Hours after releasing two new songs, Panic! at the Disco performed a brassy version of “Say Amen (Saturday Night)” on The Tonight Show on Wednesday. “Say Amen (Saturday Night)” is agitated and spasmodic. On The Tonight Show, lead singer Brendon Urie raced through the verses, egged on by stabbing guitar …
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Two student survivors of the Parkland, Florida shooting released an inspirational ballad to benefit victims of the tragedy. Sawyer Garrity, 16, and Andrea Peña, 15, recorded “Shine” with members of the drama department from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a gunman killed 17 people on February 14th. Lyrically, “Shine” …
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On the heels of the release of his Bobby Tarantino II mixtape earlier this month, Logicannounced a 33-date headlining tour. NF and Kyle will open for Grammy-nominated rapper on all the dates. Logic‘s tour will kick off on June 8th in Boston and wrap on August 3rd in St. Louis, …
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Cardi B opened the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards with an explosive medley of her recent, chart-dominating hits. The rapper delivered her contribution to a pair of singles (Bruno Mars’ “Finesse (Remix)” and “No Limit” with G-Eazy) as well her own Hot 100 hits, “Bartier Cardi,” “Motorsport” and “Bodak Yellow.” G-Eazy …
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David Byrne‘s distinctive vision – a winsomely-skewed clarity – is usually most compelling when trained on scary stuff, be it psycho killers, zealous baptism metaphors, warning signs of things to come, or the sudden strangeness of one’s beautiful house and beautiful wife. Lately, we’ve no shortage of scary stuff, and …
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DJ Khaledexpounds on why he’s calling his eleventh studio albumFather of Asahdin an open letter. In an accompanying video montage of home footage, the hip-hop producer spoke about how Asahd, his son (and recent executive producer), changed his outlook on life – and therefore, his career. “Love turns bad to …
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Wayne Kramer, original guitarist and songwriter forMC5, will mark the 50th anniversary of the band’sKick Out the Jams albumwith a tour and new memoir. Kick Out the Jams was originally recorded live over two nights in the fall of 1968 before its 1969 release. In a statement, Kramer suggested that …
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“Weird Al” Yankovic put his trademark polka spin on a medley of Hamilton songs in “The Hamilton Polka,” the latest installment of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s monthly “Hamildrops” series. At a breakneck pace, Yankovic and his accordion turned the three-hour play into a five-minute medley, featuring Hamilton highlights like “Alexander Hamilton,” “My …
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Ry Cooderdetailed his new albumThe Prodigal Son, his first LP in six years. It features a mix of Cooder originals and interpretations of songs by Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Roosevelt Graves, the Stanley Brothers and other traditional recordings. According to Cooder, the album’s 11 tracks, set for release May 11th, …
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“I’m partying harder than ever,” Andrew W.K. assures Rolling Stone during a recent phone chat. “It’s synonymous with living.” On Friday, the perpetually amped artist will release You’re Not Alone, his first new album since 2009, but the record isn’t exactly a comeback. Since his prior LP, 55 Cadillac, he’s …
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