Jack White finds himself stuck in a kind of performer’s purgatory in the video for his new song, “Love Is Selfish.” The track will appear on Entering Heaven Alive, one of two albums White will release this year. “Love Is Selfish” is an poignant and sparse acoustic ballad, with White …
Read More »Amythyst Kiah Releases Haunting Cover of Joy Division's 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
Amythyst Kiah continues to show the range of her ability and influences with a solo acoustic cover of Joy Division’s post-punk classic “Love Will Tear Us Apart” that was released Friday. It’s the Tennessee artist’s latest release since putting out a Moby remix of her hit “Black Myself” in 2021. …
Read More »Zac Brown Band Will Play Ballparks on 2022 U.S. Tour
Zac Brown shut down his tour in September after testing positive for Covid and scuttled a New Year’s Eve performance last month in Nashville after contracting the virus for a second time. But Brown and his namesake band are undeterred: On Friday, they announced a sprawling U.S. tour that will …
Read More »Ronnie Spector: 15 Essential Songs
After years of performing around New York City, the Ronettes exploded in 1963 behind “Be My Baby,” a modern standard beloved by the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson and pretty much everyone else with ears and a heart. During the recording of the song in Los Angeles, “All the musicians dropped …
Read More »Darlene Love Remembers Ronnie Spector: 'When People Know Your Voice, You Have Made It'
Sixty years ago, Ronnie Spector and Darlene Lovewerethereigning queens of New York pop. Both commandeered the charts (with theRonettes and initially the Crystals,respectively), both had gloriously strong, emotive voices, and both were produced by the late Phil Spector. Overtime, they each broke with Spector and, despite some creative lulls,carried on. …
Read More »Shamir Breaks the Chains of a Past Life in Lo-Fi 'Reproductive' Video
Shamir has dropped the video for new single “Reproductive.” The chill, guitar-backed indie rock track follows in the footsteps of “Cisgender” and “Gay Agenda” from his upcoming LP Heterosexuality. “Life gets tricky when you’re breaking curses from another life/In the hopes that the next one will be,” he sings. “A …
Read More »Frank Zappa and the Mothers' Epic 1971 Fillmore East Shows Get 50th-Anniversary Reissue
The entirety of Frank Zappa and the Mothers’ epic two-night, four-show stand at New York’s Fillmore East in June 1971 will be released for the first time this March to mark the 50th anniversary of the original live LP. Fillmore East – June 1971 — released two months later in …
Read More »Muse Return With Video for Defiant New Song 'Won't Stand Down'
Muse have returned with the video for their defiant new single “Won’t Stand Down,” the British rockers’ first new music in nearly four years. “’Won’t Stand Down’ is a song about standing your ground against bullies, whether that be on the playground, at work or anywhere,” frontman Matt Bellamy said …
Read More »Kanye West Named Suspect in Battery Investigation
Kanye West is a suspect in a battery report from the LAPD taken early Thursday, Rolling Stone has confirmed. The incident occurred at 3 a.m. in downtown Los Angeles near members-only club SoHo Warehouse. No arrests were made and LAPD is currently investigating the case, a media relations officer for LAPD says. …
Read More »Epik High React to Historic Coachella Announcement: 'Dream Came True'
After Blackpink’s buzzed-about set at Coachella 2019, hopes were high for more K-pop acts to be announced for this year’s festival, which returns after two years off due to Covid. Unfortunately, no K-pop artists made the bill for Coachella 2022, although the lineup does include Korean hip-hop trio Epik High, …
Read More »