When the lights dim and someone tall and famous and glamorous opens the envelope for Best New Artist at the Grammys on Sunday night, they will probably twist their lips to say the name we all expect: the teenage sensation Billie Eilish, whose horny-emo thumping pop music has earned her many a trophy and the […]
Back in 2008, Rush delighted one of their all-time biggest fanboys, Stephen Colbert, by stopping by The Colbert Report for their first American television interview in decades. It is ⊠an incredible five minutes of increasingly silly questions, and the chat (paired with the subsequent performance of âTom Sawyerâ) was one of the first things […]
On December 8, six days after his 21st birthday, rapper and singer Juice WRLD suffered an unknown medical emergency shortly after landing at Chicagoâs Midway International Airport, and was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Born Jarad Anthony Higgins, the Chicago rapper was known for his hit âLucid Dreams,â which peaked at No. 2 […]
The frontwoman of Paramore is striking out on her own for a bit. The band had a four-year gap between their self-titled hit album and 2017âs After Laughter, and now Hayley Williams is releasing solo material for the first time. âSimmerâ is her first single, and sheâs dropped it with an accompanying music video in […]
Tired: Taylor Swift doing whatever the hell she was doing with digital fur technology in Cats. Wired: Taylor Swift pouring her heart out while wearing feline backpacks in Miss Americana. In the trailer for Swiftâs upcoming Netflix documentary, which was unexpectedly revealed during her public feud with Scooter Braun, the songstress gives us a very […]
âMusicâs biggest nightâ is this Sunday, but itâs already been overshadowed by behind-the-scenes tension. Last Thursday, a dramatic news story broke revealing that Recording Academy president Deborah Dugan, newly in the role as of August 2019, was put on administrative leave only ten days ahead of this yearâs Grammys ceremony. Dugan, the former CEO of […]
Joey Kramer, the drummer and longtime member of Aerosmith, is currently suing the band for excluding him in the lead-up to several high-profile events. Per court documents obtained by Rolling Stone, Kramer is alleging that the band forced him to re-audition months after sustaining a few minor injuries last spring, when they were preparing to […]
I first spoke with Fiona Apple back in September, after she spontaneously emailed me and gave her first interview in seven years. She was in the midst of working on a new album, her first since 2012âs The Idler Wheel, and had quite happily become the sort of homebody who rarely left her house except […]
Tanya Tucker was a teen star in the thoroughly adult world of country music in the 1970s, schooled in singing with feeling and grit by her father Beau, who also managed her, and entrusted with poignant, weighty material by her legendary Nashville producer Billy Sherrill. Lightly rocking, loosely swinging, string-swathed, southern gothic tales like âDelta […]
The road to Selena Gomezâs latest album, Rare, has been full of difficulties â a kidney transplant, a breakup, and mental health troubles among them â but it seems that perseverance, and a number one single, have paid off spectacularly for the singer. Rare reached number one on the Billboard 200 Chart earlier today, with […]
On January 21, the law firm Wigdor LLP filed a Charge of Discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of Deborah Dugan, the former CEO and President of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the awards body behind the Grammys. This news comes five days before the annual Grammy Awards on […]
David Olney, a singer-songwriter whoâs been prevalent in the folk and Americana music communities since the 1970s, died on Saturday evening during his set at Floridaâs 30A Songwriters Festival. He was 71. Per Variety, Olney was in the middle of performing the third song in his set when he apologized to the audience, ceased movement, […]
Iâve got to be honest. When I first heard Tarriona âTankâ Ball sing with Tank and the Bangas on their 2017 NPR Tiny Desk concert, I had no idea what this girl was talking about. âWould have been fish / Would have been meat / Would have been eggs / Would have been fruit,â begins […]
She didnât get an Oscar nomination for the Cats song, but Taylor Swift is not giving up on that Best Original Song award. Taylor Swiftâs upcoming Netflix documentary, Miss Americana, chronicles her pivot to politics and shows Swift writing âan anthem for millennials who might have come away disillusioned with the political process,â Variety reports, […]
Following a series of health scares and tour cancellations in 2019, Ozzy Osbourne revealed in a new interview with Good Morning America that heâs suffering from Parkinsonâs disease. In addition to PRKN 2, which Osbourne says he was diagnosed with last February, he also dealt with a fall that severely impaired his mobility. âItâs been […]
