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 into a soaring, mathy, multi-vocalist epic in the vein of The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die. It’s a winner, and you can hear it below.
The energy, the sexual appeal, the unyielding artistry and defiant angst — these artists embody what it means to be a rock icon. The definition is never the same twice. While stars like Janis Joplin use their softness as the most biting weapon, others like Jim Morrison capture a frenetic, untouchable energy that’s as captivating […]
This fall, Weezer are bringing celebrating the Blue Album by playing it in full on tour. Earlier this week, though, the indie-rock royalty reflected on other moments in their career by performing a bunch of rarities, plus a cover of Hole’s “Celebrity Skin.” At a pop-up show at The Observatory in Santa Ana on Monday, […]
Last month, Taylor Swift released her latest album The Tortured Poets Department, which contained a lot of namechecks. Patti Smith, The Starting Line, and American Pie’s Alyson Hannigan reacted to their references, and now so has Charlie Puth. Puth’s namecheck is probably the most flattering on the LP: “You smoked then ate seven bars of […]
