He looks like a guy who’s done some time and knows a thing or two. One month out of jail, he wears aviators, sounds like De Niro and often mentions God. Who else could have pulled him through almost 32 years behind bars, shafted in the injust Florida prison system? His sentence was life imprisonment. […]
Teenage Fanclub has shared “I’m More Inclined,” the third release from the upcoming Endless Arcade LP, the Scottish lineup’s first new music in four years. The album, says the band’s Norman Blake, addresses the fact that “We’re all getting older, and you can’t help but think about mortality, especially when you’re being creative and reflecting on […]
Cage the Elephant have somehow avoided the livestream bug. So what does that mean? It means (obviously that they haven’t performed live since last March. However, the band is finally giving and will be performing, but for a good cause. This Saturday, Cage the Elephant will aim to raise funds for Breads & Roses, a […]
It’s become a cliché, even for post-Baby Boomers, to look back wistfully on the early ’70s as some kind of untouchable golden age for popular music. But when you survey all the era’s best albums in list form, it’s hard not to trust that instinct. I mean…holy shit. In 1971, the psychedelic era hadn’t completely […]
An all-new live performance by the Foo Fighters will air on Feb. 5, to celebrate the launch of the lineup’s Medicine At Midnight album as well as a limited-engagement radio channel on SiriusXM. The on-air concert, from the SiriusXM Garage in Los Angeles, will be hosted by SiriusXM’s Kat Corbett and attended by a virtual audience of SiriusXM […]
System of a Down will premiere a music video for their single “Genocidal Humanoidz” as part of a livestream event that will raise funds for rehabilitation efforts for Armenian soldiers suffering from traumatic injuries. The livestream will launch at 9 am PT/12 pm ET on Jan. 30, and will begin with interviews with guests including […]
R&B singer Trey Songz was arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer after the singer put an officer in a headlock during the AFC Championship game at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. Video of the altercation shows Songz and the officer in a struggle, which ultimately ends with Songz being handcuffed by a sheriff. Attorney […]
Street and local musicians, some as talented as any big name in the industry, dot the French Quarter in New Orleans, filling the air with music. We wondered how these performers were surviving with music venues closed. We spoke to three musicians to get a firsthand account. Matthew Dethrow is an upright/electric bassist from New […]
Last year was a bizarre one for many bands, but Trapt might take the WTF cake. They first made headlines in April for a feud with Ice-T, then tried to defend some rough sales numbers, and ended 2020 with a Facebook and Twitter account ban after singer Chris Taylor Brown went on some pretty cringeworthy […]
Nandi Bushell began the month learning about Britpop with a cover of Blur’s “Song 2,” and now she’s going through her “emo phase.” On Sunday, the 10-year-old uploaded a video where she drums along to My Chemical Romance’s “Welcome to the Black Parade,” dressed in a marching band suit. “I love being able to let […]