Music

If the videos he’s been uploading to his Hot Freaks subscription service are any indication, Robert Pollard has been spending much of the Covid-19 pandemic listening to his massive record collection in his pajamas. Perhaps consequently, his omnivorous musical taste has never been on more effective display than on Guided by Voices’ Earth Man Blues, which could be the band’s best album since 1995’s Alien Lanes. While that might seem like a lofty claim — especially with a discography as expansive as GBV’s — Earth Man Blue squarely hits all...

Dolly Parton offers up her vocals on a new version of Rory Feek's "One Angel," a song that he originally released as a solo performance in March of 2021.In the newly-released "One Angel," Parton's ethereal vocals gently back Feek's on the track, helping to pull out the complex, painful and deeply personal emotions that inspired the song."One Angel" honors Feek's late wife and former songwriting partner, Joey Feek, who died in 2016 after a difficult fight with cervical cancer. The song was written by Sandy Emory Lawrence, a close friend of the couple,...

Lana Del Rey has announced the follow-up album to Chemtrails Over the Country Club. Her upcoming album, Blue Banisters, is slated to arrive on July 4th, according to her posts on social media. In March, a day after her Chemtrails Over the Country Club release date, she had teased an album called Rock Candy Sweet, which was touted to arrive on June 1st. It’s unclear if that album has been postponed or if it has been replaced with a new Blue Banisters title. The artwork the singer shared, which features...

Actor and singer Jana Kramer hinted that husband Mike Caussin's infidelity may have caused the end of their marriage. The divorce filing formally confirms it.Kramer, 37, says Caussin, 34, "has been guilty of inappropriate marital conduct ... and that Husband has been guilty of Adultery." People discovered the divorce filing, which came on April 20, in Williamson County, southwest of Nashville. Kramer is asking for primary custody of their two kids and wants Caussin to cover her legal fees."As I try to make sense of a reality I never wanted to believe...

“Do you remember Limited Too?” Pearl Charles asks. She’s trying to trace just how far back her love of ABBA goes, which brings her to the Nineties pre-teen clothing store. “Everything was flower power and bell-bottoms, and I feel like ‘Dancing Queen’ was huge at all the birthday parties. All of that stuff steeped into my brain when I was a little kid, and now it’s all coming out.” “Only For Tonight,” the opening track to Charles’ recent album Magic Mirror, drips in disco. Its layers of sunny production mask...

Will Emma Caroline's cover of Brooks & Dunn's "Neon Moon" earn her enough votes to stay in The Voice Season 20 competition? The aspiring singer was one of four contestants performing for viewers' approval during Monday night's (April 26) final Knockouts Round.Caroline, a member of Blake Shelton's team, competed in a four-way knockout against Devan Blake Jones (Team Nick Jonas), Carolina Rial (Team John Legend) and Savanna Woods (Team Kelly Clarkson). All four hopefuls were saved from elimination by their coaches during previous performances.Ahead of her performance, Caroline received some...

Sufjan Stevens has released a new ambient piece, “Celebration VIII,” from Celebrations, the fourth installment of his five-volume set, Convocations. “Celebrations VIII” opens with an ominous edge as glitchy synths and feedback sputter around more ethereal sounds. That harsher edge dissipates as the song exhales into a far more serene middle section, and while those glitches return toward the end, the song seems to have achieved a greater sense of balance. Celebrations follows previously released Convocations installments, Meditations, Lamentations, and Revelations, while the final volume will be Incantations. Stevens wrote...

Blake Shelton was not made to "drop it like it's hot," but he sure gives it a good effort for a new promo video for The Voice on NBC. Behind-the-scenes footage from a that commercial aired last week finds the country singer Tin Man-ing for the better part of a minute.The best part might be when he starts to slap the soles of his shoes. Or maybe it's the hip thrusts he does a few seconds prior?The song he's dancing to is "Drop It Like It's Hot" by Snoop Dogg,...

Julian Casablancas has released a new interview with famed philosopher, linguist, and social critic Noam Chomsky on the latest episode of his Rolling Stone interview series, S.O.S. — Earth Is a Mess. The interview finds the 92-year-old Chomsky chatting virtually with the Strokes and the Voidz frontman, appearing in the form of a giant Wizard of Oz-style head that fits the show’s sci-fi aesthetic. The interview finds Chomsky specifically touching on the ways democracy has changed and been constrained in the United States over time, and how representative the U.S....

Rascal Flatts caused a stir with their "I Melt" music video in 2003. The clip for the title track of the country trio's sophomore album features a shot of Joe Don Rooney's bare butt, which got the video banned from the Great American Country TV network and made headlines elsewhere.The music video's nudity caused controversy within the band, too. Jay DeMarcus, in fact, now says he was ready to walk away from their rising career because of it."I stormed off of the set because I was very angry that we were...

John Lydon slammed the upcoming Sex Pistols limited series Pistol in a new interview, with the singer threatening legal action against what he considered an unauthorized TV show. “I think that’s the most disrespectful shit I’ve ever had to endure,” the singer formerly known as Johnny Rotten told The Sunday Times (via NME). “I mean, they went to the point to hire an actor to play me but what’s the actor working on? Certainly not my character. It can’t go anywhere else .” In January, FX ordered the six-episode series...

Chris Janson and his family are thankful after surviving a terrifying scrape unscathed. The country singer says God saved him, his wife Kelly and their children when a fire broke out in their home in the middle of the night.The "Waitin' on 5" singer tells People that he and his family were asleep when his wife, Kelly, woke up after hearing the sound of a faint beep coming from his studio room at their home outside of Nashville. His studio is located beneath the couple's bedroom, and the beep was...

Following the DMX: Celebration of Life memorial Saturday Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, the rapper born Earl Simmons will be laid to rest Sunday at a private Homegoing Celebration at an undisclosed church in the New York area. While the funeral is for friends and family only, BET will livestream the Homegoing Celebration on their YouTube channel beginning at 2:30 pm EST. At Saturday’s memorial, Nas, Swizz Beatz, Eve, members of the Ruff Ryders and family and friends each paid tribute to DMX, while Kanye West’s Sunday Service performed renditions of Soul...