Robert Earl Keen‘s songs like “Amarillo Highway” and “The Road Goes on Forever” have helped define Americana music before the term itself ever caught fire. Now the Texas songwriter is making it his mission to introduce the genre to a broader audience with a new podcast. Dubbed Americana Podcast: The …
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The Flaming Lips will hit the road this summer following the release of their 15th studio album, King’s Mouth: Music and Songs, which will be released on July 19th via Warner Bros. The tour, which will feature the Claypool Lennon Delirium (who won’t appear at the July 31st show) with …
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Lizzo has added a second leg to her North American tour in support of her new album, Cuz I Love You. The “Cuz I Love You Too” trek kicks off September 7th at the Fillmore in New Orleans, Louisiana and wraps October 27th at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in …
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When indie luminary Manu Chao first released his 1998 debut, Clandestino — and the song of the same title — he sought to humanize the millions of migrants, survivors of civil war and poverty, hustling to survive on the mean streets of European cities. Often derided as “clandestinos,” or what …
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Kehlani and 6lack meditate on romantic disconnect in their minimal new “RPG” video. Throughout the clip, the duo appear in and out of a glass room filled with plants and old-school push-button telephones that go notably unused. As time passes, the vegetation grows wildly throughout the space — suggesting the …
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It’s been a couple years since instrumental noise-rock veterans Explosions in the Sky have hit the road, but that changes today. The band has announced a 20th anniversary tour beginning September 11th in Mesa, Arizona. The band announced the run with a tweet: “Hi everyone, our band turns 20 years …
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The creative process that would eventually lead to the critically acclaimed Atlanta began, inadvertently, with a former child actor, porn star and viral rapper. In 2013, Abella Anderson was the center of adult entertainment, Danielle Fishel was years removed from playing Topanga on Boy Meets World, and Trinidad James was …
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Dierks Bentley‘s third single off his album The Mountain, “Living,” is formed around a simple carpe diem message: live well, or you’re really just getting by. It’s a theme that Bentley teaches to his 5-year-old song Knox — or perhaps the other way around — in his new video for …
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In early 1975, country singer Earl Thomas Conley and R&B performer Anita Pointer were just beginning to pick up steam in their respective careers. While Conley, who died yesterday at age 77, was denting the lower reaches of the country singles chart with his first releases, Pointer and her sisters …
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Aerosmith kicked off their Deuces are Wild Las Vegas residency on Saturday with show packed with pyro, elaborate catwalks and a setlist packed with their biggest hits. Some fans even paid upwards of $700 to sit directly on the stage and listen to Steven Tyler’s in-ear monitor feed. “Get the …
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