It hasn’t been long since we’ve last seen you (this week has flown by), but alas, welcome back to another week and another week of music discovery. We’ve got lots of exciting new music coming through this week that’s all about presence, spatial resonance, and musical liberation. The artists showcased in this week’s Daybreaker playlist […]
This article originally appeared in the April 1996 issue of SPIN. In honor of the release of Garbage’s seventh studio album No Gods No Masters, we’re republishing the story here. Garbage are standing on a pier looking out at the ocean. Suddenly Butch Vig spots something and points. “What’s that?” he wonders. Steve Marker squints. […]
This week’s edition of 15 Minute Live Performances (watch previous Performances from UPSAHL, KANDLE and our favorite New Orleans-based collective Cha Wa) features one of our favorite rising artists: Rozzi. Earlier this year, Rozzi gave us a peek into her daily routine in our A Day in the Life of… feature, and it’s easy to see why she’s on the brink of […]
Bruce Springsteen said that he’ll be joining The Killers an upcoming song that should be arriving “in a week or so,” or at least that’s what Springsteen said during a DJ set on SiriusXM’s E Street Radio aka his own station. Prior to the confirmation, The Killers had fun teasing their fans with whatever mystery […]
Van Morrison and Eric Clapton joined forces again for “The Rebels,” a duet of “Where Have All the Rebels Gone” from Morrison’s new album Latest Record Project: Vol. 1. An accompanying animated video shows drawings of musicians including Axl Rose, Robert Johnson, Kurt Cobain, Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead on “Wanted: Rebel” posters. The questioning call […]
Name RZA Best known for The Fatal Flying Guillotine Carrier. Current city Los Angeles. Really want to be The holy city of Mecca. Excited about My new album “Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater” with DJ Scratch, which will be dropping later this summer. My current music collection has a lot of Frank Sinatra and Playboi […]
Metallica is suing insurer Lloyd’s of London for allegedly not paying out the quartet for financial losses suffered when the band postponed a half-dozen shows in South America in April 2020 because of the coronavirus, CBS-LA reports. The band filed the paperwork in Los Angeles Superior Court earlier this week, alleging breach of contract and […]
It’s no coincidence Liz Phair’s new album Soberish was released just in time for the entire world to reemerge into existence. Since her powerhouse 1993 debut Exile in Guyville, Liz has proven herself an artist who lights the fire and leads the way. Liz doesn’t follow trends—she is the trend. It stands true, then, that […]
Claire Cottrill, the singer-songwriter known as Clairo, has revealed the plans for her sophomore album. Titled Sling, the album is out on July 16 via Fader/Republic Records. The album is produced by producer-extraordinaire Jack Antonoff. Earlier in the day, Clairo appeared on the new Lorde track “Solar Power,” and Lorde returned the favor by lending her […]
For the first time in four years, Lorde is back. Everyone’s favorite New Zealand pop star just released her first single since Melodrama, unveiling the video for “Solar Power,” the title track for her upcoming third album. The release and formal announcement of the new album comes just a few days after she’d teased the cover […]