It could be an entertaining spectacle, if you ignored the crumbling institutions it was built upon and the creeping fear in the air — but enough about life in 21st century America. The Grammys have their own problems, with the show going on in the face of a roiling crisis …
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Every musician who worked steadily with John Coltrane in the Sixties achieved a certain kind of immortality. But drummer Rashied Ali earned a special distinction thanks to a February 1967 duo recording date with the legendary horn player, five months before Coltrane’s death. Released seven years later as Interstellar Space, …
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BTS are hitting the road in support of their upcoming album, Map of the Soul: 7, which arrives on February 21st via Big Hit Entertainment. The K-pop sensations will kick-off their world tour with four dates in their native Seoul, South Korea at Olympic Stadium in April before heading to …
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Bon Iver will belatedly celebrate the 10th anniversary of their 2009 EP, Blood Bank, with a reissue featuring new live renditions of the four tracks on the record. The reissue will arrive March 27th via Jagjaguwar. Bon Iver previewed the EP with a live version of “Blood Bank,” recorded at …
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Stone Temple Pilots‘ new singer Jeff Gutt felt a lot of stress before his first show with the legendary band in 2017. “It doesn’t get any more high-pressure than that,” Gutt told Rolling Stone’s Andy Greene recently. “So much was riding on everything at that time.” But Gutt won over …
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Mike D and Ad-Rock will bring their immersive, Spike Jonze-directed Beastie Boys Story stage show to the big and small screen in April, with Apple TV+ securing the streaming rights to the live documentary. Beastie Boys Story, streaming globally April 24th following its limited engagement IMAX run on April 3rd, …
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Dan Deacon reflects on mortality and productivity with his pensive new song “Become a Mountain.” “I rose up, tired in my flesh; getting old now/I’m so lucky, yet I forget/I’m still hungry for the future,” he gently sings over choppy piano chords. “On this day before me, will I seize …
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It’s been nearly 20 years since Nada Surf‘s wonderful alt-rock one-hit-by-design “Popular,” a song that perfectly embodied/parodied the underdog ambivalence of the post-Nirvana era. They’ve been making excellent music ever since, years and years after so many other alt-rock one-hits don’t even exist as trivia questions. The run of albums …
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Lil Uzi Vert shows off the titular dance of “Futsal Shuffle 2020” in the song’s slick new video. The rapper and his friends demonstrate the moves in city streets, against graffiti-covered walls, on rooftops and under a spotlight in an empty venue. Director Jay Weneta fills the clip with vibrant …
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Skip Marley and H.E.R. have shared a sultry new video for their collaboration “Slow Down.” The Lacey Duke-directed video sees the grandson of Bob Marley and the rising R&B artist embracing newfound love in New York City. Throughout their journey through the city, the pair passionately sways under the green …
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