British rock outfit the Struts announced an additional slate of dates to their upcoming North American tour. The new leg launches June 28th at the Gothic Theatre in Englewood, Colorado and wraps August 7th at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. The Canadian band, the Glorious Sons, will serve as …
Read More »Post Malone, Cardi B Board DJ Khaled-Hosted Days of Summer 2019 Cruise
Cardi B and Post Malone are among the artists hitting the high seas with host DJ Khaled as part of the Days of Summer 2019 cruise. Khaled will also DJ multiple sets aboard the vessel, which embarks from Miami to the Bahamas on June 28th and returns July 1st. Additional …
Read More »Hear Jenny Lewis' Sweeping New Kiss-Off 'Heads Gonna Roll' With Ringo Starr
Jenny Lewis unveiled a stunning new breakup ballad, “Heads Gonna Roll,” from her forthcoming album, On the Line, out March 22nd via Warner Bros. The piano-driven tune moves with a steady, country swing, while a swooning string arrangement and a blown-out organ solo provide differing, but equally affecting, forms of …
Read More »Hear Avril Lavigne, Nicki Minaj Prove Haters Wrong on 'Dumb Blonde'
Avril Lavigne has recruited Nicki Minaj for the power pop kiss-off “Dumb Blonde.” Lavigne’s sixth album,Head Above Water, will be released on February 15th. On “Dumb Blonde,” Lavigne reflects on the idea that people might think she’s not as smart as she is based on the way she looks. “I’m …
Read More »Watch Diana Ross Celebrate 75th Birthday With Pair of Classics at Grammys
Diana Ross stopped by the 61st Annual Grammy Awards to celebrate her 75th birthday. The legendary singer was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. Before Ross took the stage, an Alicia Keys-narrated video package highlighted Ross’ varied, successful and still strong career. Ross’ grandson took the stage to …
Read More »The Distillers Set 2019 Spring Tour
After the Distillers unveiled their first new song in 15 years and reunited for a handful of 2018 dates, Brody Dalle and company will reconvene for a 2019 spring tour. The 12-date tour, which leans heavily on the eastern half of North America, begins May 19th in Columbus, Ohio and …
Read More »Rising British Rapper Cadet Dead at 28
Rising British rapper Cadet was killed in an early Saturday morning car crash in central England, his family revealed. He was 28. The Associated Press reports that the rapper born Blaine Johnson was the passenger in a taxi en route to Keele University in Straffordshire, where Cadet had a late-night …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Andrew Leahey & the Homestead, 'Airwaves'
Just this week, Andrew Leahey & the Homestead played 10 gigs over five days aboard the annual Rock Boat cruise, including one on the main deck stage in the pounding rain. Such marathon schedules are par for the course for Leahey, a Virginia native, Nashville resident and occasional Rolling Stone …
Read More »LANY Take Strange Sunset Drive in New 'Thick and Thin' Video
LANY frontman Paul Jason Klein croons on the back of a moving car in the band’s breezy “Thick and Thin” video. Throughout the clip, the singer strikes various poses while belting the laid-back funk-pop tune. The car’s mysterious driver cruises down the California coastline next to an idyllic sunset, eventually …
Read More »Flashback: Sid Vicious Blows an Audience Away Singing 'My Way'
The strings swirl, Sid Vicious descends a staircase and begins doing his best Chairman of the Board impression (even if it sounds a bit more like Dracula than Sinatra), and then everything implodes in his cover version of “My Way.” The bassist gave the song a punk-rock makeover for his …
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