James Blake is a little over a year removed from the release of his last album, Assume Form. He’s kept busy since then, both with some weird tabloid fodder about bees and in a music sense. Since quarantine’s started, Blake has taken to Instagram to do a handful of livestreams. He covered Radiohead in one […]
Watch Ben Gibbard Cover Nirvana in Latest Livestream
Ben Gibbard cut his daily livestreams a few weeks but that doesn’t mean he isn’t doing anything interesting. In his latest livestream that was done all on piano, the Seattle-dwelling singer paid tribute to another singer from the Emerald City. Gibbard covered Nirvana’s “All Apologies,” which was one of the last songs he played. He […]
Eddie Van Halen Pulled A Gun on Fred Durst in the Early 2000s
Ay caramba! In a story that’s stranger than fiction, according to Andrew Bennett’s new photobook Eruption in the Canyon: 212 Days & Nights With the Genius of Eddie Van Halen, the guitar legend had it out with Fred Durst — and even pulled a gun on him. Yes, you read correctly. Let’s rewind a section. According […]
Kane Brown’s Hot Streak Continues With “Cool Again”
Kane Brown Interview Kane Brown’s blockbuster 2020 is destined to continue with “Cool Again.” The country superstar, who currently has two tracks climbing the charts (“Homesick” and “Last Time I Say Sorry”), reflects on summer love on his latest hit. “I’ve been thinking about ya lately, reminiscing, going crazy,” the 26-year-old croons. “Miss the way […]
Charli XCX’s Quarantine LP Takes Shape With “Claws”
Charli XCX Drops ‘Forever’ Charli XCX proved you don’t need a lot of time or money (or even a semi-functioning world) to make great pop music when she rolled out “Forever” as the lead single from How I’m Feeling Now — an album she started recording from scratch in quarantine. Today, she rolls out “Claws” […]
Watch Queens of the Stone Age's 2014 Exit Fest Set
Queens of the Stone Age have keep a very low profile in recent years. Though some of the adjacent bands, like Eagles of Death Metal, have been busy, Josh Homme and company haven’t. That said, the band shared their full set from 2014’s Exit Festival. The marauding set saw the band at their …Like Clockwork era […]
The 1975 – "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)"
You know the deal by now: Three years ago, Matty Healy talked about following up the 1975’s sophomore LP I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it with an album called Music For Cars, and then two years ago returned instead with news of A Brief Inquiry […]
Fred the Godson Dies at 35 Due to Coronavirus
Bronx-based rapper Fred The Godson has died at the age of 35 due to complications from coronavirus, Complex reports. The rapper was hospitalized earlier this month due to the coronavirus and shared a photo on a ventilator. I’m in here with this Covid-19 shit! Please keep me in y’all prayers!!! #GodIsGreat pic.twitter.com/e6xRM3OSWb — FRED THE […]
The Offspring Cover "Here Kitty Kitty" From <i>Tiger King</i>
Though the hype has died down, Netflix’s Tiger King docuseries was one of the most talked-about things to come from the early stages of quarantine. Don’t believe us? Check Joe Exotic’s Spotify numbers. Apparently The Offspring have sunk their collective teeth into the series as well (remember this is the song where Exotic accused and showed Carole […]
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – "In Circles" (Sunny Day Real Estate Cover)
Emo legends covering emo legends: You love to see it! Maybe it even makes you emotional. That’s the idea, right? The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die have been pretty quiet since 2017’s Always Foreign and its attendant tour. Since then, only last fall’s archival collection Assorted Works […]