Public Opinion & Rex Tycoon – “Bug”
On their recent 7″ for Convulse Records, the Denver band Public Opinion played a Hives-adjacent, Spiritual Cramp-esque form of garage-punk. Their new single for the same label sounds way different. “Bug,” a collaboration with Pittsburgh power-pop band Rex Tycoon, is a grunge-pop track in the vein of last year’s Dazy/Militarie Gun team-up “Pressure Cooker“: huge […]
Here’s To Another 40 Years Of Guided By Voices
“Let’s do some rock!” A beaming Bob Pollard had just sauntered onstage in his Fast & Bulbous T-shirt and practically curtsied to his audience. This was the first of two concerts celebrating the 40th anniversary of Guided By Voices, the prolific, poppy, deeply idiosyncratic rock band Pollard has spent most of his life heading up. […]
Watch Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry Sing New Songs And Cover Madonna’s “Like A Prayer” In Solo Live Debut
Lauren Mayberry has been singing for the Scottish dance-pop group Chvrches for well over a decade, and she’s promising the worlds that she’s not going to stop doing that anytime soon. But right now, Mayberry is in the midst of launching a solo career. On Friday, she released the piano ballad “Are You Awake?,” her […]
Watch Counting Crows Cover Taylor Swift In Las Vegas
Counting Crows covered Taylor Swift’s folklore track “The 1” during their show at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on Saturday night. In an interview a few months ago, Adam Duritz talked about his newfound appreciation for Swift after seeing her Eras Tour live. “For the last few weeks, I’ve honestly been listening to a […]
Watch Dave Matthews Band Cover Jimmy Buffett, The Band, & Pearl Jam At The Gorge
On Saturday, Dave Matthews Band played the second of three nights at The Gorge in Washington state, and they trotted out some notable covers. At the start of their performance, they honored Jimmy Buffett, who passed away this weekend, with a cover of “A Pirate Looks At Forty.” Matthews performed that same track with Buffett […]
Rid Of Me – “Gutted” & “Hell Of It”
On Halloween, the great Philly noise-punk band Rid Of Me will release their sophomore album Access To The Lonely, and I fully expect it to be awesome. We’ve already posted the early singles “Rid Of Me” and “I’m So Lonesome I Could Die.” Today, the band has shared two more tracks that appear back-to-back on […]
Midwife & Nyxy Nyx – “it’s ok 2 lie 2 me” & “Andy”
Two bands from thousands of miles apart got together and made two remarkable new songs. Today’s single “it’s ok 2 lie 2 me” b/w “Andy” is the result of a collaboration between Midwife (the project of New Mexico’s Madeline Johnston, specializing in heavy, celestial slowcore) and Nyxy Nyx (the Philadelphia band whose Bandcamp bio reads […]
Lauren Mayberry – “Are You Awake?”
Chvrches singer Lauren Mayberry announced a solo tour in July without actually releasing any solo music. Now, just days before that trek kicks off, Mayberry has unveiled her debut solo single. “Are You Awake?” neither maintains the synthy sound of Chvrches nor returns to the guitar-based indie and folk-rock sounds Mayberry once traded in before […]
Playboi Carti Postpones US Tour To 2024
In July, Playboi Carti announced his Antagonist North American arena tour featuring a team of openers from his own Opium Collective crew. Today, however, the Atlanta rapper has given an update that the tour, originally set to start this fall, will be postponed to early 2024, with tickets for original dates being valid for the […]