Lana Del Rey discussed her musical influences with a variety of other artists – including Courtney Love, Stevie Nicks and Grimes – in a new cover story for L’Officiel. Del Rey returns to one artist repeatedly: Janis Joplin. When Kim Kardashian asks about formative stylistic influences, Del Rey replies, “I …
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When Philadelphia roots-rock band Marah recorded their live-to-tape LP If You Didn’t Laugh, You’d Cry in 2005, the group was beginning to once again gel as a unit. After weathering numerous lineup changes and finally putting 2002’s Britpop misstep Float Away With the Friday Night Gods in the rearview, founding …
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Failures, imperfections, and forgiveness are at the heart of “Whatever You Do,” an aching new song from Brandi Carlile that was released today with a live video filmed at Nashville’s RCA Studio A. Beginning with the stunning “The Joke,” which Rolling Stone Country named one of the 25 best songs …
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A couple escapes the city and finds a psychedelic respite in the new video for Dan Auerbach‘s song “Up On a Mountain of Love.” The track will appear on Amazon Music’s “Love Me, Love Me Not” playlist, which arrives February 9th. Artist Omar Juarez helmed the clip for “Up On …
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They Might Be Giants make actor Nick Offerman the victim of a voodoo doll in the creepy new video for “The Greatest,” a song from the duo’s latest album I Like Fun. In the video, a weird old man – for reasons unknown – has formed an Offerman obsession with …
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DJ Khaled made his Grammy stage debut tonight with his Santana-sampling hit “Wild Thoughts,” featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller. Khaled has been nominated twice in his career, including a Best Rap Album nod last year for Major Key. “They said I would never perform at the Grammys,” Khaled started at …
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Before Jack White walked into a New York recording studio, he issued himself a challenge: Spend only three days recording a new batch of songs with a group of musicians he had never played with. Many of them were from the hip-hop world – he had reached out to players …
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Brothers Osborne began 2018 with a bold statement, releasing the seven-minute guitar epic “Shoot Me Straight” as the first single from their next LP. On Wednesday, the sibling duo revealed details for that new album, titled Port Saint Joe. Named for the coastal Florida town where it was recorded under …
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Dolores O’Riordan appeared to be in good spirits the second weekend in January. On the 12th, the Cranberries frontwoman and her longtime bandmate, guitarist Noel Hogan, spoke by phone about a March tour and starting their first studio album in six years. “She was great,” says Hogan. “We spoke about …
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The annual Forecastle Festival, launched in 2002, has announced its 2018 lineup, with Chris Stapleton, Arcade Fire and Modest Mouse headlining the three-day event in Louisville, Kentucky. Held on the banks of the Ohio River, Forecastle is set for July 13th through 15th. As in years past, the lineup is …
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