R&B has always been a genre that finds its power in vulnerability and storytelling, and Tylan, the emerging artist from Washington, D.C., is embracing this tradition while carving out a space of his own. With influences like Usher, Brent Faiyaz, and Drake, Tylan blends the emotional depth of classic R&B with contemporary stylings, creating music […]
Springsteen Endorses Harris, Calls Trump “The Most Dangerous Candidate For President In My Lifetime”
Last month, Kamala Harris received an endorsement from pop superstar Taylor Swift. Today, the presidential candidate got support from New Jersey legend Bruce Springsteen in a new Instagram post. In a video, The Boss sits at an old-timey diner and gives a succinct speech saying Harris and her VP candidate Tim Walz are “committed to […]
John Boyega To Star In Otis Redding Biopic
Otis Redding is getting a biopic, and John Boyega will be its star. Director Channing Godfrey Peoples will direct the music-based flick, titled Otis & Zelma, and will portray the “eternal love story” between the late soul legend and his widow, played by Danielle Deadwyler. Before a 1967 plane crash cut his life short at […]
Kelly Lee Owens – “Ballad (In The End)”
We’ve been getting all kinds of advance tracks from Kelly Lee Owens’ new album Dreamstate,“Love You Got,” “Sunshine,” and “Higher” among them. Today we get a fourth. “Ballad (In The End)” lives up to its name as well as the album title Dreamstate, emphasizing shapeless atmospherics in the absence of a beat. Co-written and co-produced […]
Addy – “Rosemary”
Last December, Addy Watkins shared the lovely EP Temperance. Today, the Philadelphia singer-songwriter is back with her first new music since then, the single “rosemary.” The track leans more on the “alt” side of alt-country, a bit reminiscent of Hovvdy at their peppiest, and it’s some of the biggest-sounding music we’ve heard from Addy yet. […]
We’ve Got A File On You: LL Cool J
Few would argue against LL Cool J being a rap innovator. After all, THE FORCE gives him five straight decades with a new album on the Billboard 200. Unafraid to spit bars about having his heart broken or being alone in his bedroom, despondently staring at the wall (see 1987’s “I Need Love“), LL has […]
Daniel Bachman Says He Was Dropped By Label For Tweeting About Royalties
Earlier this year, the virtuosic Virginia folk musician Daniel Bachman got into a public feud with his former label Tompkins Square because of a dispute over his master recordings. Now, Bachman says that he’s been dropped from another label, Three Lobed Recordings, for talking publicly about his royalty payments. Bachman also says that the label […]
Ozzy Osbourne’s Rock Hall Induction To Feature Performances By Jelly Roll, Billy Idol, Maynard James Keenan, & More
After first receiving the honor in 2006 as a member of Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne is being inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as a solo artist this year. The celebration will include a bunch of his friends, though, with Billy Idol, Tool’s Maynard James Keenan, and country star Jelly Roll among […]
Sleater-Kinney – “This Time”
Last month, Sleater-Kinney announced the deluxe edition of January’s Little Rope and released the track “Here Today.” Now, the indie rock veterans are sharing another preview with “This Time.” “‘This Time’ was the last song we wrote for the record and the last to get cut once we decided we preferred the evenness and succinctness […]
Jason Isbell & Michael Stipe To Appear At Harris/Walz Campaign Concert In Pittsburgh
We’re about a month out from the American presidential election, which means we’re probably about to see some very big campaign events. Some of those events are going to feature musicians. If you’re anywhere near Pittsburgh, for instance, there’s going to be a big get-out-the-vote concert for the Harris Walz campaign tomorrow night, and it’ll […]