Metallica grant fans an intimate glimpse of their live process in a new performance video from their September 16th show at Quebec City, Canada’s new Videotron Centre. The clip features the metal legends backstage and in sound check, climaxing with a blistering performance of their classic “Harvester of Sorrow” during the… Source: Music News

On her breakthrough 2013 mixtape, Cut 4 Me — which finally saw a physical reissue this year — Washington-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Kelela Mizanekristos established herself as an artist to watch, pairing breathy, Nineties R&B-influenced vocals with somber, skittering dance beats provided by an A-team of producers from forward-thinking electronic labels… Source: Music News

Rick Ross will release his eighth studio LP, Black Market, this December via Def Jam and his Maybach Music Group imprint, and has dropped a new single, “Sorry,” featuring Chris Brown. The album marks Rozay’s third in two years, following his two 2014 efforts, Hood Billionaire and Mastermind. It also arrives on the heels of… Source: Music […]

On Friday, October 2nd, just one day after a gunman on the campus of Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, killed nine people and injured several others, singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash took to her Facebook page, calling on readers to sign a petition urging the White House to reinstate the 1994 federal ban on… Source: Music News

Howard Stern shared strong words for former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters on a recent broadcast of his show, blasting the singer-songwriter Tuesday over his stance on Israel. For years, the singer-songwriter has supported the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, supporting Palestine and urging his rock-star peers not to perform in… Source: Music […]

Rihanna opened up about her tumultuous relationship with Chris Brown, his assault and the unfair treatment she and other victims of domestic abuse often face in a new interview with Vanity Fair. “I just never understood that, like how the victim gets punished over and over,” the singer said. Rihanna did not dwell on the… Source: Music […]

In December of 2013, Leonard Cohen’s “Grand Tour” touched down in New Zealand for a trio of concerts. The last stop was in Auckland at the Vector Arena, which was his 69th show of the year and his 373rd since returning to the road in the summer of 2008 after… Source: Music News

Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon will hit the studio with producer Butch Walker later this year to record his first solo album, Painkillers, set for release in early 2016 via Island Records. Fallon has also announced a string of live dates with a backing band comprised of musicians from his various projects: Gaslight… Source: Music […]

Following the spring release of his seventh studio album, Something in the Water, roots-music hero Pokey LaFarge has spent most of 2015 on the road, taking his blend of rockabilly, Western swing, jump blues and honky-tonk to audiences from Amsterdam to Bonnaroo. LaFarge’s impeccable showmanship and slick traditionalism harkens back… Source: Music News

For Toronto’s Dilly Dally, spring awakening sounds less like bees buzzing than like chainsaws revving. The band’s leaders, Katie Monks and Liz Ball, are old friends who have zero patience for double standards or sexual frustration. The first track on their killer debut LP alternates between a hush and a… Source: Music News