Following Biz Markie’s death on Friday evening, numerous tributes honoring the rapper’s legacy flooded social media. On Saturday, Mike D of the Beastie Boys remembered the trio’s longtime friend in a tribute posted on the group’s social media platforms. “We are so grateful to have had so many unforgettable experiences with the truly unique and […]
Biz Markie, the legendary rapper who is one of the genre’s biggest personalities since its early breakthrough, has died at the age of 57 in Baltimore, SPIN has confirmed with his manager, Jenni Izumi. Here’s the statement obtained by SPIN: It is with profound sadness that we announce, this evening, with his wife Tara by his side, […]
This week’s edition of 15 Minute Live Performances features rising singer-songwriter STACEY. (Watch previous sets from UPSAHL, KANDLE, Cha Wa, Rozzi and Nick Waterhouse and Dominique Fils-Aimé) Melding elements of the sun-soaked ’60s psych-pop with modern sensibilities, along with a knack for strong description in her lyrics, Stacey is the rare artist who can balance the past and present without sounding too nostalgic. This is demonstrated succinctly on […]
Another whirlwind of a week is coming to a close and there’s lots to reflect on and hopefully learn from. Just like life, any themes explored through music can all be classified as moments to find something new and exciting about ourselves. This week, the roundup is the epitome of discovering music to discover yourself. It […]
Name Gary Kemp Best known for Songwriter and guitarist for Spandau Ballet; Sy Spector in The Bodyguard; Ronnie Kray in The Krays; guitarist and singer in Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets. Current city London. Really want to be in A concert hall full of beautiful folk watching a show. I may or may not be […]
Claire Cottrill’s rise to internet stardom is well-chronicled. While drinking a Dunkin’ coffee in her childhood bedroom, she lip-syncs to “Pretty Girl,” her unlikely viral video that has now amassed more than 75 million views on YouTube. She didn’t expect the reaction that it received. “By the time I got to school for orientation, people […]
On a likely wet and dreary Manchester, England day, sometime around the mid-’70s, a young Billy Duffy was reading music rags and dreaming of becoming a rock star. “Those were our Bibles,” he says. “We would pour over them in the morning before school when they were delivered to the paper shop and get them […]
Many musicians have succumbed to the self-deprecation trend, where their attempts to appear “woke” or “vulnerable” comes across as artificial. That’s not the case with Cody Frost. The 23-year-old is a riot during our Zoom interview, casually poking fun at herself as her clown-red hair bustles with every chuckle. Chalk it up to England’s signature […]
Canadian instrumental group BadBadNotGood, made up of bassist Chester Hansen, keyboardist Matthew Tavares, and drummer Alexander Sowinski, announced that their sixth studio album, Talk Memory will be out October 8 via XL. This will be their first full album out since 2017. “It took a year or two of just living life to get to the […]
Mariah the Scientist’s name has a mysterious aura, an ode to her background as a biology student, though she now experiments with music. The 23-year-old singer joins our Zoom call from her home in Atlanta, where she’s just finished touching up her hair. While her new project boasts features from artists like Young Thug and […]