Mark Lanegan will release a new book of 76 poems, Leaving California, this spring. His publisher, Heartworm Press, is likening the book to a sequel to 2020 memoir Sing Backwards and Weep, the brooding singer-songwriter’s gritty elegy for the grunge era in Seattle, where he was once the frontman for …
Read More »'SNL' Cold Open Covers Marjorie Taylor Greene, GameStop, Tom Brady and More
Following a month-long hiatus, Saturday Night Live returned with a cold open that encompassed a number of news topics that happened while the show was on vacation, including the controversy surrounding Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the GameStop situation, social media censorship and Tom Brady’s return to the Super Bowl. In …
Read More »See Rob Zombie's New Video for 'The Eternal Struggles of the Howling Man'
Rob Zombie has unleashed his new video for “The Eternal Struggles of the Howling Man,” the latest single from his upcoming album The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy. The video melds footage of the rocker and his band laying down the song in the studio with Rat Fink-inspired animation …
Read More »Did Everyone Buy a Guitar in Quarantine or What?
To some people, guitars are almost as essential as toilet paper. While the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the global economy, seriously hurting and shuttering many businesses, some companies — like Amazon and Procter & Gamble, for example — posted jaw-dropping financials. And in a less predictable turn of events, …
Read More »Watch Death Cab for Cutie's Socially Distanced 'Waterfalls' Cover
Death Cab for Cutie hit Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday night to perform a cover of TLC’s “Waterfalls,” a cut from their Georgia EP. The record is a collection of covers by artists from the titular state in celebration and support of the Democrats’ victory in the Georgia runoffs. The band …
Read More »Jade Bird Performs Her Riveting New Song 'Headstart' on 'Fallon'
Singer-songwriter Jade Bird performed her recent single “Headstart” on The Tonight Show Monday, January 25th. The musician began the performance seated on a pool table, swinging her microphone back and forth in time with the song’s lead guitar riff. Bird then hopped off the table and strolled to a studio …
Read More »See Flaming Lips Stage 'Space Bubble' Concert in Oklahoma City
A month after the Flaming Lips were forced to postpone their planned “Space Bubble Concerts,” the band played a pair of the gigs in their native Oklahoma City this weekend where both they and the audience were quarantined within individual inflatable bubbles. Frontman Wayne Coyne shared footage from Friday’s concert …
Read More »Amanda Shires Recruits Cyndi Lauper, Angie Stone, Peaches for 'Our Problem'
Singer-songwriter Amanda Shires released the song “The Problem” in September as a duet with her husband Jason Isbell, but she had also conceived its frank discussion of abortion as being a conversation among several women. That idea is now a reality with a new version of the song titled “Our …
Read More »Fleet Foxes Release New Video for 'I'm Not My Season'
Fleet Foxes have released a new visual for “I’m Not My Season,” a track from their latest album Shore. The video was filmed at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn (the same location as the band’s recent Colbert performance with the Resistance Revival Chorus) and was directed by Sean …
Read More »New York Dolls Guitarist Sylvain Sylvain Dead at 69
Sylvain Sylvain, the punk icon and guitarist for New York Dolls whose riffs bridged the gap between punk and glam, died Wednesday. He was 69. His wife, Wanda O’Kelley Mizrahi, confirmed the musician’s death to Rolling Stone. “As most of you know, Sylvain battled cancer for the past two and …
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