Record Store Day has teamed up with Vans to release two LPs in support of black-owned record shops. Songs for You, Vols 1 & 2 will be released this summer for Record Store Day 2021. Nineteen artists will be featured on both compilations, including Curtis Mayfield, Otis Redding, Summer Walker, …
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Coldplay‘s “Fix You” was always something of a hymn, and last night, the song finally got the choir it needed. On their MTV Unplugged performance, the seven members of South Korean pop powerhouse BTS delivered an angelic, meticulously arranged, goose-bump-inducing cover of the song.It was a ridiculously perfect performance that …
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Halestorm have recorded a predictably raucous rendition of the Who’s 1974 hit, “Long Live Rock,” to accompany a documentary also titled Long Live Rock. The song, with its big riffs and anthemic vocals, is a perfect fit for the group. Singer-guitarist Lzzy Hale exalts rock & roll with the same …
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Charles Lloyd & the Marvels have released a cover of Leonard Cohen‘s “Anthem,” off their upcoming album Tone Poem. The song comes off of Cohen’s 1992 LP The Future and is known for the lines, “There is a crack in everything/That’s how the light gets in.” The cover features Greg Leisz’ serene steel …
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The Weeknd’s Super Bowl LV halftime performance will be the focus of the new Showtime documentary The Show that goes behind the scenes of the 13-minute gig. The 90-minute Pepsi-produced documentary, directed by Nadia Hallgren, will air later this year. Pepsi also dropped a teaser for the upcoming film. The …
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Los Angeles rock outfit Cherry Glazerr have released a new song, “Big Bang.” The track is a concise bit of alt-rock craftsmanship, packing a sprawling universe into its sub-three minute runtime. “Big Bang” swells effortlessly from a dreamy simmer to an expansive peak flecked with synths as frontwoman Clementine Creevy …
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Olivia Rodrigo‘s “Drivers License” was Number One again on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. Rodrigo’s runaway hit has now been Number One for a month. In its fourth week at the top of the chart, “Drivers License” picked up more than 28 million streams. While the single’s streaming …
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Lamb of God‘s upcoming deluxe edition of their self-titled album will feature a typically punishing bonus track, “Ghost Shaped People.” Frontman Randy Blythe asks, “What will you believe? Who will you betray? What’s the cost of victory?” in the song’s chorus, which is sandwiched between the band’s signature cataclysm of …
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David Fincher and Atticus Ross have teamed up on a new Super Bowl commercial for Anheuser-Busch. The ad agency Wieden+Kennedy helmed the project, tapping Fincher to executive-produce the 90-second spot, and Ross to compose the charming orchestral music. Dubbed, “Let’s Grab a Beer,” the commercial comprises a series of touching …
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Shiesty season is heating up. As his song “Back In Blood” climbs up the RS 100, currently at Number 25, Pooh Shiesty’s upcoming debut mixtape Shiesty Season continues to lead the Apple Music Pre-Add Chart in the lead up to is Friday release. Pre-adds allow listeners to queue up an …
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