Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck are reuniting for a special show at L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl on September 27th. According to a press release, it will be “their most in depth concert in over 35 years.” Stewart and Beck formed the Jeff Beck Group in 1967, but disbanded two years later …
Read More »Vans Launches Limited-Edition Collection Inspired by David Bowie
Fresh off a best-selling capsule collection inspired by Led Zeppelin, sneaker brand Vans is paying tribute to another rock icon, with a new collection of shoes, apparel and accessories that pay homage to David Bowie. The Vans x Bowie collection celebrates the late singer’s artistic legacy, with pieces that reference …
Read More »Lykke Li Taps Courtney Love, Charli XCX for Inaugural Yola Fest
Lykke Li has launched a new day-long festival dubbed Yola Fest, featuring an all-female lineup that includes Courtney Love, Charli XCX, Cat Power and more. The inaugural event will take place June 8th at Los Angeles State Historic Park. Lykke Li will headline the event, while Love and her Chateau …
Read More »Watch Billie Eilish Play Atmospheric 'When the Party's Over' on 'Ellen'
Billie Eilish performed a reflective version of her ballad “When the Party’s Over” on Monday’s Ellen. The singer opened with the lights dimmed low, sitting with her feet in a shallow pool. As the arrangement swelled with sampled vocal harmonies and live piano, she stood out of her chair and …
Read More »Watch Beyonce's Inspiring NAACP Image Awards Speech
Beyoncé delivered a heartwarming speech after accepting the 2019 Entertainer of the Year Award at the NAACP Image Awards Saturday night. Before beginning her speech at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, she told the audience she wrote her thoughts down ahead of time. The speech also served as a …
Read More »Read Cure Frontman Robert Smith's Gracious Rock Hall Induction Speech
Since forming more than four decades ago, the Cure‘s personal lyrics, dreamlike compositions and gothy image helped them establish a dedicated, cult-like fanbase. Despite these clear contributions to rock — not to mention gold and platinum records on both side of the Atlantic and megahits like “Lovesong” and “The Love …
Read More »Khalid Ponders Mortality on New Song 'Self'
Khalid reflects on death and reaches out for life guidance on his meditative new song “Self.” The minimal track opens with the singer crooning about his inner demons. “It’s gettin’ hard for me to breathe/’Cause the man that I’ve been runnin’ from is inside of me,” he sings over chiming …
Read More »Elrow, Promoters of Colorful Global Parties, Plot Las Vegas Residency
Barcelona-based party organizers Elrow will set up shop at the Encore Beach Club at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas for a residency that will stretch throughout the rest of 2019. The residency will comprise 10 events, the first of which is scheduled for May 19th. Other parties will be …
Read More »The Head and the Heart to Spend Nearly Half a Year on the Road
Indie folk group the Head and Heart will embark on an extensive North American tour this spring that will continue through the summer and fall. The trek covers the time before and after the band releases their upcoming album, Living Mirage, due out May 17th. It also includes an appearance …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Christian Lee Hutson, 'Northsiders'
Christian Lee Hutson’s “Northsiders” is about memories that haunt. Hutson, an L.A.-based singer-songwriter who’s currently touring with Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst’s Better Oblivion Community Center, spends most of the Bridgers-produced song recounting a naive adolescence with nostalgic remove and striking specificity: “We were so pretentious then, didn’t trust the …
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