Before this year, the Virginia singer/rapper Shaboozey was best-known for having a song on the Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse soundtrack. This year, however, Shaboozey’s combination of country and rap has taken off big-time. His J-Kwon-interpolating down-home drinkers’ anthem “Tipsy (A Bar Song)” is the #1 single in America, and it’s held that spot for six […]
My Everything Turns 10
“Maybe one day I’ll get away with something naughty,” a 21-year-old former Nickelodeon actor told the New York Times in a 2014 profile. But what, to Ariana Grande, did forgivable naughtiness entail? She may have risen to the public eye thanks to a role on children’s television – in her case, as a supporting player […]
Flying Lotus Made Two Of Apple’s iPhone Ringtones
The podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz sets out to tell “the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds.” A new episode of the show focuses on “The Sound of Apple,” include origin stories for several iPhone ringtones. It turns out that two of them that have been available since the 2019 launch of iOS […]
Beyoncé Doesn’t Want The Trump Campaign Using “Freedom,” Obviously
When longtime Donald Trump aide Steven Cheung posted footage of Trump descending from an airplane to Twitter/X on Tuesday, he opted to soundtrack the 13-second clip with Beyoncé’s Lemonade track “Freedom.” Beyoncé, predictably, is not thrilled. The singer’s camp has issued a cease-and-desist order to the Trump campaign, Rolling Stone reports. As of this writing, […]
King Gizzard Noise Levels Tested By Forest Hills Residents Seeking To Shut Down Stadium
Ever since it was updated in 2013, the former tennis facility Forest Hills Stadium has been bringing a steady stream of big-time concerts to Queens. Lately, those shows have pushed some of the neighbors to their breaking point. As the New York Times reports, several residents of the Forest Hills neighborhood have hired an acoustic […]
New Don Heffington Tribute Album Features Fiona Apple, Jackson Browne, Victoria Williams, & More
The late drummer and singer-songwriter Don Heffington was a founding member of the LA country-rock band Lone Justice. He also played in the bluegrass group Watkins Family Hour, and he toured and recorded with artists like Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Lowell George, Lucinda Williams, and Fiona Apple. In 2021, Heffington died of leukemia at the […]
Watch Jeff Goldblum & Haley Reinhart Play A Jazzy Taylor Swift Cover On Kimmel
Earlier this year, Jeff Goldblum teamed up with American Idol finalist Haley Reinhart for a cover of Taylor Swift’s 2019 song “Lover.” Last week, the pair performed it live on Kimmel while Goldblum was serving as fill-in host. Their interpretation has Goldblum on piano, Reinhart on vocals, plus the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra to make it […]
Taylor Swift Wraps Up European Eras Tour With Florence Welch, “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart” Video
Taylor Swift ended her Eras Tour’s European run at London’s Wembley Stadium tonight, and the show featured a live debut. “Florida!!!” from this year’s The Tortured Poets Department had not yet made its way into Swift’s setlist, but fortunately London native Florence Welch, the song’s featured guest, was available to belt it out alongside Swift. […]
The Hard Quartet – “Rio’s Song”
Last month, indie-rock supergroup the Hard Quartet released their first song, “Earth Hater.” Made up of Emmett Kelly, Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney, and Jim White, the Hard Quartet are announcing their self-titled debut album today. The new single “Rio’s Song” is out now. “The ‘Rio’s Song’ video is the Hard Quartet’s homage to street rock […]
Album Of The Week: Spirit Of The Beehive You’ll Have To Lose Something
In Víctor Erice’s 1973 coming-of-age film The Spirit Of The Beehive, a young girl and her sister growing up in 1940s Spain see a mobile cinema’s screening of Frankenstein. “The film’s producers do not wish to present it without a preliminary word of caution,” goes the presenter’s spoken introduction. “But I would encourage you to […]