Last year, the Australian musician Hazel English — who is now based in California — released a new EP, Summer Nights, produced with her longtime collaborator Jackson Phillips, aka Day Wave. Today, she’s back with her first new single since then, and it’s a cover of Goo Goo Dolls’ 1998 alt-rock hit “Slide.” Check it […]
Henry Rollins Won’t Perform In A Band Again But Has Put His Life Savings Into A Project Launching Next Year In Nashville
It might not come as a huge surprise, but Henry Rollins has no plans to perform music live again any time soon. Outside of a couple stray appearances at friend’s shows, he hasn’t performed as part of a band on stage in 17 years. He is, however, currently on an extensive spoken word tour, and […]
FLO – “Fly Girl” (Feat. Missy Elliott)
The London trio FLO have been on the rise for the last few years, making music that’s a throwback to the R&B girl groups that were ever-present at the turn of the millennium. Today, they’re back with a new single, “Fly Girl,” which sees them teaming up with Missy Elliott, who contributes a verse to […]
Band To Watch: Softcult
Mercedes and Phoenix Arn-Horn are sitting on the floor of their hotel. The Canada-born twin siblings, who lead the post-punk/dream-pop/shoegaze project Softcult, are in a sleepy state of post-show bliss, having played a date last night the End — a venue on Nashville’s famed “Rock Block.” Today is a day off before heading to Memphis, […]
Bumbershoot 2023 Has Sleater-Kinney, Jawbreaker, AFI, Fatboy Slim, & More
The Seattle festival Bumbershoot is celebrating its 50th anniversary later this year with a lineup that includes Sleater-Kinney, the Revivalists, ZHU, Jawbreaker, AFI, Brittany Howard, Fatboy Slim, Sunny Day Real Estate, Phantogram, and more. It’ll take place at the Seattle Center over Labor Day Weekend on September 2 and 3. Also playing this year’s festival […]
Nicholas Allbrook – “Round Round The Moon And All”
Last month, POND’s Nicholas Allbrook announced a new album, Manganese, and shared its lead single “Jackie.” Today, the Australian musician returns with another single called “Round Round The Moon And All.” In a statement, Allbrook explained that this is “an old song I’ve never been able to record properly,” but shouted out his bandmates and […]
Stuck – “The Punisher”
Stuck, the Chicago post-punk group that rose out of the ashes of Yeesh and Clearance, are back with news of their sophomore album, Freak Frequency, the follow-up to 2021’s Content That Makes You Feel Good EP. Lead single “The Punisher” is everything you might expect from a band like this: nervy, tangled, squalling, and also […]
Meteora Turns 20
In March of 2003, my cousin took me to see my first small-theater concert. Technically, he was my cousin’s husband, and he was the coolest. He lived in Brooklyn, played in a band, and had a massive CD collection he would let me borrow from whenever I would visit. He introduced me to a ton […]
Watch Joanna Newsom Debut New Songs At Her First Live Show In Years
Joanna Newsom hasn’t released a new album since 2015’s Divers, and before last night, she hadn’t played a live show since a January 2020 gig in Austin. Last night, Newsom returned to the stage as a surprise opening act. Fleet Foxes played at the Belasco in Los Angeles with a secret opener. Newsom was heavily […]
Just Can’t Get Enough: The Warring Depeche Mode Tribute Bands Of Los Angeles
“Attn Talent Agents, Promoters, Venues, Clubs, and fans: Devotional Dave is no longer with Strangelove The Depeche Mode experience as of Feb 2018 – Any promotional audio-video recording or photographs promoting my image is not permitted and no longer affiliated with the band or brand of STRANGELOVE.” So reads a Facebook post from Los Angeles-based […]