Halsey took a “less is more” approach with her colorful version of “Graveyard” at the 2019 American Music Awards on Sunday. The singer busted out a captivating performance using only paint, a white stage, a table, a fellow dancer and some simple, intimate choreography. The vocalist and her doppelgänger-dancer ran …
Read More »Camila Cabello Announces Sophomore Album 'Romance,' North American Tour
Camila Cabello will release her sophomore album, Romance, on December 6th via SYCO/Epic Records. The singer will support the new music with her upcoming North American trek The Romance Tour, which launches next summer. A new song from the album, “Living Proof,” will drop Friday. “I wanted this album to …
Read More »Wilco, Brittany Howard Set for Shovels & Rope's 2020 High Water Festival
Shovels & Rope have announced the lineup for their annual High Water Festival. The fourth installment of the music and food weekend is set for April 18th and 19th in the Americana duo’s homebase of North Charleston, South Carolina. As in years past, Shovels & Rope, who will also perform, …
Read More »Tekashi 69: The Rise and Fall of a Hip-Hop Supervillain
O ne day in the summer of 2017, Daniel Hernandez, better known as the rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, appeared outside a Brooklyn row house to shoot the video that would make him a star, and eventually ruin his life. Against the menacing strains of his viral hit “Gummo,” he and a …
Read More »The True Believers: Greta Van Fleet Are Making Rock Relevant Again
Last summer, Greta Van Fleet were about to tear through some of their Viking stomp rock & roll during a live appearance on a Chicago radio show when lead singer Josh Kiszka leaned over to pick up his tambourine, and out of his pockets poured a stream of colored pills. …
Read More »'Loveless': Devastating Russian Drama Is Feel-Bad Movie of the Year
When is a bad marriage something more than a bad marriage? The answer: When Andrey Zvyagintsev (The Return, Elena) writes and directs a movie about it and turns the result into a mesmerizing meditation on the state of Russia today. Loveless is not an overtly political film, but it resonates …
Read More »Super Bowl LII: Watch Justin Timberlake Honor Prince in Halftime Spectacle
Justin Timberlake tore through a bevy of his hits including “Suit & Tie,” “Rock Your Body,” “SexyBack” and his new song, “Filthy,” during his performance at the Super Bowl LII Halftime Show. Timberlake spanned several eras and styles he’s hit through his career. He opened the 13-minutes set flanked by …
Read More »Sugarland, Kane Brown to Perform at Times Square New Year's Eve
Country stars like Sugarland, Keith Urban, Maren Morris and more are set to ring in 2018 with special New Year’s Eve performances. Reunited onstage for the first time in five years, Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush will make a high-profile comeback performance as part of Dick Clark’s New Year’s …
Read More »See Luke Bryan Surprise Patients at New York Hospital
Luke Bryan has teamed with Musicians On Call to launch the charity organization’s new Music Pharmacy program at New York City’s Lenox Hill Hospital. Visiting the hospital during the release week of Bryan’s sixth studio album, What Makes You Country, the superstar surprised patients with performances of songs like “Play …
Read More »1980s Style, Trends Revisited: Early Hip Hop, MTV Crowns New Superstars
Madonna, Run DMC, Duran Duran, Boy George, Cyndi Lauper, Prince, Michael Jackson and . . . Pretty in Pink‘s Duckie? The Eighties were a much more potent, boundary-pushing era – in music, style and pop culture – than casual armchair historians often give it credit for, as we explore in …
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