In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Pete Burns wanted to make his version of a Luther Vandross record. This did not exactly fall within his skillset. Burns came […]
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Post Malone Announces New Album Austin: “I Played Guitar On Every Song”
Post Malone’s new album Austin is coming July 28. He announced as much in an Instagram video late last night, in which he also reveals that he plays guitar on every song. “It’s been some of the funnest music,” he says. “Some of the most challenging and rewarding music for me at least. You know, […]
Riot Fest 2023 Lineup Has The Cure, Foo Fighters, Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service, & Much More
Chicago’s gigantic and vaguely punk-centric Riot Fest is coming back to Douglass Park in September. Once again, it’s got a lineup that’s utterly stuffed with big names. This year’s biggest name is probably the Cure. The festival also has Death Cab For Cutie and the Postal Service, Ben Gibbard’s two forever-interlinked projects, as well as […]
Watch Steve Earle, David Byrne, Kurt Vile, & Terry Allen Play Together At John Henry’s Friends Benefit In NYC
Once a year, Steve Earle holds his John Henry’s Friends benefit at New York’s Town Hall, raising money for children diagnosed with autism. Earle always gets some big names to play the show; in 2021, Bruce Springsteen opened for him. Last night, Earle did something different with the benefit. Rather than a bunch of separate […]
Travis Scott Plays New Album Utopia For The Astros: “It’s On The Way Now”
Travis Scott has previewed his fourth studio album Utopia for the Houston Astros. In a clip filmed at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Scott can be seen sitting in the locker room talking about Utopia, telling KRIV Sports Director Mark Berman, “It’s on the way now, Mark.” Scott also appears to say he’s “finish[ing] the […]
Lil Wayne Ends Tour Closer Early Due To Low Energy Crowd
For this past month, Lil Wayne has been on his Welcome To Tha Carter tour, his first full-scale North American trek in four years. Those shows have featured Wayne digging deep into his catalog of mixtape classics, and they’ve mostly gotten good reviews. But when Wayne came to the Wiltern in Los Angeles for the […]
bar italia – “changer”
Later this week, the London trio bar italia are releasing a new album Tracey Denim, their first for Matador Records. They’ve shared “Nurse!” and “punkt from it so far, and the latter made our best songs of the week list. Today, they’re putting out one more track from it, “changer.” Check it out below. Tracey […]
Miya Folick – “Cockroach”
OMG Miya Folick has released so many songs from her new album Roach. Like, so many. “I’m a fuckin’ cockroach, and you can’t kill me,” she sings on the latest, which makes sense. It’s not the most elegant way to promote a record, but trickling out a new song every few weeks for the better […]
Margo Cilker – “Lowland Trail”
Goldendale, Washington singer-songwriter Margo Cilker’s debut Pohorylle made it onto our list of the best country albums of 2021. Today she’s announced the follow-up. Valley Of Heart’s Delight isn’t coming until September, but today we get to hear its opening track, “Lowland Trail.” It’s a smart bit of writing that mostly just repeats the refrain […]