Todd Rundgren has been forced off the road due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but he’s not going to let that stop him for interacting with his fans. On June 22nd, which happens to be his 72nd birthday, the Utopia singer will debut the new streaming web show Todd’s Honest Truth …
Read More »Watch Metallica's Rainy 2019 Manchester Show
Metallica are streaming their rainy 2019 set from Manchester, England for the latest installment of the #MetallicaMondays concert series. The show, part of the quartet’s lengthy tour promoting 2016’s Hardwired… to Self-Destruct, took place June 18th of that year at the city’s Etihad Stadium. The free stream kicked off at …
Read More »G.E. Smith, LeRoy Bell Preview First Album Together With 'Black Is the Color'
Guitarist G.E. Smith and soul musician LeRoy Bell have shared a rugged take on the traditional folk ballad, “Black Is the Color,” that will appear on their debut album together, Stony Hill, out August 28th via BMG. The age-old track originated in Scotland before making its way to the United …
Read More »Dr. Dre on George Floyd's Death: 'It Felt Like That Cop Had His Knee on All of Our Necks'
Dr. Dre discussed the killing of George Floyd during a conversation with Lil Wayne for the rapper’s Young Money Radio show on Apple Music. “That situation, it hurt my heart. My heart is still aching,” Dr. Dre said of Floyd’s death. “And it felt like that cop had his knee …
Read More »Lenny Kravitz Takes a Romantic Road Trip in 'Ride' Video
Lenny Kravitz has shared a romantic new music video for “Ride,” an album track off his latest LP Raise Vibration. Directed by Mark Seliger, the clip was filmed in a loft apartment in Paris and around the countryside in Senlis, France. Kravitz travels with a love interest, exploring the sights and …
Read More »Billie Eilish Slams Body Shaming in Powerful 'Not My Responsibility' Short Film
Billie Eilish unveiled her powerful short film, Not My Responsibility. The video originally debuted during the singer’s Where Do We Go? World Tour, which was postponed in March due to the COVID-19 crisis. In the affecting clip produced and written by Eilish, the singer is seen alone in the dark …
Read More »Lana Del Rey Shares Spoken Word Piece 'Patent Leather Do-Over'
Lana Del Rey has shared a new spoken word piece titled “Patent Leather Do-Over,” featuring music by Jack Antonoff. In a follow-up post, Del Rey said that the piece would appear on Behind the Iron Gates – Insights From an Institution, the second of two spoken word LPs she recorded; …
Read More »Pearl Jam Enlist Greta Thunberg for Animated 'Retrograde' Video
Pearl Jam enlist Greta Thunberg to issue a dire climate change warning in the band’s new animated video for “Retrograde,” a track off their recent LP Gigaton. In the video, a man visits a fortune teller’s shop and, upon peering into a crystal ball, sees a series of climate change …
Read More »'In My Room' With Cherry Glazerr
Cherry Glazerr blazed through an intimate set for the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s In My Room, a series in which artists perform from home while in quarantine. Sitting alongside a funky purple light fixture, lead singer Clementine Creevy and drummer Tabor Allen launched into “Juicy Socks” from their 2019 …
Read More »Rhye Combats Quarantine With Slinky Funk Single 'Beautiful'
Mike Milosh, the singer and multi-instrumentalist behind Rhye, mixes chamber pop and muted disco on his new single “Beautiful.” The track starts with a throb of strings before cohering around a sharp beat and muscular bass line, distantly echoing solo Bryan Ferry tracks from the early Eighties. Milosh’s lyrics move …
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