With the breakneck pace of the modern news cycle, last summer’s tragic Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, already feels like a lifetime ago. But it’s one event that Jesse Dayton won’t forget any time soon – and on his fiery new protest song “Charlottesville,” the Austin singer-guitarist makes …
Read More »Inside 'The Royal Wedding: The Official Album'
While the world was watching Prince Harry wed Meghan Markle this past weekend, producer Anna Barry was handed a precious challenge: Craft an immaculate recording of the music from the Royal Wedding and have it up on streaming services as soon as possible – the label says they had it …
Read More »Salt-N-Pepa Reunite With En Vogue for 'Whatta Man' at BBMAs
Salt-N-Pepaended theBillboard Music Awardson Sunday with an uplifting medley of throwback hip-hop hits. On a night riding high on female empowerment, it was fitting the show ended with a stage full of strong women. Salt-N-Pepa opened with quick, potent trifecta: the head-nod suite “Shoop,” the kinetic “Let’s Talk About Sex” …
Read More »They Are All MS-13 to Trump
Whomever President Trump was speaking about on Wednesday, they began the paragraph as human beings. “You wouldn’t believe how bad these people are,” the president told Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims and the rest of the assembled California officials in a meeting about the state’s “sanctuary” immigration laws. Trump quickly …
Read More »The Mysterious Heir of Extreme Travel
In March 2015, an elite group of adventurers boarded the Ortelius, an ice-strengthened cruise ship bound for Bouvet Island. The 29-day journey was long and arduous: Considered by some measurements the remotest landmass on the planet, the Norwegian territory lies in the middle of the south Atlantic Ocean, a forlorn …
Read More »Wiz Khalifa, Rae Sremmurd Plot Co-Headlining 'Dazed & Blazed' Tour
Wiz Khalifa and Rae Sremmurd have announced a co-headlining tour kicking off this summer. Dubbed the ‘Dazed & Blazed’ tour, the 27-date jaunt makes stops at amphitheaters across North America. Lil Skies and OT Genasis will serve as support on the outing. The tour begins in Detroit on July 21st …
Read More »Dierks Bentley to Play New Album 'The Mountain' at Nashville Show
The day before his ninth studio album The Mountain comes out, Dierks Bentley will play the project for fans with a special, late-night performance in Nashville during CMA Music Festival. Set for June 7th at the Ryman Auditorium, the event will begin at 10:00 p.m. and features Bentley performing The …
Read More »Review: Charlie Puth's 'Voicenotes' Is Warm R&B Nostalgia
An R&B direction is a tried-and-true way for young, mostly white pop stars to give their more clean-cut personas more edge. Charlie Puth is the latest to try this route, and while his efforts on Voicenotes are valiant, he still has a bit more work to prove he can cut …
Read More »Watch Jennifer Lopez, Jimmy Fallon's Dance-Off to Commodores, Styx
Jennifer Lopez squared off against Jimmy Fallon in a “Fast Dance-Off” during Wednesday’s Tonight Show. The pair took turns grooving as fast as possible to a series of Seventies slow jams – tracks that Roots bandleader Questlove deemed “the least danceable.” The contest wasn’t exactly fair: Lopez is a former …
Read More »UK Funk Collective Jungle Return With Two New Songs
British funk outfit Jungle unveiled their first new music since 2014, sharing two tracks “Happy Man” and “House in L.A.” Both cuts will appear on Jungle’s forthcoming second LP, though a release date and title have yet to be announced. “Happy Man” finds Jungle crafting an understated pop gem out …
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