While other musical acts have been OK with licensing their music to advertisements, the Beastie Boys were the complete opposite — until now. The hip-hop group allowed the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris campaign to use a snippet of their 1994 track “Sabotage” in an ad that aired during the end of the Pittsburgh Steelers/Cleveland Browns football […]
Pynch – "The Whole World's Going Crazy (For Love)"
The London quartet Pynch worked with Dan Carey on last year’s “Disco Lights,” a single on Carey’s Speedy Wunderground label that traversed multiple layers of nostalgia by evoking retro-minded greats like the Strokes, MGMT, Beach Fossils, the War On Drugs, and LCD Soundsystem. They’ve continued tapping that vein on subsequent singles, including the recent “Somebody […]
Gordon Haskell, Ex-King Crimson Singer/Bassist, Dies at 74
Former King Crimson member Gordon Haskell has died at the age of 74. His death was announced in a brief statement on the musician’s Facebook page on Sunday. “It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Gordon, a great musician and a wonderful person who will be sadly missed by so many,” a […]
Glass Beach – "1015"
The synth/punk/emo Band To Watch Glass Beach have been sharing a smattering of one-off tracks lately, including the rejected Bill & Ted anthem “Running” and a strange reworking of their debut album’s opening track to celebrate hitting 1 million Spotify streams. A couple months back, they also contributed a new one called “1015” to a […]
Album Review: Sasha Sloan’s ‘Only Child’
Sasha Sloan Interview Sadness is Sasha Sloan’s brand. Her staggeringly good debut EP was literally called sad girl, while the followup was christened Loser. It shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise then, that the singer/songwriter’s long-awaited debut LP, Only Child, is a dropkick to the heart. There are songs about loneliness, loss, alienation, […]
Stone Roses’ Ian Brown Refers to Coronavirus as 'Common Cold'
Just days after deleting his tirade of controversial tweets, Ian Brown doubled down on his stance on COVID-19 by referring to the coronavirus as “the common cold.” “If COViD has been isolated why would the OXFORD vax research use a coronavirus from a Chimpanzee?” the former Stone Roses singer tweeted on Sunday. “Has COViD 19 […]
New Music: Rob Markman “On God”
Rob Markman gives his testimony on his latest drop. Anchored by DviousMindz and !llmind’s sound bed, Rob details promises kept and life’s jealousies and betrayal. It’s all in the eyes chico. On God.
Adele to Make 'SNL' Hosting Debut Next Week With Musical Guest H.E.R.
Adele is set to host Saturday Night Live next week, Oct. 24, with musical guest H.E.R. The famed singer-songwriter has been SNL’s musical guest twice in the past (in 2008 and 2015); however, this is the first time she’s been tapped for host duties. It also marks H.E.R.’s first time appearing on the sketch comedy show. Next show! […]
Run the Jewels Perform 'RTJ4' in Its Entirety on 'Holy Calamavote' Special
Late last night (or early this morning for East Coasters), Run the Jewels broadcast their Holy Calamavote special on Adult Swim. The vote-encouraging telecast was hosted by Eric Andre and featured the premiere performance of El-P and Killer Mike’s latest album, RTJ4. The duo, along with DJ Trackstar, performed the album in its entirety and were joined virtually […]
Mastodon and Robyn Set to Headline Adult Swim Festival
Today, Adult Swim announced the 2020 edition of its annual festival, and like so many other events this year, it’s going virtual. The global livestream takes place next month and boasts performances from Robyn and Mastodon, as well as exclusive live streams with talent from Rick and Morty and The Eric Andre Show, a world premiere of Run […]