David Hadfield was combing through old boxes in the storage space of his Surrey, England home about 20 years ago when a bread basket from his father’s long-ago days as a bread delivery man caught his eye. Inside was a series of dusty tapes from Hadfield’s time as a rock …
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Sonny “Skrillex” Moore reunited with former band From First to Last for a thrilling new song “Surrender,” which screamo/post-hardcore band released as a free download through their Twitter. https://soundcloud.com/from-first-to-last/surrender-2 From First to Last teased “Surrender” both onstage and with a studio clip on Instagram. Moore hyped the track Monday on …
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Shooter Jennings unveils his latest album, the eponymous Shooter, on August 10th. Ahead of the LP’s release, the country scion has been premiering songs via a quirky series of videos that send up Hee Haw, each anchored by a live performance from Jennings and his band. The newest spotlights “Denim …
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Late in 2017, Cole Swindell embarked on his first-ever headlining tour, dubbed the Reason to Drink tour, following years of supporting superstars Luke Bryan and Kenny Chesney, among others. As he prepares to release his third album later this summer, Swindell will venture out on another headlining trek to perform …
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Foo Fighters‘ Chris Shiflett is selling 20 guitars from his personal collection, including ones he used during his tenure with the rock band. “I have an excess of guitars that I’ve gotten over the years —I have more than I could even really play and more than I do play. …
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The 2011 split of Sonic Youth’s two main songwriters Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon divided the band’s impulses into two divergent solo careers: Moore into chiming, jammy, stoned-and-satiated indie rock; Gordon into a rubbed-raw, rather-ripping noise duo with experimental guitarist Bill Nace. For fans of SY’s transgressive Eighties downtown bluster, …
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A widower seeks a fresh start in the colorful yet poignant video for Beck‘s remix of U2‘s “Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way.” For the animated clip, U2 once again tapped the Israeli graffiti collective, Broken Fingaz Crew, who previously helmed their videos for “American Soul” and “Get …
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Keith Urban caught flack from country purists for borrowing and manipulating the riff to Merle Haggard’s “Mama Tried” for his latest hit “Coming Home.” But that polarizing intro is nowhere to be found here, as Urban strips down the song to its bare bones for an acoustic performance. It’s a …
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While still in his teens, Texas native Roy Orbison and his band, the aptly named Teen Kings, were the stars of their own weekly series on KOSA-TV in Odessa. They would also travel to nearby Clovis, New Mexico, to record in the studio run by Norman Petty, who had gained …
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EDITORS’ PICK: Meek Mill, Legends of the Summer Meek Mill’s legal battles and advocacy for criminal justice reform have made him a folk hero. This four-track EP seems designed to sustain heightened public interest in him – at least until he can record a proper follow-up to last year’s Wins …
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