Combing under the 30-foot-high marble dome encasing Jimi Hendrix’s grave, ghost hunter Ken Arnold scans AM/FM radio frequencies with his SB11 Spirit Box. Nothing but static fizzles from the device speaker. No signs of Jimi arise. No purple or purple adjacent haze of violet or boysenberry. No one ’scusing themselves to kiss the sky. No […]
What happens when artists, celebrities, industry tycoons, and a swarm of dance music aficionados fly into Ibiza to celebrate DJ, producer and cultural curator Seth Troxler’s 40th birthday? According to many, the event of the decade – and according to Seth’s long time friend Bill Patrick, absolute chaos. The nonstop run of festivities started with […]
Tame Impala made up for lost time Monday (Oct. 27) at Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Barclays Center, as the Kevin Parker-led Australian band debuted nine songs from their new album, Deadbeat, at their first proper show since March 2023. Performing in the round for the first time, Tame Impala was at times nearly drowned out by the […]
Tool, My Chemical Romance, Shinedown and Bring Me the Horizon will headline the next Sonic Temple festival at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Oh., which will take place May 14-17. Pierce the Veil, Breaking Benjamin, the Offspring, Staind, Good Charlotte, Godsmack and Megadeth will further anchor the bill. Sonic Temple drew 175,000 fans to this […]
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil will celebrate his upcoming induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a memoir, A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown With Soundgarden and Beyond. The book was co-written with Adam Tepedelen and will be released May 19, 2026, by Harper Collins. “It tells my story as an American son […]
Bay Area-reared indie rock outfit Rogue Wave will reissue its first two albums, Out of the Shadow and Descended Like Vultures, in expanded editions through former label Sub Pop on March 27. New colored vinyl pressings of both projects with their original track lists are also available for pre-order. Out of the Shadow was initially […]
The members of Bay Area hip-hop group Souls of Mischief—Tajai, Phesto, A-Plus and Opio—were still in high school when they started recording with fellow Hieroglyphics crewmate Del the Funky Homosapien. They were so young, in fact, they needed their parents’ permission to participate in an overnight recording session for “Burnt,” the B-side to Del’s “Mistadobalina.” […]
Time has not diluted the Cowboy Junkies’ dreamy mix of tempestuous torch songs and soup-for-the-soul soundscapes, but it has given it a naturally more seasoned feel and bittersweet bite that fans (and those who only knew their music in the ’80s and ’90s) should appreciate. The Canadian band’s latest reintroduces and reimagines one of their […]
Heavys are the world’s first headphones designed specifically for hard rock and heavy metal. Featuring eight drivers with patented speaker placement, these state-of-the-art cans cover multiple frequency ranges for superior clarity and impact. Created and tuned by Alex Grell, the “Godfather of German Sound,” Heavys deliver thunderous low end that also satisfies fans of hip-hop, […]
Rosalía delivers a stunning first sample from her upcoming Columbia album, LUX, in the form of the Nicolás Méndez-directed, Warsaw-set video for “Berghain,” which features vocals from Björk and Yves Tumor. In the highly surreal clip, Rosalía is enveloped first by orchestra musicians and then a menagerie of animals as she moves from her apartment […]