Once upon a New York theatre dream, Kevin Kane and Amy Schumer met at the renowned William Esper Studio’s two-year intensive acting program. “That first year, they break you down,” Kevin tells me. I personally cast him in one of my plays in the early 2000’s. “I feel like…Going through that with somebody, you bare […]
What a time to be alive. There’s a new festival that’s taking place in Southern California this summer that will help you relive the ’90s. The fest, which is called Flannel Nation, will feature plenty of B-list ’90s alt-rockers. At the top of the bill are Everclear (hey, it’s not that far from Santa Monica), […]
Wisdom. The highly regarded philosopher Plato believed that Wisdom was one of four core virtues of the soul. To be wise is to wield information against ignorance through positive action. When times get tough, it is easy for us to reject all that we have come to know, seemingly willfully ignorant of any advice life […]
Singer-songwriter beabadoobee announced her upcoming sophomore album Beatopia which will be released on July 15 on Dirty Hit. Alongside the album announcement, Bea also released a brand-new single and video for “Talk.” [embedded content][embedded content] “I wrote ‘Talk” just after my first album. I was obsessed with Tuesday because I thought it was the best […]
Soccer Mommy has announced her new album Sometimes, Forever, with the showstopping new single ‘shotgun’ and its accompanying video. The song holds the same blunt, observational nature and homemade feel while expanding on her trademark style with a heavier, shoegaze-influenced sound. The song starts with the presence of a fast-moving, digital-sounding backdrop with lush, dreamy […]
There are many Steve Van Zandts (although, ironically, not Steve Van Zandt, his publicist gently rebuked me, which comes as no small embarrassment since that’s what I’ve been calling him for the 35 years I’ve known him). There’s Little Steven, Stevie Van Zandt, Miami Steve, and of course Silvio Dante, Tony Soprano’s consigliore. There’s also […]
Pom Pom Squad had a raucous run of performances at SXSW, (including at our party). Somehow in their busy schedule, the band managed to record an NPR Tiny Desk performance in Austin. Powered by Mia Berrin, performed a killer set featuring tracks off of their debut album Death Of a Cheerleader (“Head Cheerleader,” “Drunk Voicemail,” “Crying” […]
Pop superstar Harry Styles has announced his forthcoming third album, Harry’s House. The Grammy Award-winning singer will release the 13-track album globally on May 20, 2022. The album is available for pre-save here. [embedded content][embedded content] The album was announced via an announcement video that shows a series of swirling bright images, followed by Harry […]
Singer-rapper Mykki Blanco teamed up with R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe for their latest single, “Family Ties.” “‘Family Ties’ is the first song where I sonically found my voice and I mean that in a very literal way,” Blanco said in a statement. “It’s the first song in my entire career where I am singing, I […]
After a fourteen-year-long wait, Bauhaus is back. The goth-rock pioneers released their first single since 2008’s Go Away White, a new song called “Drink The New Wine.” The lockdown was a creative time for Bauhaus. The new song was written during quarantine by the four members sharing audio files. In a technique the band has used […]