Ciara has released a new single called “Thinkin Bout You.” The track comes off the singer’s upcoming album Beauty Marks, which she will release via her own record label Beauty Marks Entertainment. Ciara announced the album and single via Twitter, along with a preorder for the new music. The new …
Read More »Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival Returns With Gary Clark, Jr., Bonnie Raitt
Eric Clapton and his Crossroads Guitar Festival will return for the first time in six years, setting up in Dallas, Texas this September with a lineup that boasts Gary Clark, Jr., Bonnie Raitt, Jeff Beck, Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill and more. The festival will take place September 20th and 21st …
Read More »Flashback: Radiohead Play a Haunting 'Karma Police' at Glastonbury
Radiohead will enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, but Thom Yorke has already made it clear that he won’t be on hand to accept the honor. “I can’t,” he told Variety in January. “I know I can’t, because of these …
Read More »Watch Billy Joel Play Two Creedence Classics With John Fogerty
Billy Joel was 11 songs into his set at Madison Square Garden last week when he stopped to briefly address the crowd. “Coming out to do a song or two with us,” he said, “please welcome John Fogerty!” With that, the former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman ran out onstage as …
Read More »Review: Jenny Lewis Tells Some Brilliant L.A. Stories on 'On The Line'
“I believe that one can never leave home,” wrote Maya Angelou in Letter To My Daughter; “I believe that one carries the shadows, the dreams, the fears and the dragons of home under one’s skin, at the extreme corners of one’s eyes and possibly in the gristle of the earlobe.” …
Read More »Jenny Lewis: 10 Great Moments from Her Stellar Career
Jenny Lewis’ stellar songwriting chops were visible back in 2001 on Takeoffs and Landings, the first LP by Rilo Kiley, the band she co-fronted with Blake Sennett. They’ve only grown stronger since — and as her take on the Traveling Wilburys’ “Handle With Care” proved, she’s got a way with …
Read More »Dilly Dally Send Off Toronto DIY Institution in New Live Video
Toronto punks Dilly Dally bid farewell to storied local DIY space, Coffin Factory Studios, in a new live video featuring their tracks “Sober Motel” and “Bad Biology.” The clip jumps between footage of Dilly Dally tearing through the two Heaven cuts for a packed-in crowd, along with shots of singer …
Read More »Hear Kool Keith and Metal Supergroup Dead Cross' Hectic New Mash-Up
After guesting on the 2018 self-titled debut by San Diego punk-meets–hip-hop duo Planet B, Kool Keith continues the collaboration on an upcoming EP under his own name. The release features two new tracks from the notoriously outlandish MC, “Blast” and “Uncrushable,” along with an alternate version of each. The extras …
Read More »Song You Need To Know: Vampire Weekend, 'Sunflower'
Perhaps the best, and certainly the most weirdly-grooving of the four tracks Vampire Weekend have trickled out in advance of their forthcoming Father Of The Bride LP, “Sunflower” opens up with a swirl of tag-teaming guitar and bass runs, which are soon mirrored by wordless vocals. Internet guitarist-vocalist Steve Lacy …
Read More »Stephen Malkmus Tries Out Synth-Pop (Sort of) on 'Groove Denied'
In 1987, Stephen Malkmus had a bad MDMA trip. This was one reason, according to the press release for his new album, that he gave “a wide berth” to rave culture in the following decade; he was also busy making several classic indie-rock albums with Pavement at the time. But …
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