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The last time that Coldplay released an album, they scored a #1 hit. It took the combined forces of BTS and Max Martin to push “My Universe,” one of the singles from 2021’s Music Of The Spheres, to the top of the Billboard Hot 100,  » Read More

Jane Fitzsimmons and Ian Jones, the Nashville duo known as Twen, have been dropping a new song on us every few months. In December, it was the breakbeat-laced alt-rock ballad “SeaStar.” In April, it was “Stunts,” another pop-leaning alt track, which earned a Cake comparison from our own Tom Breihan.  » Read More

This month sees the release of Songwriter, an album of unearthed songs that the late Johnny Cash recorded in 1993, right before he linked up with Rick Rubin and had his grand late-career comeback. At the time, Cash was between record deals, and he recorded a set of mostly solo-acoustic demos of songs that he’d written over the years.  » Read More

On Groundhog Day, to kick off Grammy weekend, Jason Isbell covered Bon Jovi’s “Wanted Dead Or Alive” (on a double-necked guitar!) at the MusiCares gala honoring Jon Bon Jovi. Turns out Isbell isn’t just a Bon Jovi admirer but a collaborator too. He helped out on “Waves,”  » Read More

Right now, the newly established country-rock superstar Zach Bryan is on tour, and he’s building up to the release of a new album called The Great American Bar Scene. A couple of weeks ago, he released the wrenching single “Pink Skies.” It was one of our favorite songs of the week,  » Read More

Last year, OSEES shared Intercepted Message, the follow-up to 2022’s A Foul Form. Today, the productive band is announcing their new album, SORCS 80, out in August. The lead single “Cassius, Brutus & Judas” is out now.  » Read More

In the self-directed visual, Eilish escapes an empty building while singing the Hit Me Hard and Soft song  » Read More

Heavy Lifting features vocals and guitar from the late Wayne Kramer, and contributions from Tom Morello, Slash, and more  » Read More

Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake, and others also feature in Piece by Piece  » Read More