UPDATE:Jim James, Dhani Harrison, Talib Kweli and Lucinda Williams have been added to this year’s Pathway to Paris lineup next month. *** Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O and skateboarding legend Tony Hawk will join the lineup at the newly announced Pathway to Paris Los Angeles. The concert takes place …
Read More »Mac Miller Previews New LP 'Swimming' With Coffin-Escaping 'Self Care' Video
Mac Miller contemplates the beauty of “oblivion” on his new song “Self Care.” The spacey, two-part single previews his newly announced album, Swimming, out August 3rd via Warner Bros. Records. “Let’s go back to my crib and play some 45s/ It’s safer there; I know there’s still a war outside,” …
Read More »World Cup: See England Fans Sing Oasis' 'Don't Look Back in Anger' After Loss
England soccer fans consoled their Three Lions club by singing Oasis‘ “Don’t Look Back in Anger” after Croatia beat the national team 2-1 in the World Cup semi-finals, ending their run in the 2018 World Cup. https://youtu.be/JEFXLpuDWZs As The Independent reports, numerous England fans remained inside Moscow, Russia’s Luzhniki Stadium …
Read More »Why Charts Matter, and What It Means When Drake Dominates Them
The latest edition of the Hot 100 is overrun by Drake: Thanks to a bonanza of streaming, the star has 27 different songs on the chart. His streamers are impressively committed, fervent enough in their fandom that Drake single-handedly accounts for more than 50 percent of the Top 40. It’s …
Read More »Paul McCartney Announces Freshen Up Tour
UPDATE 2:Paul McCartney has added four additional shows to his 2019 Freshen Up tour. The new gigs, listed below, include stops in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Arlington, Texas, San Diego, California and Los Angeles, California. Tickets for the Green Bay concert go on sale December 10th at 10 a.m. local time, …
Read More »Drake's 'Scorpion' Nabbed Well Over $1 Million in 24 Hours
Every single number that’s rolled in around Drake’s juggernaut new album Scorpion, from the size of its track list to the playback figures reported by streaming services, has been staggering. Within half a day of the record’s Friday morning release, Spotify announced that streams from it had climbed to 10 …
Read More »Watch Stephen Malkmus Perform, Talk Indie Rock Legacy on 'CBS This Morning'
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicksappeared onCBS This MorningSaturday to perform a pair of tracks off the band’s new albumSparkle Hard. During the visit, the former Pavement singer addressed his reputation as “the Dad of Indie Rock.” “I’d rather be the dad than the granddad or the great granddad,” Malkmus quippedtoCBS …
Read More »Hear Cody Jinks' Existential New Song 'Lifers'
Cody Jinks sings one for the stubbornly dedicated in the title track from his forthcoming album Lifers, which will be released July 27th. In characteristic Jinks fashion, “Lifers” pumps up the brooding atmosphere with its minor-chord progression and ghostly wisps of pedal steel, despite an insistent, upbeat rock tempo to …
Read More »Watch Nick Offerman Reveal His First Time Drinking Scotch
Actor Nick Offerman chatted with Rolling Stone for the latest installment of the series “The First Time.” Offerman’s latest film Hearts Beat Loud was released on June 8th. After showing off a bit of his guitar skills, Offerman kicked things off by discussing the first time he ever made something. …
Read More »Review: Guns N' Roses' Expanded 'Appetite For Destruction'
When Guns N’ Roses exploded from the Sunset Strip with lyrics like, “West Coast struttin’, one bad mutha, got a rattlesnake suitcase under my arm,” they were a vision of piss n’ vinegar at a time when Steve Winwood was topping the charts. Apart from Axl Rose‘s mile-high coiffure, Appetite …
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