“At the very least,” Steve Gorman writes in his new tell-all about the Black Crowes, “I can tell you what happened from my point of view.” As the band’s drummer since its nascent days as Mr. Crowe’s Garden up until the Black Crowes‘ implosion in 2014, Gorman has seen his …
Read More »Watch Avril Lavigne Perform Heartfelt 'Tell Me It's Over' on 'Seth Meyers'
Avril Lavigne delivered a heartfelt performance of her latest single, “Tell Me It’s Over,” during Late Night with Seth Meyers on Monday. Lavigne was backed by her five-piece band, whose melodic doo-wop harmonies buoyed the intimate performance of her latest Head Above Water single. On the breakup ballad, Lavigne laments …
Read More »Hear Pitbull, Blake Shelton Cut Loose in New Collaboration 'Get Ready'
Country singer and Voice coach Blake Shelton joins rapper Pitbull on “Get Ready,” a party-friendly track from the Florida-based artist’s newly released album Libertad 548. Built on top of a stomping, four-on-the-floor beat and a hard-rock guitar riff, “Get Ready” features Shelton singing a hook nicked from Ram Jam’s update …
Read More »Disney Star Dove Cameron Launches Music Career With Solitary 'Waste' Video
Longtime Disney star Dove Cameron is officially launching her music career with a pair of new songs after signing with Disruptor/Columbia Records last year. Cameron is alone for the “Waste” video, singing directly to the camera for the black-and-white visual. The Nineties-tinged pop song has Cameron singing about an intoxicating …
Read More »The Record Industry Gave Everything Away to Spotify. Could It Change Its Mind?
The modern music business is suffering from a crisis of uniformity — and it’s absolutely fine with it. Scan across streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music Unlimited, Pandora, and YouTube Music, and you’ll find almost exactly the same 50 million songs, presented via similar playlists, similar user interfaces, …
Read More »Spanish Artists Lead 20th Annual Latin Grammy Nominations
The Latin Recording Academy announced the nominees for its 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, an international celebration of music from Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, and the only peer-presented Latin music accolade. The ceremony will take place Thursday, November 14th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas; …
Read More »Jacquees, Young Thug, and Gunna Want to Teach You How to Verify Your Relationships
Good — or at least entertaining — R&B often succeeds on how well it embraces the highest of stakes. When it comes to the expansive inner worlds of rhythm and blues, the flirting is Machiavellian, everyone spits game like the Bard, and the subsequent sex is never just sex; it’s …
Read More »Black Keys Respond After Third-Party Ticket Buyers Denied Entry to Fan Club Show
Hundreds of fans who purchased tickets for the Black Keys‘ fan club-only concert at Los Angeles’ Wiltern Thursday were barred from entering the venue due to the gig’s ticket policy. The Los Angeles Times reported that fans spent upwards of 800-percent over ticket price on third-party sites like StubHub and …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Soccer Mommy, 'Lucy'
On her 2018 LP Clean, Soccer Mommy (a.k.a indie-rock artist Sophie Allison) proved herself a budding master at crafting the kind of casually cutting tunes that might’ve been alt-rock radio hits if there was still alt-rock radio around to have hits on. She called her style “chill but kinda sad,” …
Read More »Taylor Swift Announces 'Lover Fest' Stadium Shows
Taylor Swift has detailed upcoming tour dates in 2020 for her new album Lover, including two multi-date shows in the U.S. titled Lover Fest West and Lover Fest East. The four U.S. dates will be her only concerts in the country in 2020, according to a press release — though …
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