Shortly after Drake released his moody short film Jungle on Thursday, the rapper posted an image on Instagram that simply sported the caption “Soon.” Just a few hours after that, we learned what Drake had coming: A new 17-track collection called If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, which the rapper Beyoncé’d onto iTunes without any… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Drake's […]
Don McLean’s handwritten lyrics to his 1971 classic “American Pie” are headed to the auction block. Christie’s is estimating that the never-before-seen 16-page document, featuring 237 lines of manuscript and 26 lines of typed text, will fetch up to .5 million. The lyrics are scheduled to be auctioned off on April… Source: RollingStone Link: Don McLean's […]
Richard D. James, EDM’s deadbeat dad, returned after 13 years of silence last year with the masterful Syro. This surprise EP — along with hours of other music that he appears to be posting to Soundcloud lately — suggests that there’s plenty more left on his fabled hard drive. (Maybe there’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Computer Controlled […]
Hours before his First Annual Roc City Classic concert with Kevin Durant, Kanye West debuted his new song “Wolves” featuring Sia and Chicago rapper Vic Mensa. The song premiered during an event for West’s new sneaker, the Yeezy Boost and will be the first track off his forthcoming, as-yet-untitled album. The full fashion show can be seen… Source: RollingStone Link: Kanye West […]
Following the last few years of heightened public attention to shootings of unarmed black men, 20-year-old rapper Joey Bada$$ has taken his rapidly rising status and platform to speak out on what it means to be young and black in America in his new video for “Like Me.” In the video,… Source: RollingStone Link: Joey […]
A pair of star-crossed lovers attempt to overcome the violence of 1980s Northern Ireland in the new U2-inspired short film, Every Breaking Wave, centered around the track of the same name off the band’s 2014 LP, Songs of Innocence. Directed by Aoife McArdle and debuted on the Creators Project, the 13-minute clip… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Just like the Waylon and Willies before them, Wade Bowen and Randy Rogers have a musical and personal kinship so deep, they were bound to make an entire record together someday. That day — April 20th — has been 15 years in the making, as the Texas-bred buddies have been… Source: RollingStone Link: Wade Bowen […]
Drake ponders the price of fame and the point of life in a brooding new short film, Jungle, posted to the rapper’s website. The 14-minute clip was scored by Drake’s frequent producer Noah “40” Shebib, and features two short snippets of possible new music, the first coming around the six-minute mark, the second… Source: RollingStone Link: Drake Welcomed […]
Steely Dan’s surprise Coachella performance this spring will not be a one-off. The long-running jazz-rock group, led by original members vocalist-keyboardist Donald Fagan and guitarist Walter Becker, has booked a number of concerts around the festival appearance and a full U.S. summer run dubbed the Rockabye Gollie Angel Tour. The… Source: RollingStone Link: Steely Dan, […]
Brandy Clark was denied Grammy gold in the Best New Artist category and lost Best Country Album to Miranda Lambert, but the singer-songwriter came away from Sunday’s ceremony as the big winner after all. Clark, who sang “Hold My Hand” on the show with country icon Dwight Yoakam, saw a… Source: RollingStone Link: Brandy Clark's […]