They may hail from the distinct worlds of country and R&B music, but Luke Combs and Leon Bridges‘ voices sure do pair well together. The two singers shared the stage earlier this year for an episode of CMT Crossroads, and now you hear live versions of them teaming up on …
Read More »Louis the Child, Max Shimmy Through Radiant 'Dear Sense' Video
Robby Hauldren and Frederic Kennett, who make electronic pop music as Louis the Child, released a colorful video for “Dear Sense,” a breezy, radio-ready collaboration with the singer Max. Louis the Child have always had a knack for pop hooks, best demonstrated by their co-writing credits on the Chainsmokers and …
Read More »Meet the Goon Sax: The Story of an Impossibly Charming Aussie Indie-Pop Band
Louis Forster of the excellent Australian indie-pop band the Goon Sax started writing songs when he was seven years old, right after he got his grade-school-aged mind blown by Green Day’s American Idiot. He kept at it for years, but he never really felt comfortable sharing his work with anyone …
Read More »Justin Bieber Serenades Fiancée Hailey Baldwin Outside Buckingham Palace
Justin Bieber took to the streets of London to serenade his fiancée Hailey Baldwin. Fans caught the pop star busking at the fountain outside Buckingham Palace as Baldwin looked on this week. The young couple had been sightseeing in London when they made a stop at the Palace. Bieber proceeded …
Read More »Deadmau5 to Score Upcoming Film 'Polar'
Deadmau5 will compose his first film score for the upcoming movie, Polar, which is set to arrive next year via Netflix and Constantin Film. Swedish director and drummer Jonas Åkerlund is directing Polar, which is an adaptation of Victor Santos’ noir graphic novel, Polar: Came From the Cold. The film …
Read More »Jacquees Threatens to Out-Sing Ty Dolla $ign and Jeremih on 'The Light' Remix
Jacquees, the spark-plug R&B singer signed to Cash Money Records, released his debut album 4275 earlier this year. It was full of great singing, but not always great songs. He’s been fixing that problem recently by remixing already-proven hits by other artists. He started by releasing his own version of …
Read More »Metallica Talk Top-Secret Distilling Process Behind New 'Blackened' Whiskey
Lars Ulrich knows Metallica’s reputation. “Back in the day there was a lot made about Metallica and ‘Alcoholica’ and all of our drinking habits,” he says. “But we didn’t have any money to drink anything other than white-label shitty beer and vodka. It wasn’t until we got to L.A. to …
Read More »See Margo Price Cover the Beatles at Surprise Nashville Rooftop Show
With AmericanaFest in full swing throughout Music City, there are plenty of scheduled, publicized events to try and catch throughout the day and well into the night. But Margo Price caught many by surprise at sunset on Thursday with an empowering rooftop performance at her label Third Man Records. Along …
Read More »Remembering Rai & Rock Troublemaker Rachid Taha
The only time I ever caught Rachid Taha live, at the Lincoln Center Arts Festival in 2002, I told my diary that the French-Algerian singer reminded me of another brazen rock usurper: Pink. An impiously cocky little troublemaker sporting a full panoply of grand gestures to go with his vinyl …
Read More »Hear Kelela's 'LMK' Get Remixed by CupcakKe, Princess Nokia
Kelela‘s “LMK” gets a star-studded remix treatment with help from CupcakKe, Princess, Nokia and Ms. Boogie. Kelela is readying a remix album of her 2017 full-length Take Me Apart, which arrives on October 5th. Titled “LMK_What’s Really Good Remix” strips down the beat a little bit and accents Kelela’s gorgeous vocals …
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