Category: Music
Rocky Kramer will be hosting “1990” on this week’s episode of Rocky Kramer’s Rock & Roll Tuesdays on Twitch. Tune into Twitch on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025 at 7 PM PT for this amazing show. Rocky Kramer is a guitar virtuoso, often being compared to the greatest guitar players in …
Queens-born hip hop artist Ben Bacardi is in the middle of a true breakout year. He just scored a Song of the Year – Hip Hop nomination at the 2025 Josie Music Awards for his track “Life Again,” a raw, deeply personal record about renewal and overcoming adversity. The nomination isn’t just about bars and beats—it’s …
Mechatok has announced his debut solo studio album: Wide Awake is out August 8 via Young. Featured on the German-born producer and songwriter’s new album is a collaboration with Ecco2k and Bladee called “Expression on Your Face.” Watch the track’s music video, directed by Anton Tammi, below. Wide Awake follows …
Country music often takes us on emotional journeys through the heartland, but Jody Blaine Watson’s “Living It Up Down in Mexico” takes a different route — straight to the beach. With his laid-back debut single on Tribeca Records, Watson swaps out honky-tonks for hammocks and beer for tequila, offering a refreshing twist …
Justin Bieber has barely been onstage for the better part of the last three years, but he made a grand re-emergence last night (May 23) with SZA as part of the latter’s Grand National tour with Kendrick Lamar at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. The pair performed a version of …
Every stadium has its collection of songs that gets fans off their feet as their team is making a huge defensive stand or is trying to drive in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Those same stadiums also likely have a bunch of songs they hope …
Bob Dylan brought his “Outlaw Music Festival” tourmate Billy Strings on stage to perform his classic “All Along the Watchtower” in Spokane, Washington, on Thursday, May 22nd. Watch fan-shot footage below. During the performance, Strings tastefully showed off his acoustic guitar skills with a few solo runs, while Dylan sang the …
Miley Cyrus’ ninth studio album Something Beautiful arrives at the end of the month. Now, she’s shared another single from the record; “More to Lose” follows “Prelude,” “Something Beautiful” and “End of the World.” Cyrus wrote the song alongside Autumn Rowe and Michael Pollack, and directed the accompanying music video …
Karol G’s Netflix documentary, Tomorrow Was Beautiful, is out May 8, and we’re taking you inside the premiere in New York that just happened Tuesday, May 6. We got to speak with the Latin singer about her new documentary. Are you going to watch Tomorrow Was Beautiful? Let us know …
What happens when a rollercoaster drops you straight into a dancefloor—and the headliner is techno royalty instead of a cartoon mascot? You get THRILL CITY: a genre-smashing, mind-bending, fully-immersive cultural detonation that just rewrote the rules of nightlife. On March 22, RASA, the breakout startup everyone should be talking about, …
Aerosmith‘s Joe Perry is taking the Joe Perry Project back on the road this summer for a brief North American tour featuring an all-star lineup of members of three big rock bands. The eight-show trek begins on Aug. 13 in Tampa, Florida, and concludes on Aug. 23 in Port Chester, New York. The band will …
André 3000 has surprise release a new project called 7 piano sketches. True to its name, it’s a collection of piano instrumentals, which André has been sitting on for nearly a decade. André had first recorded parts of this project nearly a decade ago while living in Texas with his …
A24 and Apple Original Films have released a new teaser video for Spike Lee’s new movie Highest 2 Lowest. The clip offers a look at Denzel Washington, A$AP Rocky, and Jeffrey Wright’s roles in the film. Watch it below. Highest 2 Lowest is a reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s High to …
Los Ángeles Azules and Thalia unite for their first No. 1 on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart, as “Yo Me Lo Busqué” flies 9-1 on the May 3-dated list. “Yo Me Lo Busqué” ascends to the summit with the Greatest Gainer honors, awarded weekly to the song with the largest …
Sting returned to his rock roots last year on his back-to-basics 3.0 Tour. Though former comrades Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland didn’t join the erstwhile King of Pain on the road, Police songs made up more than half of the 20-plus song setlists, evened out with solo favorites and deep …
