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Revealing, complicated and contentious, musical influence is like a family tree. In the last 15 years, no musician’s roots have been dissected more than Kanye West’s. The production and lyrical sensibilities of A Tribe Called Quest and Ma$e birthed the young Chicago star and, in turn, West’s suburban anxieties and …

Morrissey wrapped up his seven-night run at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre‘ on Saturday evening with an epic set that featured the live premiere of the Smiths classic “I Won’t Share You.” The song appears on the Smiths 1987 LP Strangeways, Here We Come, but the group broke up before they had …

Rival Sons appeared on The Late Late Show to perform their raucous single “Too Bad.” The Los Angeles rock band, who recently released a music video for the track, kept it simple as they delivered an impassioned rendition of the bluesy, garage-inspired anthem. In the clip, frontman Jay Buchanan writhes …

Africa Express, a musical collective led by Damon Albarn, will release a new album, EGOLI, on July 12 via Africa Express Records. The album will feature appearances by Gruff Rhys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner, Georgia and several South African artists. Albarn previewed the release with a new song, “Johannesburg,” …

UPDATE: Logic will release his new album Confessions of a Dangerous Mind this Friday, May 10th, the rapper revealed on Twitter. Logic and Eminem have teamed for new song “Homicide.” The track marks the first time the rappers have collaborated on a song together. They may have murderous words on …

New Jersey punk band Titus Andronicus released their new single “Tumult Around the World” on Wednesday, the closing number from their upcoming sixth albumAn Obelisk. The accompanying visual shows frontman Patrick Stickles calmly listening to the rowdy new track on a vintage record player, while sipping coffee and hanging out …

The news came out this morning that Bruce Springsteen‘s long-awaited new solo disc is called Western Stars, and it draws heavy inspiration from the California pop scene of the Seventies, specifically artists like Glen Campbell and Burt Bacharach. “I don’t know if people will hear those influences,” he told Variety …

In honor of Mother’s Day, Lucy Dacus has released a new song “My Mother & I.” The serene, lullaby-like track is also, in Dacus’s words, an ode to the Taurus astrological season. “Being adopted has encouraged me to consider what mothers pass on through blood and body, and what they …

When Norwegian black-metal firebrands Immortal ousted their frontman, Abbath, four years ago and pledged to carry on singing their odes to the icy, imaginary realm of Blashyrkh with only their drummer and lyricist running things, it seemed like a joke. Then they released Northern Chaos Gods last year and the …

U.K. singer-songwriter Jade Bird hit the stage at The Tonight Show to perform her acoustic rock single “I Get No Joy.” The lively performance of track, which comes off Bird’s self-titled debut album, underscored its message of trying to remember to enjoy the moment. In the clip, Bird sings and …