Speedy Ortiz paid tribute to Liz Phair by covering her “gorgeous mystery rock song.” “Blood Keeper” is an outtake from Phair’s 1998 LP Whitechocolatespaceegg. Speedy Ortiz stick close to the spirit of the original, building from dispassionate verses to a feisty chorus buttressed by distorted electric guitars: “I’m obsessed, I’m …
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To celebrate what would have been Michael Jackson‘s 60th birthday, the King of Pop’s estate recruited producer Mark Ronson to craft the “Diamonds Are Invincible” remix. The five-minute track seamlessly weaves together a handful of Jackson’s biggest hits, including “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’,” “Billie Jean,” “Smooth Criminal,” “The Way You …
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Canadian rapper k-os returned with his first new song in three years on Friday, a breezy, tongue-in-cheek single titled “No Bucks.” k-os released albums at a steady clip between 2002 and 2015, earning a pair of platinum certifications in Canada and a Grammy nomination Stateside for Best Dance Recording. But …
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Aminé, the Portland rapper best known for his 2016 sleeper hit “Caroline,” has a bone to pick with how rappers classify their albums. In the past few years, rappers releasing new music have often drawn distinctions between what is an album versus what is a mixtape (or, in Drake’s case, …
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Lil Wayne, Pusha-T, Big Sean, A$AP Rocky, Rae Sremmurd, DJ Khaled and other rappers appeared in an all-star “hip-hop edition” of “Mean Tweets” on Thursday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! The clip opened with 50 Cent reading off a tweet that argued, “50 cent is a moron and needs to be kicked in the …
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Dua Lipa discussed her upcoming dancefloor-ready collaboration with Silk City — a club music-centric side project of the star producers Mark Ronson and Diplo — before performing at Lollapalooza. “We did a song together that I’m again really excited about,” the singer told Rolling Stone. “It’s something different, but it …
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Maroon 5 made a career out of slick Top 40 hits, but in recent years, they’ve been aggressively pursuing partners in other genres, recruiting Kendrick Lamar, Future and SZA for new songs. On Thursday, Adam Levine’s outfit released an even more unexpected collaboration: a St. Vincent remix of their Cardi …
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Deafheavensinger George Clarke sings with Chelsea Wolfe in the band’s “Night People” video. Director Ben Chisolm maximizes every nuance of the duo’s faces, utilizing jittery editing and dreamlike blurs as they harmonize. The brooding piano ballad highlights Deafheaven’s recently issued fourth LPOrdinary Corrupt Human Love. The post-metal quintet are currently …
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Miguel has unveiled a new song called “Python.” The singer released the unannounced track ahead of his 26-date North American Ascension Tour, which kicks off on August 23rd in Boston, Massachusetts at Blue Hills Bank Pavillion. On the slinky “Python,” Miguel likens the hold lovers can have on one another …
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Kim Gordon isn’t typically a list maker. “It’s sort of the thing I hate but once I start getting into it, it’s like, ‘Oh, yeah, this is fun,’” she says with a laugh. “I started out with the theme of classic breakup songs, but then it kind of morphed into …
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