Billie Eilish debuted her song “my future” at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, so it’s no surprise that when the Trump administration was looking for celebrity support, a report unearthed by The Washington Post described the young singer as “not a Trump Supporter” and “destroying our country and everything we care about.” The Post noted that “Trump’s […]
Massive Attack Address Touring's Carbon Footprint in New Film
“As a touring band, we’ve always been aware of the damage our industry and its behavior has done to our environment,” says Robert ‘3D’ Del Naja of Massive Attack at the start of the new, eight-minute documentary, Massive Attack X Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. To address concert tours’ carbon footprint, Massive Attack commissioned […]
'Magic Oneohtrix Point Never' Is a Surrealist FM Broadcast for the Alt-Pop Age
For more than 50 years, electronic music has unofficially signified the future. It was an Italian futurist, Luigi Russolo, who first conceived of noise music and proto-industrial music-making during the 1910s. Decades later, the robot-pop visionaries of Kraftwerk beamed themselves into the future on an album celebrating the dawn of the computer world. In 1982, […]
Danny Elfman Releases His First Single in 36 Years
Known for being the voice of Nightmare Before Christmas’ Jack Skellington and the Corpse Bride’s Bonejangles, it only makes sense that composer Danny Elfman’s first release in 36 years, “Happy,” would drop only days before Halloween. “I always enjoyed Halloween because it was a night to let loose, to become something or someone else,” Elfman […]
Watch The Kills Cover 'I Put a Spell on You'
The Kills are getting in the Halloween, calling on the ghosts of the past by sharing Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “I Put a Spell on You.” Recorded in 2009, Alison Mosshart brings in dark soulful vocals over Jamie Hince’s fuzzy guitar. The track comes with a self-produced visual that’s comprised of live footage from shows in […]
Mogwai Announce 10th New Album, Share 'Dry Fantasy'
Mogwai is back, announcing that they’ll be releasing their 10th studio album As the Love Continues. Recorded earlier this year, the band were going to work on the entire album in the U.S. However, the global pandemic had different plans — relocating the sessions to Worcestershire, UK, while working with producer Dave Fridmann an ocean apart. […]
Watch Elvis Costello Perform a Pair of Songs on the 'Late Show'
Elvis Costello has a new album that’s out tomorrow (Oct. 30). He dropped by Late Show With Stephen Colbert to promote his new album Hey Clockface, his upcoming Armed Forces box set and to chat with the host about how his 2020 was thwarted due to the pandemic. Costello was supposed to unveil a musical adaptation of A Face in the Crowd that […]
Hayley Williams Rips Former Bandmate Over Homophobic Comments
Paramore singer Hayley Williams hasn’t been afraid to speak up in the past, so it should come as no surprise that she didn’t mince words when it came to a former bandmate. In a post that had been circulating on Facebook, ex-Paramore guitarist Josh Farro made homophobic comments that compared homosexuality to pedophilia. not josh […]
Neil Young's Older Brother Releases First-Ever Song at Age 78
Apparently, music is in the Young family’s genes. Neil Young’s older brother Bob dropped his first-ever single, “Hey America” with the Peterboroughs, at the age of 78. (Neil is four years, er, younger.) The tune, out on Shakey Pictures Records, features Neil Young on harmonica. “The filming of ‘Hey America’ was done in the Covid 19 […]
Foo Fighters Brew a 'Fresh Pot' of Fun in Caffeinated Commercial Spoof
In a spoof that mimics commercials for nebulous drugs that treat unnamed issues, Dave Grohl reflects on a decade-old coffee addiction used to impair “solid bowel movements” leave him with “noxious coffee breath.” In his (excellent) version of a serious/sad TV voiceover, Grohl laments, “I found myself doing anything for the fix. My roast grew […]