If you’ve taken a look at the charts or turned on the radio at all this year, the story is blindingly clear: Roddy Ricch‘s “The Box” is 2020’s first dominant hit. Released at the tail-end of 2019 on Roddy’s debut album, Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, “The Box” took everyone …
Read More »Watch 'The Birth of Venus' Come to Life in Leonard Cohen's 'Thanks for the Dance' Video
The Italian Renaissance comes to life in “Thanks for the Dance,” the title track to Leonard Cohen‘s posthumous LP, released last fall. Directed by photographer Harley Weir, the clip features Girl Meets World actress Rowan Blanchard as a bride, slowly sliding down a grassy hill with her silk veil trailing …
Read More »Selena Gomez Will Not be Forgotten in 'Feel Me'
Selena Gomez reminds a former lover that she is not easily forgotten in “Feel Me.” While the song was officially released as a Rare vinyl bonus track and unveiled on streaming servicesat midnight on Thursday, it’s been in circulation since the singer delivered it live during her Revival world tour …
Read More »DJ Shadow Drowns in Pop-Up Ads in New 'Our Pathetic Age' Lyric Video
DJ Shadow unveiled a different kind of pop-up video in the new lyric video for “Our Pathetic Age,” the title-track from his most recent album. The song is a mid-tempo disco ballad that features a characteristically dramatic vocal performance from Future Islands‘ Samuel T. Herring. In the video, directed and …
Read More »David Byrne's 'American Utopia' Will Return to Broadway in September
As David Byrne‘s Broadway musical American Utopia wraps its current run, the producers have announced that the production will return to the Hudson Theatre for 17 weeks from September 18th, 2020 through January 17th, 2021. An opening date has yet to be announced, although tickets for all shows are on …
Read More »Adam Lambert to Open GLAAD Media Awards in New York
Adam Lambert will perform at the 31st annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York. Honoring media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues, the event takes place on March 19th at the Hilton Midtown in New York. This year, Lambert is nominated for Outstanding Music Artist …
Read More »1975's Matty Healy Vows to Add Inclusion Rider to Festival Contracts
The 1975‘s Matty Healey has vowed that going forward the band will add an inclusion rider to any festival contract stating they’ll only play if a certain percentage of the other artists on the bill are women or non-binary. The singer made the claim on Twitter Wednesday after sliding into …
Read More »Hear Nicki Minaj Establish Herself as 'Queen' on New Song 'Yikes'
Nicki Minaj returns with her first solo track of 2020 with “Yikes.” She released the “set-up track,” as she called it during an event at Pollstar Live 2020, late night on Thursday, delaying the release a few hours after its planned midnight drop. “Yikes, I play tag and you it …
Read More »Neil Hagerty Is Back as Howling Hex and He's '100% Real'
When Fat Possum Records gave Neil Hagerty the finances to record his most recent record as Howling Hex, he made a pledge. “Everyone in the Midwest is walking around high and dying on OxyContin,” Hagerty tells Rolling Stone. “[I told the label] that I would just drive around in the …
Read More »Brian Wilson Slams Beach Boys for Playing Trophy Hunting Convention
Brian Wilson expressed his displeasure with the Mike Love-led Beach Boys‘ decision to play the upcoming convention for the trophy hunting organization, Safari Club International. “This organization supports trophy hunting, which both Al [Jardine] and I are emphatically opposed to,” Wilson wrote on Facebook. “There’s nothing we can do personally …
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