Norwegian DJ/producer Kygo has teamed up with Rita Ora for a new song, “Carry On,” to be featured on the soundtrack for the upcoming film Pokémon: Detective Pikachu. “Carry On” was released with a video, directed by Colin Tilley and JSV, starring Ora and set in the world of the …
Read More »Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, BTS Named to 'Time' 'Most Influential' List
Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and BTS highlight Time‘s list of 2019’s “100 Most Influential People.” The newly unveiled collection is organized into “Titans,” “Icons,” “Leaders,” “Artists” and “Pioneers,” showcasing important figures in music, entertainment, politics, sports and business, among other fields. Each selection features a blurb written by another prominent …
Read More »Flashback: Bob Dylan Stumbles His Way Through 'Dancing in the Dark'
Bruce Springsteen has been covering Bob Dylan songs in concert since the early Seventies when his pre-fame group the Bruce Springsteen Band would play “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” as part of their club show. And even when Columbia burdened him with the “New Dylan” moniker after signing him …
Read More »Watch Hozier Perform Two Songs on 'Kimmel'
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 …
Read More »Watch Christine and the Queens' Ophelia-Championing 'Comme Si' Video
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 …
Read More »Kamasi Washington, Herbie Hancock Plot Co-Headlining Tour
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 …
Read More »Watch Blackpink's Genre-Mashing 'Kill This Love' Video
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 …
Read More »Watch H.E.R. Get Emotional With 'Hard Place' on 'Colbert'
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 …
Read More »See the Zombies Celebrate Sixties Hits During Triumphant Rock Hall Performance
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 …
Read More »Hear Sleater-Kinney/R.E.M. Supergroup's Trump Takedown 'November Man'
“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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