We got one here. Groovy Seattle power-poppers TV Star haven’t been around for long, and they still don’t have an album out. Last year, they released their debut EP Hallucinate Me, and they followed it with their TV3 EP and a collaboration with Spiral XP. Now, they’ve got a new song, and it’s a good […]
Drummer John Barbata (The Turtles, CSNY, Jefferson Starship) Dead At 79
John Barbata, a drummer who played with a number of noteworthy bands including the Turtles, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, has died. Best Classic Bands confirmed Barbata’s death with sources in his hometown of Ada, OK, and some of his former bands have posted tributes. A cause of death has […]
DJ Akademiks Sued For Rape And Defamation
Hip-hop media personality DJ Akademiks has been sued for rape, sexual assault, and defamation. As Rolling Stone reports, Fauziya “Ziya” Abashe, a woman who dated Akademiks in 2021 after meeting him online, filed a lawsuit against the YouTuber and podcaster. Akademiks is a prominent and controversial figure in the rap media landscape, who often puts […]
Connecticut’s Soundside Music Festival (Formerly Known As Sound On Sound) Announces 2024 Lineup
Since 2022, Bridgeport, Connecticut has hosted the relatively rootsy music festival known as Sound On Sound. This year, the fest is changing its name. It’s now the Soundside Music Festival — see because it’s on the Long Island Sound — but it’ll return to Bridgeport’s Seaside Park 9/28-29. Today, they’ve announced this year’s relatively compact […]
The Dismemberment Plan Announce More Reunion Shows
When the second wave emo-focused Las Vegas music festival Best Friends Forever announced its inaugural lineup in February, basically everyone in the world (or, more realistically, a small cross section of the population with big hearts, sharp minds, and impeccable taste) was delighted to learn that the Dismemberment Plan were reuniting for their first performance […]
Kendrick Lamar’s Drake Diss “Not Like Us” Debuts At #1
The great Drake/Kendrick Lamar war of 2024 appears to be over, or at least on pause, for now. Today, we get to see the latest way that feud has impacted the charts, and the findings reflect the excitement that surrounded that lightning-fast back-and-forth. As widely predicted, Kendrick Lamar’s utterly withering victory lap “Not Like Us” […]
Shackleton & Six Organs Of Admittance – “Stages Of Capitulation”
It’s a big year for Ben Chasny. Not only did the NorCal experimentalist just release Time Is Glass, his first Six Organs Of Admittance album since 2021, he’s now begun rolling out a second new Six Organs LP. Jinxed By Being is a collaborative effort with Shackleton out of Berlin, who bills himself as “the […]
Watch Jennifer Lawrence Honor Orville Peck At The GLAAD Media Awards
Jennifer Lawrence honored Orville Peck at the GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday night. The queer country artist was there to receive the Vito Russo Award, made “to recognize out LGBT media professionals who have made a significant difference promoting equality.” As Billboard reports, Lawrence called Peck “my favorite musician and good friend.” “I love seeing […]
Watch Vampire Weekend Return To SNL With “Gen-X Cops” & “Capricorn”
Vampire Weekend were the musical guests on Saturday Night Live this weekend. They did two tracks off their new album Only God Was Above Us, “Gen-X Cops” and “Capricorn.” It was the band’s fourth appearance on the show, though their first in nearly a decade — they were previously on it in 2008, 2010, and […]
Oso Oso – “all of my love”
In 2022, Oso Oso released Sore Thumb, the album that bandleader Jade Lilitri recorded with his late cousin and bandmate Tavish Maloney just before Maloney’s passing. The record served as Lilitri’s tribute to Maloney, and it was one of our favorites of the year. Oso Oso followed that album with the stray single “De Facto” […]