“Sicko Mode” might be a song of the year contender, and the most popular song on Travis Scott‘sAstroworld. But real Astroheads and Travaholics know that “Yosemite,” featuring Gunna and Nav, is the album’s brightest moment. Thankfully, the holiday season can begin now that Travis has delivered his latest gift, the …
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System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian, who has been writing film scores for some years now, has composed the music for the disaster film Spitak. Ahead of its U.S. premiere in Glendale, California on December 7th, Tankian is releasing its soundtrack album via his Serjical Strike Records imprint in …
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Standing onstage during the final moments of this year’s Americana Music Festival in Nashville, Chris Shiflett glanced into the wings, cracked a grin and motioned for Elizabeth Cook to join him at the microphone. The two had crossed paths while recording an episode of Shiflett’s biweekly podcast, Walking the Floor, …
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When Bob Lewis packed up his stuff and left Northeastern Pennsylvania for Nashville in 2014, he put a period on his involvement in the punk and hardcore scene that he helped define in the depressed coal-mining region. Bands like Lewis’s Bedford, Jay Morgans’ Soughwutt and Burial Ground offered an outlet …
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Over the years, Annie Clark, who performs as St. Vincent, has presented herself as an 18th-century–dressed robot who dances on her tippytoes, a twee piano crooner, a sort of modern-day Louis Prima and, most recently, a guitar-eviscerating neon space alien. “I think it’s cool that some people hate it,” she …
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Anderson .Paak’s third LPOxnardis his first release on Dr. Dre’s Aftermath label, andfor longtime fans It’s been interesting (and maybe a bit worrying) to watch him scale up his career goals to meet the ambitions of his new corporate benefactors. There have been subtle placements of his music in NBA …
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While the action that plays out on camera at the CMA Awards is usually geared to reap maximum ratings, there’s more going on at the actual event that never makes it to viewers at home. Amid ambitious performances and some lackluster canned instruments and, oh yeah, the presentation of a …
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North Carolina punk stalwarts Superchunk teamed with Fucked Up singer Damian Abraham for a new song, “Our Work Is Done.” The track was released via Merge Records as a limited edition seven-inch single with proceeds benefitting Bill McKibben’s climate change organization, 350.org. The b-side boasts a cover of Klaus Nomi’s …
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It’s hard to imagine now, but it wasn’t until Electric Ladyland that Jimi Hendrix was officially in charge of how his music would sound. His first two LPs had come out in 1967, a year in which he played more than 200 concerts with his trio, the Jimi Hendrix Experience. …
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Earlier this year, Cassadee Pope unveiled her latest single, “One More Red Light,” a breezy tune that comes just ahead of a new album, set for release in 2019. The singer, who first shot to fame as the Season Three winner of NBC’s The Voice in 2012, will perform that …
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