Rostam and I have been longtime collaborators and have gotten to work on all kinds of different projects together over the years. It’s always something fun and exciting and new. When we got into his studio recently, we found we’d both been getting into fingerpicking—some folk stuff, like Fairport Convention, Joni Mitchell, Anne Briggs, Judy […]

Wild Up, the Los Angeles music collective led by artistic director and conductor Christopher Rountree, have announced a new album of Julius Eastman recordings. The album—Julius Eastman, Vol. 4: The Holy Presence—is out June 21 via New Amsterdam. Listen to Wild Up’s new take on Eastman’s “Our Father” below. The Holy Presence is Wild Up’s […]

Charly Bliss have announced their first new album in five years: Forever, the follow-up to 2019’s Young Enough, arrives August 16 via Lucky Number. The power-pop band has shared its lead single, “Nineteen,” along with a Henry Kaplan–directed music video that captures the band participating in a cross-country race in various ways. Watch it below. […]

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Barbra Streisand doesn’t always have great luck with the internet, it seems. 20 years ago, it was the Streisand effect — now, it’s her weird Ozempic comment on Melissa McCarthy’s Instagram, which she’s since walked-back with a statement, saying “I forgot the world is reading!” The story began on Monday when McCarthy shared photos of […]

Chris Hemsworth has once again reflected on his role in the poor reception to Thor: Love and Thunder, shouldering the blame for leaning too much into the extreme silliness of the film. In a new cover story with Vanity Fair, Hemsworth explained, “I got caught up in the improv and the wackiness, and I became […]

Linkin Park is reportedly considering reuniting with a female vocalist in place of late frontman Chester Bennington. Billboard reports that the band is fielding offers for a potential tour and festival headlining dates to take place in 2025. The identity of the female vocalist is not known at this time. Following Bennington’s death July 2017, […]

Swifties may have noticed there is now a Taylor Swift Bandcamp page, but it’s not at all what you’d expect. Rather than being home to the pop star’s discography, the website contains music from Madison James, a member of the New Jersey rock bands Ogbert the Nerd and No Good with Secrets. There are currently […]

The stars turned out for the Hollywood premiere of Ryan Gosling’s new action thriller, The Fall Guy — including Beavis and Butt-Head. Following their viral sketch on Saturday Night Live earlier this month, Gosling and Mikey Day unexpectedly reprised the characters to walk the film’s red carpet on Tuesday night. The duo even crashed an […]

Jessica Pratt has shared another new song from Here in the Pitch, her upcoming album that’s due out this Friday, May 3. In “The Last Year,” the record’s closing track, Pratt sings about having faith after a particularly heavy time. It follows her previously released singles “World on a String” and “Life Is.” Check out […]