After a day of speculation and writer’s block jokes by journalists, resistance-grifters and news junkies, the world learned about 5 p.m. ET Friday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had indeed delivered his final report to Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General William Barr. Barr, in turn, sent a letter …
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Offset and Travis Scott tore through a performance of their new collaboration, “Legacy” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Friday. “Legacy” boasts a beat of gauzy synths that swirl around relentless trap drums, providing the perfect backdrop for Offset and Scott’s woozy, auto-tuned bars. In front of a wall of flashing …
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After spending a mellow 2018 at home, Jamestown Revival will hit the road again in April, drumming up anticipation for the summertime release of the duo’s third album, San Isabel. Co-produced by bandmates Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance, along with former Nathaniel Rateliff collaborator Jamie Mefford, San Isabel returns Jamestown …
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Mavis Staples has announced details of We Get By, her new studio album produced by Ben Harper. Following her acclaimed 2017 collectionIf All I Was Was Black,the album marks the latest in a flurry of creativity from Staples, who will turn 80 this summer. We Get By is an album …
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Following her debut at this year’s Coachella, the Latin Grammy-winning Spanish artist Rosalía will embark on a limited run of North American tour dates in the spring. This tour will comprise her first headlining shows in the United States and Canada. Touring in support of her 2018 album, El Mal …
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Can a music festival have a mid-life crisis? In its 33rd year, over two weeks in Austin, Texas, SXSW made its biggest headlines in the opening interactive phase, hosting a widely reported forum of prospective Democratic candidates for president. The SXSW film festival featured major premieres and director Q&As, like …
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Last year, Logic and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt asked people from around the world to participate in a song through the collaborative community HITRECORD. The resulting track is “Do What You Love,” which features 21 people with different backgrounds and skill sets from around the world. At SXSW on Friday, Logic …
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Jenny Lewis has shared her new song “Wasted Youth,” the third single from the singer’s upcoming On the Line. Like the LP’s previous singles, Lewis taps into the classic Seventies singer-songwriter sound on “Wasted Youth,” a catchy rumination that echoes her own difficult childhood. “Why are you lying?/The bourbon’s gone/Mercury …
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Perturbed Schoolboy Q is the best Schoolboy Q, and “Numb Numb Juice” is the TDE rapper at his most ornery. In under two minutes, Schoolboy lists a variety of things that are “bitch shit” over the Nez & Rio, DJ Fu and Hykeem Carter beat. Below is a condensed list …
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Pilgrimage Festival, the eclectically curated and decidedly chill music gathering held south of Nashville in Franklin, Tennessee, has announced the lineup for 2019. Foo Fighters, the Killers and Keith Urban top the bill, with a diverse undercard touching on genres ranging from soul and country to alt-rock and folk. Leon …
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