Johnny Cash sang like a train that had seen the desert and the courtroom and still believed in morning. That baritone could be warning, blessing, apology, and promise without changing shirts. He carried the snap of Sun sessions into folk confession and gospel thunder. Bass strings thumped like a boot on a pine floor. Guitars […]
Hip-hop artists flip samples, hustle new business moves, and showcase innovation as an art. Creativity and creation is in its DNA, so it should come as no surprise that hip-hop is at the forefront of digital payments and cryptocurrency now as both integrate into daily life. “New money” has a new meaning, and hip-hop is […]
The Mastodon drama has been ongoing ever since it was announced that vocalist Brent Hinds was relieved from his duties in Mastodon on March 5th. After 25 years, the founding guitarist and vocalist had “mutually decided to part ways” with Mastodon – but as time has gone on, it’s come into question just how amicable the […]
Weapons debuted at No. 1 at the box office this weekend — what’s the haunting classic rock song that opens the chilling new mystery horror film? The movie — written and directed by Zach Cregger and starring Josh Brolin, Julia Garner and Alden Ehrenreich, among others — follows the baffling case of 17 children from the same […]
Jaime Bennington, son of the late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, recently released a statement to his Instagram explaining his decision to avoid performing his father’s music. According to Jaime, he sees maintaining his own artistic identity as a way of honoring Chester’s memory. “Out of a desire to maintain my own identity and out […]
Edwin Starr sang like a fuse already lit. His voice was gravel and gold, a trumpet and a sermon, a smile with its sleeves rolled up. From Detroit sidewalks to global stages, he turned rhythm into resolve and pleasure into purpose. Horns punched like sunshine through blinds. Drums marched with the certainty of a crowd […]
The cover for Sabrina Carpenter’s new album made quite the kerfuffle online, but in the weeks since, she’s revealed that it’ll have multiple alternate covers that are a little less… controversial. After sharing a cover for Man’s Best Friend that was “approved by God,” Carpenter has revealed one last cover that might just be the […]
The Beatles understandably reached back to unused material from their time together while completing early solo projects. With so much musical talent, some very good stuff got left on the cutting-room floor. Songs that the Beatles took the longest to finish include four entries from Paul McCartney‘s first LP after their split in 1970. There […]
Fast-rising Aussie band Friends Of Friends have unleashed their irresistible alt-pop anthem ‘I Like Ya’. Photo credit: Rhyss Murray Following the release of earworm single ‘Attention’ earlier this year, it’s another undeniable alt-pop tune from the four-piece. Speaking on ‘I Like Ya’, the band’s Frank Christian has shared: “It actually started as this little jangly […]
Miley Cyrus can turn a hook into a headline and a diary page into a sing along. Her voice moves from husky confessional to brass bright power without losing the smile in the vowels. Guitars crunch or shimmer. Synths glow like city signage. Beats stride with a confident tilt. Through reinventions and left turns she […]