LA’s own Lukas Frank, aka Storefront Church, is playing a one-off London gig next Monday, Nov. 10 at St. Pancras Church in Kings X. To help get the word out, Frank has released his first new recording since last year’s Ink & Oil , a cover of goth pioneers the Sisters Of Mercy’s
Seven years ago, the great singer-songeriter Aimee Mann told the Los Angeles Review Of Books that she was working on songs for a couple of stage musicals. One of them was an adaptation of Girl, Interrupted , Susanna Kaysen’s 1993 memoir about her time at a psychiatric hospital
We weren’t sure if Cindy Lee would keep going. Pat Flegel’s musical project and drag persona had an off-the-grid underground smash with last year’s double album Diamond Jubilee , then abruptly cut short the tour supporting the album. When the Cindy Lee catalog went
Death Grips is online and in the studio. Today, the group’s Zach Hill and Stefan “MC Ride” Burnett shared a carousel of in-studio photos on Instagram with the caption: “The writing and recording of our next album is underway. We’re looking forward to the new Death Grips
Tobias Francis, leader of the Chicago-via-Portland post-punk band Soft Kill, has reportedly been convicted of domestic abuse. Soft Kill’s Instagram page posted Francis’ mugshot today, along with this caption: “Tobias Channing Francis was convicted this morning of domestic
A review of the National Curriculum led to the adoption of several changes that Sheeran and his foundation had previously advocated for
Paula Kelley is best known as one of the original core members of Drop Nineteens, performing vocals and guitar on their 1992 shoegaze bible Delaware . Not long after that album was released, however, she left the band in order to pursue other projects, eventually releasing the
Brooklyn-based artist Erin Hoagg makes thumping, retro-futuristic music under the name Rare DM, and she became cult-famous with her 2020 track “ send nudes .” We’ve posted her recent singles “ Skater Hits Me Harder ” and “ The Ring ,” and now she’s back with “325,” an extremely
Paramore leader Hayley Williams makes her own music, and sometimes she even plays her own shows. Much more often, though, she loves jumping up onstage at other people’s shows. In the past few months, Williams has released her solo album Ego Death At The Bachelorette Party , and
Do you ever listen to the film podcast Blank Check With Griffin And David ? You really should. It’s consistently one of the best things on the internet. One might even say that it’s consistently one of the only good things on the internet. If you are reading this website, it’s
The Spanish singer faced social media backlash after discussing Bad Bunny and writing lyrics in different languages in an interview
Billy Joel, Dee Snider, Pat Benatar, and more opine on the enduring appeal of the late troubadour’s hit about a father-son relationship
The newest member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame knew he didn’t have long to live when he told David Letterman to “enjoy every sandwich” on this classic episode of The Late Show
Recent rule changes that led to the departure of Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s “Luther” from the Billboard Hot 100 left the top 40 positions without a single rap song for the first time in 35 years
Shout out Rupert Giles. That guy really did his best to look out for Buffy and her friends, and he rarely got any credit for it. Instead, he kept getting beat up by vampires and demons and whatnot, and the people he loved kept getting killed. Maybe he died in the end? I can’t
The fast-talking singer-songwriter is rewriting the rules of country music with her debut EP, Big Buskin ’
Remembering the soulful power and unaffected cool of the band’s sole female member
The kids are bringing back early-’00s metalcore. I didn’t see this development coming, but it’s been very fun to watch. There’s a whole scene that’s developed around Ephyra, a Connecticut-based label that only came into existence in 2022. Bands like Balmora, Since My Beloved,
With the White Stripes’ upcoming induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the arguments about the drummer’s talents can finally be put to rest
Remember Sports haven’t released an album since 2021’s Like A Stone , though there was an EP called Leap Day in 2022. Still, when new album The Refrigerator drops next February on the band’s new label home Get Better Records, it will essentially mark the Philly indie mainstays’
Next Month, the Liverpool Band To Watch King Hannah will release a new limited edition 7″. “This Hotel Room” b/w “Look At Miss Ohio” follows this year’s “ Leftovers ,” which itself was an outtake from last year’s Big Swimmer . The B-side is a Gillian Welch cover. Today we hear
