“Thank U, Next” accelerated the rise ofAriana Grande’s already ascendant career. It was her first Number One on the Billboard Hot 100, served as the launching point for one of Grande’s most successful projectsand proved that a pop star looking to hip-hop for inspiration in the streaming age could pay …
Read More »The Go-Go's Documentary Heads to Showtime
Showtime announced Saturday that the network had acquired a feature documentary about The Go-Go’s.The film will premiere late this year. The Alison Ellwood-directed film features “full access” to the band, along with “candid interviews and archival footage to tell the real story of their meteoric rise to fame and the …
Read More »8 Things You Need to Set Up Your Home Recording Studio
“We live in a time where anyone can release their own music online,” says Jon Foster, a Toronto-based composer, producer and drummer who, alongside his writing partner Steve Poloni independently recorded and released the soundtrack for the short film, “Camista,” in October of last year. While sites like Soundcloud and …
Read More »Billie Eilish Announces 'When We All Fall Asleep' Tour
Billie Eilish has mapped out a North American trek in support of her much-anticipated debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? After Eilish’s pair of performances at Coachella in April, the trek itself launches May 29th at San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and runs through …
Read More »Bow Wow Charged With Battery After Altercation With Woman in Atlanta
Bow Wow was arrested and charged with battery after the rapper and a woman were involved in a physical altercation early Saturday morning in Atlanta. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Bow Wow, real name Shad Moss, and the woman, identified as Leslie Holden, had the alleged fight outside a Midtown …
Read More »Tekashi 6ix9ine Pleads Guilty to Federal Drugs, Weapons Charges
Tekashi 6ix9ine, the embattled rapper embroiled in a mounting series of federal counts of racketeering, has pleaded guilty to nine counts according to documents obtained byRolling Stone. 6ix9ine (real name Daniel Hernandez) had previously pleaded not guilty since his arrest in November. Denied bail, he has spent the ensuing months …
Read More »See Tom Morello's Gripping 'Every Step That I Take' Video
Tom Morello shared the new video for “Every Step That I Take,” the guitarist’s collaboration with Portugal. The Man and Whethan. The track appears on Morello’s recently released The Atlas Underground. The Sean Evans-directed video puts a modern spin on a notorious injustice. “Revolutionary labor troubadour Joe Hill was murdered …
Read More »Flashback: Bob Dylan Plays 'The Man in Me' at 1999 Concert
The hopes of millions of TheBig Lebowski fans were dashed earlier this week when it was revealed that tantalizing images of Jeff Bridges back in his Dude duds were not for some sort of sequel, but rather a Super Bowl commercial for Stella Artois. The Dude doesn’t even appear until …
Read More »Tom DeLonge Brings Charming Story 'Who Here Knows Who Took My Clothes?' to Life
Tom DeLonge released an animated version of his 2018 children’s book, Who Here Knows Who Took My Clothes? The former Blink-182 member narrates the wacky video, which features animation from Zach Passero. The story follows a man on his quest to retrieve his mysteriously disappeared clothing. Since the theft occurs …
Read More »See Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper Perform 'Shallow' Together Live for First Time
Fresh off a Best Original Song Academy Award nomination, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper performed their A Star Is Born hit “Shallow” live together for the first time Saturday at the singer’s latest Enigma concert in Las Vegas. Cooper, who co-starred in and directed the Best Picture-nominated film, was in …
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