We’ve barely placed our order at a hot chicken restaurant in East Nashville and Sarah Potenza has already made an impression on the woman behind the register. “You just look so confident,” the cashier says, glancing at Potenza’s current outfit which includes, but is not limited to, giant orange lighting …
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Shovels & Rope have released two new tracks from their forthcoming album By Blood, with “Mississippi Nuthin’” and “Carry Me Home” available for streaming. Beginning with some floor-tom-pounding drums before abruptly jumping to briskly strummed acoustic guitar, the urgent “Mississippi Nuthin’” imagines a pair of acquaintances who have seen their …
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The Smashing Pumpkins and Noel Gallagher‘s High Flying Birds announced a North American summer tour. AFI will open all 16 dates on the trek, which launches August 8th in Camden, New Jersey and wraps August 31st in Mountain View, California. Tickets for nearly all shows (the Los Angeles show has …
Read More »2 Chainz Enlists Kendrick Lamar, Ariana Grande for 'Rap or Go to the League' LP
UPDATE:2 Chainz has released new album,Rap or Go to the League. Stream it below. *** 2 Chainz has unveiled the track list for his forthcoming album, Rap or Go to the League. The set – for which Lebron James served as A&R via the rapper’s label Def Jam – will …
Read More »Flashback: Jonas Brothers Play 'Drive My Car' for Paul McCartney at the White House
Back in 2010, the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song recognized the brilliance of Paul McCartney. What better way to honor the Cute One from one of the greatest boy bands of all time than by having the then-reigning biggest boy band of that era show up to …
Read More »Watch Nicki Minaj Take the Throne in 'Hard White' Video
Nicki Minaj takes the throne in her new video for “Hard White.” The song appears on 2018’s Queen and it’s the first visual from the LP that she’s released since she dropped “Barbie Dreams” in September. In the new clip, Minaj affirms her reign, taking a seat at the throne …
Read More »Gillian Welch and David Rawlings to Perform at Oscars
A little more than one week ago, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings were reeling from the news that they’d received their first Oscar nomination for Best Original Song. Now, the singer-songwriters have been confirmed to perform “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” during the 2019 Academy Awards broadcast …
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