Month: July 2023

Drop everything now and listen to Taylor Swift’s latest release, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), out via Apple Music and Spotify. Originally released in 2010, Speak Now is arguably Swift’s most alternative album, complete with booming choruses and snarky, staccato pop punk guitar. Compare the plots and sound of “Better Than Revenge” to, say, Paramore’s “Misery Business,” and it’ll
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R&B newcomer Genia has released her debut mixtape, 4 PM In The Ville, via Def Jam Recordings. The eight-track project includes her previously shared tracks “Introducing,” “Jaded” and “False Prophet.” Each of the three mentioned tracks came with its own supporting video. These videos were self-directed and shot in black and white. [embedded content] “The
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Poison mastered the art of escapist party metal on their first two albums, but they took care to revisit their hardscrabble roots on “Fallen Angel,” released as a single on July 6, 1988. The Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, quartet — singer Bret Michaels, guitarist C.C. DeVille, drummer Rikki Rockett and bassist Bobby Dall — had graduated from hand-to-mouth hustle to
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Charlie Watts wasn’t the first Stone to go solo – that honour goes to Bill Wyman in 1975. But, two years later, in an event that seems to have gone largely unrecorded in Stones folklore, Watts found himself in front of 200 punters at the Swindon Arts Centre, playing blues and jazz standards with a
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Trouble from Lawrence. Termanology knows a thing or two about “Trouble” in his new music video. Shot in his old stomping grounds of Lawrence, Massachusetts, Term reflects on the harsh realities while growing up in the hood over Amadeus The Beat King’s boom bap production. “Running with the troublemakers / Trying to get a ton
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UPDATE, 2:20PM: Disney/Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny officially wins Tuesday with $11.698M over Sound of Freedom‘s reported $11.5M. Monday revised on Dial of Destiny was $11.7M, which means business was even on July 4th; and that’s solid for any tentpole on that holiday. 5-day on Dial of Destiny is $83.7M. PREVIOUS: Angels
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Usher continues to receive accolades. The R&B superstar was honored with a SoundExchange Hall of Fame Award for being among the most-stream creators in the company’s 20-year history. Usher, who currently has 27 million monthly listeners on Spotify, was presented with the award in Las Vegas, Nevada, at his My Way: The Las Vegas Residency
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