James Blake has dropped the video for his Assume Form single “Mile High,” featuring Travis Scott and producer Metro Boomin. The British singer shared the video on Sunday, just hours before Scott is set to perform as part of the Maroon 5-headliner Super Bowl LIII halftime show. The visual, directed by collaborator …
Read More »2 Chainz Flaunts His Boyfriend Skills on Ariana Grande's '7 Rings' Remix
Ariana Grande has shared a remix of her hit single “7 Rings,” which features 2 Chainz adding a new verse.“My ideas are priceless/I know I’m the nicest,” the rapper adds to the pop track, which opens with a riff on “My Favorite Things.” He adds, “I knew you would like …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: The Specials, Featuring Saffiyah Khan, “10 Commandments”
Like many of the post-punk U.K. ska bands, The Specials were serious fans of the lateCecil Bustamente Campbell, aka Prince Buster, one of Jamaican music’s godfathers. They covered his “Too Hot” on their debut, “Enjoy Yourself” on their follow-up; their cohorts Madness made his “One Step Beyond” their signature. Now, …
Read More »Failure, Swervedriver Team for Spring North American Tour
Reunited Nineties rockers Failure and Swervedriver, both coming off new albums, will hit the road together this spring. The seven-week joint trek kicks off March 13th at Dallas’ House of Blues and circles North America before coming to a close April 24th at Los Angeles’ Fonda. Tickets for the trek …
Read More »Watch Lizzo Bust Out Dance Moves, Flute Solo During Wild 'Juice' Performance on 'Ellen'
Lizzo stormed The Ellen DeGeneres Show with an exhilarating performance of her latest single “Juice” Tuesday. The performance marked the first time Lizzo has performed the song on television and she aptly made the most of the occasion. As Lizzo breathlessly tore through the song’s delightful punchlines – “David, you …
Read More »Watch Backstreet Boys, Jimmy Fallon Cluck 'Everybody (Backstreet's Back)' Dressed as Chickens
Jimmy Fallon and the Backstreet Boys, billed as the “Bawkstreet Boys,” dressed as chickens and clucked “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” on Thursday’s Tonight Show. The sketch is as advertised: The boy band and the late-night host donned chicken suits and clucked out an almost a cappella version of the 1997 hit …
Read More »Easton Corbin Praises Alan Jackson, John Deere in New 'Somebody's Gotta Be Country'
Easton Corbin first made his mark nearly 10 years ago with “A Little More Country Than That,” which earned comparisons to George Strait and envisioned “country” to represent faithfulness and honor above all the usual signifiers. Corbin returns to that thematic territory for the newly released “Somebody’s Gotta Be Country,” …
Read More »Roxy Music's Andy Mackay Talks Rock Hall Reunion Odds: 'We're Quite Optimistic'
Roxy Music saxophonist Andy Mackay was driving down to England’s West Country in mid-December when he got a text from Bryan Ferry saying that they’d been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “I knew we had been nominated,” says Mackay. “But I always felt that we were …
Read More »Chris Brown Detained in Paris Following Rape Accusation
Chris Brown has been detained in Paris, France, following a rape accusation, Associated Press reports. He was detained on Monday and remains in custody on Tuesday due to potential charges of aggravated rape and drug offenses. Two other people, including Brown’s bodyguard, have also been detained. In the complaint (per …
Read More »Jimi Hendrix 'Electric Church' Concert Film Headed to Theaters
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church, which documents the legendary guitarist’s July 4th, 1970 performance at the Atlanta International Pop Festival, will be screened in select movie theaters around the world starting January 31st. The film premiered on Showtime in 2015, and was accompanied by a live album, Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival, …
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