Pantera‘s Philip Anselmo continues to show his love for the late Dimebag Darrell through the band’s recent musical celebration, but he’s also had plenty to say about the late guitarist over the years. In this Loudwire Loud List compilation, the Pantera vocalist speaks from the heart in multiple interviews about …
In The Rehearsal Season 2, Nathan Fielder is spinning together no shortage of unexpected elements, leading to situations like real-life airline co-pilots being asked to judge real-life amateur singers for a TV singing contribution. But it’s all part of a bigger design that the comedian is slowly revealing, one with …
“Unfortunately, although it was not the intention, the selection of Kehlani as this year’s headliner has injected division and discord into Slope Day,” he continued. “For that reason, I am rescinding Kehlani’s invitation and expect a new lineup for a great 2025 Slope Day to be announced shortly.” Explaining his …
Day two of the California country fest was dominated by rising stars enjoying victory lap moments, but also included plenty of big looks for veteran hitmakers. Jelly Roll for Stagecoach Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach The momentum kept up for the second day of the Stagecoach Festival on Saturday (Apr. …
For Taylor Swift, “It’s Nice to Have a Friend” — especially when that friend can see first-hand what it is you’re going through. Swift, 35, took the world by storm on her record-breaking Eras Tour, with Gracie Abrams opening for her at many of the tour stops. More from Spin: Katy …
On Friday (April 25), Sammy Hagar unveiled his brand-new song, “Encore, Thank You, Goodnight.” The track was co-written with Joe Satriani and it was inspired by a dream Hagar had about Eddie Van Halen. Hagar joined Loudwire Nights on Friday to dive deep into that dream and talk about writing …
Each week, our Songs of the Week column highlights the best new tunes from the previous seven days and takes a look at notable releases. Find our new favorites and more on our Top Songs playlist, and for other great songs from emerging artists, you can listen to our New Sounds …
Young Thug and Future have teamed up, once again, for a new song. The Super Slimey partners’ latest collaboration, “Money on Money,” is the first taste of a new Young Thug album. It’s accompanied by a music video directed by Kaito and Brendan O’Connor, which begins with a shot of …
As Ye (formerly Kanye West) continues to spend time in Spain, he’s still finding time to fire away on his X account. West once again went after Kendrick Lamar and Tyler, the Creator, whom he deemed to be “overrated” and to be on an “equal” playing field when it comes …
Chicago’s eclectic Riot Fest will commemorate its 20th anniversary this year with a lineup led by blink-182, Weezer and Green Day. The event will take place Sept. 19-21 at Douglass Park and includes big names from across the rock, punk, metal, hardcore and alternative universes, plus several left-field bookings. The …
Slaughter to Prevail are turning heads with their new song “Russian Grizzly in America,” a track that finds singer Alex Terrible belting in both English and Russian, and we’ve got the lyrics for you. The song is the latest to arrive from Slaughter to Prevail’s next studio album, Grizzly, which …
Joe Exotic has tied the knot behind federal bars. This week, the Tiger King star announced his marriage to fellow inmate Jorge Marquez. Exotic and Marquez’s engagement was announced last fall, and though the exact timing of when and how they were married are unknown, Exotic has shared AI-generated photos …
Roy Thomas Baker, who produced “Bohemian Rhapsody” with Queen, has died, Variety reports. A cause of death has not been revealed. Baker was 78 years old. Baker was born in London in 1946. He got his start in the music industry at an early age, working at the city’s Decca …
Australia’s iconic Bluesfest has officially confirmed its return in 2026 following one of its strongest years post-COVID, bolstered in part by emergency support from the New South Wales Government’s Contemporary Music Festival Viability Fund. Held over the Easter long weekend, Bluesfest 2025 drew more than 109,000 attendees across five days, …
Genres are once again effortlessly obliterated in the music of the impossible-to-classify Richmond, Va.-based Butcher Brown, whose fifth album in as many years, Letters From the Atlantic (Concord) is a deeply felt sonic tour of influences hailing from up, down and all around the Atlantic Ocean. The journey begins at …
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