Janelle Monáeand the Wondaland Arts Society are bringing back her month-long, city-spanning Halloween bash to Los Angeles. Wondaween 2025 kicked off earlier this month with Cinespia, which took place at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Oct. 11, and will continue with Monáe Manor at the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride. Monáe …
Read More »Hear Jason Isbell and Drive-By Truckers Perform 'Outfit' for the First Time
It was four days after Father’s Day. Midway through the Drive-By Truckers‘ informal late-night acoustic show in their hometown of Athens, Georgia, their 23-year-old guitarist and budding songwriter named Jason Isbell decided to premiere a song he’d just written as a Father’s Day gift for his dad. That song was …
Read More »Shooter Jennings on Possibly Opening a Waylon Bar in Nashville: 'There Have Been Talks'
Despite being raised in Nashville, Shooter Jennings is a Los Angeles guy through and through. He started his first rock band, Stargunn, there, embedded himself in the city’s underground arts scene as he evolved as both a solo artist and Grammy-winning producer, and now produces albums at Sunset Sound Recorders, …
Read More »Bob Mould on the Reunion of Sugar: 'I Want to See If People Are Still Interested'
Start with the laundry. Of the many times Bob Mould‘s band Sugar unexpectedly found itself at the center of pop culture in the Nineties, one in particular springs to mind for him: a 1992 festival in Belgium where Sugar were on the same bill as Metallica, Neil Young and Crazy …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar Joins Playboi Carti for Surprise 'Good Credit' Performance in L.A.
The audience at the Los Angeles stop on Playboi Carti‘s Antagonist Tour was treated to a hometown surprise when Kendrick Lamar made a surprise appearance. Carti and Lamar performed their collaboration “Good Credit,” which appeared on the Atlanta rapper’s latest album Music. On Instagram, Carti wrote that bringing Lamar out …
Read More »Frank Sinatra Estate Strikes New Deal With Irving Azoff's Iconic Artists Group
Irving Azoff‘s Iconic Artists Group has acquired a stake in the estate of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra. Azoff revealed the news last week while speaking at a Bloomberg conference in Los Angeles, saying that IAG had “recently acquired a chunk of the estate.” Frank Sinatra Enterprises (a joint venture between …
Read More »This Is Lorelei Unearths Gems for 'Holo Boy' LP
This Is Lorelei is back with a new album (sort of). The New York-based singer-songwriter, a.k.a. Nate Amos, announced today that he’s releasing Holo Boy on Dec. 12 via the esteemed indie label Double Double Whammy. The album is a collection of re-recorded songs from Amos’ early years, originally written …
Read More »Micah Nelson on How He Got Neil Young Back on the Road: 'I Reminded Him He's Not Old'
A little over 10 years ago, Micah Nelson‘s career took a very unexpected diversion when Neil Young asked him, his brother Lukas, and Lukas’ band Promise of the Real to back him on a series of albums, tours, and even a film that kept everyone busy until the pandemic hit. …
Read More »Director of D'Angelo's 'Untitled' Video Remembers a 'Really Beautiful Soul'
Paul Hunter can still vividly remember the conversation he had with D’Angelo and the singer’s then-manager Dominique Trenier when planning his breakthrough video for “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” off his 2000 second album Voodoo. “We talked about how great the song was and how much of a great place …
Read More »Jason Kelce Debunks Obviously Fake Viral Quote About Bad Bunny Super Bowl Critics
Jason Kelce, brother of Travis and former star of the Philadelphia Eagles, has issued a statement after a fake quote of him appearing to criticize those unhappy with the selection of Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl Halftime Show went viral. “I normally don’t comment on things like this, but …
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