It’s October 28, 2008, and 18-year-old me is roughly third in line for Against Me!’s show at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. It’s the last West Coast stop of their fall tour behind New Wave, and my dorm neighbor has kindly driven me from the Inland Empire to the venue (I didn’t have a car […]
Raised on 3 continents, ShiShi incorporates his experiences from around the globe, especially embedding his Indian heritage into his music. His music speaks for itself, as he’s reached over 20 million streams worldwide. He’s gained the support of artists such as AR Rahman, Major Lazer, Mark Knight, ASADI, Lost Frequencies, Axel Thesleff, Bolier, MEMBA, Gorgon […]
The world according to ex-pat artist Victor Spinelli is a Bacchanalian romp on the beach with mythological Gods and Goddesses and a never-ending supply of art making, hijinks and adventurous escapades. Spinelli is a thoughtful, philosophical, multi-dimensional artist who has been living on the island of Ibiza since 2001, where he started as the photographer […]
Flush with the success of Pearl Jam’s 1991 debut Ten, the band’s co-founder and guitarist Stone Gossard could have easily spent his hard-earned cash on any number of creature comforts. Instead, he teamed with longtime Seattle rock scene cohort Regan Hagar and in 1994 started Loosegroove Records as an imprint through Sony. Gossard utilized his […]
“Your name comes up a lot around here,” I tell Johnny Marr during our virtual visit, me from the U.S., him on the outskirts of his hometown of Manchester, UK. He sits—smiling, warmly—in front of an enviable display of recording equipment, a far cry from the curious kid hanging around future Cult guitarist Billy Duffy’s […]
Name Tim McIlrath Best known for Rise Against Current city Chicago Really want to be in Chicago Excited about Our new album Nowhere Generation and the Nowhere Generation tour rolling on for an upcoming spring tour with Pennywise and a Canadian tour with Billy Talent. My current music collection has a lot of I’m listening to a lot […]
The Regrettes announced the release of their third studio album, Further Joy, on April 8 via Warner Records. The indie-rock group has not released an album since their 2019 project How Do You Love? When asked about the album title, frontman and songwriter Lydia Night said “that phrase, ‘further joy,’ summarized what it meant to […]
Mötley Crüe ruled the metal scene in the late ‘80s, going on to sell over 100 million records. However, by the time Sebastian Stan was the right age to appreciate the glam band, the metal heyday had passed. “Unfortunately, I didn’t really know Mötley Crüe when I was growing up,” Stan says, “because when I […]
Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ first album in six years (and first with guitarist John Frusciante in 16 years) is out in less than a month. Today, the veteran rockers shared “Poster Child,” the second single from Unlimited Love, which sounds exactly what you’d expect a traditional mid-tempo Chili Peppers song to sound like. The Chili Peppers […]
Kevin Morby announced his new album This Is A Photograph set to be released on May 13 via the label Dead Oceans. To accompany the album announcement, Morby also shared the album’s title track and accompanying video. In the title track, Morby sings in a spoken word fashion over a rustic guitar riff that crescendos […]