Dismemberment Plan Members Form New Band Milliseconds: Hear Debut Single “Time And Distance”
Bassist Eric Axelson and drummer Joe Easley have been holding down steady yet peculiar rhythms together for almost 30 years, ever since Easley joined Axelson in Washington, DC’s legendary Dismemberment Plan in the mid-1990s. The Plan played many shows in those days with the Vehicle Birth, a group from nearby Fairfax that counted guitarist Leigh […]
Watch Liam Gallagher Cover Jimi Hendrix In London
Liam Gallagher played an intimate show last night at the recently restored London club KOKO, and he ended it with a surprise cover. After a set that mixed Oasis classics with Gallagher’s solo material, he wrapped up the encore with “Are You Experienced?”, the title track and closer from the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s 1967 debut […]
Tube Alloys – “Jubilee”
London’s Tube Alloys play post-punk, but not like some of the more prominent UK bands of recent vintage played post-punk. Their style hearkens back to Wire, Swell Maps, and the Fall — blunt and shouty rather than cerebral and talky, with big choruses that remind me of, I don’t know, “Academy Fight Song”? They have […]
Malaysian Festival Organizer Orders The 1975 To Pay £2 Million In Damages Over Onstage Kiss Or Face Legal Action
A few weeks ago, the 1975 were headlining the first date of Kuala Lampur’s Good Vibes Festival — a name that become more ironic every day — when frontman Matty Healy took it upon himself to criticize Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQ laws and kiss bassist Ross McDonald. As a result, the 1975’s set was cut short, and […]
Arm’s Length – “Up In Smoke”
The young Ontario band Arm’s Length play a hearty, hard-charging brand of emo, the kind you throw your whole self into without any care about what’s cool. When the approach hits, it really hits, as on today’s new single “Up In Smoke.” At less than three minutes, the track feels epic. It begins in a […]
Taylor Swift Announces 1989 (Taylor’s Version) With Five “Insane” Vault Tracks
Some fans at Taylor Swift’s first Eras Tour show at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles last week believed Swift was teasing 1989 as her next re-recorded album. It looks like she was. Wednesday night, at Swift’s final SoFi show (her last Eras Tour date in North America until next fall), she confirmed that 1989 (Taylor’s […]
Steve Lacy On Overexcitable Concertgoers: “This Is How These Kids Are”
You may have noticed that live-music audiences have been acting the fuck out lately. People keep throwing things at pop stars, and those pop stars keep getting hit: Bebe Rexha with a phone, Kid Cudi with bottles, Lady Gaga with a Dr. Simi doll, Kane Brown with a cowboy boot. People have thrown so many […]
Sex Pistols Record Designer Jamie Reid Dead At 76
Jamie Reid, the artist and graphic designer most famous for working with the Sex Pistols, has died. In his work for the Pistols, Reid helped establish the visual language of punk rock. As The Guardian reports, gallerist John Marchant confirmed Reid’s death, making a statement alongside his family and describing Reid as “artist, iconoclast, anarchist, […]
Alan Palomo – “Club People” & “La Madrileña”
Alan Palomo is almost ready to release World Of Hassle, his first album in eight years and first since he ditched the Neon Indian moniker. We’ve already heard several singles from the album including “Nudista Mundial,” “Stay-At-Home DJ,” and “Meutrière.” Today he shared two more squelchy synth-funk tracks, “Club People” and “La Madrileña.” Regarding “Club […]