As promised, Radiohead has released shows from their archive on Thursdays in order to entertain fans while in quarantine. This week’s set is a doozy. Debatably, 2012 was Coachella’s greatest year with a ridiculously stacked lineup (that looks even better as the years roll on), with Radiohead serving as the Saturday night headliner. The set […]
Liam Gallagher Is Unimpressed With Recovered Oasis Song: 'Make Sure I’m Singing on It'
On Wednesday (April 29), Noel Gallagher surprised and pleased Oasis fans by releasing a long lost song. “Don’t Stop…” was previously performed once…at a soundcheck in Hong Kong that circulated only on bootlegs before his discovering of the song on an unlabeled CD while in quarantine. While this seemed like a nice gesture from the […]
Billie Joe Armstrong Performs an Italian Song for New Cover Series
Billie Joe Armstrong is either a) super enthusiastic about performing while in quarantine or b) really, really bored. Either way, he’s been jamming away on music. On Wednesday, the Green Day singer shared a cover of “Amico” by Italian singer Don Backy. It’s part of his latest cover series for Wednesdays, aptly titled No Fun […]
Watch Lucy Dacus Cover Yo La Tengo's "Tom Courtenay"
Yo La Tengo’s Electr-o-Pura turns 25 on Saturday (May 2), and Matador Records is celebrating it with a special reissue of the 1995 record. As the third installment of its Matador Revisionist History series, the label will be dropping two vinyl LPs that you can preorder here. Matador previously released a reissue of Pavement’s Wowee […]
'Weird Al' Yankovic Tapped to Play Ted Nugent in Upcoming Season of 'Reno 911!'
In a role that will challenge the title of his third album, “Weird Al” Yankovic has been tapped to play Ted Nugent on the first season of Reno 911! in 11 years. The show will air on Quibi on May 4. Yankovic tweeted an image of himself dressed as the Motor City Madman. No description is needed […]
GWAR's Jizmak Da Gusha Tells Fans to Drink Bleach: 'Shoot it, Smoke It'
If you know GWAR, you know they’ve been unafraid to voice their opinion on what’s happening with COVID-19. Just ask CNN how that appearance went (pretty good if we’re being honest). The shock rockers doubled down on preaching gloom and doom. On the band’s Twitter account, drummer Jizmak Da Gusha praised President Trump while urging […]
Dave Grohl Opens Up About Last Chat with David Bowie
While it’s felt like an eternity (though it’s actually about three weeks), Grohl has finally posted the latest anecdotal nugget on Dave’s True Stories Instagram series. And this one is about his love, encounters and final banter with David Bowie. Grohl reminisced about how he was a member of the church of Bowie and said, […]
T Rex All-Star Tribute Album Produced by Hal Willner Gets Release Date
Famed SNL music producer Hal Willner may no longer be with us. However, before losing his battle with COVID-19, he was working on a T. Rex tribute album for a few years. And now, AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T. Rex will finally be released on Sept. 4 via BMG. “Hal had […]
HAIM Announce New Album Release Date, Share 'I Know Alone' Video
HAIM was one of the first bands to push their album release date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, they’re doing it again, but in a good way. Women in Music Pt. III was bumped originally from April 24 and will now be released on June 26. “Now that we’re all starting to settle into our […]
Billie Joe Armstrong + His Sons Play 'Late Late Show'
Billie Joe Armstrong may have previously performed Tiffany’s “I Think We’re Alone Now,” but when he appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden, it had a new twist. Armstrong brought on his sons — Jakob and Joey to perform the track with him — from quarantine of course. It was good to hear Armstrong […]