Netflix syndrome. Most of us suffer from it, even if we’ve never heard of it. It’s the phenomenon of spending massive amounts of time scrolling through online content, trying to choose what you want to watch. But rather than making a decision, you become frustrated and overwhelmed, settling on watching something you don’t really want […]
One evening in the spring of 1985, as we were preparing our second issue (having, initially, seriously, forgotten we had to do that, so were now scrambling), I walked into Art Director George DuBois’s office and he was talking to a skinny, fresh-faced young man. “Look at these,” said George, handing me some paintings. I […]
Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new music platform Groover. Each month, you can expect a varied bouillabaisse of songs from a vast spectrum of artists from all over the globe, regardless of genre or geography. Photo Courtesy of Hog Ryder […]
In 1953, renowned author and notorious drug experimentalist William S. Burroughs made a trip to the Amazon rainforest on a quest for yagé, a name for the plant Banisteriopsis caapi, also known as ayahuasca. “This is not the chemical lift of C, the sexless horribly sane stasis of junk, the vegetable nightmare of peyote, or […]
Lady Gaga (12), Bruno Mars (11) and Kendrick Lamar (10) lead the nominees for the 2025 edition of the MTV Video Music Awards, which will air live for the first time on CBS on Sept. 7 from UBS Arena just outside Manhattan. The show will also be simulcast on MTV and stream on Paramount+ in […]
Ozzy Osbourne died last month of a heart attack and was also suffering with coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s, per the rock legend’s death certificate. Osbourne passed away July 22 in London at the age of 76, just 17 days after completing his final live performances with Black Sabbath and his solo band. According to […]
Acclaimed Stockholm-based artist/producer/composer Joel Danell, who records as Sven Wunder but rarely performs on his own albums, will play the first U.S. shows of his career this fall while opening for Freddie Gibbs and the Alchemist on their tour in support of the just-released Alfredo 2. The trek begins Sept. 20 in Philadelphia and runs […]
Sublime will squeeze into the intimate Silver Lining Lounge in New York for an unplugged performance on Aug. 20 as part of the Lipps Service Live! Summer Concert Series. Only 100 tickets are available for the event, which will be hosted by Lipps Service‘s Scott Lipps. Sublime returned to activity last year, with original late frontman […]
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A week after surprising fans with a drop of 17 new singles, Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams has unveiled a video for the song “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party.” Described as a “portrait” of the artist’s Nashville hometown, the Zachary Gray-directed clip finds her milling around the city’s popular Broadway district, hanging out with Tennessee […]