Stevie Wonder opened his concert Sunday night at London’s Hyde Park by preaching positivity after a pair of recent police-involved shootings as well as the violence targeted at officers patrolling a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas. “In this troubled time that we’re living in, I want to say to… Source: RollingStone Link: Stevie Wonder: […]
Schoolboy Q’s 2014 major-label debut, Oxymoron, marked him as the most street MC in L.A.’s Black Hippy rap collective. No less stressed or conflicted than that crew’s breakout star, Kendrick Lamar, he’s reporting from deeper within the fog of war on his follow-up. “I’ll trade the noise for a piece of… Source: RollingStone Link: Blank Face […]
Our guide to this week's (and last week's) album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like ScHoolboy Q, Courtney Barnett, and Wild Beasts, plus brand new streaming music from Pixies, Crystal Castles, Descendents, and more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic Source: Yahoo Music Link: […]
Billy Ray Cyrus has recruited Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry for a new, bottom-heavy cover of Don Williams’ “Tulsa Time,” one of nearly a dozen collaborations on Cyrus’ upcoming album, Thin Line. “A couple of years ago, I started making an album that was a tip of the hat to my heroes:… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
Alessia Cara debuted a stripped-down video to accompany her latest single “Scars to Your Beautiful.” The track appears on her 2015 debut album Know-It-All. Cara’s self-love anthem features cancer survivors, transgender people and others discussing their insecurities and flaws in between the verses. Singer JoJo guests on the track, also offering a personal testimonial about her own journey… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]
With “Lights Come On” taking the top spot on both the Mediabase and Billboard charts this week, Jason Aldean has revealed September 9th as the release date for his seventh studio album, They Don’t Know. The LP continues the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year’s work with longtime producer Michael… Source: RollingStone Link: Jason Aldean […]
98 Degrees, Ryan Cabrera, Dream and O-Town united this month for the ongoing My2K tour, which celebrates nostalgic, TRL-era pop. A new “sizzle” clip for the tour features hits from each act: 98 Degrees’ “Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche”), Cabrera’s “On the Way Down,” O-Town’s “All or Nothing”… Source: RollingStone Link: See 98 […]
Jennifer Lopez and Lin-Manuel Miranda performed their tribute to the victims and families of the Orlando shooting at the Today show on Monday morning. “Love Make the World Go Round” is available now on iTunes. Families of the slain joined 50 survivors of the tragic shooting at Orlando’s gay nightclub Pulse to… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
De La Soul have gone from hanging with Gorillaz to flying around with Angry Birds: The rap group has recorded an exclusive new track for Angry Birds Action!, an offshoot of the popular bird-flinging mobile game. Here a sliver of the song, titled “Action,” is at the tail end of the above… Source: RollingStone Link: De La […]
The Game and his oldest son are raising $50,000 for Little Rock police officer Tommy Norman, a white police officer serving the predominantly black community in the Arkansas city. The effort stems from a conversation the rapper had with his oldest son Harlem about the difference between “good cops and bad ones.” After the talk,… Source: RollingStone Link: The […]