Music

Vampire Weekend released two new songs last month, “Harmony Hall” and “2021” – stripped-down yet adventurous tracks that convinced fans the six-year wait was worth it. The songs are the first taste of their album Father of the Bride, out this spring. Now, the band has released their first video …

In February 2017, Journey went to Japan for a special show at Tokyo’s Budokan that featured a complete performance of 1981’s Escape and 1983’s Frontiers at the request of legendary Japanese concert promoter Mr. Udo in honor of his 50th anniversary in the business. “There’s a few songs I don’t …

John Prine‘s songwriting legacy and recent resurgence will be the focus of an upcoming documentary titled John Prine: Hello in There. Sony Pictures Classics announced Saturday that it had acquired the film, which was directed by Zachary Fuhrer and produced by Rolling Stone‘s Patrick Doyle. “The movie began filmingJohnas he …

Ahead of the release of her second album,Girl, Maren Morris is making good on the promise of her new song “Flavor,” in which the singer proclaims: “Shut up and sing? Oh hell no, I won’t,’” in reference to the infamous phrase levied against the Dixie Chicks when the group spoke …

“So many women!” Dua Lipa said on Sunday night, scanning the crowd from the stage while accepting her Grammy for Best New Artist. “I guess we really stepped up this year.” The comment, however offhanded, was a clear reference to Recording Academy President Neil Portnow’s infamous remark at last year’s …

Lynyrd Skynyrd are stretching their farewell tour to “Freebird”-sized proportions by adding dozens of new summer dates. The group announced its Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour last year, and will resume it this year with a set at the Stagecoach festival. Cody Jinks, Hank Williams, Jr. and Bad …

Late folk and blues great JJ Cale hits the road and reminisces about an old love that won’t quit on the previously unreleased track, “Chasing You.” The song is set to appear on a new posthumous album, Stay Around, out April 26th. “Chasing You” is a simmering blues rocker anchored …

Doritos has a new flavor: Doritos® Flamin’ Hot® Nacho. Instead of rolling the new chip out in a reasonable manner, a marketing team decided to play millennial musical Mad Libs to the tune of (presumably) millions of dollars. The result is Chance the Rapper remixing The Backstreet Boys’ classic “I …

It’s standard rock-history practice not to rank the Beatles, as a live band, at the level of more obvious titans like the Who, Cream, the Jimi Hendrix Experience or Dylan once he paired with the Band. Their symbiotic relationship with the studio perhaps dulls what ought to be a clear …

In 1968, decades before reality-TV and social media, sentient artist and pop culture icon Andy Warhol said, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” A decade later he would find himself visiting a Nashville institution that had by that time been world-famous for more than 50 years. …