Details have been mum for years about director Christopher Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey, and the latest surprise is that rapper Travis Scott is apparently part of a cast that also includes Matt Damon, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, Jon Bernthal and Benny Safdie. Scott’s role was revealed yesterday […]
Drummer Lowell Fillmore “Sly” Dunbar, who with the late Robbie Shakespeare formed the iconic reggae rhythm section Sly and Robbie, has died at the age of 73, according to reports. No further details have yet emerged. Born in Kingston on May 10, 1952, Dunbar was playing drums in local bands by the age of 15. […]
Rapper and multi-hyphenate Kid Cudi will embark on his first tour since 2022 this spring, and he’s bringing along a star-studded slate of support acts that includes M.I.A., Big Boi and A-Trak. The Rebel Ragers trek will begin April 28 in Phoenix and wrap June 27 in Chula Vista, Ca. Per promoter Live Nation, the […]
From left: Bono, Sting, Bryan Adams, Peter Gabriel (holding a video recorder), Lou Reed, and Amnesty International USA’s Executive Director Jack Healey during a press conference for Amnesty International’s ‘A Conspiracy of Hope’ concert, East Rutherford, New Jersey, June 14, 1986. They were promoting the final concert of a six-date benefit tour which took place […]
“Brian wasn’t like everybody else.” The Damned’s guitarist Captain Sensible remembers first meeting his late bandmate and founding member Brian James toward the end of 1975. At the time, the then 19-year-old (whose real name is Raymond Ian Burns) was working as a janitor at a theater in Croydon, South London, before getting recruited by […]
Sleaford Mods’ Jason Williamson strides back and forth on a bare stage: no backdrop, no instruments, no visuals. He’s wearing his “at home” clothes, his hands planted on his hips or behind his back in his version of a runway pose. He shouts into the microphone like he’s possessed, like he’s struggling with severe mental […]
“Anybody could be ‘Ballgame,’ says Tyler Ballgame. “You could be ‘Charles Ballgame.’” The singer-songwriter is referring to baseball great Ted Williams, who earned the nickname “Teddy Ballgame” for his unparalleled talent and unrelenting passion for the sport; a figure Ballgame admires and ultimately took inspiration from. Ballgame is in Brooklyn for a show at the […]
Death Cab for Cutie have signed with ANTI- Records following the fulfillment of their two decade run at major-label Atlantic, for which the Ben Gibbard-led band released six albums (two of which sold more than 1 million copies). Death Cab has also confirmed a summer tour with support from Jay Som, Japanese Breakfast and Nation […]
Sia, Hayley Williams, My Morning Jacket’s Jim Janes, Maggie Rogers, and Thundercat have joined the lineup of performers for the Resonator Awards, which recognize artists, producers and engineers. The event will be held Jan. 27 at Chaplin Studios in Los Angeles and will be hosted by Fred Armisen. Chappell Roan will receive the Harmonizer Award […]
It looks like Chan Marshall gets the last laugh. Pitchfork’s oft-dismissive review of her 2006 album The Greatest doesn’t even talk about the music until its third paragraph. Instead, it begins with the artist’s mental health struggles, calling her “Beautifully Tortured.” But as we arrive at the 20th anniversary of that album’s release, Marshall will […]