Pearl Jam return today with the release of their 12th studio album, Dark Matter. Originally announced back in February, Dark Matter was produced by Andrew Watt and features the band “playing together with a burst of inspiration.” The band recorded the album with Watt over a three-week period at Shangri-La Studios in Malibu, California, which arrives today […]
Martha Skye Murphy has shared a new song, “Need,” featuring a rare guest appearance from the guitarist Roy Montgomery. Below, check out Billy Howard Price’s video, in which Murphy plays various roles embodying “the most feral parts of [her] being,” as she put it in a press release. Murphy co-produced “Need” with Ethan P. Flynn. […]
Denver death metal band Blood Incantation have teased that their next studio album will arrive soon. They’ve also shared an epic music video for their song “Luminescent Bridge.” The clip was helmed by director and visual effects artist Miles Skarin, who crafted cosmic visual effects, and Alex Pace, who shot the group in a Dune-like […]
The Babies are back. The indie-rock band—featuring Kevin Morby, Cassie Ramone, bassist Brian Schleyer, and drummer Justin Sullivan—will play its first shows since 2013. The first concert is in Los Angeles on September 18, and the second show is in Brooklyn on September 24. Opening at the Los Angeles show are PG14; Joanna Sternberg will […]
Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard will release a new album, Harmonics, on July 12. Today, he has shared a Nathan Castiel–directed video for the single “Moments Die,” featuring the New York singer Barrie. Other guests on the follow-up to 2017’s Electric Lines include Hayden Thorpe (formerly of Wild Beasts), Alabaster dePlume, Ibibio Sound Machine’s Eno Williams, […]
Dickey Betts, a guitarist and co-founder of the Allman Brothers Band, died at home in Osprey, Florida, this morning (April 18), Rolling Stone reports. The cause was cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Betts’ manager David Spero told the publication. Betts was 80 years old. Born in West Palm Beach and raised in Bradenton, Florida, […]
Alice Glass has shared a cover of the Smashing Pumpkins’ 1992 cut “Drown.” Glass recorded the rendition with producer and longtime collaborator Jupiter Keyes. The original Smashing Pumpkins song appeared on the soundtrack to Cameron Crowe’s Seattle-based romantic comedy Singles. Check out Glass’ version of “Drown” below. “I believe in the power of art to […]
Arooj Aftab: 06-28 Antwerp, Belgium – Live Is Live06-28-30 Somerset England – Glastonbury Festival07-13 Rotterdam, Netherlands – North Sea Jazz Festival07-22 Chicago, IL – Millennium Park Summer Series07-23 Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse07-24 New York, NY – TBD07-25 Saugerties, NY – Opus 4008-09 Helsinki, Finland – Flow Festival08-13 Uppsala, Sweden – Uppsala Konsert & Kongress08-15 […]
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Comedy Central has announced a new animated series based on Sega’s classic beat ’em up video game franchise Golden Axe. The network has ordered 10 episodes of the show, which will star Liam McIntyre as the protagonist Ax Battler, who is described as “a barbarian warrior with a strict code of honor and sweet golden […]
