Ahead of the release of her sophomore studio album Beatopia, singer/songwriter Beabadoobee has shared the delicate, heart-wrenching acoustic “Lovesong.” The song feels like a blissful hug, but Beabadoobee’s lyrics are more ambivalent: “I guess that this is just another love song about you.” [embedded content][embedded content] “‘Lovesong’ is a song that I had bits written […]
Peter Shapiro, the beloved concert promoter behind such events as The Grateful Dead’s 2015 Fare Thee Well reunion and storied venues as Wetlands, Brooklyn Bowl and the Capitol Theatre, will share his behind-the-scenes stories in his first book this summer. Shapiro’s The Music Never Stops: What Putting on 10,000 Shows Has Taught Me About Life, […]
A week ahead of the release of the previously announced Prince and The Revolution: Live 1985 Syracuse concert film, the late artist’s estate has released a remixed and remastered standalone video of “Little Red Corvette” from that legendary performance. [embedded content][embedded content] Similarly restored versions of “Let’s Go Crazy” and “1999” have already come out from the […]
“I shit gold,” says Gene Simmons with a smile. “That’s your headline, SPIN magazine.” The KISS singer-bassist can’t help himself, forever basking in the good fortune he’s enjoyed ever since his band first stormed into pop culture in the 1970s, with flamboyant rock riffs, radio hits and pyrotechnics. Then and now, Simmons was the Demon […]
Sky Ferreira announced last week that she was going to release her first song since 2019’s “Downhill Lullaby.” Today, it happened. Titled “Don’t Forget,” the song is a glimpse into her long-awaited second album, Masochism, which has been in the works since 2015. The song was produced by Ferreira and longtime collaborator Jorge Elbrecht and […]
It was mid-50s out in the crisp Pacific Northwest air. Discolored hands carrying bags of groceries in the cold, a washed, dull look splashed onto my face. Between point A and point B, I felt alone. It’s challenging to fit into much of anything when you walk on a tightrope wearing neon blue and sequin, […]
When a band loses a drummer like Taylor Hawkins — whose intensely physical style of playing was essential to the band’s sound — it’s hard to put into words what’s lost. With lead singers, you lose the words. With guitarists, the riffs. But with a drummer, the loss is like losing gravity altogether. That’s why […]
What is the dao of Anna Friedberg? Just start walking. “I don’t even know where I’m walking, and then things happen,” she says via phone from her home in London. Her voice is full of laughter and excitement; her sentences punctuated by laughter. “In my past, sometimes I’ve thought about it too much, but it’s […]
A day after his 81st birthday, Bob Dylan has re-recorded his 1962 classic “Blowin’ in the Wind” with longtime collaborator T-Bone Burnett and will auction the only copy of it July 7 in London through Christie’s’ “The Exceptional Sale” event. The catch is that “Blowin’ in the Wind” has been immortalized on a new form […]
One of Dehd’s greatest strengths is their ability to write disarmingly simple songs. As a trio, they’re a band that embraces their limits to make the most of what they have: Emily Kempf’s powerful, shout-sung vocals and effortless basslines, Jason Balla’s reverb-heavy, single-string guitar melodies, and Eric McGrady’s insistent, pulsing percussion. The Chicago indie rockers […]