Hitting play on a new Alex G album can feel a little bit like that sequence in Alan Moore’s Watchmen comics where Doctor Manhattan sits on a rock on Mars, pondering the nature of time. It’s 2014. I’m listening to an oddly moving song that Alex G recorded by himself …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen's Latest Tour Grosses Over $700 Million
Bruce Springsteen’s just-completed world tour with the E Street Band has proven to be the most successful of the rocker’s career with a gross of more than $700 million. The tour, which spanned 129 shows and two continents from 2023 to 2025 (with a peptic ulcer postponement in between), made …
Read More »Noah Cyrus Is a 'Real Woman in This World' on Vulnerable New Album
For Noah Cyrus, music and family are inextricable. The daughter of Billy Ray and sister of Miley, Noah Cyrus, 25, grew up in and around the music industry, beginning her own musical experiments as a teen and later finding her footing as an artist with the 2022 release of her …
Read More »'Fleetwood Mac' Turns 50. Mick Fleetwood Reminisced About Stevie and Lindsey Joining the Band
Fifty years ago this month, Fleetwood Mac released their self-titled 1975 album, which featured two new members: a young couple named Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. As the story goes, the two musicians — who performed as the duo Buckingham Nicks — released their self-titled 1973 album, but it flopped …
Read More »Taylor Swift's Father Recovering After Heart Surgery
Taylor Swift’s father, Scott, is recovering after undergoing heart surgery last month, People reports. Scott Swift, 73, underwent quintuple bypass surgery, which his doctor ordered after noticing something during a recent check-up. No specific details were given, though the procedure was not precipitated by a heart attack. Swift, her brother …
Read More »Well, Now There Are Two Jane's Addiction Lawsuits
Jane’s Addiction frontmanPerry Farrellhas sued former bandmatesDave Navarro, Eric Avery, and Stephen Perkins, just hours after the triofiled a lawsuit against him over an onstage scuffle last year. During a show at Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion on Sept. 13, 2024, Farrell shoved Navarro near the end of his guitar solo …
Read More »Eliza McLamb Just Released Another Damn Good Single — And Has a New Album on the Way
One month after dropping the Song of the Summer contender “Quitting,” Eliza McLamb is back with the new single “Like the Boys.” The track is a slow-burning charmer that sneaks up on you, quietly building into seismic, cathartic riffs as McLamb reflects on being a girl among the boys. “I …
Read More »Benson Boone Covers 'Seventeen Going Under' After Sam Fender Misses Festival Over Vocal Injury
A hemorrhaged vocal cord kept Sam Fender from taking the stage at Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival for his headlining performance. But the injury proved to be beneficial for Benson Boone, who was bumped up to the headlining tier in his place. It wasn’t an exact one-to-one parallel, but the Fender …
Read More »Travis Scott Hangs Out With His Amazing Friends on 'Jackboys 2'
“Yeah, man, I swear these old niggas kill me,” raps Travis Scott in his typical melodic flow on “Champain & Vacay.” The Houston star’s pushback against Clipse’s “So Be It,” where Pusha T’s ripped Scott for his “lack of loyalty” towards past mentors and friends like Kanye West and Drake, …
Read More »Robert Plant Talks Album, U.S. Tour With New Band Saving Grace: 'They've Saved My Sanity'
In February 2019, Robert Plant booked a trio of shows at tiny, off-the-radar theaters across England with a new band he dubbed Saving Grace. Each night they played an eclectic mix of covers like Donovan’s “Season of the Witch,” Townes Van Zandt’s “Nothin,’” Patty Griffin’s “Standing,” and even a couple …
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