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“I’m used to having lots of brothers.
But none of them will be as testy as the British one!”
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So to hit the road together again, they know they have to outdo themselves.
Says Stapleton: “The 17-year-old me is going to be freaking out and probably the 39-year-old me!
He’s a hero.
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I used to spend my money on going to Tom Petty concerts.“M.V.
“You want to bring some s that blows up,“drummer Lars Ulrich says.
“You want to have everything be larger than life.”
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But this summer, the 32-year-old now has his name on the marquee’s top spot.
“In country, we do things as a family.
Recorded in Antonoff’s home studio in Brooklyn, the sessions were a largely relaxed affair.
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Roger Waters
Is This the Life We Really Want?
But the Pink Floyd founder was talked out of that idea by producer Nigel Godrich.
“That song is almost an afterthought,” says Waters.
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“It’s Nigel going, ‘Oh f, you’ve written all these ballads.
Thank god we’ve done some jams.
Could you c’mon write some words to this thing?’
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‘That thing in E.’ ‘Do I have to?’
Waters launches a tour titled called Us + Them in Kansas City, MO., May 26.
“It’s quite a well-balanced meal gives you all the food groups emotionally.”
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“We have the freedom from the label to try out more new things,” Unger-Hamilton says.
“We thought it would give extra depth.”
“Our lyrics are always grounded in the realm of imagination,” Unger-Hamilton explains.
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“We’re always taking these flights of fancy and seeing where we land.“E.R.B.
“The only thing these guys have done their entire lives is make records.
But even among his idols, Auerbach held his own.
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“I always felt honored to be playing with them,” he notes.
“They always make me feel like an equal.“E.R.B.
“I moved out here with nothing and started my life over,” she says.
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“The main purpose of moving here was to make this record.
[Los Angeles] certainly fostered an environment for me to be able to focus and relax a bit.
Says Coffman: “I’ve wanted to do this since I was about five years old.
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It was a really special experience.”
“Talking about my stories and writing songs has helped me.
To find out that it’s helping other people?
It’s just a win for me, really.
“The scope has changed,” the 22-year-old says.
I wrote the record from top to bottom.
“That was an accident,” Isbelltold EWearlier this year.
“It’s a beautiful smorgasbord, honestly,” Perry says.
“Max has kind of been my longtime guy….We do our best work together.
But I wanted to experiment and fly away from the nest.”
(Perry was a vocal supporter of Hillary Clinton.)
“Yes, maybe at that moment she lost.
But that might have been a battle, and we’re [now] looking at a war here.
I think you have to think about long-term.
So, check out the lyrical spin and dive into that song.“M.V.
The blueprints came together after McVie rejoined the group in 2014, following her 16-year-long hiatus.
“We thought we’d lay down a couple of tracks; that’s all we meant to do.
And then Lindsey had some [songs].
And we just started having a good time.”
“It was like a time warp,” says Buckingham.
“It was cool!“K.O.
Phoenix
Ti Amo
ToPhoenix,their last album, 2014’sBankrupt!, wasn’t lively enough.
This one, though?
“The new songs are more physical,” guitarist Christian Mazzalai explains.
“We couldn’t release this album in the winter.”
Frontman Robin Pecknold, for one, studied at Columbia University.
Easy: You don’t even try.
“She understands that.”
But for their third effort, they’re scaling things back.
Frontman Dan Reynolds says most songs on the LP feature just four instruments.
“We wanted to be selective about each noise,” the 29-year-old says.
Imagine Dragon’s sonic shift comes after a particularly bad spell of depression for the singer.
“I felt very numb,” he says.
“Numb and gray.
This record encapsulates color in a way the band has never experienced before.
It’s a celebration, an evolution of mind and sonics.“M.V.
“We were trying to create a new soundscape,” he says of his second full-length.
Staples emphasizes, though, thatBig Fish Theoryisn’t a political record.
“I don’t pay attention to politics, to be completely honest,” he says.
“People are people.”
And as for whether the album’s runtime will approachSummertime’s sprawling hour?
“Ah, f no.“E.R.B.
Global turmoil pervadesThe Underside of Power, which grapples with bleak concepts like cryptofascism and late capitalism.
“Late capitalism subverts any sort of real political engagement and ability to engage,” Fisher says.
“Materialist escapism is so endemic of our entire culture.
“Adrian was actually really hands-off,” Fisher explains.
“But then he would make a suggestion and it would work brilliantly.”
“I have a new loop station that can handle a bit more.”
But longtime fans shouldn’t expect big changes to his intimate performances.
I don’t see that changing.“M.V.
Calvin Harris
Funk Wav Bounces Vol.
“It’s going to be a great summer,” says Crow.
“There are going to be a lot of people coming on and off.
I am so excited!“M.V.
are heading out for 18 dates together this summer.
It’s a tour that’s been decades in the making.
But then, Lauper explains, “Life and career took us on our journey.”
Now, they’re performing sets of their classics and prepping a nightly duet.
“I wanted it to enhance the music without overshadowing it.”
The band says “Kept Me Crying” was inspired by the “u up?”
The production which has featured insane pyrotechnics during “Live and Let Die” is equally over the top.
1 single on the Hot 100,DAMN.
’s “HUMBLE.“E.R.B.
says Butler, 47.
To articulate his discomfort through art, Butler developed a character, Quazarz.
“People from another realm, people from different places are actual and real,” he explains.
“They always have represented themselves through music and artistic expression.
We come from this extraterrestrial history.“E.R.B.
“[That was] exclusively for Coachella,” her visual director Richy Jacksontold EW in April.
“[This] will be something entirely different.“K.O.
“I just want this album to be perfect,” he tells EW.
“We’re not next-door neighbors, but we’re still very much a band,” says Droste.
“When we write, we still write together.”
But I’ll say it’s my favorite thing we’ve ever done.
It’s more accessible but not in an overt way there’s no filler.“K.O.
DJ Khaled
Grateful
The producer and social media phenomenon is riding high on the Hot 100 with his No.
Old Dominion
Title TBD
The Nashville fivesome broke out in 2015 with their debut LPMeat & Candy.
That collection notched the group of former Music Row songsmiths two No.
1 country airplay singles but frontman Matthew Ramsey says the band has bigger ambitions for their next set.
“[This album] sounds like us, but there is some heavier subject matter.
We’ve definitely grown as a band and I think it shows in these songs.“M.V.
“It shows a lot of growth.
