Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker kicked up a shitstorm with his commencement speech at Benedictine University on May 11. Speaking to graduates from the Catholic college, Butker made a number of controversial comments. He described pride month as a celebration of
Diddy's apology for assaulting Cassie on video has been criticized by Aubrey O'Day considering he previously denied being violent toward his former partner.
The Juliana Hatfield Three got back together in 2015 for Whatever, My Love , their first release as a band since their 1993 debut Become What You Are . They toured behind that album at the time, but Hatfield has mostly reverted back to solo mode — she just put out an ELO covers
Rapsody has announced her plans to take 'Please Don't Cry' on the road across North American and Europe this fall, while promising to add more dates soon.
"Please know it wasn't an easy call but it's definitely for the best," the singer wrote, canceling appearances in Philadelphia, Nashville, and New York
Black Dresses, the noise-pop collaboration between Devi McCallion and Ada Rook, haven’t put out a new album in two years, since 2022’s Forget Your Own Face . Individually, McCallion and Rook have kept busy with side projects and one-offs of their own, but they’ve teamed back up
The musician's rock band Shellac performed at some variation of the festival every year since 2007 and were scheduled to appear this year before his recent death
In late 2023, the legendary bassist Ron Carter sat in with Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros at Radio City Music Hall. During the appearance, he played through the bass rig of Don Was, the group’s regular bassist. The next day, Was listened to the multitrack of the show and heard a marked
UK indie rockers Hard-Fi got started in the early ’00s and went on hiatus in 2014. In their day, Hard-Fi were a big deal in their homeland, with two chart-topping albums and a couple of top-10 singles. Hard-Fi took an extended break after the release of their 2011 album Killer
Growing Stone is the solo project of Skylar Sarkis, the leader of the New York band Taking Meds. He’s been putting out music under the name since 2018, and his debut full-length, I Had Everybody Snowed , was released in 2020. Today, he’s announcing a new album called Death Of A
Next month, a new Tom Petty tribute compilation called Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty is coming out. We’ve shared covers by Dolly Parton and Chris Stapleton from it already, and it also includes contributions from Willie Nelson, George Strait, Luke
For nearly two decades, Steve Albini and his band Shellac were fixtures at the Primavera Sound Festival. Shellac first played the Barcelona fest in 2006. They missed the next year, but since 2008, Shellec have played every incarnation of Primavera. Last year, Shellac played the
It’s been five years since Yoni Wolf’s ever-evolving indie band WHY? released their last album, the visual LP AOKOHIO . Since then, Wolf has covered the Silver Jews and Allen Ginsberg and collaborated with Foxing and Temps . This summer, WHY? will return with their latest LP, a
The hard-rocking Dublin indie band Sprints spent half a decade building up to their stellar debut album Letter To Self , which was our first Album Of The Week of 2024. Now that they’ve ascended, they’re going to have to make a significant adjustment. Sprints announced today
The esteemed and accomplished folk musician Nathan Bowles has a new album on the way. Actually, it’s by the Nathan Bowles Trio, which puts Bowles on his customary banjo flanked by double-bassist Casey Toll (known for his work with Jake Xerxes Fussell and Mount Moriah) and
Are we on the brink of a Jewel renaissance? Last month, Olivia Rodrigo welcomed the ’90s folk-pop star to the stage at Madison Square Garden, and the two of them sang “You Were Meant For Me” together. On Saturday night, Jewel also presented MUNA with an award at the Los Angeles
This past weekend, Goldenvoice’s nostalgia-heavy indie fest Just Like Heaven came to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The show’s lineup featured blog stars like the Postal Service, Death Cab For Cutie, the War On Drugs, Miike Snow, and Passion Pit. The bill did not feature Vampire
A few months ago, Vince Staples starred in the first season of The Vince Staples Show , an absurdist Netflix series that’s loosely based on his life. But Staples isn’t taking his focus off of music. Today, Staples has announced plans to release a new album, Dark Times , that’ll
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop
50 Cent is not a fan of Diddy's public apology to Cassie after CCTV footage was leaked of the Bad Boy Records founder assaulting his ex-girlfriend in 2016.
Mike WiLL Made-It recently took to social media to vent about what the lack of originality in music, holding creatives firmly responsible for the issue.
Memphis Bleek was part of one of the most storied crews in Hip Hop and he believes a younger crew came close to mirroring the historic Roc-A-Fella run.
Joe Budden has clarified his decision not to address the Diddy assault video in the latest episode of his podcast, dismissing conspiracy theories on the topic.
50 Cent has threatened to take fall out with Suntory Global Spirits, formerly Beam Suntory, beyond the legal battle ground to a more public dispute in congress.
Gunna's third album in as many years - which hears him possibly taking shots at Drake -is expected to enter this week's Billboard 200 chart near the top.
Nicki Minaj's 2010 hit "Super Bass" became the latest rap song to be reinvented as an older version of itself using A.I.; to results the star wasn't fond of.