Twenty-three of the Beatles‘ biggest singles, “faithfully reproduced” in their original 7″ form, will feature in the limited edition box set The Singles Collection. The 46-song set spans from 1962’s “Love Me Do”/”P.S. I Love You” — presented here with its original U.S. sleeve — to 1970’s “Let It Be”/”You …
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Frank Zappa‘s estate will mark the 50th anniversary of the guitarist and composer’s Hot Rats — released on this date in 1969 — with a six-disc reissue that offers a deep dive into the sessions that yielded the jazz-rock masterpiece. The Hot Rats Sessions, due out December 20th via UMe …
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A new Grateful Dead LP collects previously unreleased live songs from the early to mid-Nineties that envisioned a potential track list for an unrecorded final studio album. Band archivist David Lemieux curated the nine-song Ready or Not, which arrives November 22nd on CD, limited-edition double-LP and digital formats. Dead.net will …
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Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin and Emma Stone return in the new red band trailer for Zombieland: Double Tap, the long-delayed sequel to the 2009 horror-comedy Zombieland. The film is in theaters October 18th. The four principal cast members make up the dysfunctional, post-apocalyptic zombie-killing family who, 10 years after …
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Anderson .Paak recruited Smokey Robinson to join him for a performance of “Make It Better” Thursday on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The Oxnard-born rapper opened the song alone at the microphone alongside his backing band, running through the first verse and chorus before the soul legend walked onstage following a quick …
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The Cranberries shared a potent new video that captures an early live performance of their 1994 smash “Zombie.” The clip was filmed at the Astoria 2 in London, England, in January 1994, seven months before “Zombie” was released as a single. Still, the song is fully formed and the performance …
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Authorities have arrested and charged a second man in connection with the death of the rapper Mac Miller. Ryan Reavis, a 36-year-old resident of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, was taken into custody Tuesday and charged with fraud and drug and gun possession, according to a statement from the Lake Havasu …
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Lil Nas X conjured the futuristic cityscapes of his “Panini” video on Ellen Monday, performing the song against a backdrop of sparkling buildings and neon-lit screens. The rapper-singer recruited a full band for the daytime TV slot, adding a more rock-oriented touch to the trap-pop track. Between the song’s whistled …
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Brittany Howard takes a defiant stand on her new song, “13th Century Metal,” set to appear on the Alabama Shakes singer’s upcoming solo debutJaime, out September 20th. “13th Century Metal” boasts a restless mix of skittering drums and skipping synths, creating an urgent rhythm that complements Howard’s spoken word lyrics. …
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Following his romantic Valentine’s Day serenade for Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, Kenny G confirmed that he has since been in the studio with the rapper, The Dallas Observer reports. “[West] reached out to me and wanted me to come and do that,” the saxophonist said of the intimate Valentine’s …
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