Bleachers have a new album on the way, one Jack Antonoff is billing as the Bleachers album. I guess that’s why it’s self-titled? He kicked off the rollout with the quite-snappy “Modern Girl” and followed it with the Lana Del Rey collab “Alma Mater,” which had a video featuring a parade of friends and relatives […]
Joseph Shabason, Nicholas Krgovich, & M. Sage – “Gloria”
For the past couple years, composers Joseph Shabason and Nicholas Krgovich have put out a series of collaborative records, most recently 2022’s At Scaramouche. The pair has teamed up with a third musician, Matthew Sage, for a new album called Shabason, Krgovich, Sage — it’ll be out in April. Sage, who moved back home to […]
Coachella 2024 Lineup Has No Doubt, Sublime, & Blur
This year’s Coachella lineup is here. The headliners of the massive Indio, California festival were recently leaked, with Lana Del Rey, Tyler, The Creator, and Doja Cat taking up those revered slots. However, they have a surprise that couldn’t have been predicted: a No Doubt reunion. It’ll be the band’s first show in nine years. […]
will.i.am Announces SiriusXM Show With AI Co-Host
Over the years, will.i.am has hopped on nearly every new technological trend. He’s been a judge on a hologram singing competition, he’s made a Bluetooth face mask, he’s developed a voice assistant, he became the strategic adviser of a digital bank, he unveiled wireless headphones that looked like stethoscopes, he’s pitched a reality series about […]
Billy Strings Writes Song About Fan Wanted By Tulsa Police For Stealing A Taylor Swift Poster
Bluegrass star Billy Strings wrote a song about a fan wanted by Tulsa police for stealing a Taylor Swift poster. A couple days ago, the Tulsa Police Department posted some photos of a man wearing a “Billy Strings” hat after he took a Swift Eras Tour poster from a local AMC. Strings proceeded to write […]
Yasiin Bey Explains Why Drake Isn’t Hip-Hop, Relates His Music To Shopping At Target
Yasiin Bey, formerly Mos Def, has racked up years of credibility in rap since launching his career in 1994. On a new episode of the fashion podcast The Cutting Room Floor, he was asked if he considered Drake to be hip hop, a question that clearly stressed him out. “Why you doing this to me?” […]
The Black Keys – “Beautiful People (Stay High)”
The Black Keys are entering another pop crossover phase — or at least they’re trying to. The Akron-native duo are coming back this spring with a new album called Ohio Players. In a Mojo report last year, they called it “our Saturday-night party record.” Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney took inspiration for the album from […]
Jelly Roll Speaks At Senate Hearing About Fentanyl Epidemic
The rap-country musician Jelly Roll, real name Jason DeFord, spoke at a Senate hearing on Thursday about the fentanyl epidemic, urging lawmakers to adopt legislation limiting the distribution of the synthetic opioid. “At every concert I perform, I witness the heartbreaking impact of fentanyl,” he said during his appearance, via The Hill. “I see fans […]
Maxband – “Nothing’s Changed”
Maxband is a project headed up by Parquet Courts drummer Max Savage. They’ve been around for a few years now; most recently, they released an EP called Top Of The Stairs in 2020. In 2018, they put out Perfect Strangers, which was originally billed as an album but I guess has now been reclassified as […]
Superchunk – “Everybody Dies”
Superchunk already delivered one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most moving treatises on death with “Me & You & Jackie Mittoo,” in which Mac MacCaughan declares, “I hate music/ What is it worth/ Can’t bring anyone back to this earth.” They’ve returned to the subject today with “Everybody Dies,” the A-side from a new 7″. “Everybody […]