Elvis Costello has dropped La Face de Pendule à Coucou EP, which features six Francophone remix versions of three songs from his 2020 Hey Clockface LP. The EP was released digitally at midnight on Thursday, with a vinyl version arriving this summer via Concord Records. Along with the EP release, …
Read More »Drummer Sonny Emory on His Years With Eric Clapton, Steely Dan, and Earth, Wind, and Fire
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
Read More »Lord Huron Announce New Album With 'Mine Forever' Video
Lord Huron will release their fourth full-length album, Long Lost, on May 21 via Whispering Pines Studios Inc./Republic Records. The band have previewed the album with a new song, “Mine Forever,” and its accompanying music video directed by Anthony Wilson. Long Lost will also include the previously released track “Not …
Read More »The 'Punk Monk' Teachings of Playboi Carti
Playboi Carti tells me his mood of late can be described as “punk monk.” He means it sort of holistically. The rapper has an almost religious devotion to the studio, spending every day there; his current project is the deluxe version of his recent album Whole Lotta Red. Carti says …
Read More »Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker Brings 'Dragon Eyes' to Late Night Ahead of Grammys
Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief hit The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon Thursday to perform “Dragon Eyes” from her recent solo album Songs. Lenker kept the performance simple, strumming an acoustic guitar alone in front of a wall of windows. Big Thief is currently up for two Grammys at Sunday’s …
Read More »Cynthia Erivo Sings 'Amazing Grace' in New Teaser for 'Genius: Aretha'
Cynthia Erivo belts “Amazing Grace” as Aretha Franklin in a new teaser for Nat Geo’s Genius: Aretha, which premieres on March 21st. The 30-second spot (which will also air during the Grammys this Sunday, March 14th) centers around footage of Erivo as Franklin singing an a cappella rendition of the …
Read More »South African House Stalwart Black Coffee Spins 'Tiny Desk (Home)' Set
South African DJ/producer Black Coffee linked up with a live band to spin a special set for NPR’s latest Tiny Desk (Home) Concert. The set was filmed in the auditorium of the National School of Arts in Johannesburg and it opened with Black Coffee and vocalist Soulstar performing their track, …
Read More »Mumford and Sons' Winston Marshall 'Taking Time Away From Band' After Praising Conservative Provocateur
Mumford & Sons’ Winston Marshall announced Tuesday that he would step away from the band days after the banjoist faced criticism for praising a book authored by Andy Ngo, a right-wing provocateur who condemned Antifa. “Over the past few days, I have come to better understand the pain caused by …
Read More »Skullcrusher Preps New 'Storm in Summer' EP, Shares Title Track
Singer-songwriter Helen Ballentine announced a new Skullcrusher EP, Storm in Summer, out April 9th via Secretly Canadian. She previewed the five-track set with its title song, a delicate swirl of ringing guitars and banjo plucks. “And I wonder if I go back home, can I hide away?” Ballentine sings. “Or …
Read More »Eminem Responds to Cancellation Attempt With 'Tone Deaf' Animated Video
Eminem takes aim at the “cancellation” attempts against him in the rapper’s new animated lyric video for “Tone Deaf,” a track off his 2020 LP Music to Be Murdered By – Side B. In recent weeks, a TikTok campaign called for Eminem to be “canceled” due to a resurfaced controversial …
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