A timeworn means of rebelling against one’s parents: loud guitar music. But in Evan Majumdar-Swift’s case, embracing rock’n’roll represented a rejection of another strain of music long associated with youthful hijinks. His father, Matthew Swift, is hardly your garden-variety Boomer:… Read More
Hackneyed as it may sound, you can learn a lot by taking the right drugs at the right time. You can also learn a lot by quitting drugs, but the emotional and physical lessons of substance experimentation aren’t to be… Read More
Azu Tiwaline has spent a lifetime wandering. She grew up in the West African nation of Côte d’Ivoire, the child of a Tunisian Berber mother and Cambodian father, but moved to France as a teenager. As an adult, she began… Read More
After 36 years, most Dinosaur Jr fans know what to expect from new albums, but sometimes they throw a curveball. “Take It Back,” from the imminent Sweep it Into Space, is a wonderful surprise, set to a playful, bouncy keyboard riff… Read More
Country singer Chris Stapleton had scheduled one of his All-American Road Show tours for 2020, but it was, of course, postponed to 2021 due to COVID. The dates have now been pushed back again, from starting in April to July,… Read More
It’s 4/20 PM ET on 4/20, and Brooklyn rap trio Flatbush Zombies have announced a new graphic novel, a prequel to their 2016 debut LP, 3001: A Laced Odyssey. Flatbush Zombies- 3001: A Prequel Odyssey is due out in October… Read More
HBO’s much-anticipated crime drama limited series Mare of Easttown debuted on Sunday night. It stars Kate Winslet as Mare, a single mom/grandma and former high school basketball star who is now a police detective in her very small Pennsylvania hometown. When… Read More
Thursday recently marked the 20th anniversary of their pivotal sophomore album Full Collapse, and the tenth anniversary of their most recent album, No Devolución. To celebrate, they’ve announced a new livestream show, “Full Devolución,” the third edition of their Signals… Read More
On Friday (4/16), Iced Earth founder, guitarist and songwriter Jon Schaffer became the first among those arrested in connection with the pro-Trump riot at the US Capitol in January to plead guilty for his role. Specifically, he’s pled guilty to… Read More
Last year, Michigan emo band Forest Green released their full-length debut album In Waves on No Sleep, and now they’ve got a new claymation video for its song “Ivory.” “Being fans of Robot Chicken our whole life, it was only… Read More