Next month, Atlanta rapper Mercury will release an EP called heaven — it follows last year’s fear mercury EP. Today, Mercury shared a NIY5H-directed video for the title track, which was produced by Laila. “‘Heaven’ is basically a song about getting lit, having fun, and being sexy,” Mercury said in a statement about the jittery […]
Guns N’ Roses Kick Off World Tour With Songs They Haven’t Played In Over 30 Years
In February, Guns N’ Roses announced a global stadium tour starting in June in Tel Aviv and eventually touching down in the US come August. Well, tonight (Thursday, June 1) GN’R kicked off that tour a few days earlier than initially announced, playing at the Etihad Arena in the United Arab Emirates, where they broke […]
Watch Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan Throw Out The First Pitch At The Mets Game
Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan threw out the first pitch at the New York Mets v. Philadelphia Phillies game at Citi Field on Thursday afternoon. The band are big Mets-heads. Their name was derived from an urban legend involving the team during their 1962 season, when center fielder Richie Ashburn allegedly started yelling “Yo la […]
The Body – “A Cloud Broke Open”
The tireless experimental duo the Body have announced an expanded edition of their 2014 album I Shall Die Here, which was produced by the Haxan Cloak’s Bobby Krlic. The new edition includes Earth Triumphant, a previously unreleased full-length companion album that would eventually morph into I Shall Die Here. As laid out in a press […]
Billy Joel Will End MSG Residency With 150th Performance
For almost a decade, Billy Joel has had a residency at Madison Square Garden, performing a show at the massive historic venue just about monthly, hindered only by the pandemic. But that residency will come to an end next year, as Joel announced today at a press conference that was also attended by NYC mayor […]
Watch The Walkmen Cover Jonathan Fire*Eater’s “Inpatient Talent Show”
Back in April, the Walkmen played their first full show in a decade and their reunion tour has rolled already through New York, Philly, Chicago, and DC and they’ve also done a couple festivals. Last night, they returned to DC to play a show at the new venue The Atlantis, which the Foo Fighters opened […]
Hear Arthur Russell’s Previously Unreleased “Very Reason”
When the avant-garde pop genius Arthur Russell died in 1992, he left a whole vault of unreleased recordings behind. Since Russell’s death, he’s been rediscovered again and again, and we’ve gotten a whole lot of archival records. In a few weeks, we’ll get another one. The new album Picture Of Bunny Rabbit collects music that […]
Pip Blom – “Is This Love?” (Feat. Alex Kapranos)
In April, Dutch band Pip Blom released “Tiger,” their first single since sharing 2021’s sophomore album Welcome Break. At the time, the band referenced a new, forthcoming album. Today, we’re getting all of the details, plus a new single, “Is This Love?” featuring Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand. Produced by Dave McCracken, Bobbie will be […]
Tove Lo – “I Like U”
A couple weeks ago, Tove Lo started to perform a new track called “I Like U” at her shows, and today she’s officially released the song as a single. Since putting out her fifth studio album DIRT FEMME last year, the Swedish pop star has also put out the standalone track “Borderline,” a co-write with […]
Margaret Glaspy – “Act Natural”
It’s been three years since Margaret Glaspy’s last album, Devotion, which ended up coming out at the very beginning of the pandemic in March 2020. During the pandemic, Glaspy got super into the covers game. Last year, she released two new tracks for Valetine’s Day and one to protest the overturning of Roe v. Wade. […]