The deluxe reissue of Luke Combs‘ What You See Is What You Get debuted at Number One on the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. In 2020, deluxe sets have been a reliable way of giving new commercial life to an already-released album, especially in hip-hop. Combs showed that …
Read More »Big Boi and Sleepy Brown Tap Killer Mike, Big Rube for 'We the Ones' on 'Fallon'
Big Boi and Sleepy Brown brought fellow Atlanta luminaries Killer Mike and Big Rube to The Tonight Show for a rendition of their new song “We the Ones” on Monday, November 2nd. The song has a fiery political edge, and the performance opened with Big Rube delivering a bit of …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen Narrates Joe Biden's 'Hometown' Scranton Ad
Bruce Springsteen narrates and soundtracks a new campaign ad for Joe Biden that spotlights the Democratic candidate’s “hometown” of Scranton, Pennsylvania. “Scranton, Pennsylvania. Here, success isn’t handed down. It’s forged in sweat, grit and determination,” Springsteen says over shots of life in the swing-state city. “This is his hometown. In …
Read More »Demi Lovato, the Lincoln Project Partner for Election Ad Campaign
Demi Lovato has partnered with the Lincoln Project on a political ad campaign with her song “Commander in Chief” ahead of the 2020 presidential election. The ad builds upon a music video for the song, above, that was created by the Lincoln Project and released earlier this month, alongside Lovato’s …
Read More »Watch Miley Cyrus Cover Cranberries' 'Zombie' for Save Our Stages Festival
Miley Cyrus delivered a powerful cover of the Cranberries’ “Zombie” during her three-song set from Los Angeles’ famed Whisky A Go-Go as part of the Save Our Stages Festival (#SOSFest), the National Independent Venue Association’s three-day virtual benefit festival in support of independent music venues at risk of closing their …
Read More »Drake Teams Up With Alabama Artist Yung Bleu on 'You're Mines Still'
Up-and-coming Mobile, Alabama, artist Yung Bleu — signed to Empire — has released a new remix of his single “You’re Mines Still,” featuring Drake. Lyrically, Yung Bleu mulls over a past relationship, insisting that it could still work out: “If I ever made you angry, girl/Just know that it get …
Read More »Goo Goo Dolls Announce Full-Scale Livestream Concert
The Goo Goo Dolls will perform hits from throughout their catalog during a livestream concert set for October 24th. The gig, livestreamed via FanTracks, will feature a full-scale production and multi-camera viewing and — to make it more like an actual concert experience — a virtual merch table and fan …
Read More »Haim Slice Up Cold Cuts, Music Industry Sexism in 'Man From the Magazine' Video
Haim have reunited with regular collaborator Paul Thomas Anderson for a new music video for “Man from the Magazine,” off the group’s most recent album, Women in Music Pt. III. The video is set at the famed Los Angeles restaurant, Canter’s Deli, where the cover photo for Women in Music …
Read More »Flashback: Van Halen Play 'Jump' at Their Final Concert
The stunning news that Eddie Van Halen has died is just beginning to sink in. Rumors about his health problems have been circulating for years, but the guitarist fiercely protected his privacy and nobody knew the extent of his illness outside of a tiny circle of friends and family. “He …
Read More »Elvis Costello Announces 'Complete Armed Forces' Reissue
Elvis Costello will revisit his 1979 album Armed Forces with a huge vinyl box set that boasts scores of B-sides, demos, outtakes, alternate versions, and more than 20 unreleased live recordings. The Complete Armed Forces contains nine records in total — three 12-inch LPs, three 10-inch LPs, and three 7-inch …
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