Mark James, a songwriter who’s responsible for some truly iconic hits, has died. The Houston Chronicle reports that James passed away at his Nashville home on Saturday. No cause of death has been reported. James was 83. Mark James was born Francis Zambon in Houston, where his father worked as a contractor and his mother […]
Watch Bonny Doon Cover Eddy Current Suppression Ring At Sydney Tour Kickoff
Detroit indie rockers and former Waxahatchee backing band Bonny Doon just kicked off their tour of Australia. With the setting in mind, they chose to cover a song by Melbourne’s beloved Eddy Current Suppression Ring at the first gig, never mind that it was in Sydney. As a fellow American, I say: Close enough! Watch […]
Nap Eyes – “Demons”
Nap Eyes, the ramshackle Canadian folk-rock poets, returned last month after three years away with a pair of new songs. Today they have another new single out. “Demons,” adapted from a phantasmagorical poem by Russian Romantic poet Alexander Pushkin (and not the hall of fame Trouble Will Find Me track), is a remarkable accomplishment. It […]
Chappell Roan Chokes Up At Raleigh Show As Bonnaroo Announces They’re Moving Her To A Bigger Stage: “My Career Is Going Really Fast, And It’s Really Hard To Keep Up”
Music-festival lineups and plans are usually locked into place long before they’re announced, and those festivals can struggle to respond when they’ve booked an artist who’s suddenly surging in popularity. That’s happening right now with Chappell Roan, currently on the kind of meteoric rise that we don’t see too often. Roan’s current tour was meant […]
GUM / Ambrose Kenny-Smith – “Dud”
Last month, Jay Watson of Tame Impala and Pond announced his project GUM was doing a collaborative album with Ambrose Kenny-Smith of King Gizzard & The Lizard titled Ill Times. They shared the title track, and now they’re back with “Dud.” “Dud” was co-written by Kenny-Smith’s late father, Broderick Smith, who was a well-known musician […]
Easy Life Changes Name To Hard Life After Lawsuit, Hard-Fi Responds
Easy Life is the former name of a pop band from Leicester, England. They are not the same thing as EasyJet, which is a British budget airline. They are also not the same thing as Hard-Fi, the recently-reunited rock band also from the UK. But it appears there’s been some confusion lately! Last October, fka […]
Wiki & Tony Seltzer – “No L’s”
The grimy, streetwise NYC rapper Wiki teamed with producer Tony Seltzer on an album called 14k Figaro last fall. They’ve got a new track together out today. “No L’s” is, as you might expect, about how Wiki is not taking any L’s this year. I can’t speak to the whole of his 2024, but this […]
J. Cole Shares Old Footage In ‘Trae The Truth In Ibiza’ Video — Watch
Of course, J. Cole’s random Might Delete Later accounts on social media ended up culminating with the Might Delete Later album. After he removed ‘7 Minute Drill’ from the LP, the final track is now ‘Trae The Truth In Ibiza’ and today, Cole gets back onto the Might Delete Later pages to put out a […]
J. Cole Shares Old Footage In ‘Trae The Truth In Ibiza’ Video — Watch
Of course, J. Cole’s random Might Delete Later accounts on social media ended up culminating with the Might Delete Later album. After he removed ‘7 Minute Drill’ from the LP, the final track is now ‘Trae The Truth In Ibiza’ and today, Cole gets back onto the Might Delete Later pages to put out a […]
Yellow Swans Share First New Music In 14 Years
The experimental, improv-heavy Portland noise duo Yellow Swans were a prolific force in the ’00s, but the group decided to break up in 2008, and they went dormant for years. In 2020, Yellow Swans started posting archival material on Bandcamp, and they got back together to play their first live show in 15 years at […]