Jimmy Fallon and his Tonight Show house band the Roots have been experimenting with “at-home remixes” during quarantine, using household objects to remotely perform iconic pop songs on the show. Last month, they teamed up with Sting for a socially distanced performance of “Don’t Stand So Close to Me,” and now they’re …
Read More »Matt Berninger Announces Debut Solo Album 'Serpentine Prison,' Drops Title Track
The National’s Matt Berninger will be releasing his debut solo album, Serpentine Prison, on October 2nd. Produced by renowned Memphis multi-instrumentalist Booker T. Jones, the LP will be released on Book Records, a new imprint of Concord Records formed by Berninger and Jones. Berninger has also shared the album’s title track …
Read More »Graham Nash Talks Quarantine, New Album on 'CBS Sunday Morning'
Graham Nash discussed his career, his life in quarantine and working on a new album in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning. Nash said that, other than a handful of short walks with his wife, he hasn’t left his apartment in nine weeks. “I’m not a very social creature!” Nash …
Read More »Hear Bono's '60 Songs That Saved My Life' Playlist
Sunday marks Bono’s 60th birthday, and to celebrate the U2 singer has unveiled his “60 Songs That Saved My Life” playlist. “These are some of the songs that saved my life,’ Bono wrote of the playlist. “The ones I couldn’t have lived without… the ones that got me from there …
Read More »Yebba Teams With Mark Ronson, the Roots for New Song 'Distance'
Singer-songwriter Yebba unveiled a swooning new song, “Distance,” which will appear on her upcoming debut album. “Distance” has an airy vibe that flits between folk and soul as Yebba delivers a characteristically stunning vocal performance as she recounts the moments leading up to a relationship’s end. “I still get lost …
Read More »The Streets Ponders a Universal Question With New COVID-19 Track
Fresh off his first song in nine years, the Streets has shared another new track with a title that feels incredibly relevant to the way time no longer seems to function during the COVID-19 crisis, “Where the F* & K Did April Go.” The track a boasts funky, upbeat groove …
Read More »Vicky Cornell Calls Soundgarden Countersuit 'Salacious, Scurrilous, and Vicious'
Following the surviving members of Soundgarden‘s countersuit againstChris Cornell’s widow Vicky over the singer’s final recordings, Vicky Cornell’s legal team issued a statement decrying the accusations as “salacious, scurrilous, and vicious.” In Soundgarden’s countersuit, members Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd accused Vicky Cornell and Chris’ estate of “fraudulent …
Read More »Sheryl Crow Covers George Harrison's 'Beware of Darkness' on 'Colbert'
Sheryl Crow performed an intimate rendition of George Harrison‘s “Beware of Darkness” on The Late Show Tuesday evening. “I love you, Stephen Colbert,” Crow tells the camera, sitting at her piano. “There, I said it. I’m going to play you guys a song called ‘Beware of Darkness’ from George Harrison, …
Read More »The Sleaford Mods Watch Themselves Play a Pub in 'Second' Video
The Sleaford Mods watch themselves perform in the video for “Second,” off their upcoming retrospective album, All That Glue,out May 15 via Rough Trade. In the Robin Lee-directed clip, two actresses (Kate Dickie and Emma Stansfield) portray Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn in the Mods’ early days when they frequently …
Read More »Katy Perry, Lil Nas X Co-Headlining 'Shein Together' Pandemic Relief Benefit
Fast fashion e-retailer Shein will support COVID-19 relief with a four-hour digital event. Katy Perry and Lil Nas X will co-headline the “virtual showcase,” which will combine music with beauty and fashion. Beginning at 1 p.m. PT on May 9th, viewers can log in to the Shein phone app and …
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