The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill 20th anniversary tour already sounded like a can’t-miss event when it was first announced, but now the Grammy-winning artist has shared the names of all the “special guest performers” who will be joining her on stage, including her Block Party pal Dave Chappelle.
So, you’ve tried a dozen different variations on beyandjay12345@gmail.com and they’ve all been claimed by your fellow Beyoncé fans also on their third free trial? Well, then, we’ve got good news: Assuming you subscribe to another subscription music service, you don’t have to get Tidal to hear the new Beyoncé and Jay-Z…
There are one-hit wonders and one-album wonders. There are musicians who consistently craft top-notch singles, but fall short of stringing them together into consistently compelling LPs; there are records that suddenly come to life when edited down into a 30-minute all killer, no filler playlist.
Building on years of rumors, hints, and a joint tour that kicked off earlier this month, Beyoncé and JAY-Z have just announced the surprise release of a joint album together, titled Everything Is Love. The album—the first full collaboration between the married couple, whose respective solo albums Lemonade and 4:44 …
Matt “Guitar” Murphy, a well-respected and influential blues guitarist best known to cinematic audiences for his long association with Dan Aykroyd and The Blues Brothers, has died. According to Deadline, Murphy—who appeared in both Blues Brothers films, and who spent decades honing his craft alongside legends like…
Good news for fans of Luca Guadagnino’s heartbreakingly lovely 2017 coming-of-age feature, Call Me By Your Name—or maybe just record enthusiasts looking to rekindle their burgeoning sexual feelings for their own collections: Pitchfork reports that the film’s soundtrack, featuring two original songs from gentle folk…
“Weird Al” Yankovic is a gifted musical mimic, capable of copying the styles of just about anybody his tastes latch upon. Normally, Al devotes those talents to the world of parody, but every now and then, apparently, he finds himself gripped by the urge to actually get the words right. And where better to let those…
Because not even the tiniest, most minute part of Kurt Cobain’s legacy can go untarnished for long, NPR reports that a museum in the Nirvana star’s hometown, which included an exhibit devoted to him, has been hit by a fire. It’s not entirely clear how much damage the Aberdeen Museum Of History suffered, but it…
As reported by Tennessean, drummer D.J. Fontana has died. Fontana played drums for Elvis Presley from 1954 to 1968, with Tennessean quoting music historian Charles Hughes as saying that Fontana “helped define the rhythmic foundations of the last several decades of pop music” thanks to his work with Presley. Fontana’s…
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Nothing says “Please stop talking about diss tracks, and any accusations of fatherhood they might contain about me” like a little nostalgia, puke, and sex, right? That seems to be the guiding philosophy of Drake’s latest video for his upcoming album Scorpion—out June 29—that sees young Aubrey Graham revisit his old…
It’s bad enough knowing that your male colleagues are probably making more money than you for doing the exact same work. But if you’re a successful pop-rock band, and you’ve got an agent whose entire job is getting you gigs and negotiating your pay for them, and you’re still making a fraction of what the guys are…
Donald Glover may be putting his Childish Gambino alter ego on ice soon, but he’s clearly making the most of his remaining time with his acclaimed musical project. The release of “This Is America,” in particular, is a career highlight, from its fantastic music video to the song itself, which is both very good and …
Donald Trump may be throwing some kind of whiny tantrum over Justin Trudeau, but we can at least count on the American hip-hop community to make sure its beefs with Canadians have a bit more intellectual merit—at least if the vicious feud between Pusha T and Drake is anything to go by. Unfortunately (or maybe not, if…
Danny Kirwan, whose songwriting talents and guitar skills helped transition the frequently fractious Fleetwood Mac from its earlier, blues-based roots to the rock-pop mega-outfit it eventually became, has died. Kirwan—who served as the band’s guitarist, singer, and occasional frontman from 1968 to 1972—was 68.
It makes a certain inevitable sense that Kanye West would be a Rick & Morty fan. First—and, we’ll admit, it gets harder to remember this part with every passing day, as the platonic image of the show’s “Pickle Rick!”-screaming fanbase continually threatens to overshadow its actual merits—the Adult Swim series remains…
Move over Michael Douglas; take a hike Willem Dafoe; it’s over for you, Jon Cryer in your Two And A Half Men tucked-in golf shirts and khakis—Charlie Sheen has found a new artistic counterpart and it’s ... well, it’s Lil Pump.
Suggesting that he, himself, might be rocketing recklessly forward into some kind of “zone of danger,” Kenny Loggins has said he intends to record a new version of “Danger Zone” for the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick. This is per TMZ, which caught up to Loggins in an airport (fitting!) to talk about his potential return…
Interpol spent most of last year touring in honor of the 15th anniversary of Turn On The Bright Lights, but for the first time since El Pintor in 2014, Interpol is back with a brand new album. Titled Marauder, the album was announced with a 45-minute black-and-white press conference from Mexico City that features the…
After nearly four years of feuding, Lil Wayne has finally been freed from his longtime label Cash Money Records, with The Blast reporting that Universal (which owns Cash Money) has paid out “well over $10 million” to settle a lawsuit that Wayne filed in 2015 against the label and its co-founder Birdman. Lil Wayne…
