Jimmy Kimmel has a brand-new edition of his “Mean Tweets” segment, this time featuring all musicians. The late night host tapped everyone from Billie Eilish to Chance the Rapper to Luke Bryan to Lizzo for the clip, which is hilarious. Eilish goes first, reading a tweet that says “Billie Eilish …
Read More »Norah Jones Releases Two Songs With Singer-Songwriter Rodrigo Amarante
Norah Jones has released double A-side singles, “I Forgot”/”Falling” with the singer-songwriter Rodrigo Amarante. “I’ve been a fan of Rodrigo’s for a long time and was excited to make music together,” Jones said in a statement. “Turns out we had a great connection and a blast doing it! I hope …
Read More »Cuban Metal Heroes Zeus Confront an Uncertain Future in New Doc Trailer
One of Cuba’s sole heavy metal bands, Zeus, grapples with shifting cultural tides in the new teaser for the upcoming documentary, Los Ultimos Frikis. Zeus formed in Havana during the Eighties, when rock music was considered a capitalist threat and was effectively illegal inside Cuba. It was common for “frikis” …
Read More »Harry Styles Announces Sophomore Album 'Fine Line'
UPDATE:Harry Styles will play a one-night only show at The Forum in Los Angeles on the same day Fine Line is released. Pre-sale tickets will be available on November 7th. Harry Styles has announced a title and release date for his sophomore album: Fine Line, out December 13th. The 25-year-old …
Read More »Beck Enlists Dev Hynes to Direct His Surreal 'Uneventful Days' Video
Dev Hynes pays tribute to Beck‘s ever-shifting imagery with his reverent video for the latter’s new song “Uneventful Days.” The Blood Orange songwriter fills the hazy clip — which also includes intro “Hyperlife” — with subtle winks to Beck’s visuals and overall aesthetic: In one scene, a man stares at …
Read More »The National's Matt Berninger Announces Debut Solo Album 'Serpentine Prison'
Matt Berninger, frontman of the National, has announced plans to release his debut solo album Serpentine Prison. The musician revealed the news via Instagram, also confirming that the songs were produced and arranged by Booker T. Jones. “More about it soon but basically I’m the luckiest man in the universe …
Read More »Hear Nasty Cherry Make 'Music With Your Dad' on Bubbly New Song
Nasty Cherry are romancing your dad on the cheeky, catchy new song “Music With Your Dad.” This is the band’s fourth official song and will appear on their upcoming debut EP. Produced by Justin Raisen (Sky Ferreira, Angel Olsen), “Music With Your Dad” has the quartet detailing their love affair …
Read More »RS Charts: SuperM Take Number One With 'The 1st Mini Album'
The K-Pop group SuperMbeat out the R&B singer Summer Walker to earn the top album on the latest RS 200. SuperM contains members of the already-popular groups EXO, SHINee, NCT 127, and WayV. The new ensemble’s Number One debut with The 1st Mini Album was the result of a massive …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Pusha T and HBO's 'Succession' Are the Media Merger of the Year
Schadenfreude may be universal, but the keen, delightful unease of watching HBO‘s Succession — whose second season wraps this Sunday evening — is particularly amplified for anyone who works in media, the industry of total chaos over which the show’s magnificently out-of-touch plutocrats preside. In response to deep obsession and/or …
Read More »New K-pop Band SuperM: 'We Don't Want to Step on Other Groups to Get to the Top'
The well-coiffed guys from the new K-pop supergroup, SuperM, are sitting around a conference room at the Capitol Records building in Los Angeles, and feeling like they may have left something on the table. Two days earlier, the seven-piece unit — put together using members from four established K-pop boy …
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