Noël Wells has dropped a dance pop cover of Bill Withers‘ “Lovely Day.” The rendition, produced by David Thomas Jones, adds a disco touch to the 1977 classic, which features the actress and singer crooning over glittery synths, “Just one look at you/And I know it’s gonna be/A lovely day.” …
Read More »Hear Jimmy Buffett Reimagine Classic Deep Cut 'Delaney Talks to Statues'
Jimmy Buffett has released a new version of his 1994 song, “Delaney Talks to Statues,” from his upcoming album, Songs You Don’t Know by Heart, out November 27th via Mailboat Records. The reimagined song, as well as the rest of Songs You Don’t Know by Heart, was borne out of …
Read More »Watch Bruce Springsteen Honor Vietnam Vets on 'The Wall'
Bruce Springsteen has written many heartfelt songs about the plight of America’s veterans, from 1984’s “Born in the USA” to 2005’s “Devils and Dust.” But perhaps the most personal one came in 2014 when he released “The Wall” in honor of his teenage buddies Walter Cichon and Bart Haynes. Cichon …
Read More »Billie Eilish, Jennifer Lopez, Megan Thee Stallion to Perform at American Music Awards
UPDATE 11/18/2020: The American Music Awards announced the final batch of performers for this year’s show. Bebe Rexha and Doja Cat will perform a special collaboration, while Dan + Shay, Lewis Capaldi and Machine Gun Kelly have also been added to the lineup. UPDATE 11/17/2020: Justin Bieber has been added …
Read More »David Bowie's 'Brilliant Live Adventures' Set to Continue With 'No Trendy Réchauffé'
The second installment in the posthumous David Bowie live series, Brilliant Live Adventures, will capture a 1995 show in Birmingham, England, and arrive November 20th via Parlophone Records. No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95) was recorded at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre on December 13th, 1995 as part of the Big …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Cordovas, 'High Feeling'
Nashville foursome the Cordovas dial up the Flying Burrito Brothers vibes for “High Feeling,” the intoxicating leadoff track of their latest album Destiny Hotel. It’s breezy and wistful, summoning the anything-is-possible outlook of a vision quest in the desert. And for good reason: the band wrote the song in the …
Read More »City Girls, Lil Baby Take to the Skies in 'Flewed Out' Video
City Girls and Lil Baby take to the friendly skies in the new video for “Flewed Out,” which arrives four months after the Miami duo and the Atlanta rapper dropped their collaborative single. The video finds Quality Control labelmates Lil Baby and City Girls’ Yung Miami and JT delivering the …
Read More »Watch Adrianne Lenker Play 'Zombie Girl' in a Cabin
On the release day of her double solo LP Songs and Instrumentals, Adrianne Lenker has dropped a video for “Zombie Girl.” The clip opens with Lenker playing the acoustic guitar in a cabin in the woods — where she recorded the two albums in quarantine. “What a dream that was,” she sings. “I …
Read More »Smashing Pumpkins Plot 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' Sequel and Anniversary
The Smashing Pumpkins have announced their plans to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness with a sequel album, a world tour, and a livestream Q&A. On Friday, October 23rd (the day Mellon Collie was released in the U.K.; it arrived in the U.S. the day …
Read More »Beabadoobee Perfectly Channels the Nineties on 'Fake it Flowers'
In 2019, a new singer-guitarist from London with the intriguing name Beabadoobee released “I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus,” an immediately addictive swirl of buzzing guitars and lyrics about her blue hair and mutable moods and sitting at home crying to Pavement while loving every minute of her journey from …
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