When Robin Taylor Zander was a little kid, he loved spending his summers on the road with his father’s band, Cheap Trick. At night, he’d snuggle up next to his dad, lead singer Robin Wayne Zander, on the tour bus, and when they performed he’d watch every show from the …
Read More »Madonna's Daughter Lourdes Leon Drops Debut Single as Lolahol, Titled 'Lock and Key'
Madonna’s daughter Lourdes Leon is entering the family business with her debut single, “Lock and Key,” under the moniker, Lolahol. “Lock and Key” is a bustling bit of dance music that combines speedy jungle-style breakbeats with woozy synths and hits of trip-hop horns that echo beneath Lolahol’s serene vocals. The …
Read More »Blondie Were New York Punk's Pop Masters. They're Still Ahead of Their Time
In the late Seventies, Blondie were the most widely mocked band of CBGB’s first punk wave — too pop, not rigorous enough. But after they hit Number One in early 1979 with “Heart of Glass,” their pasticheurs-and-proud stance not only made their string of hits a rare shot of excitement …
Read More »Harry Styles Got All of Madison Square Garden to Sing 'Happy Birthday' to James Corden
Harry Styles got all of Madison Square Garden to wish James Corden a happy birthday during his third of 15 shows in New York City. Corden shared a video of the moment on Instagram yesterday, Aug. 23. In the clip, Styles stops the show and says, “There is a friend …
Read More »Gogol Bordello Plays Secret Show for Ukrainian Soldiers
Gogol Bordello, the punk group led by Kyiv-born singer Eugene Hütz, played a secret show for an audience of Ukrainian soldiers last week. Vice reports that the unannounced concert took place at an undisclosed location near the frontlines of the Russian invasion. About 50 soldiers witnessed the gig, including an …
Read More »Math-Metal Titans Botch Reunite for First Song in 20 Years
Botch, the influential yet long-defunct math-metal group from Tacoma, Washington, have reunited to record a new song for an upcoming reissue of their last album, We Are the Romans. “One Twenty Two” will be available on the upcoming CD and double-vinyl editions of the album due out Nov. 4 via …
Read More »Caitlin Rose Previews First Album in Nearly 10 Years With 'Black Obsidian'
Caitlin Rose will release the long-awaited follow-up to 2013’s The Stand-In later this year. The new project, titled Cazimi, will be released Nov. 18 via Missing Piece Records and includes the atmospheric lead single “Black Obsidian.” A dramatic mix of baritone guitar and glockenspiel introduces “Black Obsidian,” in which Rose …
Read More »Demi Lovato Claims Her Team 'Barricaded' Her in Hotel Room to Control Eating Disorder
Demi Lovato opened up about how she came to experiment with opiates as a teenager and described how her management team exacerbated her eating disorder in a new interview on the Spotify podcast Call Her Daddy. Lovato — who just released a new album, Holy Fvck — explained that she …
Read More »Tegan and Sara Get Nostalgic on New Ballad 'Faded Like a Feeling'
Tegan and Sara have shared the video for their new ballad “Faded Like a Feeling,” the latest single off the twin duo’s upcoming 10th studio album Crybaby. The nostalgic visual for the track finds the Quin sisters on a swing set at a riverside park, staring pensively out toward the …
Read More »Harry Styles Wrote a Key Song for 'Don't Worry Darling' in Just Five Minutes
Harry Styles contributed a key bit of music to Olivia Wilde’s upcoming psychological drama, Don’t Worry Darling, in which the musician stars alongside Florence Pugh. In the film, Pugh and Styles play Alice and Jack Chambers, a seemingly happy couple living in a seemingly idyllic company town operated by the …
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