KXLLSWXTCH has built a career on emotional extremity, but EYESORE feels different. The Anaheim, California artist has never been interested in smoothing out the rough edges of his inner world, yet this album leans fully into the feeling of being out of place, of standing out when you would rather disappear. Rather than framing alienation […]
After teasing his first full-length solo album with the early December single “A Plea,” Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has unveiled its title and release date. The 10-song Honora will arrive March 27 from Nonesuch and includes latest track “Traffic Lights,” a visualizer for which is out now. It was co-written by Josh Johnson […]
On the heels of her double Grammy-nominated 2024 solo album The Collective, former Sonic Youth principal Kim Gordon will return March 13 with another new project, PLAY ME. The Matador album is led by the song “NOT TODAY” and is accompanied by a short film directed by Rodarte’s Kate and Laura Mulleavy. “I started singing […]
Having long resisted filling his concerts with nothing but his many hits, John Mellencamp will reintroduce numerous old favorites on his Dancing Worlds tour this summer. The trek will begin July 10 in Grand Rapids, Mi., and will visit Indianapolis, just an hour north of Mellencamp’s adopted home base of Bloomington, eight days later. It […]
Gracie Abrams will make her acting debut as the lead character in writer/director Halina Reijn’s next film Please, which will be released by A24. No plot details have yet been revealed about the movie, which follows Reijn’s acclaimed efforts Bodies Bodies Bodies and Babygirl, the latter of which starred Nicole Kidman. A24 has also acquired the rights […]
Following January’s rumors that Dua Lipa is negotiating to write and perform the theme song for Amazon-MGM’s “Bond, James Bond” franchise reboot—with her longtime partner Callum Turner taking the titular role—a cinematic truth is asserting itself: The best Bond songs are by women artists. Sure, a musky Tom Jones put the “balls” in “Thunderball.” Duran […]
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was born in Compton, California, in 1987, and was still a baby when his hometown became synonymous with gangsta rap with the 1989 release of N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton. So it might feel preordained that Duckworth, who would record at first as K-Dot and then as Kendrick Lamar, would eventually sign to […]
Two-time Grammy nominee Arlo Parks finds sanctuary on the dance floor on her third album, Ambiguous Desire, which will arrive April 3 from Transgressive. The 12-track effort is led by the bass-heavy single “2SIDED,” on which Parks yearns to know if her romantic feelings will be reciprocated by the person making her heart race. “2SIDED” […]
Foo Fighters, Lorde and LCD Soundsystem will share headlining duties with the more pop-oriented Backstreet Boys, Teddy Swims and sombr at the 2026 edition of California’s BottleRock Napa Valley festival. The event will take place Memorial Day weekend (May 22-24) at Napa Valley Expo, with tickets now available. Among the dozens of other artists confirmed […]
In the first season of her recording career, from 1974 to 1980, Patti Smith was a raw nerve, blazing behind the microphone on a mission to reinvent rock and roll as a setting for a new kind of feral, literary revolt. She emerged from the first generation of punk rock at CBGB in New York […]