Johnny Nash, the pop/reggae singer behind the chart-topping "I Can See Clearly Now," has reportedly died at age 80. His son John Nash III tells TMZ that he died of natural causes, though TMZ also says no word on cause… Read More
We all know the line. Even those of us who have never seen the film or heard of it directly know the line: “There are eight million stories in the Naked City. This has been one of them.” It immediately… Read More
The Postal Service, the supergroup-from-afar featuring Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello (aka Dntel), and Jenny Lewis, reunited for the tenth anniversary of their debut album, Give Up, for a tour back in 2013, then retreated into silence… Read More
The Replacements (or the ‘Mats as their fans fondly called them) were to 1980s rock what Led Zeppelin was to the 1970s and the Beatles to the 1960s. The ‘Mats [ Paul Westerberg (vocals, rhythm guitar), Bob Stinson (lead guitar),… Read More
Like almost all festivals, Knoxville, TN's Big Ears was forced to cancel their 2020 edition because of coronavirus. They're now announcing a few October livestreams, part of their Sites & Sounds from Big Ears virtual series, to keep the spirit… Read More
Mr. Bungle — with original members Mike Patton, Trey Spruance and Trevor Dunn, plus Scott Ian (Anthrax, S.O.D.) and Dave Lombardo (Slayer) — returned to play their first show in over 20 years back in February, part of an all-too-brief… Read More
Jay Electronica released his debut mixtape, Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) in July of 2007, and after years and years of delaying an anticipated debut album, he finally released one, A Written Testimony, earlier this year. During all those… Read More
I just feel that Jamaican culture and music are at its peak. It's been so influential for years and decades. With the type of artists that I sign — Lila [Iké] and Sevana — they're both very driven in the… Read More
Medium Rarities is Mastodon’s first odds and ends compilation. With a career spanning two decades, it seems the band would have a lot of interesting extraneous material available for this sort of release, but it turns out there really isn’t… Read More
When the world learned that President Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 in the early hours of Friday morning, his supporters reacted with dismay. The reactions of his opponents, however, were more complicated. It seemed wrong to wish this plague… Read More