Bob Dylan will release his first album of original songs in eight years, Rough and Rowdy Ways, on June 19th. Early Friday morning, Dylan dropped a third song from the album, the swaggering, guitar-heavy “False Prophet,” which follows “Murder Most Foul” and “I Contain Multitudes.” “I ain’t no false prophet,” …
Read More »Hayley Williams Drops Zac Farro-Directed Music Video for 'Dead Horse'
Hayley Williams’ long-awaited solo debut album,Petals for Armor, is out now, and to celebrate its release on Friday, the singer shared a vibrant music video for the track “Dead Horse.” Directed by her Paramore bandmate Zac Farro, the visual takes some Eighties, Kate Bush-esque inspiration in its eye-catching lighting, costuming …
Read More »Ani DiFranco, Zoë Boekbinder Team Up to Tell Inmates' Stories in Song
Zoë Boekbinder first met the inmates at New Folsom Prison in Folsom, California, in 2010 — and four years spent volunteering led to an album that would become Long Time Gone, a collaboration between Boekbinder, incarcerated men, and Ani DiFranco‘s Righteous Babe Records and the Prison Music Project. The album …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen Releases 1981 New Jersey Concert for COVID-19 Relief
The newest chapter in Bruce Springsteen‘s monthly live concert download series is a show he played at New Jersey’s Brendan Byrne Arena on July 9th, 1981. The show can be downloaded on MP3 for $9.95 ($12.95 for lossless) and all net proceeds will be given to the New Jersey Pandemic …
Read More »Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks Share Cover of 'What a Wonderful World'
Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks have unearthed their previously unreleased cover of the jazz standard, “What a Wonderful World.” The track is one of several rarities that will appear on the upcoming 25th-anniversary reissue of Wilson and Parks’ 1995 collaborative album, Orange Crate Art, out June 19th via Omnivore …
Read More »Watch Post Malone's Nirvana Tribute Concert for COVID-19 Relief
Post Malone staged a virtual Nirvana tribute concert Friday, a livestreamed YouTube gig that raised over $500,000 for the United Nations Foundation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. “What’s up, party people” Malone said during the gig.“We’re gonna play some Nirvana for you, and have some fun, and hopefully I don’t fuck …
Read More »Dion Enlists Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Jeff Beck for New Blues LP
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted singer Dion enlists friends like Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Jeff Beck, Billy Gibbons and Van Morrison for his upcoming album Blues With Friends, a collection of blues songs performed by “The Wanderer” singer and his all-star guest list. E Street Band’s Patti Scialfa and …
Read More »Pearl Jam's 'Visual Gigaton Experience' Coming to Apple TV
Pearl Jam may not have been able to tour in support of their new LP Gigaton, but fans will have a novel way to experience the music on Friday when they release the Gigaton Visual Experience to anyone with Apple TV or the Apple TV app. According to a press …
Read More »Kehlani Finds Solace in Backyard for Self-Directed 'Everybody Business' Video
Kehlani takes to her backyard and walks her neighborhood to film the self-directed video for hew new single, “Everybody Business.” The song follows the March release of “Toxic,” which also featured a video she self-shot at home while in quarantine during the COVID-19 crisis. Billed as directed under her play-on-words …
Read More »21 Savage May Be an R&B Singer Stuck in a Rapper's Body
21 Savage loves a good slow jam. Among the Atlanta rapper’s many quirks is his propensity to hop on Instagram Live and sing R&B classics, like Aaliyah’s cover of the Isley Brothers’ “At Your Best (Let Me Know)” to Diddy, Usher, and Loon’s 2002 hit, “I Need A Girl (Part …
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