Frank Ocean has responded to claims that heissued an alleged cease-and-desist letter to Travis Scott requesting that Ocean be removed from the Astroworld track “Carousel.” While TMZ initially reported that an alleged cease-and-desist letter was issued by Ocean because he supposedly didn’t like the vocals on the track, the singer …
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Nine Inch Nails performed their 1992 EP Broken in its entirety during the kickoff concert of Trent Reznor and company’s Cold and Black and Infinite Tour at Phoenix, Arizona’s Comerica Theatre. As part of the unexpected Broken performance to open the concert, Nine Inch Nails played their Grammy-winning song “Happiness …
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LCD Soundsystem covered the Chic standard “I Want Your Love” as part of a Spotify Singles session released on Wednesday. The group segued into Chic after roughly six minutes of “Home,” which closed out the 2010 album This Is Happening. LCD Soundsystem’s guitarist played choppy approximations of Nile Rodgers‘ graceful …
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Kanye West premiered a new collaborative track with Lil Pump Thursday night at the first PornHub Awards. The song, titled “I Love It,” was revealed in a music video that features West and Lil Pump clad in giant, box-like outfits rapping sexually explicit lyrics alongside comedian Adele Givens. West and …
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Charles Bradley‘s final album, Black Velvet, will be released on November 9th via Dunham/Daptone Records. It comprises new songs that were tracked during the acclaimed soul singer’s recording sessions for his three albums – 2011’s No Time for Dreaming, 2013’s Victim of Love and 2016’s Changes – alongside rarities such …
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Just three weeks after stunning fans by releasing a video for “No Erasin’” from his surprise new solo album Traces, Steve Perry is sharing another video from the album. This time around it’s for “No More Cryin’,” a sad song about love and loss that was at least partially inspired …
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EDITORS’ PICK: Tash Sultana, Flow State This Melbourne-based busker-gone-legit raises the “do it yourself” stakes with her debut, which is a top-to-bottom showcase of her varied virtuosity; she’s the lone musician credited on the album, as well as its producer and songwriter. Given Sultana’s playing-for-tips roots, it’s probably appropriate thatFlow …
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Neneh Cherry will release her fifth solo album, the Four Tet-produced Broken Politics, on October 19th via Small Supersound/Awal Recordings. The singer previewed the record with the hushed, tense “Shot Gun Shack,” which alludes to cycles of fear and violence. “Pick up the gun, you know you gonna use it,” …
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For a song that starts off painfully real – “Should I call first? I can’t decide/ I want to, but a bitch got pride” – the video for “Ring” is delightfully surreal. Cardi B raps about the emotional heft of having no missed calls from the inside of a floating …
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The trappings are all there: the smattering of polite applause, the tinkling piano laying out the chord changes of a familiar tune — Erroll Garner’s “Misty,” in this case. But with the entrance of the singer, something shifts; suddenly the record isn’t jazz as usual. Aretha Franklin lands on an …
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