Music

Ringo Starr, Flea, Slash, the Edge, and more appear in the new trailer for Dave Grohl‘s What Drives Us, out April 30th. Directed by Grohl and produced by Foo Fighters, the trailer features Radkey and Starcrawler — two young bands currently on the road — as a bevy of notable …

Fifty years after Jimmy Buffett took the stage for Nashville club Exit/In’s debut performance, the celebrated live music venue is in danger of closing for good. Last week, the building that houses Exit/In — the centerpiece of Nashville’s “Rock Block” and a proving ground for artists from Buffett and Waylon …

Fitz brought his single “Congratulations” to Jimmy Kimmel Live with the help of Bryce Vine. The musician, ofFitz and the Tantrums, performed the track in the bleachers and on the football field of Hollywood High School, joined by two backing musicians and some fireworks. “Congratulations” comes off Fitz’s debut solo …

Gallant probes unhealed wounds in “Scars,” a pained but quick-stepping track from his new EP, Neptune. Much of the eight-song set is devoted to a strain of R&B that flourished two decades ago. Several of these songs — especially “No More Tries,” a slick duet with Van Jess that captures …

Malcolm Cecil, producer of several classic Stevie Wonder albums and co-designer of the world’s largest analog synth, known as TONTO, died Sunday, March 28th. He was 84. The Bob Moog Foundation confirmed Cecil’s death, saying his son, Milton, had informed the organization of the news. An official cause of death …

Justin Bieber’s sixth album, Justice, begins with the voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” the civil rights icon declares, leading us to expect, perhaps with some trepidation, a statement on our troubled times from the 27-year-old pop star himself. Instead, Bieber …

Back in October, Lana Del Rey joined Nikki Lane onstage in Austin to perform the song “Breaking Up Slowly.” On Friday, the studio version of their collaboration arrived with the release of Del Rey’s new album Chemtrails Over the Country Club. Written by Del Rey and Lane, it’s a devastating …

David Bowie’s Brilliant Live Adventures— an archival series that collected six of the late singer’s Nineties concerts — will conclude with David Bowie at the Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99), due out April 2nd. The 12-song performance was originally recorded on November 12th, 1999 at the small venue …

Black Pumas performed their psychedelic soul favorite, “Colors,” on the Grammy Awards Sunday, March 14th. Backed by a full band, Black Pumas took the stage after an interview segment highlighted their nomination in the Record of the Year category. Singer Eric Burton gave an impassioned take on the song, belting …

Ahead of the Grammys on Sunday, Samantha Ronson has remixed Toots and the Maytals‘ “Freedom Train” from their nominated album Got to be Tough. Ronson enlisted Pete Nappi for the project, releasing the version with a video by Henry Stein. It features clips of Toots Hibbert performing with his band, …