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Eminem, the best-selling rapper of all time, returned at midnight with Revival, his first album in four years. The new LP sprawls across 19 tracks, touching on rock, gospel, pop and, of course, hard-bitten hip-hop. Eminem veers from sassy to self-deprecating, dependent to dismissive, murderous to politically conscious, uncontrollably lusty …

In September 1987, four London club and pirate-radio DJs – Nicky Holloway, Paul Oakenfold, Danny Rampling and Johnny Walker – spent a week on the Balearic island of Ibiza, a place where, legend had it, as journalist Chris Heath wrote in 1990, “it was even possible to get drugs on …

Walker Hayes has been pursuing a music career in Nashville since 2005, but he’s only now getting around to releasing his first album, a record that is sure to turn heads for its out-of-bounds influences and production. It’s an accomplishment that isn’t the least bit lost on the 37-year-old father …

Ty Segall debuted a blistering ode to his dog Fanny on Conan Monday. The rocker also performed a cover of Hot Chocolate’s “Every 1’s a Winner.”His new album, Freedom’s Goblin, will arrive January 26th with an extensive 2018 North American tour to follow. On Conan, Segall and the Freedom Band …

The L.A. soul explorer’s fourth album creates a space where psych-funk splendor coexists with deep anxiety. It’s not all downers: “Pineapple Skies” punctuates its bubbly synths with speaker-rattling bass hits, as Miguel‘s amped-up vocals make his “everything gonna be all right” exhortations feel like a mantra. But uncertainty creeps in …

After Glen Campbell went public with his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s in 2011, a rift between his family members also became increasingly public. Campbell, who succumbed to the disease in August at 81 years old, was married four times and fathered eight children. Debby, his oldest, was born in 1956 to …

Glassjaw have announced their surprise new album Material Control, the Long Island alternative band’s first LP in 15 years. While fans had to wait a decade and a half for the follow-up to 2002’s Worship and Tribute, the new album, Glassjaw’s third LP, will arrive in just one week with …

“Weird Al” Yankovic unveiled a blistering, accordion-tinged cover of the Ramones‘ “Beat on the Brat.” The track will appear on the upcoming collection, Dr. Demento Covered in Punk, which celebrates the career of radio personality and novelty song maestro, Dr. Demento. The “Beat on the Brat” cover finds “Weird Al” …

AC/DC singer Brian Johnson remembered his former bandmate Malcolm Young following the rhythm guitarist’s death at the age of 64. “I am saddened by the passing of my friend Malcolm Young, I can’t believe he’s gone. We had such great times on the road,” Johnson wrote on his website. “I …

Kendrick Lamar makes a brief appearance on U2‘s “American Soul,” a buzzing, distorted new Songs of Experience cut that the rock band shared on Friday. The Edge’s guitar defines “American Soul,” pushing the song forward in spiky, barbed steps. Bono initially keeps his verses and hook short and punchy, returning …