In some respects, talking about touring, writing and songs that have "Maria" in the title with Fiona Kitschin and Gareth Liddiard is not unlike navigating your way through a Tropical F— Storm album. There's a new one out on Friday, Braindrops, and it's every bit as weird, wild and unpredictable as the twists and turns in conversation with Liddiard, who […]

Brooklyn indie rockers DIIV have shared the lumbering and brutally honest new song “Taker” off their upcoming album, Deceiver, out October 4th via Captured Tracks. “Taker” recalls classic grunge-era ballads, moving at a brooding, down-tempo pace as the drums thud and the guitars shift between a crackle and a roar. Frontman Zachary Cole Smith delivers an airy vocal performance over […]

As Taylor Swift prepares to release Lover on Friday, she is returning to a pop world that has undergone profound changes. “Before it was a push business,” ace songwriter Savan Kotecha (Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber) explained in 2018. “Labels would push an act on a TV show, an award show, get that spot, get radio [play] and [the song] goes. […]

OK, Swifties, take a deep breath. Are you ready for this? Taylor Swift has yet another announcement ahead of the Lover album release on Aug. 23, 2019. There’s been so much going on, but it seems like she’s happy to spoil her fans. Here’s a look at what’s in store for us now. Swift has released four tracks from Lover […]

Marfa is a small city in Texas with less than 2,000 inhabitants. The place is far away from the glamorous fashion centers of the world, such as New York, Paris or London. All the same, though, Marfa has become famous for having a Prada ‘store.’ RELATED:  10 Most Expensive Art Installations In Recent Memory Prada Marfa gained global recognition and interest […]

Just a few days before the 2019 MTV VMA’s occur, MTV introduced three new fan-voted categories. This year the new categories are Best Group, Best Power Anthem, and Song of Summer. BTS and Blackpink were both nominated in the Best Group category on Aug. 19. 5 Seconds of Summer, Backstreet Boys, CNCO, Jonas Brothers, PRETTYMUCH, and Why Don’t We were […]

Phish has issued a statement regarding fans’ increasing concerns over their annual Labor Day event at Commerce City, Colorado’s Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, which has been threatened by plague-infected prairie dogs. “As you may have heard, there have been ongoing cases of plague in prairie dog colonies in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge this summer,” the band wrote. […]

Demi Lovato is kicking off her birthday week in London! On Monday, Lovato — who turns 27 on Aug. 20 — shared a sweet video of her gal pal Ariana Grande leading a birthday chant in Lovato’s honor (as it’s already Tuesday in the UK) ahead of the “thank u, next” singer’s concert at the London O2 Arena. “This was […]

A year after Aretha Franklin’s death, a fund backed the singer’s estate has been launched to help research the rare form of pancreatic cancer the Queen of Soul suffered from. Franklin died in August 2018 after a battle with a neuroendocrine tumor (NET) on the pancreas, a form of cancer that is the cause of only 7 percent of pancreatic […]

In 2012, Marie DeVita had a revelation at Splendour in the Grass festival. As she watched acts performing on the GW McLennan stage, she was struck by the notion that she wanted to do that too, and gave herself five years to make it happen. Come 2018 and that deadline had blown out by a year, but there she was, […]