After announcing their Blue Album anniversary tour this week, Weezer played through their debut Friday night at LA’s 500-capacity Lodge Room. The intimate club show was opened by Dogstar, the recently reunited band featuring Keanu Reeves on bass, who played their first show with Weezer back in 1992. It also featured a special guest during […]
Luke Bryan’s Nashville Bar, Facing Investigation After Kicking Out A Missing College Student, Shares Statement
In 2018, the country star and American Idol judge Luke Bryan opened Luke’s 32 Bridge Food + Drink, a six-level bar, restaurant and live music venue on Nashville’s Broadway Street. The Tennessee Alcohol and Beverage Commission is now investigating the bar after 22-year-old University of Missouri student Riley Strain went missing last week. Strain hasn’t […]
Sexyy Red – “Get It Sexyy”
St. Louis rapper Sexyy Red, a master of deadpan nastiness, had a huge breakout year in 2023, and she’s remained in the conversation in 2024. Since she released her Hood Hottest Princess deluxe edition in December, Sexyy has had a pretend music-video baby with Drake and made Questlove feel like he has to defend her […]
Fat Dog’s Chaotic Live Show Lived Up To The Hype At SXSW
Fat Dog have what is, at this point, a familiar backstory. The South London band cut their teeth playing shows at The Windmill in Brixton, the incubator for many of the UK’s most exciting, autre rock projects nowadays. They play a hard-hitting, technically impressive blur that’s kind of post-punk but as filtered through a kitchen […]
A Country Western – “Ridgeline”
A Country Western are keeping this Life On The Lawn rollout nice and tight. Last week the esteemed Philly alt-rockers announced the album and released lead single “The Dreamer” with just three weeks’ notice until release. Today they’re giving us another teaser track in the form of “Ridgeline.” Upon announcing the LP, the band quoted […]
Hear 54 Famous Rock Guitarists Unite On Mark Knopfler’s “Going Home: Theme From Local Hero” Remake
Last month, Mark Knopfler announced an ambitious endeavor: He recruited 54 famous rock guitarists to perform a new version of “Going Home: Theme From Local Hero.” That illustrious crew includes what is reportedly the final recording from the late Jeff Beck, plus contributions from Bruce Springsteen, Slash, David Gilmour, Brian May, Eric Clapton, Sting, Sheryl […]
Karaoke Inventor Shigeichi Negishi Dead At 100
Shigeichi Negishi, the Japanese engineer who invented the karaoke machine in 1967, has died. The Wall Street Journal reports that Negishi actually passed away a few weeks ago, on January 26, of natural causes after suffering from a fall. Negishi was 100. The invention of the karaoke machine is a disputed bit of history. Negishi […]
Paul Simon Picks His Seven Favorite Paul Simon Songs (And The One He Loathes)
I don’t tend to think of Paul Simon as an old man, but the guy has been around since the early ’60s, and he is 82 years of age. It’s nice that the world gets to appreciate a legendary figure like that while he’s still around to see it. The first part of In Restless […]
TOLEDO – “In Yr Head (1818)”
Yes, that’s really the artwork for TOLEDO’s new EP Popped Heart. It is definitely memorable! It will haunt my darkest dreams! The lead single from this project, though, is nice and pretty, as TOLEDO songs tend to be. “In Yr Head (1818)” is presumably the “EDM” song the duo teased on Twitter a few weeks […]
Farseek – “New Short Haircut”
Farseek have been putting out heartfelt, sincere emo since 2015, and I know how that sounds, but believe me: nothing they have ever done has been predictable. Way before “y’allternative” became a popular meme, Farseek was mixing banjos and warm country into their songs that often stretch out into Built to Spill-style jam-fests. Lead singer […]