Before he was one of the most successful musical artists of all time, Aubrey Drake Graham famously rose to fame portraying the wheelchair-bound basketball star Jimmy Brooks on the teen soap opera Degrassi: The Next Generation. He has not been shy about referencing that history throughout his rap career, and today it came up again. […]
Premature Evaluation: PJ Harvey I Inside The Old Year Dying
An artist’s initial work often sets the tone for how they’re perceived for the rest of their career. So it went with PJ Harvey: Her electric early ’90s albums Dry and Rid Of Me established her as a ferocious guitarist and vocalist who chronicled womanhood with unapologetic candor — a reputation that has stuck with […]
Adele Will Fucking Kill You If You Throw Shit Onstage
In recent months, there’s been a disconcerting trend at concerts around the world: Fans in the crowd are throwing objects at the singer onstage. Anecdotally, it doesn’t seem to be a revival of that old-timey cartoon bit where audience members would protest by pelting performers with produce. It’s more like people have emerged from their […]
MF DOOM’s Widow Raises Concerns With Rapper’s Treatment Before Sudden Death
The rapper and producer MF DOOM passed away in October 2020, though his death was not announced publicly until two months later. A new report contains details about his cause of death and also reveals that his widow has raised concerns about MF DOOM’s treatment before his sudden passing. His death is the subject of […]
Watch Girls’ Christopher Owens Join Hayden Pedigo At Brooklyn Album Release Show
Yesterday, Texan fingerpicking prodigy Hayden Pedigo released his sixth studio album, The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored. Pedigo has also just kicked off a summer tour — he’s opening for Jenny Lewis on a few dates — and the first two shows (album release shows, specifically) took place at Union Pool in Brooklyn on the […]
Watch Neil Young Play Deep Cuts At West Coast Rarities Tour Kickoff
Last night, Neil Young launched his first tour since 2019 with an intimate solo set at the outdoor Ford Theater in Los Angeles. The performance came packed with rarities — he’d previously told fans that the tour would be solo-acoustic and that 80% of his setlist would be songs that he’s never played live. Some […]
Watch The Donnie & Joe Emerson Biopic Trailer Starring Zooey Deschanel & Casey Affleck
Can you believe it? They actually made a movie based on the esteemed reissue label Light In The Attic. Two years ago we learned that Casey Affleck and Walton Goggins had been cast as Donnie and Joe Emerson, siblings whose obscure 1979 record Dreamin’ Wild was brought to music-geek prominence by a Light In The […]
Tiny Engines Relaunching With New Management Structure, All Artists Will Own Their Masters
In terms of catalog, the North Carolina-based Tiny Engines was one of the best indie record labels to emerge in the 2010s, boasting incredible releases from the Hotelier, Mannequin Pussy, Illuminati Hotties, Wild Pink, Spirit Of The Beehive, awakebutstillinbed, Strange Ranger, and many more. Then, at the end of the decade, things fell apart. In […]
Lil Uzi Vert Drops Pink Tape Feat. Travis Scott, Bring Me The Horizon, A System Of A Down Cover
It’s been more than three years since A-list rap weirdo Lil Uzi Vert released Eternal Atake, their last proper studio album. But Uzi has always been present, and they’ve recorded a lot of material. Uzi continues to crank out guest-verses, headline festivals, and give attention-grabbing awards-show performances. Last year, they released the smash Jersey club […]
Stream Pool Kids’ New Split EP With Their Hardcore Alter Egos POOL
The mathy, melodic, hard-charging Tallahassee emo quartet Pool Kids earned Band To Watch status with last year’s breakout self-titled album. Today they’ve returned with a case of split personalities. The new release Pool Kids // POOL is a split EP featuring three songs from Pool Kids and three from POOL, their hardcore alter ego. That’s […]