Mark Wystrach, Jess Carson, and Cameron Duddy …

In one of the finest examples of cross-cultural solidarity — or perhaps just genuine friendship — Colombian J Balvin and Puerto Rican Bad Bunny have finally dropped their long-awaited LP, Oasis. A playful take on their beloved art form of reggaeton, Oasis’lead single, “Qué Pretendes,” raises the bar for 2019 …

A pillar of the modern bluegrass and jam band scene, singer/mandolinist Jeff Austin died unexpectedly on Monday, June 24th. He was 45. A statement posted Tuesday afternoon on Austin’s Facebook confirmed his death, calling him a “dear friend whose music touched the lives of so many.” Born and raised in …

“The first night is always slightly wobbly,” Mick Jagger quipped as the Rolling Stones kicked off their 2019 No Filter tour at Chicago’s Soldier Field. But there’s “wobbly” and then there’s Stones wobbly—and stakes were high tonight. It was the Stones’ first show in nearly a year—their first since Jagger …

Mark Ronson first branded himself as a nostalgia alchemist with Amy Winehouse, updating mid-century R&B with a rare-groove-fanatic’s ear for detail. Where super-producers like Diplo might make serviceable magic with anyone, Ronson’s classicism generally requires the wearer to animate it. Winehouse was an ideal match. To a lesser extent, so …

Metallica were halfway into their rain-drenched set at Manchester, England’s Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night when James Hetfield handed the stage over to bassist Robert Trujillo and guitarist Kirk Hammett. “These two guys like to get up to no good and have fun and come up with fun little songs …

Spoon have released a new single “No Bullets Spent,” a recently recorded track that will feature on the indie rockers’ upcoming best-of collection Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon. The 13-song collection, due out July 26th and available to preorder now, features favorites like “I Turn My Camera …

The 14-disc companion set to Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story just arrived in stores, but Dylan’s team is already looking ahead to their next archival project. “We’re thinking about possibly doing Bob’s work in Nashville from John Wesley Harding through the Johnny Cash sessions as the …

Smash Mouth’s “All Star” has followed you incessantly for the last two decades. If you’re under the age of 30, it’s a part of the fabric of your life as much as it’s a strand of the DNA that keeps the internet funny and weird. But before “All Star” was …