The Oscar nominations don’t come out until Jan. 22, but the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has revealed the shortlists for a few of its nominations, including Best Original Song and Best Original Score. So we don’t know who will be nominated yet, but at least we know who could be nominated, and […]
Another Used Rock Refrigerator Hits The Los Angeles Black Market
Earlier this month, someone tried to sell a refrigerator that had supposedly been abandoned outside Ariel Pink’s home in Sun Valley, CA. That auction ended with zero bids. Nobody wanted Ariel Pink’s fridge! Apparently, Pink should’ve been born into a different generation of problematic rock frontmen. The same fate did not befall Glenn Danzig’s fridge. […]
Lineup For Billy Joel Tribute At Carnegie Hall Announced
For years now, the New York promoter Michael Dorf has been putting together all-star benefit Music Of concerts at Carnegie Hall. Earlier this year, for instance, Patti Smith performed at her own tribute show alongside Bruce Springsteen, Michael Stipe, and Karen O, among many others. In March, a very different New York icon will get […]
more eaze Announces New Album sentence structure in the country: hear “bad friend”
The Texan-born multi-instrumentalist mari rubio, who records as more eaze, had an awfully busy year in 2025. She teamed up with Lynn Avery to form the duo Pink Must, and they released their self-titled debut. She and claire rousay released the collaborative EP no floor and collaborated with Grumpy. She remixed Friendship. It looks like […]
Monster Rally Announces First Non-Instrumental Album Feat. Jordana, TV Girl, Toledo, Mei Semones, & More
For the past decade and a half, the producer Ted Feighan (formerly of LA, now based in Cleveland) has been releasing instrumental records under the name Monster Rally; we premiered his single “Sunflower” way back in 2014. Today, Feighan announces plans to follow his 2022 album Botanica Dream with a new one called Echoes Of […]
Monster Rally Announces First Non-Instrumental Album Feat. Jordana, TV Girl, Toledo, Mei Semones, & More
For the past decade and a half, the producer Ted Feighan (formerly of LA, now based in Cleveland) has been releasing instrumental records under the name Monster Rally; we premiered his single “Sunflower” way back in 2014. Today, Feighan announces plans to follow his 2022 album Botanica Dream with a new one called Echoes Of […]
Album Of The Week: Theo Bleak Bargaining
Full Gloom 2025 As Theo Bleak, Glasgow-based musician Katie Lynch makes delicately woven folk songs and plush bedroom pop, fashioned with shivering vocals. She released her debut EP Fragments in 2022, quickly followed by a run of EPs — For Seasons, Illiad, Pain — and demo collection Heaven.Wav. Most recently, she released Bad Luck Is Two […]
Album Of The Week: Theo Bleak Bargaining
Full Gloom 2025 As Theo Bleak, Glasgow-based musician Katie Lynch makes delicately woven folk songs and plush bedroom pop, fashioned with shivering vocals. She released her debut EP Fragments in 2022, quickly followed by a run of EPs — For Seasons, Illiad, Pain — and demo collection Heaven.Wav. Most recently, she released Bad Luck Is Two […]
Joe Ely Dead At 78
The hard-touring Texan country-rock singer-songwriter Joe Ely has died. According to a Facebook statement from his family, Ely passed away from complications of Lewy Body Dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and pneumonia on Monday. At the time of his death. Ely was surrounded by family, at home in Taos, New Mexico. Ely was 78. Earle Rewell Ely […]
Yo La Tengo Cover Spinal Tap And Bring Out Built To Spill’s Doug Martsch At NYC Hanukkah Show
Did you rewatch This Is Spinal Tap last night? I did. It just seemed like the thing to do. Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found murdered on Sunday. Their son Nick has been arrested, and Donald Trump has done his best to make it all about him. It’s all so […]