In April, PJ Harvey announced her first new album since 2016’s The Hope Six Demolition Project. The excellently titled I Inside The Old Year Dying will be out next month via Partisan, and we’ve already written about its lead single, “A Child’s Question, August.” Today, Polly Jean Harvey is sharing “I Inside The Old I […]
Fotocrime – “Accelerated”
The Louisville post-punk act Fotocrime started out as a solo project for former Coliseum frontman Ryan Patterson, but it’s now a full-on band, with bassist Will Allard and former Young Widows guitarist Nick Thieneman on board. Later this year, Fotocrime will follow their 2021 album Heart Of Crime and their 2022 covers EP Alcoves with […]
Julie Byrne – “Moonless”
This new Julie Byrne track — hoo boy. “Moonless,” the latest single from Byrne’s grand return The Greater Wings, is the first song she’s ever written on piano. Its quality suggests she ought to sit down at the keyboard to write more often. She should definitely recruit an orchestra to dress up the edges of […]
Young Thug’s Brother Unfoonk Sentenced To Nearly 10 Years In Prison In Connection With YSL Case
Last May, Atlanta police arrested Young Thug and many of his associates, indicting them in a massive RICO gang indictment. Authorities claim that Thug’s Young Slime Life rap label and crew is actually a criminal gang and that Thug himself is the co-founder. Thug has been in jail for more than a year, awaiting trial. […]
Corona Capital Announces 2023 Lineup Featuring The Cure, Blur, Arcade Fire, & More
Corona Capital has announced its 2023 lineup. Taking place in Mexico City from November 17-19, Corona Capital features headliners the Cure, the Chemical Brothers, Pet Shop Boys, Blur, the Black Keys, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Pulp, Alanis Morissette, and Arcade Fire. Additional confirmed acts include the Breeders, Feist, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Sleater-Kinney, Phoenix, […]
Taylor Swift Performs “Hits Different,” Swallows Bug In Chicago
Taylor Swift! She’s still doing stuff! While online discourse about this lady’s love life continues to rage, she’s still out here playing America’s stadiums, putting on two or three three-hour shows every weekend and doing things that feel newsworthy in one way or another. This past weekend, Swift’s Eras Tour came to Chicago. On Saturday […]
The Number Ones: Jay-Z’s “Empire State Of Mind” (Feat. Alicia Keys)
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. In New York! Concrete jungle wet […]
Contestant Sings Radiohead’s Biggest Hit On Drag Singing Show, Judge Vanessa Williams Doesn’t Know It
The second episode of the second season of Queen Of The Universe premiered Friday on Paramount+, during which contestant Chloe V from Rio de Janeiro sang Radiohead’s “Creep” — by and large the band’s most well-known single. As the panel of judges gave their feedback, Vanessa Williams admitted that she did not know the song, […]
Ethel Cain Shares Update After Collapsing Onstage At Sydney Opera House
Ethel Cain has shared a statement after collapsing onstage midway through her sold-out Saturday night show at Sydney’s Opera House. Performing as one of the headliners at Vivid Festival, Cain fell backwards less than three songs into her set, according to News.com.au. On Sunday, she shared an update via Instagram story: “Hi everyone 3 So […]
Ashley McBryde – “Learned To Lie”
Ashley McBryde, one of the brightest lights within the country mainstream, took a slight detour outside her normal discography last year with Lindeville, a concept album about a fictional Southern town created with a handful of her Nashville singer-songwriter peers. This year she’s getting back to her main gig. McBryde will release a new LP […]