Two albums into their career as a band, Old Dominion have become popular largely on the basis of upbeat material like “Break Up With Him,” “Snapback” and “Hotel Key” that plays as well at parties as it does over arena speakers. But on Friday, the Nashville band threw a curveball …
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Logan Brill is a woman on the move in her new song “Roll,” which premieres today. The swaggering track is the Knoxville, Tennessee, native’s follow-up to “Walk of Shame,” released earlier in 2019. Penned by Brent Cobb with Ben Daniel and Skip Black, “Roll” comes from a similarly funky place …
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Snail Mail—a.k.a. Lindsey Jordan—has announced a slew of North American shows this summer. The 19-year-old indie rocker has been touring in support of her 2018 debut album Lush. After hitting summer festivals, including Boston Calling, Primavera Sound and Firefly, Snail Mail will spend August headlining shows in the U.S. Jordan …
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During Sting‘s Friday night appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the singer and late-night host put a twist on the Police’s 1979 hit “Walking on the Moon” with “Two Stings on the Moon.” Set against a backdrop of the moon and stars, both Sting and Fallon sported astronaut …
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Taylor Swift dropped her highly anticipated single “ME!” Thursday night, featuring Brendon Urie and accompanied by a Dave Meyers-directed video. In celebration of her new song, Swift appeared in a Good Morning Americasegment on Friday that was, true to the song, all about her. “I was 11 when I first …
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Erin Rae has released the kaleidoscopic new video for her song “Bad Mind.” The track originally appeared on Rae’s 2018 album Putting on Airs, which was named one of Rolling Stone‘s top country and Americana albums of 2018. One year hasn’t dulled the impact of “Bad Mind,” which finds Rae …
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Katy Perry hasn’t had thebest couple of years, musically speaking. In comparison to the pop smashes of her past, her fifth albumWitness fell flat, in terms of both content and sales. It was her first album since she performed under the name Katy Hudson to fall short of platinum status, …
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Ska fans, rejoice! Los Angeles City Council has announced that this May 29th will be forever known as “The Specials Day” in honor of the U.K. band the Specials. Formed in Britain in the late 1970s, the Specials gained fame for their signature blend of punk, reggae and anti-racist politics, …
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A little over a year ago,Lizzo had an epiphany at the office of her label, Atlantic Records. “I was looking at Aretha Franklin on the walls,” says the singer-rapper-flutist, 31, whose first major-label album, Cuz I Love You, is out now. “I [thought about] I Never Loved a Man the …
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About two months ago, Emily Sprague, the singer-songwriter behind the New York-based indie collective Florist, received an email from her publishing company with the subject line “‘Thank You’ for Confidential Project.’” When Sprague opened the email, she was shocked. “I started reading and saw Beyoncé’s name, and I was just …
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