Hozier appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform two tracks, “Almost (Sweet Music)” and “Movement.” Accompanied by his live band and several backup singers on Kimmel’s outdoor stage, Hozier gave the folky songs, which come off his most recent album, a sense of vigor and emotional heft. For “Almost (Sweet …
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Christine and the Queens channels Hamlet for her interpretative dance-centric “Comme si” video. The French pop star will perform at Coachella this weekend. Directed by David Wilson, the floral video was shot in Thailand and features Christine in a meadow by a river. After rising from the water and shedding her …
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Kamasi Washington and Herbie Hancock are teaming up for a co-headlining tour this summer. Tickets for the jazz heavyweights’ 13-date North American trek go on sale on Friday, with pre-sale tickets available to American Express card members in select markets beginning on Wednesday. The tour kicks off on July 30th …
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Blackpink tend to pack their music videos with more set pieces than the entire Pirates of the Caribbean filmography. Such is the case for the K-pop girl group’s latest effort: “Kill This Love.” It’s the first single from their just-announced EP that’s set to drop Friday. Directed by Hyun Seung …
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Grammy-winning musician H.E.R. took the stage at The Late Show to perform her single “Hard Place,” an emotive ballad that took on even more feeling live. Clad in her signature sunglasses on a darkened stage, the singer played a clear electric guitar as she belted the song’s lyrics. In the …
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The Zombies revisited their idiosyncratic psych-pop at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Friday night.The surviving members of the Zombies’Oddessey and Oracle lineup reunited after giving speeches for a rousing performance, which leaned heavily on songs from that landmark 1968 album. Singer Colin Blunstone, keyboardist Rod …
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“We don’t have no love for November Man,” Sleater-Kinney vocalist-guitarist Corin Tucker sings on the new song by Filthy Friends, her collaboration with R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, whose guitar growls around her words. If it isn’t clear who she’s singing about, her label has placed an image of the White House …
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“We wanted to celebrate the closing of True West with something beginning,” Ethan Hawke said Saturday night at a New York City party celebrating both the closing of Hawke and Paul Dano’s performance of Sam Shepard’s drama True West and the album release party of singer-songwriter Ben Dickey. Dickey, a …
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Less than a year after Paul Simon ended his farewell tour with a hometown gig in Queens, New York, the singer-songwriter will return to the stage after booking a headlining slot at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival this August. While the festival won’t announce their full lineup until March 26th, …
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British reggae outfit Steel Pulse unveiled the lead single, “Cry Cry Blood,” for their first album in 15 years, Mass Manipulation, out May 17th via Rootfire Cooperative and the band’s own imprint, Wiseman Doctrine. “Cry Cry Blood” is a meditative rocker with deftly placed horns, guitars and strings bubbling up …
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