Haim enlisted Addison Rae to help them debut a new song, “Blood on the Street,” during their show in Los Angeles last night. The performance, part of Haim’s headlining show at the Bellwether, featured Rae writhing around the stage as the band premiered the mid-tempo rock track. Oddly, Rae didn’t …
Read More »Weezer Appears to Be Dream-Casting Their Movie — Starting With Jack Black
Unfortunately for pretty much everyone, Jack Black is not joining the cast of the upcoming Weezer movie. Rumors began to swirl that the Tenacious D musician was attached to the movie after frontman Rivers Cuomo, shared an AI-generated film poster on band’s Discord server. The poster features photos of Cuomo …
Read More »Grateful Dead Continue 60th Anniversary Celebration With 'Gratest Hits' Collection
The Grateful Dead will celebrate their 60th anniversary this year not only with a massive 60-disc live collection but also with a just-announced Best Of compilation. Fittingly titled Gratest Hits, the LP features nine classics from the Dead’s studio catalog, “Casey Jones” and “Friend of the Devil” to the Phil …
Read More »David Thomas, Pere Ubu Singer, Dead at 71
David Thomas, lead singer of the avant-garage band Pere Ubu and the Cleveland proto-punk group Rocket From the Tombs, has died at the age of 71. Pere Ubu’s official Facebook announced Thomas’ death Thursday, adding that the singer died following a long illness; Thomas previously revealed that he was battling …
Read More »B-52's Releasing Career-Spanning Rainbow-Vinyl Box Set
The brilliant career of New Wave icons the B-52’s will be chronicled in a lavish new box set, The Warner and Reprise Years, which will bring together the nine albums they recorded for the label from 1979 to 1992. The set, which arrives on June 20 in celebration of Pride …
Read More »Hear the Reunited Alice Cooper Band and Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid
Just a few days after the surviving members of the original Alice Cooper band announced a reunion album and tour, the first single from that record has been released. Starting with a spooky spoken-word recitation that confirms Cooper as the Vincent Price of his generation, “Black Mamba” finds the 77-year-old …
Read More »Haim Release Track 'Down to Be Wrong' Off 'I Quit,' Their First New Album in 5 Years
After a slew of summery singles and a cheeky, highly entertaining rollout featuring homages to early 2000s paparazzi photos, Haim have officially announced their new album. I Quit arrives June 20 via Columbia Records. To accompany the album announcement, the L.A. sister trio dropped the new single “Down to Be …
Read More »Cornell University Cancels Kehlani Concert Over Pro-Palestinian Remarks
Kehlani, an artist who has publicly supported Palestinians, will no longer perform at a scheduled Cornell University concert next month. The institution’s president, Michael I. Kotlikoff, announced the cancellation of the May 7 event, part of the school’s “Slope Day” celebration after the last day of classes, in an open …
Read More »Watch Hozier Join Lucy Dacus to Perform 'Bullseye' in New York
Lucy Dacus might not remember this happening, but Hozier joined her on stage for a performance of Forever Is a Feeling’s “Bullseye” in New York on Wednesday night. “Who has a video of Hozier surprising me on stage last night,” Dacus asked on X. “I blacked out and would like …
Read More »Bad Suns Ease Into New Album 'Accelerator' With Latest Single 'Slow Karma'
Bad Suns are picking up speed as they prepare to release their fifth studio album Accelerator, out Aug. 8. The Los Angeles band are easing into the rush with the record’s latest single “Slow Karma,” which doubles as a mission statement for their first studio album as a trio following …
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