In 2018, Pokey LaFarge moved from St. Louis to Los Angeles. It nearly killed him. The eccentric Americana troubadour documents his overindulgence and despair on the new album Rock Bottom Rhapsody. Due April 10th, it’s LaFarge’s eighth studio LP and arrives via New West Records. LaFarge previews Rock Bottom Rhapsody …
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2 Chainz and Future unveiled a suitably eerie new video for their just-released collaboration, “Dead Man Walking.” Directed by Kid Art, the dark and moody clip opens with an ominous scene in which 2 Chainz descends the steps of a fancy hotel where most of the employees and patrons seem …
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In late 2019, Mitski taped an episode of Austin City Limits, and her episode premieres this Saturday, January 18th, on PBS. On Thursday, the show shared a clip of her performance of “I Will” with Rolling Stone, featuring her now-trademark stage choreography atop a kitchen table. Mitski is currently on hiatus …
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Lynyrd Skynyrd have recruited a whole slew of their rock & roll peers to perform at a new festival. The Lynyrd Skynyrd & Friends: Simple Man Jam is set for August 20th through 24th in Orlando, Florida. The iconic Southern rock band, which is currently gearing up for a 2020 …
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Bluegrass duo Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley released World Full of Blues on October 4th, 2019, marking the musicians’ third album together. Included on the project was a breezy cover of the Grateful Dead‘s moonshining song “Brown-Eyed Women” that featured Vince Gill, which now has a video to accompany it. …
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Ozzy Osbourne will release his new album, Ordinary Man, on February 21st via Epic Records. The album includes collaborations with Elton John, Post Malone, Slash and Tom Morello, and was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Andrew Watt on guitars, Duff McKagan on bass and Chad Smith on drums. “It …
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Eat your heart out, Sara Bareilles: Francisca Valenzuela has released a Spanish-language ballad fit for Broadway, titled “Flotando.” It is the latest single from her upcoming fourth LP, and her first in five years, La Fortaleza. In “Flotando,” which means “Floating,” Valenzuela sings ecstatically of finding, at long last, a …
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Taylor Hawkins & the Coattail Riders appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform two recent tracks, “Middle Child” and “I Really Blew It.” The band was joined by Dave Grohl on drums for “Middle Child” and got a vocal boost from Perry Farrell on “I Really Blew It,” both of …
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Sharon Osbourne stated this week that her husband Ozzy Osbourne is working on a song with Elton John. On her show, The Talk, Sharon laid out Ozzy’s plans for the year: “A lot of good things. Wellness. And to get back with his band, to get doing what he loves, …
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Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos responded with some dismay to the fact that his band had inadvertently started trending as people drew comparisons between the assassination of the group’s namesake, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and the United States’ assassination of Iran’s top military commander, Qassim Suleimani. Suleimani was killed in a …
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