St. Vincent unveiled a visceral, sexy new video for “Fast Slow Disco,” a reworking her Masseduction cut “Slow Disco.” The Zev Deans-directed video finds St. Vincent performing the song in a packed gay club, sweating, dancing and singing alongside a throng of men clad in either leather, or very little …
Read More »Beyoncé, Jay-Z Collaborators Detail How 'Everything Is Love' Came Together
Hours before Beyoncé and Jay-Z released their new album Everything Is Love on Saturday night, their camp was scrambling to complete the surprise LP. “People were still recording parts an hour and a half before the last show in London, three hours before the album was released,” says Andre Lyon, …
Read More »Watch New Singer Abi's Bittersweet Video 'A Day Without'
In the intensely delicate and moving pop-country tune “A Day Without,” newcomer Abi delves into the profound feelings of pain and uncertainty that come with experiencing loss. The subject is something the 20-year-old knows all too well, having had to cope with the death of her father. In the new …
Read More »Pink Floyd's Nick Mason Preps Solo Albums Box Set
Pink Floyd drummer and co-founder Nick Mason will reissue his three solo albums in a new box set, Unattended Luggage, August 31st via Warner Music. Unattended Luggage is available to pre-order as both a three-CD or three-vinyl LP set. The collection boasts Mason’s 1981 solo debut, Nick Mason‘s Fictitious Sports, …
Read More »Live Review: Beyonce, Jay-Z's Epic 'On the Run II' Tour Kickoff
“This. Is. Real. Life” blazed the gigantic screens as Jay-Z and Beyoncé‘s OTR II tour finally sparked into life. It was an opening that hinted that the kickoff show at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, might strip away the picture-perfect filter that seems to be permanently engaged on the …
Read More »Tyler Childers Plots Headlining Fall 2018 Tour
Kentucky-born performer Tyler Childers has extended his wide-ranging 2018 summer tour into fall, with plans to headline some of the biggest venues of his still-accelerating career. Nominated for Emerging Artist of the Year at the upcoming Americana Music Association Honors and Awards, the unflinching singer-songwriter’s new dates begin October 10th …
Read More »Watch Guns N' Roses Cover Velvet Revolver's 'Slither' at Berlin Concert
Guns N’ Roses kicked off the 2018 leg of their unending Not in This Lifetime Tour in Berlin, Germany Sunday with one surprise addition to the setlist: A cover of “Slither” by Velvet Revolver, the supergroup featuring GN’R’s Slash and Duff McKagan alongside late singer Scott Weiland. “We’re gonna try …
Read More »Hear System of a Down Guitarist's Heavy, Political New 'Dictator'
“I don’t need a dictator to control me,” System of a Down guitarist Daron Malakian sings on his heavy new song “Dictator.” The song, which is also the title track of the upcoming album by his side project Scars on Broadway, throbs with tension throughout its three minutes with crunchy …
Read More »See Keith Urban, Julia Michaels' Surreal 'Coming Home' Video
Keith Urban‘s latest single “Coming Home” is all about taking the familiar and making it strange and new – even going so far as to repurpose one of country’s most famous guitar riffs. So it’s fitting that Urban’s surreal new video for “Coming Home” takes the world and turns it, …
Read More »Hear Mac Miller's Three New Surprise Songs
Mac Miller unveiled three new songs, “Programs,” “Buttons” and “Small Worlds,” marking his first solo music since 2016. “Programs” finds Miller breezing over a punchy beat, announcing his return with one-liners like, “Floating back up on the scene, I’m saying hello/ Doing the thing, I’m pulling the strings like Tom …
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