Dave Grohl was brought to tears this past weekend at the Rock in Rio festival in Brazil, where Weezer paid tribute to the former Nirvana drummer by performing a cover of “Lithium.” Loudwire reports that Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo introduced the song as a “teaser” for Grohl’s current band Foo …
Read More »Green Day Partner With NHL for TV Theme Song, All-Star Game Performance
Green Day announced a massive promotional and marketing partnership with the NHL for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons. As part of the deal, the band will unveil a new track, “Fire, Ready, Aim,” as the opening theme song for NBCSN’s Wednesday Night Hockey, and they’ll perform the headlining set at …
Read More »Watch Jack White and Jimmy Fallon Play an Extreme Game of Chess on 'Fallon'
Jack White and Jimmy Fallon are apparently very competitive chess players. In a short but deeply intense segment for The Tonight Show the pair took things to a whole new level and inexplicably played the game with fruit. In the clip, White and Fallon are seated at a chess board …
Read More »Swizz Beatz, Rick Ross, DMX Team Up for 'Godfather of Harlem' Theme 'Just in Case'
Swizz Beatz, Rick Ross and DMX have released a new collaboration, “Just in Case,” from the soundtrack to the upcoming crime drama series Godfather of Harlem. The show premieres Sunday, September 29th on EPIX. Featuring the show’s star Forest Whitaker, the video for “Just in Case” takes the three artists back …
Read More »Hear Leonard Cohen's First Posthumous Song 'The Goal'
Columbia/Legacy has released the first posthumous song from late singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, “The Goal.” The short, acoustic track, which clocks in at a little over a minute long, is an intimate song that feels more like a spoken word poem. The song previews a posthumous album of the musician’s work …
Read More »Brittany Howard's 'Jaime' Is a Personal, Political Soul Exploration
Brittany Howard is a Southern rock & roll radical with a centuries-deep sense of history and some inspiring ideas about how to reshape it to fit our moment. As the lead singer and guitarist for the expansively retro-minded Alabama Shakes, she’s combined garage rock, soul, and psychedelia. In 2015, she …
Read More »Hear Liam Payne Ponder Ways to 'Stack It Up' on New Song
Liam Payne has released his first new single of the year, the Ed Sheeran-penned “Stack It Up.” A Boogie wit da Hoodie also features on the money-hungry new single. Above a midtempo beat, Payne desires more for himself. “If you wanna stack it up, man/You gotta work for it/Ain’t nobody …
Read More »The Chaos Never Ends on Brevin Kim's “the wedding!”
Initially, Brevin Kim‘s new song “the wedding” is serene. The song begins with a guitar pluck, a disembodied howl, and the voice of a man singing, “Ain’t shit cool about falling.” The moment of tranquility lingers for less than 30 seconds as a sense of cascading doom teases itself on …
Read More »Big Boi, Sleepy Brown Preview New Album With Silky New Song 'Intentions'
Big Boi and Sleepy Brown roll through a lavish party with fellow Atlanta stalwart CeeLo Green in the video for their new song, “Intentions.” The track is set to appear on Big Boi and Sleepy Brown’s upcoming collaborative albumBig Sleepover, set for release in 2020. “Intentions” finds the rapper and …
Read More »Watch Mika Play 'Tiny Love,' 'Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)' on 'Seth Meyers'
Mika ventured from piano balladry to disco grooves on Wednesday’s Late Night With Seth Meyers, performing a pair of crowd-pleasing songs, “Tiny Love” and “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful).” The pop singer opened behind the keys with “Tiny Love,” crooning about the satisfying subtleties of a real-life romance. “There’s no …
Read More »