UPDATE (4/23): Johnny Depp and Bill McKibben have joined the lineup of Pathway to Paris Earth Day 50: A Virtual Festival to Our Planet, an event organized by Jesse Paris Smith and Rebecca Foon. *** Pathway to Paris, a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing climate change, will be hosting a …
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Drake‘s instructional dance record “Toosie Slide” enjoyed a second week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. The single, which remains gloomy even as it commands listeners to dance around their apartments, has been used in more than a million videos on the app TikTok. It …
Read More »See Kacey Musgraves Perform 'Rainbow' on 'One World: Together at Home' Special
Kacey Musgraves performed a solo piano rendition of her Golden Hour ballad “Rainbow” during Global Citizen’s One World: Together at Home special to raise money for COVID-19 relief. “I just want to say a sincere thank you to all the people out there who are risking their lives to get …
Read More »The Cadillac Three Cover Post Malone's 'Circles' in Quarantine
The Cadillac Three take a spin through Post Malone‘s monster hit “Circles,” paring down the song to just Jaren Johnston’s acoustic guitar, Kelby Ray’s lap steel, and some subtle percussion from drummer Neil Mason. The country-rock trio, who released their latest album, Country Fuzz, in February, began toying with the …
Read More »Alice Bag's Punk Rock 'Spark' Will Not Let You Mope
It’s going to be a long time before any of us can hit a mosh pit — elbows, hair and sweat flying as a band tears across a makeshift stage. The press of bodies, electric. The euphoria high. Lucky for us, Mexican-American punk icon Alice Bag has gifted listeners with …
Read More »Meek Mill, Justin Bieber, Miguel Join All In Challenge for COVID-19 Relief
UPDATE: Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro have joined the All In Challenge, offering a walk-on role in their upcoming film, Killers of the Flower Moon, to one lucky donor to America’s Food Fund. The prize also includes a day on set, lunch with DiCaprio, De Niro andKillers of the …
Read More »Supergroup Jaded Hearts Club Unveil Stomping Cover of Marvin Gaye's 'This Love Starved Heart of Mine'
The Jaded Hearts Club – a supergroup featuring members of Muse, Blur, Jet, Last Shadow Puppets and the Zutons – unveiled a new rendition of the Marvin Gaye rarity, “This Love Starved Heart of Mine (It’s Killing Me).” Gaye originally recorded the track in 1967, not long after his breakout …
Read More »Fountains of Wayne's Chris Collingwood Remembers Adam Schlesinger, His Friend and Bandmate
Chris Collingwood met Adam Schlesinger in the mid-1980s, when they were both freshmen at Williams College. Over the next 25-plus years, they would be each other’s closest creative partners, forming the band Fountains of Wayne and recording five acclaimed albums of wise, witty music between 1996 and 2011. The work …
Read More »The James Hunter Six's 'Who's Fooling Who' Is an Immaculate Throwback
The James Hunter Six’s “Who’s Fooling Who” feels beamed in from a jukebox circa 1967, when the world was overflowing with simple, devastatingly effective, sub-three-minute soul singles mapping the treacherous terrain of romance: The Sapphires’ “Who Do You Love” and Evie Sands’ “I Can’t Let Go,” Barbara Lewis’ “Hello Stranger” …
Read More »Michael Stipe Performs 'No Time for Love Like Now' From Quarantine
Michael Stipe shared a tender, at-home performance of his new song, “No Time for Love Like Now,” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Tuesday. The video finds Stipe in a room in his house lit up with a seafoam green glow, matching the hue of the singer’s sweater. Playing …
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