R&B/soul/hip-hop fest Sol Blume is set to return for a fourth year on April 29-30 at Discovery Park near Downtown Sacramento. Headlining the fest this year will be Kehlani and Brent Faiyaz, and additional performers include Ella Mai, Nao, Sabrina Claudio, Mariah The Scientist, Amber Mark, LaRussell, Rini, Mereba, Isaiah Rashad, Joey Bada$$, Teyana Taylor, […]
Atlanta Rhythm Section’s Dean Daughtry Dead At 76
Dean Daughtry, keyboardist and co-founder of Southern soft-rock act Atlanta Rhythm Section, has died. The band posted an official statement on their social-media accounts, writing: “For 49 years he never missed a gig, until his health forced him to retire a couple of years ago, cutting short his goal of 50 years. He was like […]
NJ’s Bamboozle Reveals 2023 Lineup: “The Festival Will Not Have High Priced Headliners”
Bamboozle festival in New Jersey will return this year for the first time since 2012. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the fest goes down May 5-7 at Bader Field in Atlantic City. Today, Bamboozle founder John D’Esposito put out a statement noting that “the festival will not have high priced headliners, as we brought it back […]
Britney Spears Asks Fans To Respect Her Privacy After Calls To Police: “This Felt Like I Was Being Gaslit And Bullied”
Britney Spears has deactivated her Instagram account numerous times in recent months, and she did it again Wednesday, a few days after changing her username to River Red. In response to the accounts disappearance, some of her fans called her local police department asking them to check up on her. The cops did indeed show […]
Bodywash – “Massif Central”
Montreal dream-pop/shoegaze duo Bodywash — aka Chris Steward and Rosie Long Decter — are announcing their new album, I Held the Shape While I Could, which follows their 2019 debut LP Comforter. Since Comforter, Bodywash have shared singles like 2020’s “Follow” and last year’s “Kind Of Light,” the latter of which will show up on […]
Grammys’ Beach Boys Tribute Concert Lines Up Beck, St. Vincent, Weezer, My Morning Jacket, & More
Occasionally, the Recording Academy will round up a bunch of artists that are in town for the Grammy Awards and have them participate in a tribute concert. A couple years ago, there was one dedicated to Prince and last year they did one for Paul Simon. This year it’s A Grammy Salute To The Beach […]
P.E. – “Branding Crisis”
Just last March, experimental electronic collective P.E. released The Leather Lemon LP. Today, they’re announcing the 100% improvised NOPE Tapes Vol 1, which the band recorded live in Brooklyn last November. The full tape will be available next month, and P.E. have shared a track from it called “Branding Crisis.” As a press release outlines, […]
Detroit’s Movement Fest 2023 Lineup Has Underworld, Caribou, Moodymann, & More
Movement Music Festival is set to go down in Detroit over Memorial Day Weekend, from May 27-29 inside Hart Plaza. Today, the fest is sharing a teaser lineup featuring headliners Underworld and Belgian techno performer Charlotte De Witte. Also on the docket: Caribou, Moodymann (performing at Movement for the first time in 10 years), DJ […]
Skrillex & Bladee – “Real Spring”
Skrillex has kicked off the year in overdrive, putting out a string of new singles ahead of his rumored double album. So far he’s shared “Rumble” (with Fred again.. and Flowdan), “Way Back” (with PinkPantheress and Trippie Redd), and “Leave Me Like This” (with Bobby Raps). Today, he’s back with yet another new song, “Real […]
Katie Gately – “Fawn” & “Brute”
Soundscape connoisseur Katie Gately is back with a new album, Fawn / Brute, her follow-up to 2020’s Loom. The album was inspired by Gately’s decision to have a child and her experience so far with motherhood. “When I got pregnant I started to get creative again,” she said. “I had a lot of energy at […]