Luminaries from throughout the music world are paying tribute to R&B icon D’Angelo, who died yesterday (Oct. 14) at the age of 51 after battling prostate cancer. The artist had played only two proper concerts since 2016 but was reportedly deep into working on a new album. ”We thank you for your beautiful music, your […]
Sugar, the band Bob Mould formed with bassist David Barbe and drummer Malcom Travis in 1991 after the dissolution of the massively influential Hüsker Dü, is reuniting next year for their first shows since January 1995. A propulsive, 138-second new single, “House of Dead Memories,” is out now in tandem with a music video featuring […]
It was 1991. The Pharcyde—Bootie Brown, Imani, Fatlip, and Slimkid3—were spending most of their time in Inglewood, California, at South Central Unit (SCU) studios recording demos, writing lyrics, and smoking copious amounts of weed. Around 5:00 p.m., when traffic was peaking in Los Angeles, the four of them would step outside and watch the girls […]
Freak On A Leash, named after the band’s 1998 hit song, features dog and cat clothing, toys, leashes, and collars, with designs by Jonathan’s stylist and friend Ashton Michael. The pieces, the guys will tell you, reflect Korn’s rock aesthetic and Ashton’s rebellious style, with gold accents, spikes, and a motorcycle leather motif. Although Jonathan […]
Beloved R&B singer D’Angelo has died at the age of 51 after battling prostate cancer, according to his family. The musician, whose real name was Michael Archer, had backed out of a June performance at the Roots Picnic in Philadelphia “due to a longer-than-expected surgical recovery” without revealing specifics. “We are heartbroken to announce that […]
The 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody had a profound effect on Buddy Red, who was 18 years old when the Oscar-winning Queen biopic came out. “Once I saw the movie, it’s like a lightbulb just flickered on in my mind. I said, ‘This is what I’m looking for,’” the shy, soft-spoken Red recalls on a day […]
Ian Shelton has some thoughts on whoever might be upstairs. “I think the idea of the omnipotent god that concerns himself with the success of a random white guy is a legitimately stupid concept.” He, meaning Shelton, has no illusion that any god is there to save him, or even concern him or herself with […]
If one thing was apparent after two weekends of the annual Austin City Limits festival, it’s that the never-ending cycle of nostalgia is shining a renewed spotlight on indie rock of the 2010s. With a lineup featuring darlings from that era such as Empire of the Sun, Cage the Elephant, Passion Pit, Phantogram, Dr. Dog, […]
As I greet Mike Dean over a video call, it’s five days until the closing of the first round of voting for the 2026 Grammy Awards. His production work on the Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow is up for 10 categories. I ask him if there’s a particular category he’d like to win. “I’ve never won […]
Mike Scott of the Waterboys doesn’t like to use the word “obsession” to describe his particular affliction. When it comes to the creative artists who have moved him over the decades, he prefers to identify as a “completist,” as if he was a humble archivist, a cultural trainspotter observing the minutiae of his favorite musicians, […]