Ty Segall announced his forthcoming album, Hello, Hi, and released its title track today. [embedded content][embedded content] “Hello, Hi” is a thundering ruckus of electric sound. Alternating between his vulnerable pleas and bashing strums, Segall’s wish is simple: “I leave a gift and I want to cry / A box of wood and a curtain / […]
Hey fellas, have ya heard the news? CDs are back! If Rolling Stone, Vice, The Guardian all said so, then it must be gospel, right? If you’re a reader of this section you’re well aware that we’ve always been advocates of the compact disc. Fads come and go, but a passion for owning the music […]
Lizzo detailed her extensive North American tour. The stint will support her forthcoming record, SPECIAL, which is out on July 15. Kicking off on September 23 in Sunrise, Florida, Lizzo ‘s 25-date run will stop at major-city arenas. Atlanta rapper Latto is slated to support. Fans can pre-save SPECIAL for early access to tickets. The general public ticket […]
Matt Sorum has seen it all. If not all, well, then he’s seen a lot. From his days growing up as a hustler in Long Beach getting entangled in the drug trade, Sorum not only made it out alive but drummed for some of the monsters of rock. No one else can boast a resume that […]
Billie Eilish surprised her Coachella Weekend Two fans by bringing Hayley Williams out to perform Paramore‘s hit “Misery Business” on Saturday night. “Oh, look! An empty seat. Who’s that for?” Eilish teased after she and her brother FINNEAS finished an acoustic rendition of “Your Power.” She then welcomed her “friend Hayley Williams” onstage. After embracing […]
Mick Jagger, a fan of Machine Gun Kelly and Yungblud? You better believe it. In a new interview with radio station P4 (via The Independent), the Rolling Stones singer praised the two artists who have become firebrands. “You have Yungblud and Machine Gun Kelly. That kind of post-punk vibe makes me think there is still […]
For a few minutes as Code Orange’s gear was being set up for a daytime gig on Coachella’s opening weekend, things were looking grim. The festival’s club-like Sonora tent was mostly empty, with scattered fans up front and rows of couches along the walls filled with reclining festival-goers recovering from the desert heat. It wasn’t […]
Vicky Farewell loves boy bands. The bubbly, bouncy pop of the early 2000s enchanted her back when she was just Vicky Nguyen, a classical music dork from the O.C. Since then, Nguyen’s musical palette expanded. Her R&B and soul-laden productions have been used by Silk Sonic’s Anderson.Paak. She’s played piano in WILLOW, Kali Uchis, and […]
Nick Zinner, most known as the guitarist and songwriter of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, has released the first single from his four-movement album, 41 Strings. “Fall” is a vigorous and dynamic composition. It begins with Zinner’s requisite guitar-picking and blooms into a full orchestra bringing you on a journey of tension, beauty, and suspense. [embedded content][embedded […]
Last year, when helping assemble SPIN‘s 50 Best Albums of 1971, I wondered if that year could have been popular music’s absolute peak. Now I’m asking myself that same question all over again. As I built a spreadsheet for 1972, gathering our writers’ votes alongside my own weird choices, I was once again struck by […]