A dog co-owned by country star Tim McGraw won best of breed at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show yesterday, as the Associated Press reports. The dog in question, named Lepshi, is a bracco Italiano, a breed that made its Kennel Club show competition debut this year. “So proud of Lepshi!! He’s always been a […]
Lust For Youth – “Giorgia”
It’s been four years since Scandinavian dance-rockers Lust For Youth released their self-titled album. The group — formerly a trio, now a duo — came back last year with their single “Accidental Win,” and now they’ve released another new song called “Giorgia.” It’s a searching, romantic new wave jam, and it’s the first song that […]
Ben Chasny & Rick Tomlinson – “Waking Of Insects”
Way back in June 2017, Ben Chasny of Comets On Fire and Six Organs Of Admittance got together with his friend Rick Tomlinson (Voice In The Woods, Thunders) at Tomlinson’s house in Todmorden, England. Chasny had often visited Tomlinson while on tour in the UK, and now the idea had arisen to make an album […]
MTV News Is Shutting Down
MTV News is shutting down after 36 years. As Variety reports, the TV network’s news division will end as part of a round of layoffs that sees 25% of US jobs slashed across Paramount Media Networks, Showtime, and MTV Entertainment Studios. The layoffs reportedly follow months of internal deliberations about how to reorganize the company […]
Geese – “Mysterious Love”
Geese, the young Brooklyn indie Band To Watch, have evolved into rock ‘n’ roll weirdos of a sort on new album 3D Country. On “Cowboy Nudes” and the title track, they’ve honed in on an art-damaged spin on classic rock, one built on Zeppelin-style riffs and soulful Stones-y grooves but also full of discordant post-punk […]
Rhiannon Giddens Wins Pulitzer Prize, Announces New Album You’re The One
Yesterday, the folk artist Rhiannon Giddens was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for music thanks to her opera Omar, which she composed with Michael Abels. Today, Giddens has announced a new solo album, You’re The One, her first full-length made up completely of original material. It was produced by Jack Splash and recorded at Miami’s Criteria […]
Snoop Dogg Speaks Out In Support Of Writers Strike
Last week, the Writers Guild Of America went on strike. The union’s negotiations with studios and streaming services were going nowhere, and it seems like the strike could go on for months. Public sympathy seems to be on the side of the writers, as it should be. Some of the writers’ allies are people you […]
Hear Nine Tracks From Albert Hammond Jr’s New Album Melodies On Hiatus
The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr surprised many of us by making the lead single and opening track from his new album a collaboration with DC rapper Goldlink and experimenting with Auto-Tune. There are more surprises where that came from. Hammond’s new 19-track album Melodies On Hiatus doesn’t drop in full until late June, but […]
Bonny Doon – “On My Mind”
The Detroit country-rock trio Bonny Doon backed up Waxahatchee on her Saint Cloud album and tour, and now they’re getting ready to release their own LP Let There Be Music. We’ve already posted Bonny Doon’s songs “San Francisco,” “Crooked Creek,” and “Naturally,” as well as the new album’s title track. Now, Bonny Doon have shared […]
Disturbed Respond To Phoebe Bridgers’ “Down With The Sickness” Entrance On Taylor Swift Tour
For more than a year, Phoebe Bridgers has been coming out onstage to the strains of Disturbed’s 2000 nü-metal anthem “Down With The Sickness,” better known to some of us as “the one where the guy goes ‘ooh-wah-ah-ah-ah!’” This past weekend, Bridgers played her first dates as the opener on Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, and […]