News Earth, Wind & Fire and the Isley Brothers’ VERZUZ Battle: Here’s What Happened A special Steve Harvey-hosted Easter special between the two iconic groups By Evan Minsker April 5, 2021 Facebook Twitter Earth, Wind & Fire, Steve Harvey, and the Isley Brothers on VERZUZ (still) Facebook Twitter The Isley Brothers and Earth, Wind &
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News War Bassist B.B. Dickerson Has Died at 71 His bass line defined “Low Rider” and he contributed lead vocals to “The World Is a Ghetto” By Evan Minsker April 4, 2021 Facebook Twitter War’s B.B. Dickerson in 1976 (Michael Putland/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter B.B. Dickerson, the bassist who was a co-founding member of the
News Watch St. Vincent Play “Pay Your Way in Pain” and “The Melting of the Sun” on SNL She brought both of her Daddy’s Home singles to Studio 8H By Allison Hussey and Noah Yoo April 4, 2021 Facebook Twitter St. Vincent (Still from her performance on Saturday Night Live). Facebook Twitter St. Vincent was
News Navy Blue Shares Video for New Song “Durag Anthem”: Watch A new single following two records from the rapper last year By Allison Hussey April 3, 2021 Facebook Twitter Navy Blue (Still via YouTube) Facebook Twitter Navy Blue has shared a new song called “Durag Anthem” along with a music video directed by Ryosuke
News DMX Hospitalized and in Critical Condition Following Apparent Drug Overdose: Report The rapper reportedly suffered a heart attack after the overdose By Noah Yoo April 3, 2021 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter DMX has been hospitalized after suffering an apparent drug overdose on the evening of Friday, April 2, as TMZ reports. The rapper reportedly
News Esperanza Spalding Releases New TRIANGLE Suite: Listen Featuring new songs written “in consultation with music therapists and neuroscientists” By Noah Yoo April 3, 2021 Facebook Twitter Esperanza Spalding, photo by LaMont Hamilton Facebook Twitter Esperanza Spalding has released the TRIANGLE suite: a trio of new songs called “formwela 1,” “formwela 2,” featuring Ganavya, and
Jedward. (Dave Hogan/Getty) Jedward have condemned the hateful “super straight” trend which claims refusing to date a trans person is a sexual orientation. The trend quickly gained momentum on TikTok in March when user @kyleroyce shared a video explaining that he had created “a new sexuality” called “super straight”. In the video, the TikTok user
News Will Yip Raises Over $78,000 for AAPI Community Fund, Adds New Raffle Prize pool includes new Fender guitars, drums, vinyl packages, and more By Noah Yoo April 2, 2021 Facebook Twitter Will Yip photo by Tom May Facebook Twitter Last week, Philadelphia producer Will Yip launched a massive online raffle to raise funds for
News Omar Apollo Launches New Hot Sauce The recipe for Disha Hot has been passed down for generations in the artist’s family By Madison Bloom April 2, 2021 Facebook Twitter Omar Apollo, October 2019 (Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter First-generation, Mexican-American singer and songwriter Omar Apollo has launched his own hot
News Jamila Woods and oddCouple Share Video for New Song “Reflections”: Watch From the Chicago producer and musician’s sophomore album Reflections By Allison Hussey April 2, 2021 Facebook Twitter oddCouple and Jamila Woods, photo by AJ Incammicia Facebook Twitter Jamila Woods and Chicago producer and musician oddCouple have collaborated on a new single titled “Reflections,”
Lil Nas X holding one of his Satan-themed shoes. (Twitter) A frustrated Lil Nas X hit out at “crying nerds on the internet” for halting sales of his Satan shoes, saying that “freedom of expression” is “gone”. After Lil Nas X announced he was dropping 666 limited edition “Satan shoes” that contained a drop of real
News Demi Lovato Enlists Ariana Grande for New Song: Listen “Met Him Last Night” appears on Lovato’s new album Dancing With the Devil…The Art of Starting Over By Madison Bloom April 2, 2021 Facebook Twitter Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy). Facebook Twitter Today (April 2), Demi Lovato
News Iggy Pop Joins Cast of Comedy Film Blue Iguana Alongside Bob Saget and Joel David Moore, he’ll play a patriarch whose death sets the plot in motion By Allison Hussey April 1, 2021 Facebook Twitter Iggy Pop, January 2020 (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Facebook Twitter Iggy Pop has been
News Courtney Barnett and Vagabon Cover Sharon Van Etten’s “Don’t Do It”: Listen Another cut from the forthcoming epic Ten By Allison Hussey April 1, 2021 Facebook Twitter Vagabon and Courtney Barnett, photo by Pooneh Ghana Facebook Twitter Courtney Barnett and Vagabon have shared their cover of Sharon Van Etten’s “Don’t Do It,” part of
News Songwriters Call on Artists to Stop Demanding Credit and Publishing for Songs They Didn’t Write The Pact—Emily Warren, Tobias Jesso Jr., Tayla Parx, and others—pledge to stop catering to recording artists’ “bully tactics and threats” in demanding publishing By Evan Minsker March 31, 2021 Facebook Twitter Musician recording an acoustic guitar (Neil Godwin/Total Guitar
Fragility is the key ingredient in making the harmony we find in the new single “Stay” from Voyce Butler so sexy and appealing, even after repeat listens, but it’s not the lone reason you should be spinning this hot R&B track this spring. From the linguistic silk Butler sews together to form the verses in
News Tame Impala to Play Innerspeaker in Full for New Livestream Performance Innerspeaker Live From Wave House will broadcast April 21 By Noah Yoo March 31, 2021 Facebook Twitter Tame Impala photo by Alex Haygarth Facebook Twitter Tame Impala are performing their debut Innerspeaker in its entirety for a new live stream. Innerspeaker Live at
News Watch CHAI’s Video for New Song “Nobody Knows We Are Fun” A Booksmart-inspired single from the rock quartet’s next album WINK By Madison Bloom March 31, 2021 Facebook Twitter CHAI, photo by Hideto Hotta Facebook Twitter CHAI have released the next single from their forthcoming album WINK. “Nobody Knows We Are Fun” arrives with