Hot on the heels of his new album Baby on Baby, North Carolina rapper DaBaby stars in a new video for the Offset-assisted track “Baby Sitter.” The duo appear as Fruit Loops-eating brothers in the Reels Goat-directed clip, edited to resemble a television sitcom called The Fresh Princes of Beverly Hills. …
Read More »10 Nipsey Hussle Songs You Need to Know
Rap fans across the world are mourning Nipsey Hussle. The 33-year-old Los Angeles rapper, born Ermias Asghedom, was shot and killed on Sunday in front of his clothing store in L.A., per NBC. Listeners, both loyal and casual, have shared their condolences and feelings of disbelief since news of his …
Read More »Bob Dylan to Exhibit Portraits, Handwritten Lyrics at Tulsa Art Museum
Bob Dylan‘s artwork and handwritten song lyrics will exhibit at a Tulsa, Oklahoma art museum beginning in May. The Gilcrease Museum’s “Bob Dylan: Face Value and Beyond” will feature 12 pastel portraits – similar to the one featured on the 2013 archival release Another Self Portrait – by the rock …
Read More »Read Bryan Ferry's Hall of Fame Speech on Behalf of Roxy Music
Roxy Music have been eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ever since their debut single “Virginia Plain” turned 25 in 1997, but they were always more popular in their native England than America and even members of the band are a little surprised they got in this …
Read More »Beyonce, Jay-Z at GLAAD Awards: 'To Choose Who You Love Is Your Human Right'
Beyoncé and Jay-Z accepted the Vanguard Award from GLAAD on Thursday night, at the advocacy group’s 30th annual Media Awards, held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California. Approaching the stage to the couple’s 2003 hit “Crazy in Love,” the duo gave short, but heartfelt, speeches. Jay-Z spoke for …
Read More »Watch Gunna's Elaborate Performance of 'Big Shot' on 'Kimmel'
Gunna took the stage at Jimmy Kimmel Live to give fans a live version of his vibe-y single “Big Shot.” The rapper, whose debut album Drip or Drown 2 dropped last month, donned a glittery jacket and hoodie for a performance that evoked the track’s music video. In the clip, …
Read More »The Beths Announce North American Summer Tour
The Beths have announced a North American summer tour in support of their debut album Future Me Hates Me. The New Zealand indie-pop band will play 22 dates, launching in late June in Wisconsin and wrapping up in Oregon in early August. The Beths have had a busy year so …
Read More »Hear Scott Stapp Reflect on Troubling Times in New Song 'The Purpose for Pain'
Scott Stapp reflects on the trying past five years of his life and his road to redemption on the singer’s new song “Purpose for Pain.” The track features on the Creed singer’s upcoming album The Space Between the Shadows, his first solo LP since 2013’s Proof of Life and the …
Read More »Hear Bruce Hornsby, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon's Gentle 'Cast-Off'
Bruce Hornsby invited Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon to join him in the studio for a serene new song, “Cast-Off,” that will appear on his upcoming album, Absolute Zero. The two artists trade off vocals about loving someone so much they’d be OK with being someone’s castoff. “I’ll be your castoff,” …
Read More »Ex Hex's 'It's Real' Is a Garage-Rock Killer
“Angie, are you tough enuh-uff/To let it go?” asks Mary Timony over sugared electric guitar churn at the outset of Ex Hex’s latest, immortalizing a new rock’n’roll Angie with as much performative heartache and swagger as Jagger, maybe more. Ex Hex’s second album is about garage-rock thrust at its core, …
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