Nokie Edwards, whose guitar playing in the Ventures helped define surf rock and earned the group a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, died on Monday. He was 82 years old. “Nokie Edwards passed away today after several months battling an infection after hip surgery this past …

Sidi Touré, Toubalbero|★★★ 1/2BKO, Mali Foli Coura | ★★★1/2Tal National, Tantabara | ★★★★Imarhan, Temet | ★★★ With American rock bands looking to forward-thinking EDM and elsewhere for genre rejuvenation, African electric guitars and traditional instruments alike are once again yawping, screaming and blurting with new intensity after something of a …

Judas Priest released a brooding new video for “Spectre,” a headbanger from their newly issued 18th LP, Firepower. The metal legends perform against a black backdrop throughout the clip, interspersed with foreboding shots of thunderstorms, snakes, blazing fires, mushroom clouds and surveillance footage of city streets. Firepower, out today, also …

The last time we spoke with Parker Millsap, he was touring in the wake of 2016’s The Very Last Day, a folk album whose powerful, church-tent charisma shone a light on the singer’s roots in gospel music. Two years later, the 24-year-old Millsap is exploring new sounds. . .and making …

The owner of the Washington Avenue Armory, a performance venue in Albany, NY, filed a lawsuit against Migos on Monday, local alt-weeklyThe Alt reports. A separate suit was also filed by Sharome Ross, who alleges that he was attacked while attending Migos’ show at the Armory. The Armory owners allege …

Royce Da 5’9″ and 2 Chainz tackle love in the social-media era on their new collaboration “Flirt,” a track from Royce and DJ Premier‘s PRhyme project. DJ Premier provides the two rappers with an ornate beat full of elaborate string samples and stinging drums. The frilly instrumental spurs Royce Da …

Producer-DJ-vocalist-raconteur-et cetera Moby‘s most satisfying works in recent years have been those where he plunges into gloom headfirst.Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt, his 15th album, is another dip into the pool of melancholia. Lush and haunting, Everything applies the Moby ideal of soulful vocals and big beats to the …

Actress-turned-singer Lola Kirke goes out for a night on the town in Japan alone in the video for her new song “Monster,” which will appear on her upcoming debut album. In the clip, the Mozart in the Jungle star gets out of bed, takes a walk, chugs a bottle of …

This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of an ongoing collaboration. Generation Z – millennials’ younger brothers and sisters – are increasingly finding their voices in the Trump era, expanding media-savvy campaigns for racial equality and gun control to encompass climate change. A group of …

Back in October, The Walking Dead‘s eighth season began with an exciting, even somewhat hopeful montage, cutting between Rick Grimes in multiple scenarios – some immediate, some potentially imminent. He was seen rousing his troops for a surprise attack on the Saviors (classic Rick!) … but also standing over a …