For a hugely popular, contemporary country music act—especially one with a fine, stately name—Old Dominion sure like to get weird. That creative impulse goes all the way back to their 2015 debut album, Meat and Candy, which had a cover depicting a waitress presiding over a table covered in a smorgasbord of delicious candy and […]
This fall, MTS Management Group and MTS Records are lining up one of their boldest, most varied release schedules yet. The label’s upcoming slate crosses musical borders—mixing high-energy metal with a message, breezy Americana, heartfelt country, retro-flavored pop, and songs that dig deep into personal storytelling. From August through September, fans will hear music that […]
It has taken British sextet Sports Team nine months to recover from their first U.S. tour last December, when they were robbed at gunpoint on one of the earliest dates. Thieves ransacked the group’s van, and when their tour manager confronted them, they drew a gun on her. The incident has since become a frequent […]
When Erica Fox first thought about turning her passion of playing guitar into a career, she planned on doing so with her own original music as an artist. But while that may still be in the cards one day, she’s carved out quite a name for herself as a session musician and touring guitarist for […]
The Replacements’ third album, Let It Be, will be back in stores in deluxe form on Oct. 24, a few months after the 41st anniversary of its release. The Rhino project includes four LPs and three CDs that help trace the evolution of the material on Let It Be, which has long been regarded as […]
As expected, Shudder to Think is extending its recent reunion with its first U.S. tour since 2008. The group will play nine shows this fall, beginning Sept. 19 at Riot Fest in Chicago, and will wind its way back to Los Angeles for a Nov. 11 finale. Tickets go on sale Friday (Aug. 22). Beloved […]
The modern glam rock resurgence can be attributed to a few bands, though it was The Darkness in the early 2000s that gave the movement weight. While bands like Starcrawler, Maneskin, and Temples are continuing what The Darkness started, it’s Britain’s The Struts that are igniting the real fire in the genre. The Struts formed […]
When I caught up with deadmau5 (Joel Zimmerman) on a Tuesday afternoon in mid-August, it’s raining in Toronto and one of his three cats, Peanut, is going a little crazy with the thunderstorm outside. Zimmerman has been in the basement, where he’s been trying to resolve a developer challenge, before he emerges to speak to […]
Wisconsinite drummer Butch Vig, Nebraskan guitarist Duke Erikson, and Minnesotan guitarist Steve Marker met in the late ’70s in Madison, Wisconsin. Although Erikson and Vig’s bands Spooner and Fire Town each released a couple of well-received albums, it was really Smart Studios, which Vig and Marker founded in Madison in 1983, that made the Midwestern […]
Alex Warren, Busta Rhymes, J Balvin featuring DJ Snake, Ricky Martin, Sabrina Carpenter and sombr are the first performers set for the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, which will be held Sept. 7 at Long Island, N.Y.’s USB Arena and broadcast live on CBS. Rhymes will receive the MTV VMA Rock the Bells Visionary Award […]