Little Big Town eschew the traditional dramatic video treatment in favor of actual musical drama in their engaging new live-performance video for the twangy “Over Drinking.” Nestled into a compact gray room, the foursome — Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet, and Jimi Westbrook — are joined by a keyboard …
Read More »Tanya Tucker Takes One Final Ride in 'Bring My Flowers Now' Video
Tanya Tucker puts on her finest cowgirl attire and saddles up her horse for one final ride in the elegiac video for “Bring My Flowers Now,” the stunning closing track off her comeback album While I’m Livin‘. Directed by Trey Fanjoy, the clip finds Tucker slowly ambling down a mostly …
Read More »The Six-Decade Odyssey of Kurt Cobain's 'Unplugged' Cardigan
The world’s most expensive cardigan is locked in a gun safe in rural Pennsylvania. It has a mysterious stain in one of its pockets — “some kind of brown, crunchy something in there,” according to the sweater’s owner, which he guesses could be chocolate, or vomit. There’s a missing button …
Read More »How Chris Janson Got Offset on His Song 'Say About Me'
When Chris Janson shot the album cover for his new release Real Friends, out Friday, he went full high-class hillbilly: reclining in a silver-dollar-studded 1964 Pontiac Bonneville that was once owned by Hank Williams Jr. and now resides in the garage of Kid Rock, who loaned it out to the …
Read More »Bebe Rexha Unveils 'You Can't Stop the Girl' Video From 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil'
Bebe Rexha has released the music video for “You Can’t Stop the Girl,” the theme for the upcoming Disney movie Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Directed by Sophie Muller, the clip combines the song’s themes of female empowerment with clips from the film and additional scenes of Bebe Rexha wandering through …
Read More »Pharrell Announces Second Annual Something in the Water Festival
Pharrell Williams has announced the second year of Something in the Water, the multi-day music and culture festival that held its inaugural event this past April in Pharrell’s hometown of Virginia Beach. Something in the Water 2020 will run in two parts. The music portion of the festival will be …
Read More »Romare's 'Gone' Is a Stealthy Floor-Filler
Forlorn vocal samples meet a bludgeoning bass line in “Gone,” the first new track from the English producer Romare since 2016. “Gone” opens with a leisurely ramp-up: A chunky beat, closer to 100 beats per minute then the brisk 120 commonly associated with house music; a repeating synth melody built …
Read More »French Montana, DJ Khaled Lead New American Cancer Society Campaign
French Montana, DJ Khaled,JhenéAiko andKristin Chenowethjoined the American Cancer Society’s new “Get #YOUnited” campaign, designing limited-edition T-shirts to benefit the organization. The celebrities each spoke about how cancer has affected their lives in PSAs and written statements. “Someone near and dear to me was recently affected by breast cancer,” Khaled …
Read More »Harry Nilsson's Animated Film 'The Point!' Gets 50th Anniversary Digital Release
A year before Harry Nilsson achieved commercial success with 1971’s Nilsson Schmilsson, the late singer-songwriter released The Point!, a whimsical concept album that tells the story of a round-headed boy named Oblio who lives in a Pointed Village. As you may have guessed, the rest of the residents have conical …
Read More »See Omar Apollo Captain a Yacht in New 'Kickback' Video
Chicano R&B singer Omar Apollo hosts a luxe yacht party in his brand new video for “Kickback.” It’s the fourth single off his 2019 EP, Friends, which he self-released in April. In the Matthew Dillon Cohen-directed video, Apollo takes the kickback, or SoCal slang for “house party,” to the Mediterranean …
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