As their first record since 2016, Bloc Party just detailed their forthcoming Alpha Games, out April 29 via Infectious / BMG. The English rock band’s sixth studio record follows Hymns, and was produced by Nick Launay and Adam Greenspan (Nick Cave, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, IDLES). Alpha Games is available for pre-order, and they just shared its first single “Traps.” […]
After recently announcing their joint spring tour of North America, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis just unveiled yet another joint record. Following this year’s Carnage, the duo is set to release their own soundtrack for the upcoming French nature documentary La Panthère Des Neiges. Today, they shared “We Are Not Alone.” [embedded content][embedded content] The new […]
Eels just unveiled yet another track off their forthcoming fourteenth studio album. The eccentric rockers released “The Magic.” [embedded content][embedded content] Following the galactic jaunt “Good Night On Earth” and the smooth cruise of “Steam Engine,” “The Magic” feels like older Eels—and maybe even ’90s Ween—but with gritty, yet charming garage rock passion. All of […]
When Lindsey Buckingham released his self-titled record in September, the media frequently lauded “Swan Song,” the fourth track, as a standout tune. What’s more, Buckingham himself told Newsweek that it’s one of his two favorite songs on the new record. But when Blinker the Star founder/frontman/songwriter and record producer Jordon Zadorozny (whose credits include producing […]
Last Thursday, the late, great photographer Mick Rock died at the age of 72. Sunday would have been Rock’s 73rd birthday. Back in August 2019, Lipps Service host Scott Lipps had Rock on the podcast. In memory of Rock, we’re resurfacing that episode today. Rock traces his journey into rock history, detailing his friendships and […]
On what would be the MC’s 51st birthday today, the estate of A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg detailed the forthcoming posthumous album Forever. It is set to debut on March 22, on the anniversary of Malik Izaak Taylor’s death in 2016. The New York-born rapper and 4x Grammy-nominee had partnered with trusted collaborators on Forever, and […]
Lindsey Jordan (a.k.a. Snail Mail) is postponing her U.S. and European tour dates this year due to her upcoming vocal cord surgery. “I’ve been struggling with my vocal health more and more each year. I lose my voice after a couple of days of singing,” Jordan wrote in a statement. “I went to see an […]
The things we treasure when we’re young are often the most formative. For me, it was a black Sanyo cassette/radio combination with one speaker and an appetite for D batteries. This little radio provided access to the world that would smother my overactive and chaotic mind: all request radio, an hour block of programming on […]
Spotify has disabled auto-shuffle on albums, and we have Adele to thank for it. Before Friday, shuffle was the streaming platform’s default setting when a user listened to an album. But after the release of the pop star’s powerful new album, 30, that is no longer the case. You can still listen to an album on […]
Kanye West and Drake have officially announced their “Free Larry Hoover” benefit concert. The show is set to take place on Dec. 9 at the L.A. Coliseum in Los Angeles. The venue’s event page says that the “historic” show plans to “raise awareness and support for Larry Hoover and the cause of prison and sentencing […]