Liz Phair has released the new video for “The Game.” She dropped her latest Soberish single at midnight on Thursday, just before the album’s official Friday release via Chrysalis. It’s her first studio LP in 11 years following 2010’s Funstyle. In the confessional-styled clip, Phair addresses the camera as she …
Read More »Orville Peck Reimagines Lady Gaga for 'Born This Way (The Country Road Version)'
Lady Gaga has released the second cover song from Born This Way the Tenth Anniversary with Orville Peck’s reinvention of the title track as “Born This Way (The Country Road Version).” The new release follows Big Freedia’s update of “Judas” and is one of six Born This Way tracks to …
Read More »See Katy Perry, Ne-Yo, Gavin DeGraw Perform at 'Side by Side: A Celebration of Service'
Katy Perry, Ne-Yo and Gavin DeGraw performed during this year’s “Side by Side: A Celebration of Service” on Monday. The livestreamed concert benefited Northwell Health’s Military Liaison Services Program. Ne-Yo performed an in-person show for military and healthcare workers from the top of One World Observatory, which included delivering “Let’s …
Read More »Billy Corgan Reflects on the 30th Anniversary of 'Gish' and Looks Ahead
Before Nevermind, Ten, Badmotorfinger, or Dirt, there was Gish. And while it may be a stretch to say that Smashing Pumpkins‘ 1991 debut LP was the first album of the alternative rock revolution (Jane’s Addiction, Pixies, Nirvana, and Mudhoney might have something to say about that), it was an enormous …
Read More »See Molly Tuttle, Madison Cunningham Perform Elegant Cover of Sheryl Crow's 'Strong Enough'
Molly Tuttle‘s covers EP …but i’d rather be with you, too was a quiet surprise upon its release earlier this month, with the bluegrass singer, songwriter and guitarist interpreting songs like “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” with guests like Nathaniel Rateliff. On Thursday, Tuttle released a live performance video of …
Read More »Eurovision Winner Did Not Do Drugs on TV, Broadcaster Says
Damiano David, frontman for the Italian glam-rock band Måneskin, which won the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, was cleared of any wrongdoing after speculation arose that he’d been caught snorting cocaine during the show, The New York Times reports. In a clip, David is sitting at a table with his Måneskin …
Read More »See Radiohead Side Project the Smile Perform New Song 'We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings'
The Smile — the Radiohead side project featuring Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood alongside drummer Tom Skinner — made their debut Saturday during Glastonbury’s Live at Worthy Farm livestream, with the trio performing a set boasting a handful of new songs as well as revisiting an unreleased Radiohead rarity. The …
Read More »Joshua Ray Walker Reimagines Lionel Richie's 'Hello' as Country Rave-Up
Joshua Ray Walker kicked off a tour with the duo Carolina Story on Wednesday night at City Winery in Nashville, delivering a tight 30-minute set of songs off his two stellar albums, Wish You Were Here and Glad You Made It. Alas, the Texas singer-songwriter’s cover of Lionel Richie’s “Hello” …
Read More »Mdou Moctar's Songs of Revolution and Love
Mdou Moctar was halfway around the world, in the middle of a lengthy tour in 2019, when his partner gave birth. The Tuareg guitarist, who hails from the Saharan desert City of Agadez in central Niger and is the latest in a growling line of tishoumaren (loosely translated to “desert …
Read More »Micky Dolenz on the Monkees' Farewell Tour, New LP 'Dolenz Sings Nesmith'
The Monkees have survived many logical endpoints. They first seemed like they were done when their TV show went off the air in early 1968, and then again multiple times after: when they disbanded as a recording unit in 1971, when their reunion tours fizzled out amid bitter infighting in …
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