We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc. Not every career musician is comfortable with the word “nostalgia.” For example, Third Eye Blind’s Stephan Jenkins is notoriously anti-nostalgia, despite most of his radio […]
Mitski Gives Surprise Performance At The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We Nashville Event
Next week, Mitski is set to return with the new album The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We, which features the singles “Bug Like An Angel,” “Star,” and “Heaven.” Ahead of the September 15 release date, Mitski had organized a series of private listening events in Chicago, Dallas, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Nashville, Sydney, […]
SZA Says SOS Deluxe Is Actually “A Whole Nother Album” Called Lana
SZA released her critically acclaimed studio album SOS just last December. She’s taken it out on tour, and she has another North American leg coming up later this month. Last night (September 8), SZA performed a surprise album celebration party at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where she verbally confirmed a deluxe edition of SOS will […]
Person Shot At Lil Baby Concert In Memphis
Last night, Lil Baby headlined a show at FedExForum in Memphis. The Associated Press reports that one person was shot and “critically wounded” at the concert. Lil Baby was performing when the gunshots rang out, and he was hustled offstage. At 10:23PM, police responded to reports of a shooting at the arena, and the male […]
Zach Bryan Explains Why He Got Arrested
Yesterday, Zach Bryan, the insurgent country-rocker who currently has both the #1 single and the #1 album in America, was arrested in Oklahoma, his home state. Police in the town of Vinita charged Bryan with obstruction of investigation. (In his mugshot, he looked good.) On Twitter, Bryan shared an apologetic statement about the arrest, writing, […]
Hear Mariah Carey’s Previously Unreleased “Workin’ Hard” From Music Box 30th Anniversary Edition
On August 31, Mariah Carey started teasing the 30th anniversary of her studio album, Music Box. “Wind it up! It’s the anniversary of MUSIC BOX! A whopping whole 30 minutes since the album was first released,” Carey wrote on Twitter. “I’ll never forget creating this record, fully immersing myself in the music that would change […]
Stream Olivia Rodrigo’s New Album GUTS
The day has finally arrived. Olivia Rodrigo’s long-anticipated follow-up to 2021’s Sour is here. First announced two months ago, Guts was recorded with Sour producer Dan Nigro and features the already released singles “Vampire” and “Bad Idea Right?” Also, as Rodrigo talked about in a recent New York Times profile, she had Jack White and […]
Zach Bryan Releases Statement After Arrest In Oklahoma
Zach Bryan has been arrested in Vinita, Oklahoma on obstruction charges. According to TMZ, Bryan was booked into Craig County Jail on September 7 and charged with “Obstruction Of Investigation,” then released on bond. As TMZ notes, Bryan’s Instagram Story had a photo of farmland seen from a car window with the caption, “On the […]
Ezra Collective’s Where I’m Meant To Be Wins 2023 Mercury Prize
The cool jazz group Ezra Collective’s Where I’m Meant To Be just won the Mercury Prize, the annual award honoring the best album released by a British or Irish artist. The ceremony was held at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith in London, hosted by Lauren Laverne and featuring performances by most of the nominees. Last year’s […]
Country Festival Stagecoach Will Feature Post Malone, Nickelback, And Wiz Khalifa In 2024
Country music is having a moment, sometimes even in ways that have nothing to do with the culture war. Morgan Wallen’s One Thing At A Time is 2023’s biggest album, Zach Bryan currently sits atop both the album and singles charts (the latter in partnership with Kacey Musgraves), and the last four #1 songs in […]