Midland chronicle the misadventures of “Mr. Lonely,” played to the comedic hilt by Dennis Quaid, in their riotous new video. The track is the first single from the trio’s upcoming album. Embracing the titular character’s greasy charm and penchant for philandering, Quaid leaves one stranger’s bed in search of the …
Read More »Ty Segall Plans New York, Los Angeles Residencies
Ty Segall makes a lot of noise. Since 2008, the California garage-rocker has released nearly a dozen solo albums, plus quite a few collaborations, EPs, one-off singles and more. This summer and fall, Segall will explore his back catalog with a series of multi-night residencies in Los Angeles and New …
Read More »Lee Ann Womack Plays With Dolls, Stop-Motion Animation in New 'Hollywood' Video
In Lee Ann Womack’s inventive and heartbreaking new video “Hollywood,” two plastic dolls in the stop-motion-animated clip play stand-ins for live actors, but the anguish of a faltering relationship is no less real as Womack sings, “Every time I ask you, you just say ‘we’re good’/Either I’m a fool for …
Read More »Lovelytheband Fights for LGBTQ Rights in New 'Maybe, I'm Afraid' Video
Indie pop outfit Lovelytheband already released a video for their song “Maybe, I’m Afraid” earlier this year, but today they released an additional one. “The animated video touched on the overall theme of the song, whereas this new video touches a little more specifically on one person’s story,” says singer …
Read More »Grateful Dead's Early Days Chronicled in New Graphic Novel
The Grateful Dead have teamed with Z2 Comics to create a biographical graphic novel that will hit shelves in early 2020 and come with an exclusive record featuring previously unreleased music. Grateful Dead Origins will focus on the band’s early days and, per a statement, their “transformation from a bar …
Read More »'SNL' Recruits Jonas Brothers, DJ Khaled as Season 44's Final Musical Guests
The Jonas Brothers and DJ Khaled will serve as the musical guests for the final two episodes of Saturday Night Live‘s Season 44. The show’s final run kicks off May 4th with a previously announced episode featuring musical guest Shawn Mendes and SNL alum Adam Sandler returning to host. On …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Sarah Mary Chadwick's Otherworldly 'Confetti'
When Sarah Mary Chadwick sings, her voice sounds brittle, as though it’s crumbling as it leaves her throat. The only thing that props her up on “Confetti,” a new song from her upcoming LP The Queen Who Stole the Sky, is the rounded, warm, comforting tones of the ancient grand …
Read More »Remembering Gary Stewart, Rhino Records' Rock Archaeologist
It was sad but fitting that news of the passing of Gary Stewart, a bedrock force in the modern age of rock & roll reissues, broke on Friday morning, April 12th — 24 hours before the doors opened for this year’s Record Store Day. Because for Stewart, every day was …
Read More »Madonna Teases New Album 'Madame X'
After dropping various hints on social media in recent weeks, Madonna has unveiled the teaser for her latest project Madame X. In a 90-second video that features snippets of new music, the singer dons numerous costumes and identities while she explains the concept behind her next album. “I decided to …
Read More »At the Nipsey Hussle Memorial Service, Tears and Smiles in Equal Measure
The memorial began nearly an hour late, which may have been an inadvertent blessing. It was scheduled to begin at 10am, but a half-hour later, hundreds of people holding their free tickets for the service were still patiently pooling towards the security gates outside the Staples Center, where the city’s …
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