Back in 2000, Yo La Tengo released a cover of George McRae’s song “You Can Have It All” and paid Amy Poehler, then a young actress and comedian in New York, to pay homage to her Upright Citizens Brigade skit “Spaghetti Jesus” for the single’s cover artwork. The song quickly became a staple of the […]
Gulfer, the emo and indie-rock four-piece from Montreal, Quebec, have announced they’re breaking up. “After over a decade, Gulfer is calling it quits,” they said in a statement to Pitchfork. “Through this band, we’ve experienced some of the best moments of our lives. We got to travel the world and play to great people everywhere. […]
Clairo is back. The singer-songwriter has announced her third album, Charm, and shared its lead single, “Sexy to Someone.” Listen to the new song below. Charm is out July 12. Clairo has worked on each of her albums with one primary producer. She did her debut, Immunity, with Rostam Batmanglij. Sophomore effort Sling was a […]
The United States Justice Department has, as suspected, sued Live Nation Entertainment, alleging that the company, which owns Ticketmaster, holds a monopoly in the concert market. The lawsuit argues that the concert giant is breaching antitrust laws through its exclusivity contracts, threats to rivals, and leveraging of market domination over artists, resulting in inflated prices […]
Tirzah has announced the rescheduled dates of her Trip9love…??? tour after coming down with pneumonia just before the original run. The new dates, all in August, start with a stint in California before coming to Chicago and New York City. Check them out below. Upon canceling the dates last year, Tirzah wrote, “i am so […]
Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | More Platforms Dr. Ring Ding joins In Defense of Ska to chat about the origins of the European ska scene, his own journey of falling in love with the genre, and the German ska bands he looks up to. Listen above, or wherever you get your podcasts. Initially popularized by UK […]
Charlie Colin, the founding bassist of Train who played with the band from 1994 to 2003, has died from a falling accident at the age of 58. Per TMZ, Colin was housesitting for some friends in Belgium when he slipped and fell in the shower. The musician was found when his friends returned home five […]
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | TheWhatPodcast.com | More Platforms Every year, Bonnaroo attendees pour over the schedule, plotting their day from morning to morning. It’s part of the ritual. This week on The What Podcast, Barry shares which acts are on his Bonnaroo 2024 don’t-miss list and which will be “walk-bys.” He also explains why the Beer […]
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | More Platforms On the latest episode of The Spark Parade, Sasha Alex Sloan discusses how the songwriting on her new album, Me Again, was inspired by the FX limited series Fleishman Is in Trouble. Listen above or wherever you get your podcasts. Sloan connected with the series’ themes of facing […]
18 years after repeatedly yelling the hard N-word on stage, Michael Richards has insisted, “I’m not racist.” With a new book to promote, the actor recently spoke with People magazine and addressed the 2006 incident at the Laugh Factory when he responded to hecklers by shouting racial epithets and making references to lynching and Jim […]
