Music

Misbehaving may not lead to making good life choices, but it sure can make for good storytelling. On her latest, “Eve’s Daughter,” Amanda Shires cuts loose and gets biblical with some scuzzy rock & roll. The second track to be premiered from Shires’ next LP, To the Sunset, it’s a …

Shooter Jennings returns to the cornfield in the latest installment of his wacky Hey Shooter! video series. Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell, former child actor Danny Cooksey and singer-songwriter Elle King all make return appearances too, telling bad jokes with an overalls-sporting Jennings. Actor Mark Boone Junior – Bobby from …

Swedish hard rock outfit Ghost paid tribute to Metallica with an intense cover of “Enter Sandman” in honor of Metallica receiving Sweden’s top musical honor, the Polar Music Prize,Thursday. Ghost took the stage in their trademark gothic costumes and opened the song with an eerie, deft piano part that twisted …

Devin Dawson made a return visit to Late Night With Seth Meyers on Monday, performing the single “Asking for a Friend” from his debut album Dark Horse. With its muted opening verse accented by simple acoustic strums and an otherworldly, reverb-heavy lead guitar melody, it’s one of California native Dawson’s …

Maroon 5 have shared the euphoric new video for their surprise cover of Bob Marley‘s “Three Little Birds.” The video combines footage of Adam Levine performing the Exodus classic alongside CGI-generated images of a body composed of various materials – including water, fire, leaves and, at one point, a bunch …

Vic Mensa has returned with a ferocious new song, “Reverse,” featuring G-Eazy and producer Marshmello. “Reverse” is centered around an eerie piano loop that winds its way around pummeling trap percussion. Mensa’s bars are dense, breathless and packed with clever references like, “Rick Owens, I’m tip-toeing/ Push buttons, Kim Jong/ …

Carrie Underwood added to her tally as the all-time CMT Music Awards winner when CMT held its annual salute to country-music videos on Wednesday night in Nashville. Underwood’s victory in the Female Video of the Year category for her collaboration with Ludacris, “The Champion,” earned the entertainer her 18th award. …

Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, whose work in the spoken-word group the Last Poets helped earn him the title of the “Grandfather of Rap,” died Monday. He was 74. “It is with extreme sadness and a heavy heart that the family of Jalal Nuriddin announce the passing of this great pioneer of …

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 …

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 …