Arcade Fire's Win Butler has said he's sitting on a lot of new material for the band, and last night (11/3) they debuted a new song on Stephen Colbert's 'Election Night 2020,' which aired on Showtime. It's called "Generation A,"… Read More
Election Defenders' "Joy to the Polls" campaign has not only commissioned tons of musicians to curate voting playlists, but — as you can see in some embedded tweets below — they're also helping to bring live music to polling stations… Read More
Unlike in New Zealand, where concerts are happening almost like normal, they've yet to resume, aside from drive-in and other outdoor, socially distanced shows, in the US, as coronavirus cases surge yet again. A group of German scientists, however, put… Read More
Spotify is testing out a tool that will let artists and labels give specific tracks increased exposure in the service's recommendation algorithms, in exchange for lower royalty payment on those streams. Describing the new feature in a post on their… Read More
The 2020 Halloween episode of Saturday Night Live was an excellent pairing of John Mulaney and musical guests The Strokes. Having released The New Abnormal back in April, The Strokes played singles "The Adults Are Talking" and "Bad Decisions" from… Read More
Halloween week is not surprisingly a busy week in the world of heavy music, and this week brought new albums from Thou + Emma Ruth Rundle, War On Women, Mr. Bungle, and Carcass (all four of which you can read… Read More
Matthew Sweet is back with a new album, Catspaw, which will be out January 15 via Omnivore Recordings. The record, which he finished right before pandemic lockdown, is his first truly "solo" effort; he plays everything on the album except… Read More
Dua Lipa‘s Future Nostalgia is growing. After serving up smash after smash, one of the year’s best albums and a remix album, with a live spectacle still to come in the form of Studio 2054, the 25-year-old pop superstar isn’t… Read More
It's been another dark week in America, with the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, and with Election Day just around the corner, anxieties are very high right now. Remember to vote (for Biden/Harris and the Democratic… Read More
60. Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker [Bloodshot] The dawn of the 21st century found Ryan Adams venturing into venues armed with little more than an acoustic guitar, a harmonica, and a music stand hastily overflowing with scribbled pages of lyrics. As opposed to… Read More