Neil Peart Documentary: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Guest Drummers
Chad Smith, Stewart Copeland, and Danny Carey all play Rush songs with Lee and Lifeson in Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple, which debuts in September A new documentary about the late Neil Peart, Rush’s drummer and lyricist, will debut on Canada’s CBC network Sept. 23. Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple will tell Peart’s life story, and […]
Sam Smith Releases Single “When He’s Gone”
Smith’s fifth studio album arrives on Aug. 21 Sam Smith has released “When He’s Gone,” the third single from their upcoming fifth album, Hazel Eyes. Listen to the bluesy lament below. The track opens with finger-picked guitar as Smith croons over a long-lost lover. As the song progresses, the guitar swells and invites the rest […]
Dawn Richard Announces ‘Creole Culture’ Album Inspired by New Orleans
The singer previews the record, out in October, with the new single “Enough” Dawn Richard will go back to the beginning on her forthcoming studio album, Creole Culture. Out Oct. 9, the record draws extensively from the artist’s New Orleans roots without relying too heavily on historical nostalgia. “Creole Culture is my way of saying […]
D4vd Accused of Murdering Celeste Rivas Hernandez: 10 Takeaways
Last September, the dismembered, decomposed remains of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez were found in the front trunk of a Tesla sitting in a Los Angeles impound lot. The car was registered to David Anthony Burke, better known as D4vd, a rising singer-songwriter who’d become a Gen Z favorite with his brooding, moody bedroom pop. While […]
Beyonce Shares ‘Morning Dew (Donk)’ Remix Featuring Jay-Z
The updated version of the archival single features elements of songs from Soulja Boy, the Isley Brothers, and Sheck Wes Late in the night, Beyoncé dropped an extended remix pack for “Morning Dew (Donk),” the archival release she shared last month that dates back to the Beyoncé album era. The four-track release builds on the […]
Weezer Tap Tony Hawk, Giovanni Ribisi for ‘C.E.O.’ Music Video
Weezer gathered a slew of guest stars for the raucous video for their new single “C.E.O.” The band, who will unveil their 20th studio LP, Weezer, on Aug. 21, enlisted Tony Hawk, Curry Barker, Dax Flame, Chit, Rob Riggle, Rob Huebel, Michael Peña, Giovanni Ribisi, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. The meta clip pays homage to their […]
Nia Smith on Crafting the Perfect At-Home Listening Experience
The at-home listening experience has long been a fundamental part of the creative process for singer/songwriter Nia Smith. The native Londoner first gained international notoriety during the early days of the COVID-19 lockdown, when her home—by necessity—also functioned as her recording space and listening lab. Initially posting slowed-down, soulful covers of songs by Bruno Mars, […]
Is Cameron Winter on Phoebe Bridgers’ New Album?
Phoebe Bridgers’ new album, Lost Weekend, is almost here, and the reviews are trickling in. Scanning the credits, you’ll come across both longtime collaborators (Christian Lee Hutson, her boygenius bandmates Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, and others) and some new faces (Jack Antonoff, Alex G on additional production). Most intriguingly of all, there’s a mystery […]
Kanye West ‘Refused to Compensate’ Producer, Lawsuit Claims
Kanye West is facing another lawsuit accusing him of mistreating a fellow musician. A freelance producer, suing as a John Doe, claims in the new lawsuit that West, now known as Ye, hired him on “an emergency basis” to help finish the album Vultures 2, then failed to pay him for that work or […]
Elvis Costello to Celebrate ‘My Aim is True’ With Five-Disc Box Set
Elvis Costello‘s debut LP My Aim Is True will turn 50 next year, but it’s such a landmark event that he’s not waiting to celebrate. He’s instead dropping a massive, five-disc box set of music from this era on Oct. 2 that features 104 tracks in total, 52 of them previously unreleased. The package is […]