Back in February 2022, not many people were thinking about Christmas. Fortunately, J.R. Bohannan had yuletide on the mind. It was then that the Brooklyn guitarist and pedal steel player deployed the latter instrument on new-agey covers of two songs from Vince Guaraldi’s classic A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack, the dreamy “Christmas Time Is Here” […]
Artists That Deserve To Be In The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame But Aren’t Yet
AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Cash, and Nirvana. These are just a few of the rock and roll legends that have been given the honor of being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Whether someone is inducted posthumously or not, the recognition is only given to those that have helped to shape the […]
Rock ‘N’ Roll Curses That Still Haunt Fans Today
Legends of curses have circulated around the rock ‘n’ roll industry since the early 1900s. Some are based on fact, while others are entirely made up. The lack of science behind someone supposedly learning guitar skills from the devil hasn’t stopped people from believing in these curses, though. If you dream of rocking out on […]
Cassie Sues Sean “Diddy” Combs For Rape And Repeated Physical Abuse
Cassie has sued Sean “Diddy” Combs for rape and repeated physical abuse. As The New York Times reports, a lawsuit was filed in Manhattan’s Federal District Court on Thursday alleging a pattern of abusive behavior that started when Cassie, birth name Casandra Ventura, first met Combs in 2005, when she was 19. “After years in […]
We’ve Got A File On You: Evanescence’s Amy Lee
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. By almost any metric, Evanescence’s Fallen is one of the biggest albums of the 21st century. Its emotive hybrid of gothic rock and nü metal […]
gglum – “Easy Fun”
Last month, London’s Ella Smoker, aka gglum, shared the song “SPLAT!” Today, she’s back with the ominous, mischievous track “Easy Fun” with a video directed by Finnegan Travers. “‘Easy Fun’ is every night out I’ve had since I was a teenager mushed into one,” Smoker said in a statement. “It’s meant to be silly and […]
Cakes Da Killa – “Cakewalk”
New York club-rap trailblazer Cakes Da Killa has been making confrontational, innovative music for a long time, and he’s in no danger of slowing down anytime soon. After releasing the album Svengali last year, he’s got a breathless new dance-rap single, recorded with longtime collaborator Sam Katz, out today. Here’s what Cakes says about it […]
Pile – “Only For A Reminder”
Early next year, Pile are releasing a new EP called Hot Air Balloon, their follow-up to full-length All Fiction, which came out earlier this year. We’ve already heard “Scaling Walls” and “The Birds Attacked My Hot Air Balloon” from it, and today the Boston band is sharing another track, the hypnotically gripping “Only For A […]
Watch The Hives’ Extremely Fun Kimmel Performance
The Hives evidently do not care about aging gracefully. The Swedish garage-rockers returned earlier this year with The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons, their first new album in more than a decade, and it’s full of the same kind of rambunctious, peacocking riffage that made the band famous in the first place. Back in the day, […]
Nouvelle Vague – “Only You” (Yaz Cover)
The veteran French cover band Nouvelle Vague have announced their first full-length album since 2016. It’s called Should I Stay Or Should I Go? and is dropping in February. Along with today’s announcement comes the band’s cover of “Only You” by beloved new wavers Yaz. Nouvelle Vague’s version laces the tune with the “Be My […]