Bat for Lashes released a self-directed video for “The Hunger” on Tuesday, depicting a witchy seance in the desert. The track appears on her forthcoming album Lost Girls, out September 6th. “The Hunger” shows Bat for Lashes, aka Natasha Khan, hugging and blessing a group of women on a flat …
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Mac Miller and Rick Rubin discuss the difficulties of getting personal on record, but also the potential rewards that come with that vulnerability, in a poignant clip from the next episode of Shangri-La. The segment was filmed while Miller was working on what would become his final album, Swimming, which …
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Deep Purple, Simon & Garfunkel, Neil Diamond, Paul Revere & the Raiders, the Bob Seger System and Vanilla Fudge highlight the upcoming soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino‘s new film Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. The filmmaker hand-curated the Sixties-centric album, out July 26th via Columbia Records, which collects 22 songs …
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Art Neville, a giant of New Orleans music who helped co-found the Neville Brothers and the funk outfit the Meters, has died, Nola.com reports. He was 81. Neville’s longtime manager, Kent Sorrell, confirmed the musician’s death, saying, “It was peaceful. He passed away at home with his adoring wife Lorraine …
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Jethro Tull will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their 1979 LP Stormwatch with a massive reissue featuring unreleased songs, a recording of a 1980 concert and a new remix of the original album. The 4CD/2 DVD Stormwatch: 40thAnniversary Force 10 Edition, due out October 18th via Rhino, kicks off with …
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The Doors will include a trove of previously unreleased recordings on the upcoming 50th anniversary deluxe edition of their 1969 album, The Soft Parade, out October 18th. The band teased the project with one such rarity: An raucous early version of their 1970 track “Roadhouse Blues” — which would appear …
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Janet Jackson will reissue several classic albums on vinyl for the first time July 26th via A&M/Virgin/Universal Music. The slate of records includes 1989’s Rhythm Nation 1814, 1993’s janet., 1997’s The Velvet Rope and 2001’s All for You. The recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee will also re-release …
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Dev Hynes, A.K.A. Blood Orange, released his latest mixtapeAngel’s Pulse earlier this month. He’s unveiled the self-directed music video for mixtape track “Benzo,” featuring him and his cohort dressed as French aristocracy. After arriving late at the court, Hynes performs the song in front of the gathered lords and ladies, …
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Bruce Springsteen was driving back from the gym this morning when he called up SiriusXM’s E Street Radio to chat with hosts Dave Marsh and Jim Rotolo. During the ten-minute conversation, he revealed that filmmaker Thom Zimny shot a film where he plays his new record Western Stars from start …
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Meghan Trainor and Kaskade explore a psychedelic outer space in their animated “With You” video. The clip opens with a woman flying a spaceship and crashing on rocky terrain populated by three-eyed cats. Trainor and Kaskade appear as mystical beings — and the former shoots rainbows out of her eyes, …
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