Category: Concert

David Bowie Estate Unveils The Man Who Sold the World Companion Album

David Bowie’s third album — the follow-up to his breakout hit “Space Oddity” — was a commercial failure when it arrived in 1970. Its gothic, Nietzchean themes eluded the mainstream. But The Man Who Sold The World was a pivotal record, transitioning Bowie into his signature hard-rock era (Seventies albums like Ziggy Stardust, Hunky Dory, Diamond […]

April 14, 2021
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Tomahawk’s Oddfellows Create Sonic Mobility

“Pandemic, pajamas, shit, fatigue, dog, California, music.” Mike Patton uses those words a lot during our interview, according to the transcription software that parsed our mid-March phone chat. And somewhere within those words is the genesis of the intense, stunning and diverse 12-song Tomahawk LP Tonic Immobility, which arrives eight years after 2013’s Oddfellows. The band, […]

April 14, 2021
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The Shins to Reissue ‘Oh, Inverted World’ With Liner Notes, Handwritten Lyrics

This June, The Shins will commemorate their 2001 debut, Oh, Inverted World, with a newly remastered version. For a serial nit-picker like James Mercer, it was a blessed occasion to go back and tweak everything that’s been tormenting him for 20 years. A perfectionist’s ultimate fantasy. The Oh, Inverted World remaster sounds the way Mercer intended. According […]

April 13, 2021
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Watch Mick Jagger, Dave Grohl Sing About TikTok, Gaining Pandemic Weight on ‘Eazy Sleazy’

As the world hobbles back to normal with the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, Mick Jagger is out with a rocking new song about how much it sucked being home all year. On “Eazy Sleazy,” the Rolling Stones frontman howls away, free-associating about “pretty masks” and Zoom — giving us lots to unpack. Like, what are poncey books? […]

April 13, 2021
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