After nearly a decade of static, fans of the indie-rock group Bright Eyes have reason to rejoice. The Omaha-based band, fronted by widely revered singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, are back in business. Bright Eyes are set to release a new album with indie label Dead Oceans, their new home, and head on tour for a string […]
Producer, composer, singer-songwriter, and session player Jon Brion has left an indelible mark on the face of pop, rock, and hip-hop over nearly 40 years of work. His impressive rĂ©sumĂ© includes collaborations with Fiona Apple, Elliott Smith, Aimee Mann, Kanye West, Frank Ocean, BeyoncĂ©, and many more. He has scored two dozen films since the […]
After you sign up for an actual public library card (Seriously, why donât you have one yet? The library is free!), head on over to Radiohead.com for a much more rarefied bibliological experience. According to an announcement made Monday, Radiohead is relaunching their website as the ultimate fan archive. âRadiohead.com has always been infuriatingly uninformative […]
In 2018, Princeâs family members filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota doctor who treated the singer prior to his death on April 21, 2016, as well as the doctorâs former employer and an Illinois hospital that offered Prince medical assistance following an overdose a week before his death. According to a report from the Associated […]
Days after Grammys President and CEO Deborah Dugan was placed on administrative leave following âa formal allegation of misconduct by a senior female member of the Recording Academy team,â Interim Grammy head Harvey Mason Jr. issued a statement lambasting the âsensational sound bites and teaser headlinesâ about Duganâs removal. âIâm deeply disturbed and saddened by […]
Louis Tomlinson just dropped the music video for the titular track off his debut album, Walls, and the song is every bit as slow and introspective as the videoâs barren desert landscape suggests. The single is easy listening, lonely pop rock reminiscent of the 2000s (think early Green Day, but with an inspirational, self-help slant). […]
Aaliyah didnât invent dancing in a midriff top in front of an industrial fan inside a warehouse, but between her âOne In A Millionâ and âBe My Somebodyâ music videos, it basically feels like she did. In her latest music video, released on Friday evening, JhenĂ© Aiko pays homage to that most iconic of â90s […]
Unless youâre familiar with Maroon 5 deep cuts, this news might not be for you. Just kidding, we can all enjoy a cruel little comeback before easing into a long weekend. On Friday, the official Maroon 5 Twitter account tweeted at The 1975âs frontman Matt Healy about the cover art for their brand-new single âMe […]
Rihanna is single. Did you hear me? I said Rihanna is single! Per Us Weekly, Rih and Hassan Jameel, her Saudi billionaire boyfriend of three years, have separated. Get out your good cargo shorts, Leonardo DiCaprio. Put on your best newsboy cap! Spit-shine that Oscar! Itâs 2020, Rihanna is single, and weâre all shooting our […]
Saudi Arabian billionaires probably do not have many bad days, but today is one: According to Us Weekly, the musician has split from her boyfriend of two years, Hassan Jameel, a Saudi businessman whose hobbies included making out with Rihanna in pools, taking Rihanna on yachts, and being yelled at by Rihanna about soccer. Despite, […]
Well, if you havenât received your giant orange Ivy Park clothing rack, then itâs safe to assume youâre not getting one. BeyoncĂ©âs reinvented Ivy Park collection had its prelaunch today, after months of waiting for the brand to bounce back. In November of 2018, BeyoncĂ© bought Ivy Park out from its co-owner, Philip Green. She […]
Over the last year or so, through chance or subconscious ambition or some cosmic provenance, Iâve gotten to speak with a number of people who knew and worked with Mac Miller in his lifetime. They all give a similar account. Earl Sweatshirt compared his friend to a pirate ship on the go: âHe was moving […]
One question has been on Mac Miller and Ariana Grande fansâ minds since his final album, Circles, dropped last night: Is that Ariana Grande on the song âI Can Seeâ? Followed closely by, âShould we or should we not be crying right now?â Fans are convinced that Ariana Grande harmonizes alongside Mac Miller on his […]
If you were wondering why Darren Aronofskyâs 2010 Academy Award nominated drama Black Swan was trending on Twitter Friday morning, you really need to update your references. (If you were wondering why Odile, the black swan from Tchaikovskyâs ballet, Swan Lake, was trending, we have no notes for you; youâre perfect.) And donât worry, there […]
Marshall Mathers looked at a crowded field of surprise record releases and said âRoom for one more?â Eminem has dropped a secret album on us all, entitled Music to Be Murdered By. Thatâs right, Eminemâs music is so dangerous and edgy that it will kill you! To death! Like that musical note that makes you […]