Little Dragon announced their latest album,New Me, Same Us,on Tuesday, sharing the LP’s lead single, “Hold On.” The funky track boasts a message of letting go of your past lives: “Farewell in a millions/Broken hearts into billions/Always feel real/No regrets oh the pain will heal/Please accept why we’re standing still.” …
Read More »The Wammys: Inside Grammy Week's Most Random, Most Fun Party
“Expect the unexpected, because it’s going to get weird,” house-band bassist Austin Scaggs warned the crowd at start of the eighth annual Wammy party on Saturday night in Los Angeles. Scaggs was right in more ways than one; about an hour later, in a sort of Hollywood fever dream, Weird …
Read More »Girl in Red's 'Kate's Not Here' Will Have You Questioning Your Sanity
If anyone’s going to score a horror movie, it should be Girl in Red. Norwegian singer-songwriter Marie Ulven wrote the spooky-sweet “Kate’s Not Here” for the new Henry James adaptation The Turning, which is out Friday — along with its Nineties inspired soundtrack. Ulven’s characteristically haunted vocals implore the song’s …
Read More »Watch the Jonas Brothers Go Day Drinking With Seth Meyers
Seth Meyers is good at getting celebrities to spill the dirt while drunk and his latest victims are none other than the Jonas Brothers. In a new segment for Late Night, Meyers takes the trio to Brooklyn’s The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club for several rounds of drinks. The group is …
Read More »Interim Grammy Chief: 'Operations Will Proceed as Normal' After CEO Removal
On Thursday night, word spread among a shocked music biz: Deborah Dugan, the Recording Academy CEO who had been in her new position only since last August, had been removed from her post just 10 days before “Music’s Biggest Night.” Dugan was placed on administrative leave “in light of concerns …
Read More »Missy Elliott Celebrates Girl Groups Through the Decades in 'Why I Still Love You' Video
Missy Elliott leads her own girl group, Missy and the Demeanors, in her new video for “Why I Still Love You.” The clip — co-directed by Missy and Derek Blanks — starts off with a little girl looking at a portrait of a Sixties girl group leader (played by Missy) …
Read More »Watch the Tina Turner Musical Cast Perform 'River Deep, Mountain High' on 'Colbert'
The cast of Broadway musical Tina: The Tina Turner Musical stopped by The Late Show to perform “River Deep, Mountain High.” Led by the musical’s star Adrienne Warren, the cast was joined for the performance by an orchestra who barely fit on host Stephen Colbert’s stage. Tina opened on Broadway …
Read More »See Slipknot's Darkly Surrealistic, 20-Minute Film 'Pollution'
Rather than make a traditional video for their five-minute song “Nero Forte,” Slipknot have made a 20-minute surrealistic short film to give you the heebie-jeebies. You can fill your time watching bugs gestate and creep around, office insulation blow from open vents, and the band members themselves perform as a …
Read More »Watch Nathaniel Rateliff Perform 'And It's Still Alright' on 'Fallon'
Nathaniel Rateliff appeared on The Tonight Show to perform his brand new track “And It’s Still Alright,” which comes off the singer-songwriter’s upcoming album by the same name. Appearing with his backing band, Rateliff let his acoustic guitar and crooning voice lead the way with the emotional number. Rateliff will …
Read More »Rod Stewart Recruits Cheap Trick for North American Summer Tour
Rod Stewart will team with Cheap Trick for a North American summer tour. The 21-date trek launches July 21st in Cleveland, Ohio and wraps September 5th in Chicago. Tickets for most shows go on sale Friday, January 10th at 10 a.m. local time via Live Nation. The on-sale for the …
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