100 Gecs, the critically beloved, genre-blending, extremely online duo from St. Louis, take Number One on the Breakthrough 25 Chart, which ranks the fastest-rising emerging artists of the month. While Dylan Brady and Laura Les won over a number of music fans last year with their debut studio album, 1000 …
Read More »Anohni Shares Cover of Bob Dylan's 'It's All Over New, Baby Blue'
Anohni has released a new single featuring a pair of covers: Bob Dylan’s “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” and an old live rendition of Nina Simone’s “Be My Husband.” Both songs are available digitally and will be released on vinyl October 2nd via Secretly Canadian. In a press release, …
Read More »Curtis Waters Looks Back on 'Bittersweet' Ballad 'The Feelings Tend to Stay the Same'
Curtis Waters serves up a “bittersweet thank you/apology” in “The Feelings Tend to Stay the Same,” his second new track since “Stunnin’” became a breakout single. “The Feelings Tend to Stay the Same” is concise and contrite, a guitars-and-808s power ballad dedicated to an old flame from his college days. …
Read More »A$AP Ferg, Nicki Minaj Command You to 'Move Ya Hips' in New Track
A$AP Ferg, Nicki Minaj and Atlanta rapper MadeinTYO are here with the hottest indoor workout of the summer. The trio have teamed up for a new song, “Move Ya Hips,” released on Thursday with a video styled after late-night fitness infomercials. Although this is technically an A$AP Ferg track, and …
Read More »Corey Taylor Announces Debut Solo LP 'CMFT,' Shares First Two Singles
Corey Taylor has announced his debut album CMFT, with the Slipknot and Stone Sour singer also dropping the LP’s first two singles: “CMFT Must Be Stopped” and “Black Eyes Blue.” Due out October 2nd via Roadrunner Records, the genre-spanning CMFT — short for “Corey Mother Fucking Taylor” — sees the …
Read More »Stevie Nicks on Peter Green: 'His Legacy Will Live on Forever'
Stevie Nicks paid tribute to Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green Saturday following the guitar great’s death at the age of 73. Although Nicks didn’t join Fleetwood Mac until five years after Green’s departure, the singer admitted that the group’s Green-era music was one of the reasons she decided to join …
Read More »Earl Sweatshirt Shares New Song 'Ghost' From Expanded 'Feet of Clay'
Earl Sweatshirt dropped the expanded edition of his 2019 EP Feet of Clay Friday, and with it new song “Ghost” featuring Navy Blue. Built around a soul sample, the Black Noi$e-produced track finds the enigmatic Sweatshirt bookending the two-minute song with a potent chorus while his guest Navy Blue delivers …
Read More »Aaron Dessner 'Excited and Honored' by Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' Collaboration
Moments after Taylor Swift announced her surprise new album Folklore, the National’s Aaron Dessner — one of her main collaborators on the LP — released a statement on Twitter about the genesis of the project and his contribution. “I was excited and honored when Taylor approached me in late April …
Read More »The Regrettes' Lydia Night Accuses SWMRS' Joey Armstrong of Sexual Misconduct
The Regrettes’ Lydia Night has accused Joey Armstrong, drummer of punk act SWMRS and son of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, of sexual misconduct. “I was in a relationship with Joey that started when I was 16 and ended right before my 18th birthday,” Night wrote Monday on Instagram. …
Read More »Paul McCartney Calls for Pettus Bridge Be Renamed After John Lewis
Paul McCartney was among the many artists to remember Rep. John Lewis following the death of the civil rights icon Friday at the age of 80. “Sad to hear the news that civil rights legend John Lewis died yesterday,” McCartney tweeted Saturday. “He was such a great leader who fought …
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