The Rolling Stones will issue a previously unreleased live album and concert film, Bridges to Buenos Aires, November 8th. The set captures the Stones’ full April 5th, 1998 gig at the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which capped off a five-night, sold-out run at the venue. The two-hour …
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Wilco play hide-and-seek around their hometown of Chicago in the charming new video for “Everyone Hides.” The track is the second single off their eleventh LPOde to Joy, out October 4th via dBpm Records. The clip features frontman Jeff Tweedy singing the opening lines to the autumnal track — “If …
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The 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards could go one of two ways: as a predictable farewell to old favorites, or as a changing of the TV guard. On one side, you have Veep and Game of Thrones —which have dominated the comedy and drama categories of late (save for last year, …
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“There was a saying: ‘The blues had a baby and they called it rock & roll.’ I always say, ‘Yeah, and I think the daddy was a hillbilly.” That’s Country Music Hall of Fame member Bobby Braddock, writer of songs including “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” on the genesis of …
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Earlier this week, two of Latin music’s biggest stars clashed over YouTube accounting. Don Omar, a reggaeton veteran with a slew of hits in the 2000s, called in to the radio show Alofoke to suggest that some artists who claimed to be popular were actually just buying their views. Ozuna, …
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When Black Sabbath first attempted to tour America in 1970, they had a Hell of a time. “We had to face the mayor of [every] town,” drummer Bill Ward once recalled. “We were banned all the time. They were afraid of us. They thought we were going to put a …
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In a newly unearthed recording from 1969, the Beatles‘ principal songwriters discuss tentative plans for a follow-up to their final LP Abbey Road, a revelation that shifts the canonical narrative of that album’s recording sessions and the band’s eventual break-up. The tape — which dates back to September 8th, 1969, …
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On September 4th, Mike Chase and Amy Faust — morning show hosts for the country station KWJJ in Portland, Oregon — cued up Taylor Swift‘s “Soon You’ll Get Better,” a quietly resilient acoustic ballad featuring the Dixie Chicks. “It’s a song about her own mother struggling with cancer,” Chase explains. …
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Hayley Kiyoko knows cars. Her dream rideshave included a Bugatti Veyron — among the fastest production cars on Earth — and classics like a ’57 Chevy and an Austin-Healey. She can talk everything from torque curves to five-star safety ratings. “I’m obsessed,” Kiyoko says as she pilots an Audi e-tron …
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During Vampire Weekend‘s first-ever concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden – a gig that was live-streamed on Live Nation’s Twitter – the band announced a slate of 2020 tour dates in support of their latest album Father of the Bride. The new 19-date leg opens May 29th, 2020 in …
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