A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie staked his first Number One album as the New York rapper’s Hoodie SZN sold 58,000 total copies… but only 823 traditional copies. Hoodie SZN accumulated 83 million streams over the past week, which when converted into streaming equivalent albums (SEAs) allowed a Boogie Wit Da …
Read More »See Flatbush Zombies Perform With USC Marching Band on 'Corden'
Flatbush Zombies recruited the University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band for a brassy, electrifying rendition of “Headstone” during the Brooklyn rap trio’s visit to The Late Late Show. Making their first late-night appearance in three years, Flatbush Zombies revisited the first single off their 2018 album Vacation in Hell …
Read More »James Blake Recruits Andre 3000, Travis Scott for New LP, 'Assume Form'
James Blake enlisted Outkast’s André 3000, Travis Scott and producer Metro Boomin for his upcoming fourth album, Assume Form, out January 18th via Republic Records. The record also features guest spots from singer-songwriters Moses Sumney and Rosalía. The 12-track Assume Form, which follows 2016’s The Colour in Anything, will include …
Read More »Hear Karen O's Tender New Song 'Anti-Lullaby'
Karen O has shared a tender new song titled “Anti-Lullaby,” which doubles as the theme for the new Amazon series Hanna. Despite its title, “Anti-Lullaby” is a lullaby of sorts, with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer cooing alongside a gently plucked acoustic guitar. “Do not sleep, my starling / Sleep, …
Read More »New David Bowie Box Set Includes Nine Unreleased Recordings
A new box set of seven-inch singles features nine previously-unreleased David Bowie demos. The set, calledSpying Through a Keyhole arrives via Parlophone Records this spring to mark the 50th anniversary of Bowie’s 1969 self-titled album, which was later reissued under the name of its famous title-track, Space Oddity. The nine …
Read More »Report: Cardi B Won't Perform at Super Bowl in Support of Colin Kaepernick
Cardi B has rejected claims that she is asking for $1 million in order to perform at the upcoming Super Bowl halftime show, although a rep for Cardi B suggested that the rapper would likely skip the Maroon 5-led performance in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick. Page Six reported that Cardi …
Read More »Watch Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson Give 'Santa Baby' Feminist Update
Miley Cyrus gave holiday classic “Santa Baby” a much-needed update for 2018 on The Tonight Show with the help of Mark Ronson and Jimmy Fallon. “I think I might need to change a few of these lyrics,” Cyrus told Fallon ahead of the performance. “Are you cool with that?” When …
Read More »Rush's Geddy Lee Talks Massive Bass Book, Meeting John Paul Jones
“I have to get back to my day job sooner rather than later,” Geddy Lee says with an exhausted laugh. While Rush played what could be their farewell show in August 2015, the frontman has never been busier. He’s spent the past seven years collecting hundreds of vintage bass guitars …
Read More »The Zombies on Overdue Rock Hall Induction: 'This Is a Life-Defining Moment'
Few bands that have entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have had to wait quite as long as the Zombies.The British Invasion group — best known for their hits “She’s Not There” and “Time of the Season” — have been eligible for induction since 1989, but they didn’t …
Read More »Flashback: Band Aid Raises Millions With 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'
The age of the celebrity supergroup charity single truly began in October 1984, when Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof watched in horror as footage of the worsening Ethiopian famine played across his television screen as part of a BBC News documentary. He was still haunted by the images a week …
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