Jenny Lewis sings of life’s simple pleasures as a 45-year-old in her newly dropped “Puppy and a Truck.” In the song, Lewis sings: My 40s are kicking my assAnd handing em to me in a margarita glass….Like a shot of good luckI got a puppy and a truckIf you feel like giving upShut upGet a […]
There comes a time when all you can do in life is to surrender to the experience, regardless of how difficult it may get. sir Was is a prime example of looking inward long enough to consciously address complex emotional conversations, and turning all of that soul searching into something beautiful. His latest project, Let […]
After a few years on the sidelines, this year’s edition of San Francisco’s Outside Lands roared back. Long one of the highlights on the Bay Area concert calendar, the 2021 edition featured a number of great sets. In addition to headliners like The Strokes, Tyler, the Creator, Lizzo, Vampire Weekend, and Tame Impala, artists like […]
In 2006, Weird Al Yankovic paid homage to the alt-pop duo Sparks in his parodied “Virus Alert” on his Straight Outta Lynwood album. Having already appeared in the Sparks documentary, directed by Edgar Wright earlier this year, Yankovic dropped an accordion cover of the Mael brothers’ “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us.” […]
Taylor Swift and Saweetie will be joining Ed Sheeran as the musical guests on this month’s episodes of Saturday Night Live. November on SNL! pic.twitter.com/LqwRCeUdxY — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) November 2, 2021 With Jonathan Majors hosting, Swift is set to perform on November 13. Her appearance on the show is the day after […]
Like the “ethical” (their word) psychotropic drug industry, the music recording business exists to discover, refine, and distribute new product to alter minds and enhance well-being. So when a euphoric sound makes its way into anyone’s ears — let alone the best new music I heard in years — without the benefit of professional dispensers […]
Pavement is set to tour after a 10-year hiatus from the road, and just announced they are adding stops throughout North America on their 2022 world tour. Tickets for their U.S. and Canada jaunt go on sale Friday, November 5 on the band’s website. Having disbanded in 1999, Pavement first returned to the stage in […]
A year after releasing the best selling Sing Backwards and Weep, Mark Lanegan picked up his pen will be releasing Devil in a Coma, a book about his brutal battle with COVID earlier this year. The former Screaming Trees frontman said he was left “completely deaf” for a bit and “slipping in and out of […]
Spiritualized are back. The group announced plans to release, Everything Was Beautiful, their ninth studio album on February 25, 2022. Following the 2018 And Nothing Hurt, which was thought to be the final Spiritualized album, Everything Was Beautiful is available for pre-order in various box set formats, and on light pink vinyl. Today, the band dropped the record’s first track […]
Is mankind hurtling to its ignominious end, like so many lemmings over a cliff? Simon Neil is sure he’s seen the telltale signs. And the gallows-humored Biffy Clyro anchor isn’t afraid of covering the extinction topic on his trio’s surprise, lockdown-sculpted new album, The Myth of the Happy Ever After. With no apology, it opens […]