While there’s no Nine Inch Nails without founder and creative visionary Trent Reznor, he’s had a stellar, if revolving supporting cast, and six of those musicians — Atticus Ross, Robin Finck, Chris Vrenna, Danny Lohner, Ilan Rubin and Alessandro Cortini — will be honored at NIN’s 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, SPIN has confirmed. […]
Michael Stipe Pens New Song for NYC Art Exhibit
Lyrics to a new song by R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe are part of an art installation that opens at New York City gallery Participation Inc. on Sept. 9. The song, “My Name is Ray,” is about the life and fraught love of married designers Charles and wife Ray Eames. The lyrics are part of a […]
ANOHNI – "R.N.C. 2020"
ANOHNI is no stranger to direct political statements. Her 2016 album Hopelessness included songs like “Obama” and “Drone Bomb Me,” intense offerings that eschewed subtlety in favor of high drama and no-holds-barred urgency. Today ANOHNI is back with “R.N.C. 2020,” a song inspired by last week’s Republican National Convention. It forgoes the bellowing experimental club […]
Oasis to Honor 25th Anniversary of '(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?' With Limited Edition LP
Oasis’ (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? will be turning 25 next month. To mark the occasion, Big Brother Recordings will be releasing limited-edition versions of the group’s sophomore album, which include a double silver-colored LP and picture disc on heavyweight vinyl. All the audio has been remastered for the 25th anniversary. In addition to the […]
Anaiah Lei's One-Man Hardcore Project Zulu Releases New EP 'My People… Hold On': Stream
Zulu is a one-man project from Anaiah Lei, drummer of the LA rock duo the Bots and the Orange County hardcore band DARE. On his own, as Zulu, Lei makes frantic, intense, punishing hardcore, and he does it from a raw and vital perspective. Lei has said that he wants Zulu to be “a band […]
A. G. Cook – “Xxoplex”
Only a month after his massive 49-track septuple album 7G, producer and PC Music head honcho A. G. Cook is already getting ready to follow it up with a new, slightly more bite-sized LP called Apple. “Apple is my own take on Personal Computer Music,” Cook explains in a statement. “I’ve always been interested in […]
Beastie Boys to Release New Greatest Hits Compilation Album
They’ve released a retrospective photo book and film, so it makes perfect sense that the Beastie Boys are prepping a musical accompaniment to it. Ad-rock and Mike D. will be releasing Beastie Boys Music, a 20-song greatest hits compilation, as the third release in the group’s trilogy of 2020 creations. The collection will feature all of the […]
Nick Cave to Release 'Idiot Prayer' Album
Following the success of his streamed performance at London’s Alexandra Palace in July, Nick Cave’s Idiot Prayer – Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace is going be screened globally in theaters on Nov. 5. Two weeks after that debut, the music from the show will be released in a double album featuring all 22 songs […]
Hot Snakes – “Not In Time”
Anytime the convulsive Californian rock rippers Hot Snakes are in action, it’s good news. In 2000, Rick Froberg and John Reis formed Hot Snakes out of the ashes of their old band Drive Like Jehu. The band released three albums before breaking up in 2005. But two years ago, the reunited Hot Snakes released a […]
Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner & Crying's Ryan Galloway Team Up On New Surprise EP
Some people spend lockdown doing absolutely nothing (me) and others spend it doing this. Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner and Crying’s Ryan Galloway started sending tracks back-and-forth to each other earlier this summer, and as Rolling Stone points out, today they’re releasing some of the fruits of those efforts: a four-song EP called pop songs 2020 […]