Did it really happen? Was that actually Kanye West in the Oval Office, telling the president of the United States about his success with Adidas and advising him to ditch Air Force One for an “iPlane”? And did West really go on to explain that Hillary Clinton’s campaign slogan made …
Read More »Family-Approved Amy Winehouse Biopic In The Works
Just days after Amy Winehouse‘s estate revealed plans to tour a hologram of the singer, her family also announced that a big-screen biopic about Winehouse is in the works. The Winehouse family will serve as executive producers on the upcoming biopic, which will begin filming in 2019, the Guardian reports. …
Read More »Drake Talks Pusha-T Feud, Kanye West Rift on LeBron James' 'The Shop'
Drake talked about the Pusha-T feud, his rift with Kanye West and his eventual retirement from hip-hop on The Shop, HBO Sports’ talk show with LeBron James and Maverick Carter. During the conversation, Drake opened up about the Pusha-T beef, which the rapper admitted was “a hell of a chess …
Read More »Hear Pistol Annies' Witty New Song 'Stop Drop and Roll One'
With the release of their third album Interstate Gospel just three weeks away, Pistol Annies have unleashed another sneak peek at the LP with “Stop Drop and Roll One,” the saucy, high-spirited musical equivalent of late-night pub crawl. From its inspired opening line — “We’re on fire, I think” — …
Read More »Watch Steelism's Dreamlike 'Re-Member' Video
Nashville space-country duo Steelism took a trip to the desert of northern New Mexico to film the new video for “Re-Member,” an instrumental track from the group’s latest album Ism. The vast open terrain provides the perfect setting to visually capture the song’s exploratory, psych-twang soundscapes, as guitarist Jeremy Fetzer …
Read More »Hear Yoko Ono Mark John Lennon's Birthday With New Version of 'Imagine'
Yoko Ono unveiled a delicate rendition of the John Lennon classic “Imagine” on what would’ve been the late musician’s 78th birthday. The track will appear on Ono’s upcoming album Warzone, which arrives October 19th via Chimera Music. Ono’s version of “Imagine” boasts a sparse yet intricate arrangement, starting with a …
Read More »Micky Dolenz Breaks Down the Monkees' New Christmas Album
Two years ago, the Monkees stunned a lot of people — especially themselves — when their 50th anniversary album Good Times!hit Number 14 on the Billboard 200 and earned them some of the best reviews of their entire career. There was a lot of talk about a followup, but nobody …
Read More »Rock Hall of Fame: Def Leppard, Stevie Nicks, Radiohead, Rage Lead Nominees
The nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame‘s Class of 2019 are in, and the list includes Radiohead, Def Leppard, Stevie Nicks, Rage Against the Machine, the Cure, Devo, Janet Jackson, Kraftwerk, LL Cool J, Roxy Music, Todd Rundgren, John Prine, MC5, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan and the …
Read More »Review: Eric Church Pledges Allegiance to Old-School Country-Rock Values on 'Desperate Man'
When Eric Church, with some nuance, noted his problems with the National Rifle Association ina Rolling Stone cover storyearlier this year, the internet blew up in certain troll networks. Folks figuratively spit on him, in clear ignorance of his actual words, predicting/threatening that fans would abandon him en masse. Others …
Read More »Review: Swearin' Recapture Their Indie-Punk Magic on 'Fall In the Sun'
“We are all older now, and the same things get us going,” Allison Crutchfield sings in the opening lines of Fall Into the Sun, the tour de force reunion LP from Philadelphia punk band Swearin’. After breaking up the band for several years, Crutchfield and co-singer-guitarist Kyle Gilbride, alongside drummer …
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