Three decades after the record’s original release a group of country and country-influenced artists are reimagining Born in the USA covering its 12 songs with a reduced approach more influenced by that of the acoustic Nebraska Springsteen’s prior release The full LP titled Dead Man’s Town will be released on…
Not long after 2010’s Handwritten reached the Top Five in the US UK and Canada the Gaslight Anthem returned to the studio intent on progressing attempting to shake up their now successful sound The resulting album Get Hurt will be released August 19th on Island Records and here you can…
It’s taken Ryan Adams three years to announce a follow-up to his last album Ashes and Fire which would not be a long time for most artists but for Adams – who put out a record a year for most of the 2000s and three (!) in 2005 alone –…
Close to two decades after Tupac Shakur died of gunshot wounds following an altercation in Las Vegas his death remains shrouded in mystery A segment of the upcoming three-night six-hour National Geographic Channel documentary The ’90s The Last Great Decade? tackles the issue with insight from Arsenio Hall Gobi Rahimi…
On July 15th esteemed record excavators Light in the Attic release Country Funk II 1967-1974 the second compilation of a genre that’s unlikely completely fictional and utterly fantastic It’s the brainchild of Los Angeles digger Zach Cowie 33 a man who makes his living through curation film supervision and DJ…
Over 30 years after writing hits like “Good Times” and “Le Freak” Nile Rodgers has once again become one of dance music’s hottest names In the last year and a half the former Chic guitarist has worked with artists as big as Daft Punk Pharrell Avicii and Disclosure Here you…
Jay Z and Young Jeezy expound on all that’s happened in their lives from cruising the block to trotting the globe on “Seen It All” the latest song from the Atlanta rapper’s upcoming album of the same name Both MCs recall their seedier days slinging dope to make ends meet…
A country boy with a punk-rock heart Cory Branan fires twin barrels of barroom boogie woogie and honky-tonk twang on “You Make Me” the kickoff track from his upcoming release The No-Hit Wonder 20 Best Things We Saw at Jazz Fest 2014 Jason Isbell Like most of his music “You Make Me”…
In an effort to make Google Play Music more appealing the company has acquired the music streaming service Songza which offers curated playlists customized for situations like “Taking a Sunny Stroll” “Boosting Your Energy” or appropriately “Watching Soccer” all for free Google has no plans to alter the service according…
Spoon are introducing a new incentive program for vinyl lovers offering a three-song 10-inch record on the spot for those who pre-order the band’s upcoming album They Want My Soul at their neighborhood independent record store The 45 RPM 10-inch will feature They Want My Soul’s first single “Do You”…
