There are certain things aging rock stars say when they’re a few decades in and releasing their 12th album. They might say they are rocking harder than you’ve heard them in years, that “It’s a lot heavier than you’d expect.” They might say, no, really, “No hyperbole… this is our best work.” These are certain […]
MGMT Share Tribute To Cola Boyy
Last week, Cola Boyy passed away at 34. MGMT took the Oxnard, CA-based musician out on tour not long after he released his first EP Black Boogie Neon, and the group’s Andrew Van Wyngarden appeared on a track on Cola Boyy’s 2021 debut Prosthetic Boombox. Today, MGMT have shared a tribute to the late self-described […]
Calvin Harris Claps Back At Ultra Music Festivalgoers Who Found His Set “Underwhelming”
Calvin Harris had some words for Instagram commenters who found his set at Ultra Music Festival in Miami this past weekend “underwhelming.” “You expect me to play none of my songs?” he wrote, replying to a since-deleted post in a thread from disappointed attendees. “… how deep is your love – billion streams, this is […]
Drop Nineteens – “White Dress” (Lana Del Rey Cover)
Last year, Drop Nineteens returned with Hard Light, their first album since 1993’s National Coma. Today, the Boston shoegaze crew is announcing a reissue of their beloved debut album Delaware and sharing a new song called “Nest” as well as a cover of Lana Del Rey’s “White Dress.” “I was admittedly late to Lana,” bandleader […]
We’ve Got A File On You: Sheryl Crow
We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc. In 2019, Sheryl Crow released what she figured would be her final album: the guest-stacked Threads. But as it turns out, Threads wouldn’t be her […]
Watch Bruce Springsteen Join Zach Bryan Onstage In Brooklyn
Ascendant country-rock superstar Zach Bryan will be on his massive Quittin Time tour for most of this year, and it represents one more step in a truly meteoric rise. Given how unknown Bryan was just a couple of years ago, it’s been striking to see this guy move to playing ramshackle singalongs about flawed people […]
Vampire Weekend – “Mary Boone”
We’re now just eight days away from the release of Only God Was Above Us, Vampire Weekend’s first album in five years. And as of today, the band has shared 40% of the album as advance singles. After dropping “Capricorn” and “Gen-X Cops” on us in February, they slid “Classical” our way in March. Now […]
Camila Cabello – “I Luv It” (Feat. Playboi Carti)
For a while, the big-deal pop star Camila Cabello has been teasing the release of her new single “I Luv It.” Cabello’s last album, 2022’s Familia, didn’t make too many waves, and this seems like a big rebrand. “I Luv It” is a giddy, hyperactive avant-pop bugout that interpolates Gucci Mane’s 2009 classic “Lemonade” and […]
Watch The Smile Play New Songs “Don’t Get Me Started,” “Instant Psalm,” & “Zero Sum”
Earlier this year, The Smile released their second album, Wall Of Eyes, though they were playing songs from it live long before that, workshopping new ones from the road. And it looks like the supergroup — made up of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner — are not slowing down. At their Wall Of […]
Ellis – “It’ll Be Alright”
In January, Linnea Siggelkow announced a new Ellis album called No Place That Feels Like. So far, we’ve heard “Forever,” “Obliterate Me,” and “What I Know Now.” Today, the Ontario indie musician is back with “It’ll Be Alright.” “When I was writing ‘It’ll Be Alright’ I was thinking about all the parts of myself I […]