Does any of this matter? For most of this year’s Grammys telecast, I could not shake the feeling that no, it really doesn’t make a difference who wins these trophies — maybe in terms of opening doors for certain artists or shifting the music industry’s tectonic plates, but not in the grand scheme of human […]
Guess Who’s Classic Lineup Performed For The First Time In 23 Years
“American Woman” rockers the Guess Who took the stage Saturday night at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls. It was guitarist Randy Bachman and vocalist/pianist Burton Cummings’ first performance under this band name since 2003. The set featured a bunch of Guess Who favorites plus hits from Bachman’s post-Guess Who band Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Cummings’ solo […]
Steven Spielberg Wins First Grammy, Achieving EGOT Status
Steven Spielberg has completed the EGOT. The legendary director won a Grammy today, completing the EGOT to go along with his three Oscars, four Emmys, and the Tony he won for producing A Strange Loop. Spielberg’s Grammy win came in the category of Best Music Film (naturally), which went to the John Williams documentary Music […]
Turnstile Win Their First Grammys
Turnstile have won their first Grammys. This year the Baltimore hardcore outfit was nominated for Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, Best Metal Performance, Best Rock Album, and Best Alternative Music Performance. The band took home Best Rock Album for last year’s Never Enough and Best Metal Performance for “Birds.” In the Best Rock Album […]
The Cure Win Their First Grammys
After 50 years of being a band, the Cure have won their first Grammys. 2024’s Songs Of A Lost World, their 14th studio LP, earned them a nomination for Best Alternative Music Album and the track “Alone” was up for Best Alternative Music Performance, and the group won both. They couldn’t be in attendance due […]
Nelsonville Music Festival 2026 Initial Lineup Has Geese, Wednesday, More
Once a year, the Nelsonville Music Festival brings a thoughtfully curated collection of artists to Nelsonville, Ohio. Our own Chris DeVille was there last year, and he proclaimed that the festival “rules.” Allow him to elaborate: “The way forward, as has been obvious for a while now, is smaller, more carefully curated fests — sustainable […]
Willie Nelson Shares New Lawnmower Man Collab
The headline at the top of this blog post probably isn’t fair. Willie Nelson did not actually record a duet with Jobe Smith, a gardener with intellectual disabilities who gets plugged into a virtual reality supercomputer and becomes a godlike digital super-being. But when you have the opportunity to make a graphic that puts a […]
Jessica Lea Mayfield & Dolour Cover Weezer’s Pinkerton As A Jazzy Piano Album: Hear “Why Bother?”
Weezer’s 1996 sophomore album Pinkerton is a fucked-up, horny, self-doubting scrawl of a record that famously almost ended the band. Pinkerton was a commercial and mostly critical failure when it came out, but it quickly found a huge cult audience and informed tons of emo and indie rock bands that followed. Weezer never made another […]
Grammys Announce Performers For Ozzy And D’Angelo Tributes
The Grammys are coming up. This Sunday, the awards show will take place at LA’s Crypto.com Arena and we recently found out that all of the Best New Artist nominees will be performing. Now, the Recording Academy has announced the performers for the In Memoriam section. Lauryn Hill will pay tribute to D’Angelo and Roberta […]
Nicki Minaj Joins Donald Trump Onstage, Says She’s “The President’s #1 Fan”
Last year, Nicki Minaj’s public spiral culminated in her unexpected appearance at Turning Points USA’s AmericaFest in Arizona alongside Erika Kirk, the widow of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. The rapper’s descent into MAGA continued today as she spoke at a Treasury Department event in Washington DC, declaring herself “the president’s #1 fan.” The summit is […]