When Larry Cohn, 89, started collecting blues records in the 1940s and 1950s, little was written about the records, few had been reissued, and sometimes finding out what some even sounded like necessitated visiting with the owners of individual 78s—often the “only known copy.” In Cohn’s case these meetings were often with the “blues mafia,” […]
In June, Neil Young wrote on his website that he was heading back to the barn with Crazy Horse and had a bunch of songs ready to go. He sure wasn’t kidding. This morning, in a tweet through his official Neil Young Archives account, Young announced that the aptly titled Barn, his first album since 2019’s Colorado, […]
The trailer for the upcoming The Beatles: Get Back documentary has arrived. Directed and refurbished for the big screen by Peter Jackson, restored Get Back recording session videos are making their way to the surface after being locked in a vault for decades. The docuseries is set to premiere on Disney+ on November 25, 26, and 27 with […]
Amid the narrow aisles of a cramped video store in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, The Marías are in their happy place. Dressed entirely in black attire, producer/multi-instrumentalist Josh Conway and singer María Zardoya are peak summer goths in the city. They’re a little intimidating at first — perhaps it’s their sleek looks — but […]
Josiah Wise, aka serpentwithfeet announced his latest EP, Deacon’s Grove, which is out November 5 via Secretly Canadian. As a companion piece to serpent’s newest record DEACON, the EP comprises reinterpretations of the album’s “Hyacinth” and “Amir,” two new songs with “Down Nuh River” and “Shoot Ya Shot,” and a remix of the record’s lead single […]
“I recently found footage of me as a two-year-old dancing in my childhood kitchen with my brother Jake while our parents played music around us. We loved it.” Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez recalls, of growing up in a family of musicians. “I was always singing and improvising with my family. It always felt like the path ahead […]
Death Cab for Cutie announced a special deluxe edition of The Photo Album, in lieu of its 20th anniversary this year, out digitally October 29. The Photo Album was originally released on October 9, 2001. The 35-track newly remastered record includes studio outtakes, previously unreleased tracks, rarities, and UK-exclusive b-sides, even covers of Björk‘s “All Is Full […]
In the world of co-op zombie-killing games, Left 4 Dead pretty much set the standard in 2008 and never looked back. To this day, it’s still considered the peak of the genre by many, which is why a ton of folks are excited about the team at Turtle Rock Studios returning to the genre for […]
Adele announced in a tweet on Wednesday morning that her newest record, 30, is out on November 19. 30 – November 19 pic.twitter.com/vp6ornlda2 — Adele (@Adele) October 13, 2021 “I was certainly nowhere near where I’d hoped to be when I first started it nearly 3 years ago,” Adele said in a statement posted on […]
It’s a good day to be a fan of the non-terrible members of The Smiths. Johnny Marr just revealed the official release date for the full release of his upcoming Fever Dreams project after unveiling back in August that the first of its four parts would be out this Friday (October 15). “There’s a set of […]