Grimes has sued Elon Musk over parental rights to their three children. As The San Francisco Standard first reported, the musician, real name Claire Boucher, filed a “petition to establish parental relationship” on September 29. In California, such a suit amounts to a court-ordered recognition that a person is the parent of a child — […]
Torres – “Collect”
Back in 2021, the musician Mackenzie Scott — better known as Torres — made what felt like a huge level-up with her fifth full-length Thirstier, which we named our Album Of The Week. Today, she’s announcing its follow-up — it’s called What an enormous room and it will be released on January 26. She recorded […]
Forest Swords – “Munitions”
Matthew Barnes, the UK producer known as Forest Swords, has spent the past few years working on soundtracks and installation art, but we like him best when he’s in album mode, making his own kind of dubbed-out clanking evilness. Fortunately, he’s back in that game now. Later this month, Forest Swords will release Bolted — […]
Pop Montréal 2023 Gave Us Some Of Our Best Live Music Experiences Of The Year
While many artists were given surprisingly long sets for a festival context, Tangerine Dream were allotted a full two hours at L’Oympia. Throughout, everything sounded massive, immersive. The three members stand silent behind their keyboards, dark figures in flickering lights against graphic backdrops. It’s not about them. It’s about these gigantic waves of sound, often […]
Stream R.A.P. Ferreira’s New 19-Minute Album ASIATIQUE BLACK WIZARD LILY FUNK
There’s a new R.A.P. Ferreira album in the world. It came together quickly. Ferreira wrote and recorded ASIATIQUE BLACK WIZARD LILY FUNK over the course of seven days last month in his current home base of Nashville at his retail shop Soulfolks Records & Tapes. It contains 19 minutes of abstract and tripped-out lo-fi hip-hop, […]
Live Aid Is Becoming A Musical
Live Aid, the 1985 benefit concert organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, is being turned into a musical. As the BBC reports, the musical — called Just For One Day, after David Bowie’s “Heroes” — will feature songs by Queen, U2, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Sting, and more acts that performed at the event. […]
Beyoncé Announces Renaissance Concert Film, Coming To Theaters In December
It looks like movie theaters will be getting not one but two concert films from major pop stars this year. Beyoncé has just announced that a Renaissance film will hit theaters on December 1, which will document the tour in support of her most recent album. The Renaissance world tour just wrapped up in Kansas […]
Wilco Play Surprise Set At Dallas Open Mic Night
On Friday, Wilco released a new album, Cousin, and they kicked off a tour in support of it earlier in the week. On Wednesday night, between proper stops in Tulsa and Dallas, the band (minus Pat Sansone) performed at Poor David’s Pub in Dallas for an open mic night, which is run by the singer-songwriter […]
Katy Perry Accused Of Illegally Buying An Octogenarian’s Property Again
Katy Perry is once again embroiled in a real estate legal battle with an octogenarian. You might recall her years-long trial involving a group of nuns and a Los Angeles convent, which Perry bought from the Archdiocese around the same time that the nuns tried to sell it to a different buyer. Perry came out […]
Nevada Man Charged With The Murder Of Tupac Shakur
For the first time since Tupac Shakur was murdered in 1996, someone has been arrested in relation to the case. As the Associated Press reports, Duane “Keffe D” Davis — one of the last living witnesses to 2Pac’s murder on the Las Vegas strip, whose wife’s home was raided in July as part of Las […]