In case you hadn’t heard, Keanu Reeves’ onetime band Dogstar are back, recording new music and mapping out live gigs. Today, they performed live for the first time at BottleRock Napa, which is going down this weekend in California’s Napa Valley. During their set, which comes after a series of private performances, Dogstar played a […]
Watch Queens Of The Stone Age Play “Emotion Sickness” Live For The First Time
Queens Of The Stone Age performed at Sonic Temple in Columbus, Ohio on Friday for their first show in three years. Over the course of their 11-song set, the band did a live debut of their new single, “Emotion Sickness,” which came out earlier in May and will appear on new album In Times New […]
Junip – “Line Of Fire” (Feat. Sharon Van Etten)
Junip, the Swedish rock band that counts indie-folk star José González as a member, released their song “Line Of Fire” back in 2013; it was the opening track on their self-titled sophomore album. A decade later, they’ve released a new version of the song featuring one of indie’s most prolific guest artists, Sharon Van Etten. […]
Céline Dion Cancels World Tour Amid Battle With Stiff Person Syndrome
Last year, Céline Dion postponed her planned Courage Tour and revealed that she’s been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that affects about one person out of a million. Dion planned to return to the road with a series of European shows this summer and early next year, but her battle with […]
The Voidz – “Prophecy Of The Dragon”
The Voidz are back! After scheduling some festival gigs and a three-night residency in San Francisco, Julian Casablancas and the boys have returned with their first new song since 2020’s “Alien Crime Lord.” This one’s a metallic pop-rocker called “Prophecy Of The Dragon,” and the band says we should expect more music and tour announcements […]
Taylor Swift – “Karma” (Feat. Ice Spice)
Taylor Swift has released another deluxe edition of last year’s Midnights. Where her first (the 3am Edition) included exclusively all-new songs, this one (dubbed the Til Dawn Edition) is focused on updating existing Midnights tracks. “Snow On The Beach,” the album’s Lana Del Rey collaboration, gets a new version featuring even more Lana, after some […]
A Composer Breaks Down The Music Theory Behind Def Leppard’s “Photograph”
The toms they used are Simmons electronic drums with stock patches—detuned and processed with EQ and dynamic range compression. (Yes, the astonishing four-stroke tom fill at the end of the first chorus in “Photograph” was programmed!) Rick played the cymbal parts live — and when combined with the programmed drums, it produced a convincing human-like […]
Tulsa Emo Band Cliffdiver Almost Killed By Broken Chain Link From Passing Truck
On Tuesday, Tyler Rogers, the bassist for the Tulsa emo/pop-punk band Cliffdiver, was horribly injured in a strange and terrifying freak tour-van accident. Rogers was driving the Cliffdiver tour van at the moment of the accident, which easily could’ve injured or killed the other passengers in the van — five of the band’s seven members. […]
Terrace Martin – “Snooze” (SZA Cover)
Last month, producer Terrace Martin put out a new album as Dinner Party, his collaboration with Robert Glasper and Kamasi Washington. Martin’s most recent solo album was 2021’s DRONES, and today he’s announcing a new full-length, Fine Tune, which is scheduled to be released next month. Its lead single is an instrumental interpretation of SZA’s […]
Squid – “The Blades”
Next month, UK outfit Squid are releasing a new album, O Monolith, the follow-up to their 2021 debut Bright Green Field. They announced it back in February with “Swing (In A Dream),” and in April they circled back with “Undergrowth.” Today, Squid are sharing “The Blades,” which is accompanied by a video by director Kasper […]