Freeze! Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington and 9th Wonder have come together as the production super-group, Dinner Party. In response to what’s happening across the country, the Hip Hop-Jazz ensemble take to the studio where they join Chicago-based artist, Phoelix, who sings a wrongful encounter by police for their powerful single. Their self-titled debut […]
Good Citizen Mark Hoppus Saved a Deer From Drowning
Mark Hoppus has done a lot in his music career and beyond, but now he can say that’s a true friend to deer. Confused? Don’t be. In an Instagram post, the Blink-182 bassist/singer shared that while he was cruising around Redfish Lake in Idaho, he discovered a deer that somehow managed to end up in […]
Hear Prince's Previously Unreleased "Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 1)" From Massive New 'Sign O' The Times' Deluxe Edition
Following last year’s super deluxe expanded reissue of 1999, the Prince estate is once again partnering with Warner Records to give the Purple One’s 1987 double album Sign O’ The Times the same treatment. Sign O’ The Times was born out of the sessions for three different shelved albums, Dream Factory, Camille, and Crystal Ball, […]
Prince Announces 'Sign O' the Times' Reissue
The Prince Estate will be releasing an expanded reissue of Prince’s 1987 double-album masterpiece, Sign O’ the Times, which SPIN ranked as the third-best album of 1985-2015. In partnership with Warner Records, the reissue looks more like a massive musical package that will include more than 60 previously unreleased audio tracks as well as full […]
New Music: August Alsina “Deliver Us”
Lord, deliver us. August Alsina keeps it righteous on The Product III: stateofEMERGEncy‘s lastest single. The album drops tomorrow (June 26). Here, August counts his blessings and seeks guidance in the midst of these desperate times of need. To close out the week of new music, August Alsina shares the 5th and final episode of […]
Tigers Jaw – “Warn Me”
While Adam McIlwee, Dennis Mishko, and Pat Brier of the classic Tigers Jaw lineup recently started a new band called Pray For Pain and put out their debut EP, the actual current Tigers Jaw recently finished working on their sixth full-length album, once again collaborating with longtime producer Will Yip. They’ve also signed to Hopeless […]
Dixie Chicks Change Name to the Chicks
A few weeks ago, Lady Antebellum changed their name to Lady A due to the term’s association with the pre-slavery era in the United States. Now, it appears that the Dixie Chicks are following suit, and they have just released a new song, “March March,” with a video that expounds futher on the decision. On […]
Dixie Chicks Change Name To The Chicks, Share New Song "March March"
When pop-country stars Lady Antebellum changed their name to Lady A earlier this month — recognizing the word “antebellum” as a racially insensitive reference to the pre-Civil War era when slavery remained legal in the United States — two immediate questions arose. One was: What about the Black singer who was already using the name […]
Serj Tankian Stars in New Doc About Music + Activism
System of a Down’s Serj Tankian has been known for bringing together the power of music and activism. And he will be able to really delve into that connection in a new documentary. Truth to Power, which from both Live Nation Productions and Tankian’s Serjical Strike Entertainment, looks at Tankian’s journey from being a passionate […]
Le Tigre's JD Samson & Faith No More's Roddy Bottum Launch New Band Crickets, Share New Single "Elastic": Listen
There’s a new supergroup out in the world. Last year, Le Tigre’s JD Samson formed a new trio called Crickets. The group also features Roddy Bottum, the Faith No More keyboardist and Imperial Teen leader, as well as Michael O’Neill, Samson’s bandmate in MEN, a band that released a couple of electro-pop albums in the […]