25 years ago, a generation of children watched two animated lions fall in passionate and steamy love, while a cartoon meerkat and warthog peeped on in despair. “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” soundtracked the intimate moment. Among the unimpeachable bangers Elton John and Tim Rice cooked up for The …
Read More »RS Charts: Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' Is Number One (Again) on Top 100 Chart
Lil Nas X continues to enjoy the Number One spot on Rolling Stone‘s Top 100 chart, handily out-streaming this week’s runner-up, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s duet “Señorita.” No new songs made it into the Top Ten last week, so the ranking was mostly populated by familiar titles from Drake, …
Read More »2019 Fourth of July Concerts: Who's Playing, How to Watch
Country music and the Fourth of July go together like a firecracker and a match. This year, a number of Nashville stars are performing at concerts and displays around the country, including the biggies in New York City and Washington, D.C. Here’s how to watch four of the U.S.’s most …
Read More »Travis Scott Has Made the Greatest Cereal the World Will Ever Know
“Side Hustle” is a recurring column in which staff writer Charles Holmes reviews celebrity and celebrity-adjacent products. You can read his previous entry, on Ed Sheeran’s ketchup, here. If the mood takes you, you can also read his review of Rick Ross’s hair care and grooming line here. Celebrity: Travis …
Read More »Sleater-Kinney Drummer Janet Weiss to Leave Band
Longtime Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss announced her departure from the seminal alternative rock band. In a public statement, Weiss said the band was “heading in a new direction” and that “it is time for me to move on.” “I will never forget the heights we reached or the magnificent times …
Read More »Taylor Swift to Headline Amazon Music's 'Prime Day' Concert
Taylor Swift will headline Amazon Music’s 2019 “Prime Day” concert, which will stream live July 10th at 9 p.m. ET on Prime Video. The New York show at an undisclosed location will also feature performances from SZA, Dua Lipa and Becky G, while Jane Lynch will host the event. Prime …
Read More »How a Mainstream Hit Led Aaron Watson to Make His Most Audacious Album Yet
Aaron Watson isn’t changing his tune anytime soon. The West Texas native has been nothing if not persistent in his 20-year climb to country music hit-maker, a fact that began to pay off when 2015’s The Underdog made him the first solo male performer since the dawn of the Nielsen …
Read More »Thom Yorke Details New Solo Album 'Anima'
Thom Yorke will release his new solo album, Anima, digitally on June 27th, with a physical version arriving July 19th. Yorke wrote all of Anima, and the album was produced by frequent Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich. Yorke, Godrich and Tarik Barri debuted several songs on the album during past Tomorrow’s …
Read More »Perry Farrell Performs Hard Rocking 'Pirate Punk Politician' on 'Fallon'
Perry Farrell, the frontman of LA alt-rock band Jane’s Addiction and one of the co-founders of the Lollapalooza festival, performed “Pirate Punk Politician,” on The Tonight Show Monday night. The track is from his latest solo album Kind Heaven. The song is a slinky hard rock anthem with unsurprisingly political …
Read More »Watch Keb' Mo' Decry Single-Use Plastic in 'Don't Throw It Away' Video
Keb’ Mo’ has shared a video advocating against single-use plastic using his track “Don’t Throw It Away” with Taj Mahal. The song features on singer’s just-released new album Oklahoma. The “Don’t Throw It Away” visual features Mo’ strumming the blues in a chair alongside images of landfills, oceans and the …
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