Shrek fans can finally listen to the film’s beloved soundtrack on vinyl. The reissued album will be available on August 2nd. The soundtrack features Smash Mouth’s “All Star,” Rufus Wainwright’s cover of “Hallelujah,” Baha Men’s cover of “Best Years of Our Lives” and both Smash Mouth and Eddie Murphy’s versions …
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Just days before the release of the Jonas Brothers‘ new album Happiness Begins on June 7th, the band sat down with CBS Sunday Morning to discuss their reunion journey and the circumstances behind their breakup. After the brothers Jonas, Kevin, Joe and Nick, encountered stagnating record and ticket sales and …
Read More »Hear Phantogram Find New Light on 'Into Happiness'
Electro-pop duo Phantogram balance sorrow and hope on their new song, “Into Happiness.” The track boasts a big beat of shuffling drums, which hold down a mix of synths that teeter towards dark wave but are ultimately buoyed by a particularly bright riff and Sarah Barthel’s vocals. “Fall into happiness,” …
Read More »Hear Spanish Rock Legend Bunbury on New Wired Sessions Song 'Dos Veces Al Día'
Intriguing synth grooves meet the dark poetry of a rock en español legend in new track “Dos Veces Al Día.” Featuring former Héroes del Silencio frontman Enrique Bunbury, it’s the first single off Volume One, the debut EP by Wired Sessions, a.k.a. Chilean artist-producer Juan Covarrubias. Amid an arsenal of …
Read More »See Ty Dolla $ign, J. Cole in Reflective 'Purple Emoji' Video
Ty Dolla $ign issued a tender new video for “Purple Emoji,” his recent single featuring J. Cole. Director Olivia Rose recruited real-life couples, friends and siblings for the clip, which follows them as they laugh, kiss and embrace. Ty and Cole also appear, singing and rapping, respectively, against stark backdrops. …
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5 Seconds of Summer have gone on quite the musical journey in the last five years. The Australian pop band were initially primed to be the successors to One Direction’s boy-band throne, but soon, their pop-punk taste took over, and the group received co-signs from (and co-writes with) such luminaries …
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“Turn everything up!” declared Jakob Dylan, standing with a band of journeyman players at the Cinerama Dome movie theater in Los Angeles on Thursday. The occasion was the premiere of Echo in the Canyon, a documentary on the jangly, perceptive folk-rock of mid-Sixties Laurel Canyon that inspired him and generations …
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The fashion world has entered an irony-saturated (post-irony?) era, what with all the Virgil Ablohs and the camp-lite celebrations and the “I Don’t Care” jackets. Adding to the fray is a new item from Vetements, an “Oversized Printed Cotton-Jersey T-Shirt” that rips off the one Kurt Cobain wore on the …
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Now approaching his 20-year anniversary as a wry, hard-touring songwriter, Hayes Carll talks about the road less traveled during his appearance on Chris Shiflett‘s Walking the Floor podcast. Making its premiere today on Rolling Stone Country, the interview finds the two musicians conducting their conversation from the inside of Carll’s …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Boo Ray, '20 Questions'
The rascally charm of nomadic country-blues singer Boo Ray is on full display in the rollicking “20 Questions,” the standout track off his latest album Tennessee Alabama Fireworks. A strutting blast of Muscle Shoals R&B, the song teems with bright horns and slinky organ, as Boo Ray tries in vain …
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