Veteran indie rockers +/- are coming at you soon with their first album in a decade, Further Afield. Thus far they’ve shared “Borrowed Time” and “Gondolier” from the new LP, and now “Calling Off The Rescue” is here. It’s a strummy acoustic tune with a melancholy streak, and its video was shot on the band […]
Tasha – “Michigan”
In 2021, Tasha released the sprawling album Tell Me What You Miss The Most. She has been busy performing in Illinoise — the Broadway musical adaptation of Sufjan Stevens’ Illinois — but the Chicago singer-songwriter is back today with a ruminative song called “Michigan” and the announcement of her signing to Bayonet. “Michigan” was produced […]
Los Campesinos! – “Feast Of Tongues”
Los Campesinos! are back, baby! The Welsh indie-pop crew has been missing in action for a while. Before today, the band hadn’t released anything since their 2017 album Sick Scenes, and seven years is a long time. Earlier this year, however, Los Campesinos! announced a North American tour and debuted the new song “A Psychic […]
TV Star – “Ride”
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 […]
If These Rock And Roll Legends Were Alive Today, They Might Look Like This
It isn’t random that many musicians have died young in past decades, hence the term “party like a rockstar.” While many groundbreaking artists have surpassed the test of time both in their music and longevity, we’ll never know how life today would be different if lost musicians had survived all this time. Would Cobain have […]
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” […]