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SPRINGTIME
FOR HITS LIST
Meet this week's ensemble cast. (3/18a)
NEAR TRUTHS: STREAMING AND STREAMLINING
Knight's new day (3/18a)
TOP 50: ARI BASKS
IN THE sunshine
The biggest bow of the year (3/15a)
THE COUNT: ROLLING LOUD KEEPS ITS EYES ON THE PRIZE
The latest from the live sector (3/14a)
DEEPER WELL MARKS KACEY MUSGRAVES’ “SATURN RETURN”
Gleason on Musgraves (3/18a)
THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
Critics' Choice
BLACK CROWES SOAR ON COMEBACK LP "HAPPINESS BASTARDS"
3/15/24

After 15 years, The Black Crowes have migrated back to record stores today (3/15) with a new studio album, the Jay Joyce-produced and hilariously named Happiness Bastards. Out on the band's own Silver Arrow Records label, the LP includes the Crowes' first proper collab, the Lainey Wilson-featuring "Wilted Rose."

In celebration, the Robinson brothers-led, Red Light-managed band will tonight air a performance for Amazon Music's City Sessions taped last week at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York. The action gets underway at 9 p.m. ET on Twitch.

Happiness Bastards will surely be music to the ears of Crowes fans, as it lives up to Joyce's description of sounding "old school real, live and raw. These guys came to town like a freight train—ready to lay it down, no bullshit. They brought the OG magic of their early albums along with some young punk spirit. I was honored to have captured it."

Added Wilson, "it’s an honor to wail on this record with these legendary, pioneering rock stars. Welcome back boys! You’ve been missed."

Those pesky critics seem to agree, with Esquire praising the album's "hard-charting riffs with echoes of Memphis soul and old-school barroom boogie," and Mojo hailing it as "a thrilling return, oozing sass and swagger."

A tour in support of Happiness Bastards begins 4/2 at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry and will proceed to such locales as Los Angeles' Greek Theatre (4/12) and New York's Radio City Music Hall (4/27) before descending on Europe in May and June. Be there, or risk having a hockey puck fired in your general direction by manager Mark DiDia.

LOVE STINGS ON NEW CROWES SINGLE
2/16/24

Someone is sure giving love a bad name on "Cross Your Fingers," the second single from The Black Crowes' upcoming album Happiness Bastards. Thankfully, the heartbreak is balanced by some sweet guitar licks courtesy of Rich Robinson, and that soulful chorus makes it all seem okay—even if just for a couple minutes.

Happiness Bastards, due 3/15 on their own Silver Arrow Records, is the Crowes' first new album in 15 years. The Jay Joyce-produced set has already yielded "Wanting and Waiting," which has gone top 10 at AAA, Americana and Active Rock. Wethinks the Lainey Wilson-featuring "Wilted Rose" is a keeper too.

The Red Light-managed Crowes will support Happiness Bastards on the road beginning 4/2 in Nashville and will proceed to such locales as Los Angeles' Greek Theatre (4/12) and New York's Radio City Music Hall (4/27). Europe is on tap in May and June, which is the perfect time to shake one's money maker.

GIVE IT UP FOR SHINEDOWN
1/22/24

Mediabase presented Shinedown with an award commemorating their status as the greatest rock band in chart history with the most No. #1s, Top 5s and Top 10s in the Mediabase Active Rock category. The multi-platinum band has achieved a record-breaking 23 chart-topping songs total (21 in Active Rock), including "A Symptom of Being Human."

"Our congratulations to Shinedown for this remarkable feat," Mediabase President/CEO Philippe Generall said. "Their success serves as a testament to their exceptional talent and the unwavering support of their fanbase."

Shinedown is currently nominated for Rock Artist of the Year at this year’s iHeartRadio Music Awards. They are also up for Rock Song of the Year for “Dead Don’t Die” and Favorite Tour Photographer for Sanjay Parikh. Frontman Brent Smith recently made a surprise appearance at iHeartRadio’s ALTer EGO in Anaheim, California to introduce Bush alongside Alt 98.7’s Booker & Stryker.

Pictured above thanking their lucky stars nobody from HITS was allowed in the building are (l-r) Smith, Barry Kerch, Mediabase's Alissa Pollack, Eric Bass and Zach Myers.