Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Music

Rolling Stone’s New Top 500 Albums List Panders to the Current Headlines: Jann Wenner Must Be Turning in His Grave (He’s Not Dead, Don’t...

Rolling Stone? Jann Wenner must be turning in his grave. (He's not dead, but you know what I mean.) The new people at the...

Watch Yo Yo Ma’s Beautiful Tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, A Special Performance of Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise”

You almost forget there's a civilised world anymore what with Donald Trump's attempted annihilation of it. But the great cellist Yo Yo Ma has...

Emmys In Memoriam Huge Snub: Leaves Out “Saturday Night Live” Music Producer Hal Willner

Why are these In Memoriams always such a mess at every awards show? This year's big snub on the Emmys was Hal Wilner, the beloved...

Grammy Best Song Choice: Taylor Swift’s Live Version of “Betty” from the ACM Awards is Moving Up the iTunes Chart

Taylor Swift's performance of "Betty" on the ACM Awards this week was so perfect and such a hit that it's landed on the iTunes...

Kanye Tweets: “I am the head of Adidas” and Support for Freeing Two Convicted Killers, Suge Knight and Larry Hoover

Kanye West is back on Twitter and having a manic episode that doesn't stop. This afternoon he tweeted that he was the head of Adidas....

Lady Gaga’s New Lavish “911” Video from “Chromatica”: Come for the Music, Stay for the Wild Costumes

Lady Gaga's album, "Chromatica," has been problematic. The duet with Ariana Grande, "Rain on Me," was a hit. But otherwise the album hasn't been...

Alicia Keys’ New “Alicia” Album Is a Pleasant, Sophisticated Surprise Despite Being a Large Group Collaborative Effort

No one sent out anything early on Alicia Keys's "Alicia" album, so I'm listening to for the first time at 12:30am after being confused...

New Music: Justin Bieber Releases an Incoherent Video/Song Called “Holy”: He’s Working in Oil Field? Wilmer Vilderrama Is In It

It opens with a shot of a cross, to remind us that Justin Bieber is a Christian. Is it a song? Is it a...