Years & Years, Olly Alexander‘s musical project, appeared on The Late Late Show perform his recent single “Starstruck.” The stylish virtual performance features the singer getting out of bed and taking the track from a greenhouse to a garden to the stage. Accompanied by several backup singers, Alexander gives the …
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After a five-year break from songwriting, Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz experienced a surge of creativity not long ago, creating an ambitious group of songs that flowed into each other. The result is the four-track Butter Miracle, Suite One,due May 21st, which will be the band’s first release since 2014’s …
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Van Morrison has dropped a new song, “Love Should Come With a Warning,” from his upcoming double-album, Latest Record Project: Volume 1, set to arrive May 7th via Exile/BMG. “Love Should Come With a Warning” is a vintage bit of heartbroken soul, although the song’s snappy instrumentation and Morrison’s lyrics …
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Billy Gibbons remembers Jim Morrison and Gram Parsons while driving around Joshua Tree in the video for “Desert High,” the latest single from the ZZ Top rocker’s upcoming album Hardware. On the track, Gibbons sing-speaks about Morrison (“The desert toad takes me for a ride/The Lizard King’s always by my …
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The Mountain Goats have released a tender new song, “Mobile,” from their upcoming album, Dark in Here, out June 25th via Merge. “Mobile” boasts a nimble mix of guitars and piano, and the lyrics find frontman John Darnielle recounting the Biblical story of Jonah, recast with a Southern twist and …
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Taylor Swift stopped by The Late Show to put some rumors about her song “Hey Stephen” to rest. The singer, who recently released Fearless: Taylor’s Version, spoke with host Stephen Colbert about the song, confirming that, unfortunately, it’s not about him. “No, Stephen,” Swift said in response to Colbert questioning …
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Arlo Parks announced a North American fall tour. The 24-date trek launches September 21st in Brooklyn and wraps October 27th in Philadelphia. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 16th at 10 a.m. local time via the British songwriter’s website. “I’m coming to North America!!!” Parks said in a statement detailing …
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Earl Simmons, the rapper better known as DMX, died on Friday at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York, one week after suffering a heart attack. He was 50 years old. Simmons’ family said they were “deeply saddened” to announce the rapper’s death, adding that he died “with his …
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Exclusive releases from Pearl Jam, Ariana Grande, Tom Petty, Rage Against the Machine and U2 are among this year’s Record Store Day Drops, set for June 12th and July 17th at independent record stores nationwide. The Who, the Zombies, the Doors, Beastie Boys (their hardcore 1995 EP Aglio E Olio), …
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Rod Wave scored his first Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart with SoulFly, easily brushing aside Justin Bieber‘s Justice, which fell to Number Two. Unlike Justice, SoulFly — which follows last year’s Pray 4 Love — has few high-powered guest vocalists or big-name producers. But that …
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