Deciphering where serious Drake speculation starts and Drake fan fiction ends can be an incomprehensible process — people on the internet just love talking about Drake. With the release of Gesaffelstein’s “Lost in the Fire,” featuring one-time Drake protégéThe Weeknd, another beef that is likely unsubstantiated has been launched into …
Read More »Dan + Shay Sing Passionate 'Speechless' on 'Fallon'
Dan + Shay put an exclamation point on an already big week with their debut appearance onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Tuesday night, performing the multi-week Number One smash “Speechless.” Written by members Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney with Jordan Reynolds and Laura Veltz, the song — from the …
Read More »See Boogie's 'Silent Ride' Video — With a Baptism and a Stripper
Boogie is good. Coldplay circa 2002 is…fine. I guess, potentially great if you’re Jay-Z. Nevertheless, the Compton rapper’s “Silent Ride” video looks very similar to Coldplay’s classic video of Chris Martin walking backward through the streets like a psycho person and the Pharcyde’s “Drop.”“Silent Ride” is a narrative told in …
Read More »Danielle Bradbery Covers Post Malone's 'Psycho'
Danielle Bradbery offers proof that she can sing nearly anything with a cover of Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” the third installment in her recent Yours Truly: 2018 project. Eschewing the brittle beats and hazy atmosphere of Post Malone’s recording from 2018’s beerbongs & bentleys for a chamber-pop arrangement, fellow Texas native …
Read More »See Dillon Carmichael's Intimate Performance of 'Dancin' Away With My Heart'
Dillon Carmichael got one major country music milestone to his credit in August, when he made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry. Now, in a new video presented by Opry Entertainment, Carmichael scales things back for an intimate performance of his song “Dancin’ Away With My Heart.” Penned by …
Read More »Watch Phish Take Flight in Wild New Year's Eve Aerial Stunt
Phish have to work pretty hard to surprise fans with their annual New Years Eve stunt. In years past, they’ve turned their stage into an aquarium, suspended themselves above arenas in a giant hot dog and appeared to shoot their drummer out of a cannon.But somehow, the band delivered as …
Read More »Ice Cube Talks Alt-Right, Border Wall and Kanye's Love of Trump
Last year, as people stormed the streets of Charlottesville with tiki torches as a symbol of white pride, Ice Cube didn’t flinch. “It was a weak attempt to scare people,” he says. “It’s just a very weak attempt to make people feel like something was about to happen, or that …
Read More »Warren Haynes' 30th Christmas Jam: 15 Best Things We Saw
On Thursday, in the frozen depths of the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Warren Haynes steadily held up a wall of a home as the support beams were nailed down. Though an exact number couldn’t be found at the moment, the rock guitarist estimated it was somewhere north …
Read More »Kanye West Is Back to Saying Whatever it Takes to Get Your Attention on New XXXTentacion Song
Kanye West, the part-time musician and full-time provocateur, has spent the entirety of 2018 tearing down any sense of goodwill he still possessed in order to spite an amorphous set of enemies. His verse on XXXTentacion‘s “One Minute” is the latest example of a man fully aware of what he’s …
Read More »Hear Toby Keith's New 'Don't Let the Old Man In' From Clint Eastwood Movie
Toby Keith hatches a plan for remaining forever young — in spirit, at least — with “Don’t Let the Old Man In,” a slow-moving acoustic ballad that soundtracks a scene in Clint Eastwood‘s new movie, The Mule. Sung by Keith in an unforced baritone that’s suitably world-weary and weather-beaten, “Don’t …
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