I promise you: This album doesn’t sound anything like the cover art. I understand that you’re skeptical. I’m skeptical, too. But unless that cover art screams “warm, gooey shoegaze” to you, then we’re looking at a cognitive-dissonance situation. The Richmond band Keep started out as a duo nearly a decade ago, and they gradually picked […]
Tomorrow X Together Ends SZA’s #1 Album Reign With 98% Of Sales On CD
Tomorrow X Together have the first new #1 album of 2023. The K-pop group’s five-song EP The Name Chapter: Temptation debuts atop the Billboard 200 this week with 161,500, almost none of those via streaming. As New York Times points out, 98% of the band’s total comes from CD sales — an anomaly in today’s […]
Here Are The 2023 Grammys Winners
Record Of The Year Abba – “Don’t Shut Me Down”Adele – “Easy On Me”Beyoncé – “Break My Soul”Mary J. Blige – “Good Morning Gorgeous”Brandi Carlile & Lucius – “You And Me On The Rock”Doja Cat – “Woman”* Lizzo – “About Damn Time”Steve Lacy – “Bad Habit”Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart Part 5”Harry Styles – “As […]
Watch Jack Harlow In White Men Can’t Jump Remake Teaser
Around this time last year, we found out that Jack Harlow would be starring in a remake of the 1992 film White Men Can’t Jump. It was directed by the music video director Calmatic, who was behind the recent remake of House Party. A brief teaser trailer for the film has been released, which shows […]
Leaving Neverland Director Says Michael Jackson Biopic “Will Glorify A Man Who Raped Children”
The long-rumored Michael Jackson biopic is officially in the works, with Antoine Fuqua signed on to direct and Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson attached to star. Production is set to begin later this year, and it’s being made in partnership with Jackson’s estate. When The Hollywood Reporter noted that the movie was moving ahead, they said […]
Watch Coldplay Play SNL With Jacob Collier And Jason Max Ferdinand Singers
Coldplay were the musical guests on Saturday Night Live this weekend. It was their seventh time performing on the show. They did “The Astronaut,” the 2022 track that the band co-wrote with BTS’ Jin for a solo single — they previously performed it with Jin at a show in Buenos Aires last year. Coldplay also […]
PinkPantheress – “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2” (Feat. Ice Spice)
Two young, ascendant stars have teamed up for a new remix. Back in November, PinkPantheress, the British dance-pop singer who found critical love after blowing up on TikTok, released the Mura Masa-produced single “Boy’s A Liar.” Today, we get a new version of that same song, and now it’s got Bronx drill princess Ice Spice […]
Gabby’s World – “Closing Door”
New York musician Gabby Smith has released music under a few different names, and they’ve been Gabby’s World since 2018. At the end of this year, Gabby’s World will follow the 2018 album Beast On Beast with a new one called Gabby’s Sword, and the plan is to release one new song every month until […]
Foreign Musicians Would Pay 250% More For Touring Visas Under US Homeland Security’s Proposed Rule Change
Touring in a foreign country ain’t cheap, and it might soon become even more expensive for artists to bring their music to the United States. The Department of Homeland Security has proposed significant price increases for the O-type and P-type visas granted to performers. Under the proposed change, the cost of an O-type visa petition […]
Black Belt Eagle Scout – “Spaces”
Next week, Black Belt Eagle Scout returns with a new album called The Land, The Water, The Sky. We’ve heard three songs from it already — “My Blood Runs Through This Land,” “Don’t Give Up,” and “Nobody” — and today Katherine Paul is back with one more, “Spaces.” “I wrote ‘Spaces’ for an audience as […]