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By Kat Bein Imagine growing up in southern California and heading to your first Coachella as high-school freshman. You are a snot-nosed kid with indie-rock dreams jamming with your best companions, and at the malleable age of 13, you visualize The Strokes, Kanye West, Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, and more. You fantasize for the next seven years or so about playing that stage, and then,..
Read MoreEarlier this year, Charli XCX helped unveil one of her newest pet projects: Nasty Cherry, a dynamic four-piece signed to her Vroom Vroom Recordings imprint. Their debut single, "Win," is a certifiable indie-pop banger, built around a delectably propulsive bass line as well as a snaky guitar tone straight out of Robert Smith's amplifier. "Win" helped introduce the musical group, which..
Read MoreVampire Weekend's new album, Father of the Bride, comes out on May 3. So fittingly, the time for teasers and pre-releases draws to an end. Yet before then, the musical group have determined to release a jumbo-sized teasing dish with two distinct entrees: "This Life" and "Unbearably White." They sound drastically different and only build the anticipation for the new LP. https://youtu..
Read MoreThe search for the ever-elusive "bop" is hard. Playlists and streaming-service suggestions can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn't discriminate by genre and could contribute anything — it's a snapshot of wh..
Read MoreOnce Nilüfer Yanya sings, her face stays steely. She holds a constellation of emotion in her brow as she delivers the big questions like, "Do you like pain?" Her hands, meanwhile, rhythmically widen and stretch, evolving into chord shapes that keep her songs grounded, although aspirational. It's how every one of the young London-based singer-songwriter’s tunes starts, with six stri..
Read MoreMention you've just come across U.K. Singer-songwriter Jade Bird's pop-rock confection "Lottery." You're feeling the mellow melodies on the verse. You're grooving. And then suddenly, once that chorus hits, her voice reveals itself like a turbine engine turning on. Right now you're awake. And you're all in. It's a neat little trick Bird does — delaying then deploying her raw vocal p..
Read MoreSinger-songwriter and producer Ryan Adams has been accused of abuse, manipulation, and sexual misconduct by a couple of females in an exposé from The New York Times. Adams, through a lawyer, has denied the allegations. The girls who discussed about their experiences with Adams include his ex-wife Mandy Moore, singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers, and more young female artists he was os..
Read MoreIf 2018 was the year K-pop finally breached the gates of the U.S. Mainstream, the South Korean power trio Drinking Males and Women Choir are helping light a similar fire for K-punk this year. The skate-infused rock tonic swirled up by the band's three members — MJ, Meena, and Bondu — is grittier and spunkier than the cautiously choreographed movements of BTS; stylistically, DBGC h..
Read MoreWednesday night's (January 16) Chris Cornell tribute show boasted no shortage of rock royalty — the late grunge icon's former bandmates in Soundgarden, Audioslave, and Temple of the Dog were on hand, as were Foo Fighters, Metallica, Ryan Adams, and more. Nevertheless maybe the buzziest efficiency of the night came from Miley Cyrus, who proved herself a chameleonic star by putting he..
Read MoreIn the time since Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington's death in July 2017, his musical group has remained quiet. This has likely been in part out of respect to Bennington, nevertheless also out of necessity. "We have a lot of rebuilding to do, and questions to answer, so it'll take time," musical group co-leader Mike Shinoda said about each year ago. Shinoda has continued making..
Read MoreEarlier this year, 5 Seconds of Summer reappeared on the music scene with expensive haircuts, even more expensive leather jackets, as well as a sleeker sound that pivoted sharply away from their pop-punk roots. The guitars were still there, although as a substitute opposed to heaping on the power chords, they’d amble into vibey new-wave territory or support fragile heartbreak worrie..
Read MoreIn 1981, Queen and David Bowie teamed up for a song that would become immortal. “Under Pressure” keeps it up and continues to work, nearly 40 years later, because of its simple formula: It’s a duet, however it’s also got one of the primary bass lines ever written and tons of claps and snaps, which make everything as sticky as possible. It’s wonderful. The song’s a bold on..
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