Lil Uzi Vert portrays an office worker whose day becomes increasingly more mysterious and disturbing in the new trailer for his upcoming album, Eternal Atake. The release date for the long-awaited follow-up to 2017’s Luv Is Rage 2 has not been officially announced. Co-directed by Gibson Hazard and Lil Uzi …
Read More »X Plot 'Los Angeles' Album-Celebration Show
X will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their landmark debut LP, Los Angeles, with a special show this spring in, of course, the City of Angels. The concert, which features support from Cracker, will take place at the Wiltern on April 25th. The group will also be joining the Violent …
Read More »Two New Mac Miller Songs Set for 'Circles' Deluxe Edition
A deluxe edition of Mac Miller‘s posthumous album, Circles, will be released this month with two new songs, “Right and “Floating.” The Circles deluxe edition will first be released on CD on March 6th, before arriving on streaming services March 20th. A vinyl edition will arrive on April 17th. Circles …
Read More »See A Boogie Wit da Hoodie Perform 'Me and My Guitar' With H.E.R. on 'Fallon'
A Boogie Wit da Hoodie performed a fiery rendition of “Me and My Guitar” alongside special guest H.E.R. Friday on The Tonight Show. The Bronx rapper blistered through his Artist 2.0 standout, with H.E.R. — who doesn’t appear on the album version of the track — capping off the performance …
Read More »Alanis Morissette Explores Addiction in 'Reasons I Drink' Video
Alanis Morissette battles her past and present relationships with alcoholism in the new music video for “Reasons I Drink,” directed by Erin Elders. In the clip, Morissette appears as four different versions of herself in an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, revealing the different tragedies and toils that have led her to …
Read More »How a 67-Year-Old Honky-Tonk Sample Ended Up on Sam Hunt's New Banger 'Hard to Forget'
One morning last fall, Luke Laird was eating breakfast and listening to one of his favorite Apple Music playlists, Honky-Tonk Essentials. When Webb Pierce’s 1953 hit “There Stands the Glass” started playing, Laird had a strange thought. “I was like man, ‘What if I made a beat and sample that?’” …
Read More »Visiting Bob Marley's Jamaica
If you want to truly understand how important Bob Marley is to Jamaica, you have to go there. From the moment you arrive on the island, the reggae superstar’s influence — as the country’s greatest musician, key spiritual icon and righteous revolutionary leader — is unmistakable. Throughout the country, his …
Read More »The Staple Singers' 'Come Go With Me: The Stax Collection' Brings the Gospel-Soul Band's Peak Years into Focus
“Gospel goes deeper than entertainment,” Pops Staples said in 1968, shortly after his group, the Staple Singers, signed with Stax Records. “It is the word of god. But you can’t push that down anybody’s throat. All we can do is get as many people to hear us as we can.” …
Read More »Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair's 'It's Spooky' Gets Reissue, 'Ashes on the Ground' Out Now
Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair’s 1989 collaboration It’s Spooky will be reissued for its 30th anniversary, out April 10th via Joyful Noise Recordings. The track “Ashes on the Ground” is out now. Fair, vocalist and guitarist of the punk band Half Japanese, first began corresponding with Johnston in the late …
Read More »Man Man Announce New Album, Destroy World With Single 'Cloud Nein'
You could never accuse Man Man of being an upbeat band: cannibals, wolfmen, and plenty of heartbreak litter the Philly-L.A. band’s catalog, going all the way back to their 2004 debut, The Man in a Blue Turban With a Face. Man Man’s upcoming LP, Dream Hunting in the Valley of …
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