In its original form, the Maren Morris, Zedd and Grey collaboration “The Middle” was prepped for dance glory –a summit of electronic music producers and a country-pop star embracing her inner disco diva. Since its release in January, the song has become an international hit and reached Number One on …
Read More »Marc Ribot, Steve Earle Protest Trump on New Song 'Srinivas'
Genre-hopping guitarist Marc Ribot recruited singer-songwriter Steve Earle to front his moving tribute song “Srinivas,” the first sample of a new album of anti-Trump material, Goodbye Beautiful/Songs of Resistance 1942-2018, out September 14th via ANTI- Records. Tom Waits, Meshell Ndegeocello, Justin Vivian Bond, Fay Victor and Sam Amidon will also …
Read More »How Vinnie Paul and Pantera Revolutionized the Art of Metal
“At that point in time, we truly were an army,” the late Vinnie Paul recalled to Rolling Stone in 2012, while looking back on the 1992 release of Pantera‘s massively influential Vulgar Display of Power, which landed at number 10 on RS’ Greatest Metal Albums of All Time list. “We …
Read More »'Nashville' Recap: Juliette Fights Back, Alannah Goes Solo
Beware: Spoilers ahead! With an episode that focused on the seemingly forgotten Juliette and brought the very-much-missed Hayden Panettiere back into the spotlight, the looming series finale of Nashville keeps getting closer with less and less to care about, Panettiere definitely notwithstanding. Nobody keeps Juliette in a corner (or locked …
Read More »Review: Petal's 'Magic Gone' Rings Out Clear and True
Kiley Lotz has a voice like a bell, one that holds on to its strength and resonance even when she’s singing of knotty emotions like those that dominate her second full-length as Petal. Magic Gone opens with the anxious-musician chronicle “Better Than You,” which frames the Scranton-born songwriter’s rock-life zingers …
Read More »Paul McCartney Details New Double A-Side Single
Paul McCartney will release a double A-side single featuring two new songs, “I Don’t Know” and “Come On to Me,” tomorrow, June 20th, via Capitol Records. The tracks mark the first taste from McCartney’s upcoming solo album. “I Don’t Know” and “Come On to Me” find McCartney dabbling in two …
Read More »Fyre Founder Billy McFarland Faces Two New Criminal Charges
Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland, who pleaded guilty to criminal charges after the implosion of hisluxury music festival in 2017, faces new charges on Tuesday, Mic reports. McFarland is now accused of committing wire fraud and money laundering. Documents filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the U.S. District …
Read More »Anthony Bourdain: Talking Punk Rock at Surprise 50th Birthday Party
In the mid-2000s, I would see Anthony Bourdain all the time at Siberia, a cavernous dive bar in Hell’s Kitchen. It was my favorite shithole, and one of his, too. He described Siberia as “a place I often end up at the butt end of an evening,” and I encountered …
Read More »Quentin Miller Isn't Picking Sides in the Pusha-T and Drake Beef
Quentin Miller became a household name for hip-hop fans back in the summer of 2015, when a reference track he recorded for Drake surfaced, proof for Meek Mill’s claim that the Canadian rapper used ghostwriters. Miller suddenly found himself on the front lines of a rap beef, the ammunition used …
Read More »Vocal Powerhouse Tami Neilson Talks Feminism, Sharon Jones, New Album 'Sassafrass'
When Tami Neilson became a mother, she began to take notice of the way people formed expectations about what she should be doing. A working musician for most of her life, the Canada-born, New Zealand-based performer was frequently asked by male colleagues and complete strangers how her sons could be …
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