The Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster: a pretty good ride! Located within the Hollywood Studios theme park, the coaster is one of the more exciting experiences one can have at Disney World in Orlando, shooting you off at high speed right away and sending you careening upside down. Until recently, that experience involved Aerosmith. Not anymore. […]
Ratboys – “What’s Right?”
We’ve got a lot of highly anticipated indie rock albums on the horizon for 2026, including Ratboys’ Singin’ To An Empty Chair. So far the the Chicago band has shared “Light Night Mountains All That” and “Anywhere,” and today they’re back with “What’s Right?” Vocalist Julia Steiner explains: We approached this song like an experiment […]
Blues Traveler’s John Popper Won’t Stop Harping On Alanis Morissette’s “Hand In My Pocket”
Blues Traveler frontman John Popper has a longstanding grudge against his ’90s alt-rock radio peer Alanis Morissette — specifically against her hit “Hand In My Pocket,” which recently appeared in our Alternative Number Ones column. It’s not that Popper thinks Morissette is a bad person or that he believes the song sucks or she ripped […]
Watch Drive-By Truckers & Jason Isbell Reunite To Play “Hell No, I Ain’t Happy” On Colbert
For one night, Jason Isbell was a Drive-By Trucker again. Isbell joined the band in 2001 and left to go solo in 2007, and he’s existed on a parallel path with his old band ever since then. Isbell and DBT have always had a warm relationship, and there have been a few surprise one-off reunions […]
Philly Hardcore Rippers Commitment Share Debut Single “Hellraiser”
There’s a good chance that you know Pierce Jordan as the frontman for the chaotic, incisive, generally excellent Philadelphia punk band Soul Glo. Their album Diaspora Problems was one of the best of 2022. Now, Jordan has a new band where he’s the drummer, not the singer. In the new group Commitment, Jordan is joined […]
Merce Lemon & Fust – “Cup Of Loneliness” & “Choices” (George Jones Covers)
Merce Lemon and Fust are two of the best and brightest indie acts currently channeling the spirit of the sad-eyed country greats. So the prospect of the Pittsburgh singer-songwriter and the Durham alt-country band teaming up to cover two George Jones songs is immensely appealing. That premise plays out on a new 7″ out digitally […]
Ozzy Osbourne’s Family Hits Back At Roger Waters With Pink Floyd Diss Shirt
Roger Waters and Ozzy Osbourne are alike in that they’ve never really been known for censoring themselves, but their similarities evidently stop there. After the former Pink Floyd member made some slightly disparaging remarks about the late Black Sabbath frontman a couple of months ago, the surviving Osbournes are celebrating what would be his 77th […]
Watch Snocaps Play Their First Shows In Chicago
It’s been just slightly more than a month since a new band called Snocaps made their existence public. Twin sisters Katie and Allison Crutchfield are longtime collaborators and bandmates, but Snocaps is their first time doing a band together in a long time, and it features their friends MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook. They surprise-released […]
A$AP Rocky Named Chanel Ambassador, Stars With Margaret Qualley In Michel Gondry’s Promo
A$AP Rocky is still being fairly vague about when he plans to finally drop his much-delayed new album Don’t Be Dumb, but I can’t really blame the guy — from acting in a new Spike Lee joint to going to trial to getting ready for baby number three, he’s been busy. Now the self-proclaimed Fashion Killa […]
Five Former Cradle Of Filth Members Sue Frontman Dani Filth
It’s been a particularly messy past few months for Cradle Of Filth. In August, spouses Marek “Ashok” Šmerda and Zoe Federoff announced they were leaving the extreme metal band over “foolish clown antics” from frontman Dani Filth, “unprofessional behavior” from manager Dez Fafara, a “toxic” work environment, and “psychopathic” session contracts. Filth denied those allegations […]