Less than a year after Migos first appeared on Saturday Night Live, the rappers returned toSNL as musical guest, with Quavo, Offset and Takeoff delivering a pair of Culture II tracks, “Stir Fry” and “Narcos,” on the Charles Barkley-hosted episode. The group first doled out a dynamic rendition of “Stir …
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Chvrches recruited the National‘s Matt Berninger for the bittersweet new single “My Enemy.” The indie rocker lends his distinctive baritone to the electro-pop track, trading heartbroken lines with Chvrches vocalist Lauren Mayberry. “I got no more time to hear who you think we should blame/ Because all your words are …
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Grammy-nominated rapper Logic released his first new song of the year, “44 More.” You in the club throwing dollars/ But I’m savin’ mine so my kids go to college,” he raps over an 808 beat laced with skittering hi-hats and synths. The rapper released his breakthrough album,Everybody, in 2017. It …
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Twenty years ago, Madonna was at a crossroads. After launching her Maverick entertainment company in 1992 with her widely but not wisely panned Erotica album and Sex book, the star entered a period of relative caution. The exuberant queerness of those works gave way to muted ballads, followed byEvita, which …
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The Who‘s Pete Townshend will mark the 45th anniversary of his debut solo album, Who Came First, with an expansive reissue featuring eight unreleased tracks. The two-CD set arrives April 20th via UME. Among the previously unreleased songs are three cuts, “Nothing Is Everything,” “There’s a Fortune In Those Hills” …
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Drake embarks on a million-dollar spree of benevolence through Miami in his poignant “God’s Plan” video. The clip opens with a caption reading, “The budget for this video was $996,631.90. We gave it all away. Don’t tell the label.” During his tour of good deeds, the rapper pays for strangers’ …
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Charley Crockett may have grown up on the Gulf Coast of Texas, but his first appearance on the eclectic Americana-at-sea Cayamo Cruise earlier this month left him with a serious set of sea legs. To restore his equilibrium, he took a trip to the Mississippi Delta and the city of …
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The Smashing Pumpkins are reportedly days away from announcing a reunion tour – minus the band’s reclusive founding bassist, D’arcy Wretzky. The band said in arecent statementthat Wretzky declined numerous invitations to join the tour. “James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin and William Corgan haven’t played a show with D’arcy Wretzky for …
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Danish rockers Iceage return from a four-year hiatus with new song “Catch It,” the group’s first material since the 2014 LP,Plowing Into the Field of Love. The moody, post-punk cut finds singer Elias Bender Rønnenfelt singing, “Time moves forward quickly / Moves in twenty-four-hour segments / Racing for the soul …
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Bronx hitmaker A Boogie wit da Hoodie and his label mate Don Q party until a SWAT team arrives in the new video for “Somebody.” The track came out last September on A Boogie wit da Hoodie’s debut album, The Bigger Artist. The majority of the rapper’s new clip is …
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