Belly and the Weeknd explore a futuristic pyramid and roam around a deserted prison yard in the mysterious “What You Want” video. The clip vacillates between playful and plain surreal. The rapper and singer dance and take a sports car joyride; several scenes later, a model licks a machete while …
Read More »Share the Code. Hit the Road.
Zac Brown knows the road. He’s been on it for decades. These days, Brown is sharing the highway — and the spotlight — with two different sets of co-pilots, balancing his ongoing run as frontman of Zac Brown Band with a newer electronic project called Sir Rosevelt. A collaboration with …
Read More »YG, Nicki Minaj, 2 Chainz, Big Sean Team on Summer-Ready Song 'Big Bank'
YG celebrates wealth and style on his new all-star single “Big Bank,” featuring Nicki Minaj, 2 Chainz and Big Sean. Mustard produced the minimalist, marimba-laced track, which revolves around YG’s hook of “Type of money you gon’ need a safe/ Type of money you gon’ need a bank.” In his …
Read More »Watch R. Kelly Address Music, Fame: 'I'm Handcuffed By My Destiny'
A recent FacebookvideoshowsR. Kellytelling a laudatory, packed room that “it’s too late” for his musical influence to be curtailed. The clip was initially uploaded May 17th beforeSpinreposted iton May 22nd. “I’ma tell you something,” Kelly said in the brief clip. “I’ma take this musical shit, and I’ma inject these motherfuckers …
Read More »Bob Seger Schedules Postponed Runaway Train Tour Dates
Eight months after Bob Seger postponed his Runaway Train Tour due to a vertebrae issue, the rocker rescheduled 10 dates from the trek. Seger and the Silver Bullet Band will resume the tour on November 24th in Kansas City. The 13-date tour is currently scheduled to conclude February 23rd, 2019, …
Read More »Metallica's Kirk Hammett: 'We're Still Right' About Suing Napster
Metallica‘s 2000 lawsuit against Napster, the pioneering and controversial file-sharing service, epitomized a disoriented music industry in the new millennium. And while some fans criticized the metal band for their legal action, lead guitarist Kirk Hammett maintains that they made the right choice. “The whole Napster thing – it didn’t …
Read More »Hear Lamb of God's Raging Bad Brains Cover, 'I Against I'
Lamb of God add some chunky metal heft to Bad Brains‘ 1986 hardcore classic “I Against I.” The track will appear on the band’s upcoming covers album, Legion XX, which they’re putting out under their original name, Burn the Priest. The record, due out next Friday, also contains caffeinated interpretations …
Read More »Hear Ace Frehley's Gritty, Guitar-Driven New Song, 'Bronx Boy'
Ace Frehley proclaims himself a “street kid” on “Bronx Boy,” the gritty first single from his upcoming eighth studio album, due out this summer. “Bronx boy, just trying to exist/ I never played with toys, don’t give me bullshit,” he snarls over a raw hard rock riff and squealing guitar …
Read More »She & Him Unveil His, Hers Love Songs for 'Universal Love' Comp
She & Him, the folk duo of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, unveiled a new song with two versions, “She Gives Her Love to Me” and “He Gives His Love to Me,” for MGM Resorts’ expanding Universal Love project. Universal Love launched earlier this month and featured artists like Bob …
Read More »Judas Priest, Deep Purple Team for North American Tour
Judas Priest and Deep Purple will unite for a co-headlining North American tour. The 25-date trek launches August 21st in Cincinnati and concludes September 30th in Wheatland, California. General public tickets go on sale Friday, April 27th at 10 a.m. local time via Live Nation. Citi cardmembers, using the Private …
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