After hearing about it from music fans (and the fact there may not be any live concerts until 2021), AEG will offer fans a chance to get refunds for tickets. But there’s a catch. Beginning on May 1, the New York Times reports that attendees are eligible to get refunds for shows that have already been […]
Watch Kesha Pay Tribute to Macaulay Culkin in New Song 'Home Alone'
Say this much for Kesha: it seems like she’s having fun goofing around at home. A few weeks after sharing her ode to Nicolas Cage, the pop star is back, but with a different classic ’90s icon as the subject of a new song. Kesha shared a clip of a song she’s calling “Home Alone.” […]
Kelly Clarkson Drops Multiple Versions Of “I Dare You” - idolator
Kelly Clarkson Drops ‘Born To Die’ Kelly Clarkson returns to the music scene today (April 16) with a new single called “I Dare You.” Produced by Jesse Shatkin, the track is an uplifting anthem that preaches positivity and love. It also practices inclusion. Which is why the inaugural American Idol has recorded the song in […]
Kehlani – “Everybody Business”
Last month, the Californian R&B star Kehlani released her single “Toxic,” a not-so-fond farwell to a bad relationship. (She’d just broken up, contentiously, with YG.) In the early days of quarantine, Kehani also shot her own grainy solo video for the track, which caused a stir in some of the hornier corners of the internet. […]
Playboi Carti – "@ MEH"
Playboi Carti sent Rap Twitter into a frenzy this week when he tweeted what appears to be an album cover. This image, viewable above, seemed to hint that the follow-up to Carti’s great and influential 2018 debut album Die Lit was near. (At one point Carti’s next album was supposed to be called Whole Lotta […]
Hayley Williams – "Why We Ever"
At this point Paramore’s Hayley Williams has already released eight songs from her solo debut album Petals For Armor. If the rollout method has diffused the anticipation a bit, it has also given each track its own chance to shine. Today, the spotlight turns to “Why We Ever,” a synth ballad that gorgeously transforms into […]
Self Defense Family – "Florida Trip" & "Tissue Thin"
Albany post-hardcore collective Self Defense Family put out their Performative Guilt EP nearly a year ago to the day. And now, after trawling through their archives, they’re back with two songs collected in a new release called Kitten Beach. As the band explain in a statement on Bandcamp: We’re cleaning out our hard drives for […]
The Magnetic Fields – “(I Want to Join A) Biker Gang”
Next month, the Magnetic Fields will release an album that isn’t an album at all. Quickies, the new collection from Stephin Merritt’s longtime cleverness-pop project, is a box set that’ll feature 28 songs — all under three minutes — spread over five EPs. We’ve already posted the early tracks “The Day The Politicians Died” and […]
The National's Matt Berninger Covers Mercury Rev's 'Holes'
The National’s Matt Berninger and his friend and film composer Stephan Altman performed “Holes” by Mercury Rev on A Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night (April 16). A longtime friend of the evening program, Berninger did a beautiful rendition of the 1998 song, especially with support from the accompaniment of Altman’s piano. Berninger also […]
Bedouine – "The Hum" (Margo Guryan Cover)
Back in 1972, Queens singer-songwriter Margo Guryan wrote “The Hum,” a sarcastic lament inspired by the Watergate scandal. It’s exactly the sort of jazzy, folksy baroque-pop song that informs Azniv Korkejian’s music as Bedouine, so it makes sense that the Artist To Watch has decided to cover “The Hum” in 2020. It makes even more […]