Maroon 5 unveiled a cameo-packed video for “Girls Like You,” their latest Red Pill Blues single, which boasts a remix feature from Cardi B. The simple clip finds Maroon 5 performing the snappy pop-rock track on a sparse stage, but each time the camera circles around singer Adam Levine, a …
Read More »Belle and Sebastian Plot 'Boaty Weekender' Cruise Festival
Belle and Sebastian will lead a four-day Mediterranean cruise and music festival that sets sail August 8th through 12th, 2019. The trek is affectionately dubbed the Boaty Weekender in honor the 20th anniversary of the band’s 1999 festival, Bowlie Weekender. The cruise will include live performances across five stages with …
Read More »Donda's House to Change Name After Kim Kardashian, Rhymefest Clash
Kim Kardashian defended Kanye West against accusations that he’s abandoned Donda’s House, the foundation the rapper co-founded to honor his late mother, in a series of tweets Saturday. Kardashian’s tweets were aimed at Che “Rhymefest” Smith, the Chicago rapper and West collaborator who co-founded Donda’s House; earlier in the day, …
Read More »Danny Boyle to Direct 25th James Bond Movie
James Bond franchise producers confirmed that director Danny Boyle will helm the upcoming 25th film in the spy series, taking over for Sam Mendeswho exited the franchise after directing 2012’s acclaimed Skyfall and 2016’s Spectre. Daniel Craig is also onboard to reprise the role of 007 in Bond 25 (not …
Read More »Grammy CEO Accused of Covering Telecast Shortfall With Bad MusiCares Deals
Recording Academy chairman and president Neil Portnow has been accused of directing funds away from its MusiCares charity – which provides artists and individuals in the music industry in need with emergency medical, financial and personal assistance – to cover a deficit from the 2018 Grammy telecast. As Variety reports, …
Read More »Review: MC Paul Barman's '(((Echo Chamber)))' Is Lovably Eccentric
Back when white rappers were still a relative novelty, MC Paul Barman was the strangest one of all. An impossibly horny New Jersey nebbish, drunk on his own id and the possibilities of language, Barman blurted out his rhymes like some unholy hybrid of James Joyce, Eminem and a public-access …
Read More »See Janet Jackson Perform 'Nasty,' Salute #MeToo at Billboard Music Awards
Janet Jackson delivered a thrilling yet brief medley on Sunday night at the Billboard Music Awards. The singer was honored with the Icon Award, recognizing her four decades of musical success presented by noted admirer, Bruno Mars. Few careers in popular music have included as many hits and touched on …
Read More »Killer Mike, 2 Chainz Unite on New Song 'Black Power. White Powder.'
Killer Mike and 2 Chainz reflect on their rise from drug dealing to hip-hop domination on new collaborative single “Black Power. White Powder.” Over the song’s flickering synth-bells and grinding trap beat, Killer Mike opens with a choppy, minimalist flow, proclaiming that he paved his way to “freedom” through cash. …
Read More »Mike Judge Taps George Clinton for 'Tales From the Tour Bus' Season Two
Mike Judge recruited Parliament-Funkadelic leader George Clinton as a consulting producer for the funk-themed second season of animated Cinemax series Tales From the Tour Bus. The Silicon Valley creator will collect road stories involving Clinton, James Brown and “Bootsy” Collins for the new installment, set to premiere later in 2018. …
Read More »Lynyrd Skynyrd: Inside the Band's Complicated History With the South
Lynyrd Skynyrd launched its farewell tour earlier this month, confident in the knowledge that they’ll be remembered as one of the great American rock & roll bands of the 20th century. Their place in history seems secure not merely because they were one of the progenitors of Southern rock – …
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