Traditionally, the Ventura, CA music festival Skull & Roses brings together a bunch of Grateful Dead cover bands for a full weekend celebrating the legacy of Jerry Garcia and friends. The sixth annual installment was to take place next weekend, April 19-21, with headliners Dark Star Orchestra and an undercard filled with many more Dead […]
Philly Metalcore Band This Day Forward Announce First Shows In Over 20 Years
Philly’s This Day Forward are back. The metalcore crew haven’t released a new album since their 2003 Equal Vision debut In Response, and today they’re announcing their first shows in 20 years. This Day Forward will be performing at Philly’s Underground Arts on August 24, and then New York’s Bowery Ballroom on August 25. About […]
Newport Jazz Festival Announces 2024 Lineup
Newport Jazz Festival has revealed its 2024 lineup. Top-billed artists include André 3000, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Kamasi Washington, Elvis Costello, Laufey, Robert Glasper, Brittany Howard, and Cory Wong. Dinner Party, the supergroup made up of Glasper, Washington, and Terrace Martin, is playing — Martin is also doing a set with Calvin Keys. Also performing […]
Watch Tyla Bring A Highly Choreographed “ART” To Colbert
After breaking out last year with the breezy and satisfying “Water,” South Africa’s amapiano-infused pop star Tyla dropped her self-titled debut album last month. One of the focus tracks on the record is “ART,” on which Tyla casts herself “as both artist’s muse and on-canvas creation,” as our pop columnist Katharine St. Asaph put it. […]
METZ – “Superior Mirage”
In a few short days, the beast-ass Toronto power trio METZ will release their new album Up On Gravity Hill. We’ve already posted the early singles “99,” “Entwined (Light Street Buzz),” and “Light Your Way Home,” the latter of which features Black Mountain’s Amber Webber. Now, with the album release imminent, METZ have shared one […]
Watch Joni Mitchell Cover Elton John’s “I’m Still Standing” At Gershwin Prize Tribute
Last year, the Library Of Congress presented Joni Mitchell with the Gershwin Prize For Popular Song at a star-studded ceremony in Washington, DC. Mitchell gave one of her increasingly frequent performances, and a team of luminaries covered her songs. This year, Joni Mitchell returned to the Gershwin Prize ceremony. This time, it was to salute […]
Watch Big Thief Discuss “The Kiss” In Clip From New Judee Sill Documentary
In November 2022, the documentary Lost Angel: The Genius Of Judee Sill premiered at the 2022 DOC NYC Festival, and it featured interviews with Graham Nash, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Big Thief, Weyes Blood, and more discussing the importance of the late folk musician. The film is finally coming to theaters and streaming on April […]
Narrow Head – “Love Sick” (Crown Of Thornz Cover)
Narrow Head have announced a deluxe reissue of Moments Of Clarity. The Houston-based band has tacked on a bunch of remixes to their third full-length album, from musicians like Lil Aaron, atlgrandma, Pictureplane, TRANS FX, and more. They also included a new cover of “Love Sick” by the NYC hardcore band Crown Of Thornz, which […]
Polo G – “Cloudy Sky”
Last year, Chicago rapper Polo G and his brother Taurean Bartlett, who raps under the name Trench Baby, were arrested in an LAPD raid and charged with kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, and robbery. Both were released on bond. As you might expect, this has complicated Polo’s plans to release new music; he’d hoped […]
Watch RAYE Make Her SNL Debut
The English pop singer RAYE broke the record for the most BRIT Award wins in a single year, picking up five of the six for which she was nominated. All that stemmed from her 2023 debut album My 21st Century Blues, and last night she appeared on Saturday Night Live for the first time to […]