A week and a half ago, the legendary crooner Tony Bennett died at the age of 96. Bennett lived many lives in the spotlight, and his latest reinvention was as Lady Gaga’s duet partner. Bennett and Gaga first sang together on a version of “The Lady Is A Tramp” on Bennett’s 2011 album Duets II. […]
The Number Ones: Rihanna’s “What’s My Name?” (Feat. Drake)
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. Rihanna got the message. In 2009, […]
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Release Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Score With Ridiculous Track Titles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem hits theaters next week (August 4), but it already has a 98 percent fresh Rotten Tomatoes rating — no doubt helped by the fact that the animated movie is scored by NIN’s Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. You can actually hear the score in its entirety now, and check […]
Watch Maggie Rogers, Margo Price, And Animal From The Muppets Join My Morning Jacket At Newport Folk Fest
During Friday’s set at Newport Folk Festival, My Morning Jacket were joined by Animal from the Muppets for a closing performance of “One Big Holiday.” “Patrick, you da man,” the Muppet told drummer Patrick Callahan. I’m the Animal. Let’s do it!” My Morning Jacket’s Newport Folk set also featured a Maggie Rogers duet with Jim […]
Descendents Cancel European Tour Following Milo Aukerman’s “Mild” Heart Attack
Last summer we got Milo Goes To Congress, and now I guess it’s Milo Goes To The Hospital? Descendents, the Southern California pop-punk legends, announced today that they’ll be canceling their upcoming European tour because singer-guitarist Milo Aukerman suffered a “mild heart attack” last night. He’s expected to make a full recovery, but he obviously […]
Tree River – “Earthside”
On April Fool’s Day 2022, the New York emo band Tree River released a monstrously catchy album called Time Being. They followed it up with one-off single “Get Up” last fall, and now they’re back with another new track. “Earthside” shows off many aspects of Tree River, beginning as an earnest pop-punk track and morphing […]
Stream Aphex Twin’s New Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760 EP And Two Unearthed Archival Tracks
A new Aphex Twin EP is here. Initially teased via posters with QR codes shaped like the Aphex logo, Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760 is the electronic producer’s first proper release since 2018’s Collapse and features the already-shared “Blackbox Life Recorder 21f.” In other mysterious Aphex Twin news, a SoundCloud user […]
Offset & Cardi B – “Jealousy”
Power married couple Offset and Cardi B are sharing a new collaboration called “Jealousy,” which Offset announced on Wednesday via Instagram. “Let’s talk about some music! Jealousy out this Friday! Link in bio!” Earlier in the week, he teased a new release dropping July 28 by looping in Jamie Lee Curtis to help spoof the […]
We’ve Got A File On You: Bethany Cosentino
We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc. On April 19, Bethany Cosentino posted the well-worn dog-in-burning-house “This Is Fine” meme to her Twitter account. “Two weeks from today, all of our lives […]
Tom DeLonge Gloats Over UFO Congressional Testimony
Tom DeLonge has been all-in on UFOs and aliens for a long while now. He even heads up a company called To The Stars that purports to educate people on the existence of UFOs. Yesterday, former Air Force intelligence officer Major David Grusch testified in Congress and said that the government was concealing a “multi-decade” […]