Lil Nas X has released a new version of his hit single “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” in which he recreates every sound on the song with his mouth. As it turns out, “Montero” makes for a good a cappella track, with Lil Nas X crafting some simple beatbox …
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While Puerto Rico gets much of the shine, thanks in no small part to its historic role in cultivating reggaetón’s roots as well as the contemporary exploits of one Bad Bunny, Colombia effectively serves as Latin music’s modern epicenter. Of the finite number of top tier Spanish-language artists active today, …
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Twenty years ago, in The Village Voice’s yearly poll of music critics, one of the writers quipped about the future: “So who’s going to be paying $300 a seat for the Backstreet Boys reunion at AOL Hard Rock Cafe in 2020?” As it happens, $300 would have snagged you a …
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T he sun is just beginning to set in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley and Miley Cyrus is busy “tweaking on some harmonies,” as she proudly puts it. She’s been holed up in her home studio all afternoon with producer Andrew Watt. Her new album, Plastic Hearts, has long been done, …
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WASHINGTON — Here are three numbers to bear in mind on the eve of this election: 31. 99,000. 2.1 million. The first — 31 — is the number of states that set a new one-day record for Covid-19 infections at some point during the month of October. The second — …
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On March 18th, 1971, Bob Dylan sat down in his Manhattan office, put his feet up on a table, strummed a guitar, and opened up like he rarely, if ever, had before. He was talking to his old friend Tony Glover, the first of four interviews they conducted that year. …
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A man walks down the street, carrying a package, thinking to himself what a lovely day it is —” THWACK! An air conditioner, falling from an apartment window several stories above him, comes crashing down on his head. He didn’t see it coming; neither, for that matter, do you. The …
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Trent Reznor‘s secret weapon has always been his curiosity about electronic sound. Fuzzy synth beds, harshly grating electro shrieks, and airy atmospheres have comprised an exoskeleton for his vocals and guitar lines since Nine Inch Nails‘ Pretty Hate Machine, amplifying the despair, tenderness, and anger of his songs. Those same …
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Moments before he began filming his reaction to Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight,” Tim Williams had the same thought that he has before he records every video for Twins the New Trend, the YouTube channel he runs with his brother, Fred. “I always think, when we do a video, …
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Brandy‘s ascent in the Nineties was meteoric. Following the release of her self-titled debut, which spawned an early hit with the single “Baby,” she landed a starring role on the popular sitcom Moesha. By the release of 1998’s Never Say Never, she was on her way to becoming a full-fledged …
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