When Capts. Andrew Yacovone and Justin Wright, two Army Rangers who moonlight as the country-music duo Interstate 10, performed at the USO’s 75th anniversary reception in Washington, D.C., in 2016, they didn’t really expect to leave as Nashville songwriters. But they were determined to try. Craig Morgan, the country singer …
Read More »Ellie Goulding Details Messy Relationship in 'Slow Grenade' Featuring Lauv
Ellie Goulding and Lauv team up to tell the tale of a relationship on the rocks in new song “Slow Grenade.” The track appears on Goulding’s upcoming fourth album, Brightest Blue, which arrives on July 17th via Interscope. The pair describe the difficulty of moving on from an unhealthy relationship. …
Read More »Drake Takes Number One on Artists 500 for Fourth Straight Week
Drake secured his fourth week at the top of the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart, accruing 117.6 million song streams for the week of June 19th through June 25th. Drake’s reign continued uninterrupted even as his latest single, “Toosie Slide” dropped out of the Top 10 of the Top 100 …
Read More »Folk Singer John Craigie Writes Funny Songs. But Don't Call Him a 'Comedian'
John Craigie has a degree in mathematics and also went through a self-described “hippie phase” while in college. When you learn that, it becomes easier to wrap your head around the title of his new album, Asterisk the Universe. The 40-year-old California folk singer, who has won over audiences with …
Read More »Phoebe Bridgers and Her Skeleton Suit Perform 'I See You' on 'Corden'
Phoebe Bridgers and her skeleton suit took a wild car ride to perform “I See You” on Tuesday’s Late Late Show With James Corden. The indie star has been wearing the outfit quite regularly — even on the cover of her new album, Punisher — and in the Late Show …
Read More »See Roger Waters' Socially Distanced Take on Pink Floyd's 'Two Suns in the Sunset'
Following the postponement of his This Is Not a Drill Tour, Roger Waters and his touring band once again reunited apart for a socially distanced rendition of Pink Floyd’s The Final Cut closer “Two Suns in the Sunset.” “I had an idea to make an album of all the songs …
Read More »Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison Announce 2021 Makeup Dates for Stadium Tour
Three weeks after postponing their summer Stadium Tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts have announced makeup dates for 2021. “All tickets will be honored for the new dates,” they wrote in a message to fans. “If you are a …
Read More »NoCap And Lil Uzi Vert Aren't Here To Celebrate on 'Count a Million'
NoCap is a master of gloom. The Mobile, Alabama, rapper’s music mines a distinct sense of hopelessness; at points, his voice warbles with an unmistakable dread and then swells into a half-rapped, half-shrieked force. “Count A Million,” his new song featuring Lil Uzi Vert, seems at first like it might …
Read More »Neil Young's 'Homegrown' Is Now Streaming
Neil Young‘s long-lost 1975 album Homegrown finally drops on Friday, but you can stream it now in full on his Archives site. Gearing up for its release, Young previously dropped the singles “Try” and “Vacancy,” two of the seven unreleased tracks on the album. “Hi, hoping you’re all holding up …
Read More »Flashback: Joe Walsh Sings Bob Dylan's Favorite Eagles Song
Up until this year, Bob Dylan had never really expressed much interest in the Eagles. But then in his epic song “Murder Most Foul,” released in March, he called out Don Henley and Glenn Frey by name, along with their 1975 classic “Take It to the Limit.” That inspired historian …
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