Eddie Benjamin is tired of not feeling in control of his emotions. On Friday, the Australian singer dropped the piano-backed, personal single “Weatherman,” in which he lyrically faces his emotions and attempts to manifest happy, sun-kissed days. “When I was writing the song, I felt out of control and didn’t …
Read More »Elvis Costello and the Imposters Plot Summer Tour
Elvis Costello and the Imposters are hitting the road this summer in support of their new album The Boy Named If. Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets are special opening guests at select shows; it’s the first time longtime collaborators Costello and Lowe have toured together since 1989. Nicole Atkins will …
Read More »Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby Reteam for 'Bussin'
Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby dropped their second team-up track in as many weeks with the new single, “Bussin.” Last week, they released the stylish, cinematic “Do We Have a Problem?” visual. Over staccato, foreboding production, Minaj and Lil Baby take turns on a verse: “I call Baby, ‘Yo, where …
Read More »Kanye West Documentary Directors Shrug Off Ye's Final-Cut Demand: 'This Just Comes With the Territory'
Coodie and Chike, the directors behind the decade-spanning, three-part new Kanye West documentary Jeen-Yuhs, say they had no advance notice before Ye suddenly demanded creative control over their film in an Instagram post last week. But the directors have no intention of agreeing to “open the edit room” to Ye, …
Read More »Charli XCX and Rina Sawayama Plead for Love to Stay in 'Beg for You'
Charli XCX has teamed up with Rina Sawayama for her new single “Beg for You.” The track will appear on Charli XCX’s upcoming Crash album arriving on March 18. British producer Digital Song Animal produced the track, which features a sample of Petra Marklund’s dance hit “Cry for You,” performed …
Read More »Post Malone Doesn't Care About Number One Songs Anymore
Post Malone spoke about battling burnout, refusing to compromise, and ditching chart games on his new album, Twelve Carat Toothache, in a new profile in Billboard. In the nearly three years since the release of Hollywood’s Bleeding, Post Malone has stayed relatively quiet, moving from Los Angeles to a much …
Read More »Hear Melvins Cover Soundgarden's 'Spoonman' With Soundgarden Drummer Matt Cameron
Grunge trailblazers Melvins have teamed up with one of the genre’s MVPs, drummer Matt Cameron, for a muscular new cover of Soundgarden‘s “Spoonman.” As a member of Soundgarden, Cameron played on the band’s original recording of the song on their Superunknown album; he has since joined Pearl Jam and was …
Read More »Hear Lana Del Rey's Ethereal New Song 'Watercolor Eyes'
Lana Del Rey has dropped a moody new single, “Watercolor Eyes.” The song will appear on the soundtrack to Euphoria Season 2, out Feb. 25 via Interscope Records, as well as the next episode of the hit series. The song, which was previously teased in a preview for the HBO …
Read More »Gayle Calls Out a Friend Who's 'Just Horny' on Followup Single to 'Abcdefu'
Gayle isn’t a fan of ruining friendships for sex. On Wednesday, she dropped “Ur Just Horny,” her follow-up to her chart-topping debut “Abcdefu.” On the new track, she calls out a formerly platonic friend that changes their ways after “crossing the line.” “You don’t wanna be my friend/You just wanna …
Read More »Crystals Singer La La Brooks Remembers Ronnie Spector: 'She Had the Most Unique Voice'
Ronnie Spector and Crystals singer La La Brooks were mere teenagers when they first met while performing in New York during Murray the K’s shows in the Sixties. Throughout the decades that followed they remained close, performing together as recently as 2015 at a private event in New Orleans. Rolling …
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