Jessie Ware has released a new video for “Remember Where You Are,” featuring actress Gemma Arterton and directed by Dominic Savage. Shot last Valentine’s Day at dawn, the clip features Arterton roaming the empty streets of London during lockdown. She stops by a London Underground station, tearing up in her …
Read More »Julien Baker Drops 'Heatwave' Ahead of Album Release
Days before the release of her new album Little Oblivions, Julien Baker has dropped the single “Heatwave.” The track opens with delicate guitar, as Baker sings about a car she witnessed that burst into flames. “It’s worse than death than life compressed/To fill a page in the Sunday paper,” she …
Read More »Flashback: Ann Wilson Sings 'Let It Be' With John Entwistle, Todd Rundgren, and Alan Parsons
Last week, we shared Rick Livingstone’s memories of his time singing lead in the 1990 supergroup the Best alongside John Entwistle, Joe Walsh, Keith Emerson, and Jeff “Skunk” Baxter. Their set mixed songs by the Who, the Eagles, Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, though the …
Read More »See Metallica Perform 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' at BlizzCon 2021
Metallica performed their “For Whom the Bell Tolls” live virtually from their California headquarters as part of this year’s BlizzCon, the annual presentation for video game makers Blizzard Entertainment. The heavy metal legends previously appeared during BlizzCon 2014. This year’s conference went livestream-only due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “We would …
Read More »The Fat Boys: Hip-Hop's Pop Culture Ambassadors on Crushin' 1987
On August 14th, 1987, pioneering hip-hop heavyweights the Fat Boys cemented their status as one of rap’s premier pop culture ambassadors with the simultaneous release of their platinum-selling fourth album Crushin’ and their breakout comedy Disorderlies. With a matchless mixture of skills, charisma, a tireless work ethic, a sense of …
Read More »Watch Dua Lipa's Clever Video for New Song 'We're Good'
Dua Lipa makes a clean break from a relationship in her new song “We’re Good.” It’s her first new track of the year, and the lead single from the Moonlight Edition of her sophomore album, Future Nostalgia. In the song’s accompanying video, Lipa performs at a restaurant on a cruise …
Read More »For 'Supalonely' Star Benee, Pop Music Is Therapy
“Happen to Me,” the first song on Benee’s debut album, Hey u x, kicks off with a line about her fear of dying in a freak accident. It’s a song about anxiety and dread, inspired by her reoccurring thoughts of airplanes crashing, raging fires, getting kidnapped, and just being alone. …
Read More »The Last Word: Dionne Warwick on the Joys of Twitter and the Advice That Shaped Her Career
It’s been a cold and dreary Covid winter, but Dionne Warwick has been making the days brighter. The legendary singer and activist took over her Twitter account in December and has been showing off her humor, positivity, and love for younger artists. From shouting out Taylor Swift to questioning why …
Read More »Phife Dawg: Read the Poignant Poems Rapper's Mother Wrote About Tribe Called Quest MC
In her new book, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor uses poetry, journal entries, letters and other archival items to grapple with the loss of her son, the great A Tribe Called Quest MC Phife Dawg. The recently published Mama Phife Represents is described as a “patchwork quilt that follows the journey of a …
Read More »Britney Spears' Boyfriend Speaks Out Against Singer's Father: 'Jamie Is a Total Dick'
Britney Spears‘ longtime boyfriend Sam Asghari broke his silence on the singer’s controversial father and conservator Jamie Spears after the release of the New York Times‘Framing Britney Spears documentary. The film ignited widespread attention to and scrutiny over the pop star’s life in a heavily guarded, court-ordered conservatorship. The 27-year-old …
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