James Blake will embark on a headlining North American tour next February. The trek launches February 18th at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia and includes stops in cities like Boston, Chicago, Toronto, Seattle, Portland and Oakland, as well as a two-night stand in New York City, February 24th and 25th. …
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Kodak Black has dropped the new video for his hit single “Zeze” featuring Travis Scott and Migos‘ Offset. Scott himself directed the visual, which offers a clever behind-the-scenes look at how music videos are made. After the pre-video request from Kodak Black’s label that the “Zeze” video include “no guns, …
Read More »Dido Preps First New Album In 5 Years, 'Still on My Mind'
Dido will release her first new album in five years, Still on My Mind, on March 8th via BMG. The British songwriter will promote the LP with her first tour in 15 years, opening with a run of European dates before launching a North American leg on June 13th in …
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There is a argument that could be made that Trippie Redd has lost a step. It’s not a particularly well-reasoned one, but plenty have tried to make the case. “There is no time where I feel like I will fall off,” Redd told Rolling Stone last November, unintentionally predicting the …
Read More »Iceland Airwaves 2018: 10 Acts to See
Iceland Airwaves was an idea more than a festival in its first year. The inaugural event, held in October 1999, was a modest one-night bill presented in an airplane hangar at Reykjavík Airport. The headliners were an electro-dance collective with a strong U.K. buzz, GusGus, and a trio of young …
Read More »Lucinda Williams Reflects on 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road' at 20
Lucinda Williams had been knocking around the music business for two decades by the time she released Car Wheels on a Gravel Road in the summer of 1998. By that point she had released four other solo albums, but she was still best known as the writer behind the Mary …
Read More »Could There Be Life for Rush Without Neil Peart?
Geddy Lee recently spoke to Rolling Stone’s Ryan Reed about the new reissue of Rush‘s 1978 LP Hemispheres, and at the end he casually mentioned that the band may find a way to continue on after Neil Peart‘s retirement. “I would say there’s no chance of seeing Rush on tour …
Read More »This Week in Music: Shawn Mendes Feat. Teddy <3, Quavo Feat. Madonna and Cardi B
Listen to this week’sYouTube Music Playlist here Shawn Mendes featuring Teddy<3, “Under Pressure” Sounds like: A heartfelt tribute to two great artists Perfect for: Gearing up for theBohemian Rhapsody movie Allow Shawn Mendes and Teddy Geiger to get you in the spirit for the upcoming Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody with …
Read More »Flashback: Meat Loaf Stages a Truly Shocking Comeback In 1993
Twenty-five years ago this month Meat Loaf pulled off perhaps the most stunning comeback in rock history when Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell became the Number One album in the country. He’d been almost completely off the cultural radar since his Bat Out of Hell follow-up Dead …
Read More »See Chvrches Bring Rage to the ACL Fest 2018 Stage
The Glasgow synth-pop trio were anything but mellow on Saturday during the scorching Texas heat on Day 2 of the Austin City Limits Festival. Chvrches lead singer Lauren Mayberry prowled the stage looking like a vengeful prom queen escaped from an Eighties slasher flick, in a poofy ballroom gown, a …
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