Rihanna’s violent, bloody, nudity-streaked video for “Bitch Better Have My Money” is already the frontrunner for NSFW Video of the Year, so how could she possibly make her revenge fantasy more extreme? Make it a heavy-metal rager. A new Korn remix of the trap tune adds heaps of walloping nu-metal guitar riffage,… Source: Music […]
Watch Albert Hammond Jr.'s Trippy 'Born Slippy' Video
Albert Hammond Jr.’s video for “Born Slippy” is a rapid-fire montage of images spanning the vastness of nature and human existence. Director Justyna Hammond Jr., the musician’s wife, compiles glimpses of buzzing bees, astronauts, alarm clocks, falling rose petals and animated kissing lips into a trippy barrage complementing the song’s interlocking electric… Source: Music News
Little Big Town's 'Girl Crush' Makes Chart History
Late last year, when Little Big Town first released their current single, “Girl Crush,” with a smoldering lead vocal from the group’s Karen Fairchild, the song’s provocative lyrics were supposedly leading some country stations to ban the tune, with listeners complaining about a message they misinterpreted as being about lesbian… Source: Music News
Why Politicians Keep Using Songs Without Artists' Permission
In 2004, Howard Dean’s staff decided “We Can,” a song by country star LeAnn Rimes about achieving the impossible, was the perfect soundtrack for his presidential bid. So Joe Trippi, Dean’s campaign manager, secured the rights and contacted Rimes for permission – she agreed, as long as it was a… Source: Music News
Hear Rayland Baxter's Tribute to 'Sugar Man' Sixto Rodriguez
Mysterious cult-sensation songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, the subject of the Oscar-winning 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man, was once presumed dead, but he’s alive and well both at home in Detroit and in the storytelling mind of Nashville’s Rayland Baxter. Off of his second album, the upcoming Imaginary Man, Baxter’s new… Source: Music News
Why Are These Bands Still Selling Confederate Flag Merch?
This month, America finally came to terms with the fact that proudly flying a pro-slavery flag more than 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation might not be the most enlightened idea. Early this morning, South Carolina passed a bill that would make the flag as legal on government grounds as a fistful of… Source: Music […]
Madonna Phone Hacker Sentenced to 14 Months in Jail
The Israeli man who was indicted on four charges of cyber crimes in association with hacking into Madonna’s songs and leaking Rebel Heart tracks before the record’s release has been sentenced to 14 months in jail. Adi Lederman accepted a plea bargain with a Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court in forming… Source: Music News
Patterson Hood: 'Time to Quit Rallying Around' Confederate Flag
The Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood called for a reclamation and celebration of Southern heritage, minus the Confederate battle flag and all it represents, in an insightful, biographical essay for The New York Times Magazine. A native of Florence, Alabama, Hood grew up in a traditional, conservative community known as The Shoals that was… Source: Music News
Willie Nelson to Receive Gershwin Prize for Songwriting
Nearly 60 years into his songwriting career, Willie Nelson has been named the next recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. He joins an all-star list of composers and performers who’ve received the award in years past, including Carole King, Paul McCartney and the songwriting team of Burt Bacharach… Source: Music News
Old Schooling: Why Hip-Hop Nostalgia Is on the Rise
Hip-Hop is always ready to champion the next. Though the foundation of sampling old records and shout-outs to forefathers forever keeps one eye towards the past, young fans of the genre crave originality and the cutting-edge. But for the generations that grew up with hip-hop back in two fertile periods… Source: Music News
