On Sunday night, CBS aired Billy Joel: The 100th – Live At Madison Square Garden, a concert special documenting the 100th night of Joel’s MSG residency, which took place on March 28. Those watching the television broadcast were met with an unwelcome surprise when the show-ending performance of “Piano Man” was cut off unexpectedly and […]
Justin Townes Earle’s Widow Speaks Out Against Jason Isbell’s “Extremely Painful” Song About Him
Jason Isbell was once good friends with his fellow alt-country singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle, though they were estranged in the years leading up to Earle’s death in 2020. Isbell memorialized Earle on the song “When We Were Close” from last year’s Weathervanes. The song, which is informed by Isbell and Earle’s shared struggle with addiction, […]
Watch Mac DeMarco Join Lil Yachty For Two Songs At Coachella
Mac DeMarco came out during Lil Yachty’s set at Coachella on Sunday night. They previously linked up on Yachty’s 2023 album Let’s Start Here, on which DeMarco has songwriting credits on two songs, “Drive Me Crazy!” and “Failure.” The former was part of Yachty’s set earlier in the night. DeMarco performed two songs in his […]
Paul McCartney & John Lennon’s Sons Share New Song “Primrose Hill”
Last year, we got the release of “Now And Then,” which was promoted as the final single from the Beatles. The song is the fleshed-out, AI-enhanced demo of a track that John Lennon recorded in 1979, and Lennon is the sole credited songwriter. It didn’t seem like we’d get anything else from the fabled Lennon/McCartney […]
Watch Deftones Cover The Smiths At Coachella
Good times for a change! Deftones’ set Friday at Coachella included a cover of the Smiths’ “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want.” Chino Moreno and friends recorded “Please, Please, Please” years ago — it appeared on their 2005 B-Sides & Rarities album — but this marked their first live performance of the […]
Watch Billie Eilish Join Lana Del Rey For “Ocean Eyes” And “Video Games” At Coachella
Lana Del Rey headlined the first night of Coachella last night, her first performance at the festival since 2014. She brought friends. The set included appearances from Billie Eilish, Jon Batiste, and Jack Antonoff, but alas no Sublime appearance when she sang “Doin’ Time.” Eilish — Del Rey’s fellow alt-leaning pop star, who cited her […]
Future & Metro Boomin’s New Album We Still Don’t Trust You Is A Synthpop/R&B Marathon Longer Than Cowboy Carter
Last month, longtime collaborators Future and Metro Boomin announced plans to release two collaborative albums, pretty much back-to-back. We Don’t Trust You, the first of those albums, arrived three weeks ago, and it immediately became a huge deal, largely thanks to the “Like That” verse where a furious Kendrick Lamar went off on his supposed […]
FACS – “Take Me To Your Heart” (Eurythmics Cover)
Last month, Chicago’s FACS announced a two-song single coming out on Sub Pop. The post-punks released the A-side, “North America Endless,” and now the B-side, a cover of Eurythmics’ 1981 song “Take Me To Your Heart,” is out as well. About the cover, vocalist and guitarist Brian Case said in a statement, “A band favorite, […]
Your Old Droog – “DBZ” (Feat. Method Man & Denzel Curry) (Prod. Madlib)
New York rap monster Your Old Droog has been a prolific force for nearly a decade, and he’s teamed up with some very big names on his newest track. For the Madlib production “DBZ,” Droog teams up with Wu-Tang Clan legend Method Man and veteran Florida energy-bomb Denzel Curry. This single is an event, and […]
Dua Lipa – “Illusion”
Last month, Dua Lipa finally announced Radical Optimism, the follow-up to 2020’s Future Nostalgia. So far, we’ve heard “Houdini” and “Training Season,” the latter of which she debuted live at the Grammys and opened the BRITs with the following month. Now, the pop star is back with “Illusion.” “Illusion” is energetic and colorful, her layered […]