With more stadium shows on the horizon, the reunited and still red-hot Oklahoma band will play the Key West, Florida, festival
With the release of their recent album Big city life , the Copenhagen/Oslo duo Smerz jumped right to the top of a recent class of sharp, exploratory Scandinavian underground pop scientists. Copenhagen in particular has been a hotbed of that stuff lately, and Big city life fits
In an interview with The New York Times , the singer revealed that she’s been working on “something that I’m very excited about and inspired by” that will bring her back to the stage
Ty Dubiski recalls how a trapped and surging crowd separated him from his sister, and how Madison Dubiski’s death from compression asphyxia led to his family’s new mission
Folk/rock songwriter and guitarist talks about beginning a new chapter with Daylight Daylight
In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This column is a companion piece to The Number Ones , and it’s for members only. Thank
One of the city’s great romantic bards treated fans to a night of songs and stories, with stripped-down acoustic performances of classics from all over her catalog
Ice Cube is not a fan of rappers mailing in their performances — and has let his feelings be heard loud and clear. During a recent concert in Houston, the N.W.A legend paused his set to scold his hip-hop peers who don’t put enough effort into their live shows and instead rely
Royce Da 5’9″ has revealed that he has been battling health complications that have pumped the brakes on his music career. In an interview with Rolling Stone about Big L‘s new posthumous album Harlem’s Finest: Return of the King, which he helped oversee, the Detroit rapper said
The musicians previously performed Paramore’s “Misery Business” together in 2023
The eight-episode reality series will take the musicians to Switzerland and Vietnam
The pop star referenced the actress’ beloved AMC ad during her latest Short n’ Sweet tour stop
Against all odds, the band return from their seven-year hiatus to deliver magic in Madrid. We are indeed here, and this is really happening
Jordana’s new EP Jordanaland arrives this week. The LA-based artist has shared “ Still Do ” and “ Like That ,” and today we get a final preview with the glamorous, breezy earworm “Blouse,” which is not a Clairo cover.
Wicked: For Good had its world premiere in São Paulo tonight, and Ariana Grande was unable to make it due to issues with her flight. Now, the pop star is asking fans to not “wish danger” on her and her team.
It’s been a little over three years since the 1975 released their latest record Being Funny In A Foreign Language , and now they’ve decided to make a change. The album is now one song shorter on streaming services because the band removed “Human Too.”
The Queen guitarist and "Beautiful Things" singer performed "Bohemian Rhapsody" as a surprise on Tuesday
In 10 days, runo plum releases her debut album patching . So far we’ve heard “ Lemon Garland, ” “ Sickness ,” “ Halfway Up The Lawn ,” and “ Pond ,” which have all operated as extremely pretty previews. Now, the singer-songwriter is offering the dreamy number “Alley Cat.”
A viral “Beez in the Trap” mashup on the White House’s TikTok drew a gleeful reaction from Nicki Minaj and some of her fans online
Fans noticed that "Human Too" was no longer on Being Funny in a Foreign Language — Healy decided he wanted it that way
Pop’s most provocative chaos agent delivers a transcendent album that sounds like nothing else in music right now
It seems like a bad idea to tour with CKY. Last year, the band was kicked off their co-headlining tour with Alien Ant Farm after frontman Chad I Ginsburg allegedly punched AAF leader Dryden Mitchell in the face. Now, BLACKGOLD are pulling out of their tour with CKY due to
The Grammy winner says he sees a lot of himself in the Puerto Rican rapper and will be "cheering him on" at Super Bowl LX
Dirty Three are coming stateside. Last year the Aussie post-rockers released Love Changes Everything , their first studio album in 12 years, and celebrated with a brief tour in their home country. In March they’ll be bringing that tour to the US and Canada, their first trek
Alan Niven says the band has claimed his book violates a confidentiality clause in an old contract, but the former manager says that agreement should be considered void
Wolfgang goes deep on his great new album as Mammoth, (reluctantly) addresses his feud with David Lee Roth, reveals his weight-loss journey, and much more