Prince‘s breakthrough into the mainstream will get a new reassessment this year when 1999, the blockbuster 1982 album that contained the hits “1999” and “Little Red Corvette,” comes out as a souped-up, remastered reissue on November 29th. The massive super-deluxe edition of the reissue contains five CDs and a DVD …

For her seventh season of performing the Sunday Night Football theme song “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night,” Carrie Underwood brought along some rock star firepower: Joan Jett, on whose 1988 hit “I Hate Myself for Loving You” the SNF theme is based. Shot at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the home of …

For several years, guitar-wielding singer-songwriter Charlie Worsham has featured a song in his live shows which he says fits into the relatively sparse category of “stoner gospel.” Written with Ashley Monroe, “I Hope I’m Stoned (When Jesus Takes Me Home)” is an ode to the earthly, yet otherworldly delights of …

One way to size up pop stardom is to measure how much noise an artist can create with a deluge of new music. Think of Ariana Grande releasing two Number One albums in less than six months, just because she can, jamming up radio programmers with five different singles in …

Billie Eilish sprouts wings and falls from heaven in the fiery video for her latest single “All the Good Girls Go to Hell.” The track appears on Eilish’s debut albumWhen We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? In the Rich Lee-directed clip, large wings sprout grotesquely from Eilish’s back …

Post Malone stars as a knight in shining armor in his new video for “Circles,” released on Tuesday. The single is a cut from his forthcoming album Hollywood’s Bleeding, out September 6th. In a medieval world that looks like a cross between Game of Thrones and The Elder Scrolls (Game of Thrones …

Animal Collective members Avey Tare and Geologist pay tribute to late Purple Mountains singer David Berman with a cover of Silver Jews‘ “Ballad of Reverend War Character.” Proceeds from the downloads of their rendition via Bandcamp will be donated to MusiCares and Music Health Alliance. “A few weeks ago we …

For several years running, Kalie Shorr has been one of country music’s most promising new artists — for how she melds an appreciation of the genre’s roots with an unabashed love for emo and pop, for her cutting songwriting, and for how she’s made her feminism a vital part of …

Ty Segall has a pretty good reason for plotting a multi-night residency at Los Angeles’ Teragram Ballroom. “This sound silly,” the garage rocker says, “But I wanted to figure out a way to stay at home for the summer.” Segall has performed at the Teragram every Friday since July 26th, …

With the world watching his news conference on Monday, President Trump blamed former President Barack Obama for Vladimir Putin‘s 2014 invasion of Crimea. “President Obama was pure and simply outsmarted,” Trump said from the G7 summit in Biarritz, France. “They took Crimea during his term. That was not a good …