Patti Smith and her longtime guitarist Lenny Kaye serenaded early voters with her apropos 1988 song “‘People Have the Power” in a New York City performance early Tuesday morning. With New York City being Smith’s home base, many voters standing in line knew the tunes and joined in on the chorus. A clip of the […]
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder was interviewed by Howard Stern on his SiriusXM show for the first time ever and spoke about such personal topics as openly about struggling with Chris Cornell’s death, how he handled Pearl Jam’s initial success (he wishes he’d dealt with it better) and also missing a show by his own Seattle […]
The Rolling Stones’ legendary Rock and Roll Circus concert film is a documentation of the last appearance of the band’s original line-up — and today (Oct. 30) the first-ever public performance of “Sympathy For The Devil” from that Dec. 12, 1968 show is available online for the first time. “It was an incredible shoot, I think, 36 hours […]
A collection of revered rockers — singer William DuVall of fellow Seattle rockers Alice in Chains, Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante, guitarist Bill Kelliher of Mastodon and bassist Mark Menghi — collaborated for a version of the classic Soundgarden cut “Rusty Cage.” At the start of the video, Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil even offers his endorsement of the […]
Industrial icons Stabbing Westward treated fans to Hallowed Hymns today (Oct. 30), a surprise covers EP that includes takes on The Cure’s “Burn,” Ministry’s “(Every Day Is) Halloween” and Echo & The Bunnymen’s “The Killing Moon.” “2020 has been a shit year. We were supposed to release our new album and tour the U.S. to support it. […]
The Flaming Lips performed four songs in a new NPR Tiny Desk concert from their Oklahoma hideout. As you’d expect from the alt veterans, they performed safely inside of their signature bubbles. They performed a couple of tunes from American Head, their latest studio album that’s out now and a couple of favorites from over the years. Watch […]
Pierre Kezdy, bassist of Naked Raygun, the Chicago band who was a favorite of Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl and producer Steve Albini, has died (Oct. 9) at the age of 58. The cause was cancer, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. Grohl said he was about 13 when Naked Raygun “changed everything I knew about music,” Lou Lombardo, […]
After Fleetwood Mac found itself at the center of skateboarding meme culture for the last week, Stevie Nicks is back to remind us of what makes her so revered in the first place: music. The vocalist returned on Friday with her new single “Show Them the Way” in quite a while and features production by […]
Van Halen manager Irving Azoff confirmed what many had hoped for when David Lee Roth leaked the news a few years ago: a new 2019 tour that would have reunited the band’s classic lineup for a stadium tour. In a Pollstar interview, Azoff said that the hoped-for tour was close to happening, but couldn’t due to […]
Johnny Nash, whose upbeat pop-reggae song “I Can See Clearly Now” became a number-one, million-selling hit in 1972 and ubiquitous favorite has died at the age of 80, his son confirmed. No cause of death was given. Nash started singing professionally at 13 with his first break coming when he appeared on Arthur Godfrey’s radio and television […]