Singer-songwriter and guitarist Molly Tuttle is still a couple of months away from releasing her first full-length solo LP on independent label Compass Records, yet the 25-year-old performer has already stocked up on groundbreaking industry awards. Between her expressive, crystalline voice and astounding flatpicking guitar skills, Tuttle has made history …
Read More »Drive-By Truckers' Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley Announce 2019 Dimmer Twins Tour Dates
Drive-By Truckers leaders Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley will play several shows without their trusty backing band in April and May. The Dimmer Twins, named in homage to Glimmer Twins Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, will have a wealth of solo material and Truckers favorites between them to flesh out …
Read More »Hear Jade Bird's Rapid-Fire New Song 'I Get No Joy'
After announcing the official arrival date for her debut album earlier this month, Jade Bird has released a new track from the anticipated LP, which is set for release on April 19th via Glassnote Records. To coincide with the self-titled album’s announcement, the up-and-coming British singer-songwriter has unveiled “I Get …
Read More »See Dean Blunt Endure Amusement Park in Panda Bear's 'Token' Video
U.K. artist Dean Blunt endures the sensory explosion that is an amusement park in the new video for Panda Bear‘s “Token,” the latest single off his upcoming album Buoys. As the video’s preface explains, Blunt, as the director of the “Token” video, originally planned to make something Toy Story-inspired for …
Read More »'Into The Spider-Verse' (a Great Movie) Just Sent 'Sunflower' (a Great Song) to Number One
There are some indisputable facts regarding this year’sSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. First,of the six Spider-Man movies since 2002, Spider-Verse is the best. In a year where Black Panther is vying a Best Picture Oscar and Infinity War is practically printing money, Spider-Verse is still the superior superhero movie of the …
Read More »See Jesse McCartney as Hard-Drinking Woman in New Video for 'Wasted'
Pop star and actor Jesse McCartney performs as four different characters – a stylish playboy, a tough-guy biker, a distinguished butler and a boozing older woman – in his soap opera parody video for “Wasted.” Director Jason Lester models the clip after vintage daytime serials, offering melodramatic close-ups, intentionally cheesy …
Read More »Florida Georgia Line Announce Tour Dates for Can't Say I Ain't Country Tour
Florida Georgia Line have announced a new summer tour. The Can’t Say I Ain’t Country Tour gets underway on June 13th in Rogers, Arkansas. Named after the title of their upcoming fourth album, due February 15th, the Can’t Say I Ain’t Country Tour will run through September, hitting major markets …
Read More »Two Dallas Radio Stations Ban R. Kelly Following Lifetime Docuseries
Two prominent Dallas radio stations publicly announced that they will no longer support R. Kelly‘s music on Monday. The decision from K104, which plays a mixture of contemporary hip-hop and R&B, and KRNB, which plays R&B reaching back to the Nineties, came in the wake of the six-part docuseries Surviving …
Read More »See Metallica Play Country Version of 'Four Horsemen'
Metallica played a twangy country arrangement of “The Four Horsemen” on acoustic instruments at a special gig for charity late last year. In the just-released clip of the performance, James Hetfield amped up the grit in his voice as he sang, “Choose your fate and die,” while Kirk Hammett used …
Read More »Hear Chris Young Name-Check Merle, Willie in New Song 'Raised on Country'
With his booming Southern baritone and a sonic presence that often skews toward the conservative end of the spectrum, Chris Young has never been shy about his traditional country influence. But in a new single titled “Raised on Country,” the Tennessee native spells it out in plain English. Name-checking Merle …
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