The members of Spoon hide in the dark as they sing “I Ain’t the One,” a chilly track off this year’s Hot Thoughts LP, in a new video for the song. Frontman Britt Daniel’s face is obscured by a grate of shadows as he sings and scenes of moving sidewalks …
Read More »Watch St. Vincent Try to Stay Young in Biting 'Los Ageless' Video
St. Vincent explores the extremes of self-care in the new video for “Los Ageless.” The track will appear on St. Vincent‘supcoming LP, Masseducation, out October 13th via Loma Vista Recordings. Willo Perron directed the “Los Ageless” video, which finds St. Vincent’s Annie Clark in a series of vignettes that offer …
Read More »Hear Chris Lane Duet With Tori Kelly on New Song 'Take Back Home Girl'
On the heels of his breakout 2016, Chris Lane has released “Take Back Home Girl,” a new collaboration with Grammy-nominated pop star Tori Kelly. The single is the first taste of Lane’s as-yet-unnamed second album, the follow-up to last year’s Girl Problems. Written by Hillary Lindsey, Josh Miller and David …
Read More »Nashville's Ryman Auditorium Permanently Removes 'Confederate' Sign
Nashville’s most famous music venue, the Ryman Auditorium, has permanently removed its “Confederate Gallery” sign that has hung at the front of the room’s balcony. According to the Nashville Scene, the signage has been relocated to an exhibit inside the building that covers the performance hall’s colorful 125-year history. With …
Read More »Hear Tommy Stinson, Nicole Atkins Duet on New Soul Song, 'Too Late'
Tommy Stinson‘s Bash & Pop outfit and Nicole Atkins channel the lessons of 1960s soul balladry on “Too Late.” The track is part of a forthcoming 7-inch single due out November 24th. Rhythm guitar and drums drive “Too Late” along the steady, lilting path of a Stax ballad. Strings flit …
Read More »Watch Sam Smith's Stirring 'Too Good at Goodbyes' Video
Sam Smith documents romantic breakdown in his stirring video for new single “Too Good at Goodbyes.” After opening with the singer crooning in a recording studio, the clip cycles through a series of anguished scenes – including distraught couples consoling each other, a boxer taking out his frustration on a …
Read More »Hear Evanescence's Operatic New Song, 'Imperfection'
Evanescence achieve electronic-symphonic symmetry on their lush new single, “Imperfection.” Singer Amy Lee commands the track with a swaggering cadence along with her signature belting. “You know you can’t deny it,” she sings. “The world’s a little more fucked up every day.” “Imperfection” is one of two newly written songs …
Read More »How a Bob Dylan Musical Finally Got Off the Ground
‘I’d always liked the stage and even more so, the theater,” Bob Dylan wrote in his memoir, Chronicles. “It seemed like the most supreme craft of all craft.” But for nearly five decades, the idea of a Dylan musical has been as elusive as the songwriter himself. In the late …
Read More »Bob Dylan Plots Fall 2017 U.S. Tour
Bob Dylan announced a 21-date fall U.S. tour launching October 13th in Valley Center, California and concluding November 16th in Boston.Mavis Staples will open the final 19 shows, beginning with a pair of back-to-back concerts in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 17th and 18th. Tickets for the two opening …
Read More »10 New Albums to Stream Now: Rolling Stone Editors' Picks
Neil Young, HitchhikerThis “buried-treasure mother lode” from Neil Young’s archives, writes David Browne, is “a journey through the past, but far darker.” Young recorded the album’s 10 tracks in a single session on August 10, 1976, and the acoustic tracks include the failed-relationship chronicle “Give Me Strength” as well as …
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