Last year, Anthony Fantano — the music critic known as the Needle Drop on YouTube — got into a squabble with Falling In Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke. He called one of the scene band’s songs “gross and tacky as fuck,” which led to a Twitter fight in which Radke said Fantano is “like the Perez […]
Lana Del Rey Says New Album Lasso Won’t Be A “Heavy Departure,” Two More Singles Coming This Year
Last month, Lana Del Rey shared “Tough,” a twangy trap-pop song with Quavo. The former Migo is credited as the lead artist on that song, so it’s unclear if it’ll appear on Lasso, the country album Lana’s been teasing for a while now. But she did offer a few vague more details on the record […]
Shaboozey Promo Account Deleted After His Marketing Agency Reveals Gross “Fan Fiction” Tactics
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 […]
ASAP Rocky Shares ‘HIGHJACK’ Music Video: Watch
ASAP Rocky has shared a black-and-white video for his latest single ‘HIGHJACK’. The video, which dropped on Wednesday (August 21), was directed by Thibaut Grevet along with Rocky on behalf of his AWGE creative agency. The track gained attention from listeners upon release as many thought it contains shots at Drake. “Fuck your ho ’cause […]
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, […]
Eminem Shares Music Video for ‘Somebody Save Me’ Feat. Jelly Roll: Watch
Eminem has released the music video for his song ‘Somebody Save Me’ which features Jelly Roll. The song is taken from his twelfth studio album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). The lyrics are written from the viewpoint of a parallel scenario in which Eminem passed away before his daughter Hallie graduated, and […]
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 […]