Gary Clark Jr. recruited the Roots for an updated rendition of the guitarist’s politically charged “This Land” at the 2020 Grammys. In front of a gothic backdrop and performing next to a bonfire, the electrically talented guitarist delivered a smoldering performance. While the Roots, featuring the always distinctive Questlove on …
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The Recording Academy have made their final round of Grammy performance announcements. Gary Clark Jr. will take the stage on Sunday, January 26th at Los Angeles’ Staples Center with The Roots, performing his Grammy-nominated song “This Land.” Sheila E. and Usher will also be performing a tribute to the late …
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System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan unveiled a hard-rock reworking of Radiohead’s “Street Spirit” — featuring a searing guitar solo from Tom Morello — that will appear on his upcoming solo debut, These Grey Men, out February 28th. “This song in particular is a really touching and moving song,” …
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Poolside and Amo Amo’s new single lands somewhere between cry-for-help and carefree jaunt. The musical bed underpinning “Around the Sun” is tailor-made for Too Slow to Disco parties — a cozy, unhurried bass line, shimmering motifs from several synthesizers, multi-tracked vocal harmonies high on the scale. Think of a Venn …
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Roddy Ricch‘s “The Box” survived a fierce challenge from Drake and Future‘s “Life Is Good” and held on to Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. The Compton-born rapper won the week thanks to 57.1 million streams, while Drake and Future pulled in 46.8 million. “The Box” …
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Demi Lovato will sing the National Anthem before kickoff at Super Bowl LIV, taking place at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on February 2nd. The news comes shortly after she was announced as a performer for the 62nd Grammy Awards on January 26th. The singer confirmed the news on Instagram, …
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Demi Lovatoannounced that she’ll be performing at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards on January 26th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. “I told you the next time you’d hear from me I’d be singing,” she wrote on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/B7TtBPxB5a8/ This will mark Lovato’s first performance since overdosing in July …
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The 1975’s Matt Healy confirmed on Monday that the release date for the band’s new album, Notes on a Conditional Form, has been pushed back. The album was originally set to drop February 21st, and will now likely be out on April 24th. Healy announced the news on Instagram Live, …
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Khalid has released the second single from his upcoming (and, for now, untitled) album. It’s called “Eleven” and comes with a lyric video showing a sports car cruising through the city at night. In the lyrics, Khalid describes looking a crush up and down in the passenger seat: “Late at …
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Juliana Hatfield could, as they say, sing the phonebook and we’d listen. So it’s all the more captivating when she covers someone like the Police. Hatfield just dropped a Rachel Lichtman-directed video for her cover of “Can’t Stand Losing You,” off of 2019’s Juliana Hatfield Sings the Police (via American …
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