Kurt Russell has been a movie star for longer than most of us have been alive. He’s a beloved pillar of the Hollywood establishment, and he’s got more than a few classics on his resume. (The Thing? Come on.) But a long public life comes with its share of regrets, and some of those regrets […]
Wild Pink – “Air Drumming Fix You”
Wild Pink have released a new single, “Air Drumming Fix You,” their first for Fire Talk Records. The John Ross-led project’s most recent album was 2022’s ILYSM, and last year he teamed up with Laura Wolf for a new collaboration called Lilts. “Air Drumming Fix You” is an warm extended poetic ramble, on that Advance […]
Watch Charli XCX Debut SOPHIE Tribute Song “So I” At Billboard Women In Music
Charli XCX is getting ready to release her new album Brat, and she dropped the single “Von Dutch” last week. We don’t know too much about the new album just yet, but last night Charli debuted another track that’ll presumably appear on the LP. “So Do I” is her tribute to her late friend and […]
Amen Dunes – “Boys”
The rollout for Amen Dunes’ new album Death Jokes kicked off swimmingly with “Purple Land,” a rich text that landed on our 5 Best Songs Of The Week list. It continues today with “Boys,” the album’s second single. This one makes great use of electronic beats around a warm yet bleary folk-rock spirit, like a […]
Washer – “You’re Also A Jerk”
In 2023, the Brooklyn-based band Washer returned with their first new album in five years, Improved Means to Deteriorated Ends. Next month, they’re releasing a two-track single dubbed Come Back As A Bug via their longtime home at Exploding In Sound, and today they’re sharing its first song “You’re Also A Jerk.” The band’s Mike […]
“Hotel California” Lyrics Case Abruptly Dismissed, Judge Says Don Henley “Manipulated” Prosecutors
The legal trial involving allegedly stolen handwritten lyrics to “Hotel California” has been abruptly dismissed. As the Associated Press reports, prosecutors dropped the charges against the three men who had been accused of conspiring to possess and sell lyrics to that and other Eagles songs. Apparently, after Don Henley took the stand last month, he […]
Watch Zach Bryan Bring Out Kacey Musgaves For “I Remember Everything” At Chicago Tour Opener
The Oklahoma country-rock phenom Zach Bryan, one of the biggest music-business success stories of the past few years, will spend much of this year on his Quittin Time tour. At various dates on that tour, Bryan’s shows will include openers like Sheryl Crow and Jason Isbell. Some of those nights, he’s playing football stadiums. Last […]
Finom – “Haircut” (Prod. Jeff Tweedy)
Finom — the Chicago duo formerly known as Ohmme and made up of Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart — have announced a new album, Not God, their first LP since changing their name. It was produced by Jeff Tweedy at his The Loft studio. Today, they’re sharing its lead single “Haircut.” “ʻHaircutʼ was written following […]
Fired Slipknot Drummer Jay Weinberg Joins Suicidal Tendencies
Last fall, nu-metal veterans Slipknot fired Jay Weinberg, a move the drummer said left him “heartbroken and blindsided” when he received the call. He attended the Grammys last month, where “Hive Mind” from his final album with Slipknot was nominated for Best Metal Performance, and today he announced he’s joining thrash legends Suicidal Tendencies. Weinberg […]
Jim White & Marisa Anderson Announce New Duo Album Swallowtail
Here’s an exciting team-up: Jim White, the brilliant Melbourne experimental drummer best known as a member of Dirty Three, is releasing a new duo album with Marisa Anderson, the esteemed Portland fingerstyle guitarist. The pair previously joined forces for 2020’s The Quickening. Today they’ve announced its follow-up, Swallowtail. They recorded it in the Australian coastal […]