For someone so well known for his storytelling, Hayes Carll is a man of few words. Either that or a chronic self-editor: Speaking slowly and carefully, with long, thoughtful pauses, he often stops to correct himself and start all over mid-sentence, once the optimal phrasing has emerged in his mind. …
Read More »Peter Frampton Talks Degenerative Muscle Disease Diagnosis, Farewell Tour
About eight years ago, Peter Frampton started to notice that his ankles felt a little tight in the morning. He initially dismissed it as one of the many pains that comes with getting older, but as time passed, his legs began feeling weak as well. He tried to ignore the …
Read More »Hear Mike Shinoda's Two New Songs 'Prove You Wrong,' 'What the Words Meant'
Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda unveiled two new songs, “Prove You Wrong” and “What the Words Meant.” Both tracks appear on the new deluxe edition of Shinoda’s solo debut, Post Traumatic. “Prove You Wrong” finds Shinoda alternately spitting and singing as the song deftly moves between a stomping verse and a …
Read More »Ryan Adams' Behavior Was Hiding in Plain Sight in His Songs
After the New York Times published a report alleging Ryan Adams’ long history of emotional abuse, manipulation and the harassment of at least seven women — including sexually explicit communication with a minor (charges that Adams has denied) — a co-worker pointed out a lyric that Adams had changed when …
Read More »Skip Groff, Record Store Owner and Minor Threat Producer, Dead at 70
Skip Groff, a Washington, D.C. record store owner who produced and championed the city’s seminal hardcore punk acts, has died at the age of 70. Groff’s wife Kellyconfirmed to WTOP that the owner of D.C.’s Yesterday & Today suffered a seizure Monday and died at a nearby hospital. Dischord Records’ …
Read More »See St. Paul and the Broken Bones' Funky 'Got It Bad' on 'Seth Meyers'
St. Paul and the Broken Bones got funky on Monday’s episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers, performing the song “Got It Bad” from their 2018 album Young Sick Camellia. The Birmingham, Alabama-based band merge their trademark Southern soul with a limber disco groove on “Got It Bad,” piling horns …
Read More »On the Charts: Ariana Grande Has Best Sales Week of Career With 'Thank U, Next'
Ariana Grande easily captured Number One, her second trip atop the Billboard 200 in six months, as the singer’s Thank U, Next opened with 360,000 total copies, the best sales of Grande’s career. Of the 360,000 haul, 116,000 came from traditional album sales, with 228,000 courtesy of streaming equivalent albums …
Read More »'Carpool Karaoke': See Shaun White Learn to Sing Like Eddie Vedder
Three world-class athletes — skateboarder Tony Hawk, snowboarder Shaun White and surfer Kelly Slater — hitch a ride together in the latest episode of Apple’s Carpool Karaoke, and in this exclusive clip from the episode, Slater and Hawk give White pointers on how to croon like Pearl Jam singer Eddie …
Read More »Hear the Cactus Blossoms' Aching New Song 'Got a Lotta Love'
Minnesota duo the Cactus Blossoms have released “Got a Lotta Love” from their upcoming album Easy Way. Brothers Page Burkum and Jack Torrey co-wrote the stripped-down ballad with Dan Auerbach at his Nashville-based Easy Eye Sound studio, building on a melodic idea they’d been saving. While much of the Cactus Blossoms’ …
Read More »Belle and Sebastian Plot Summer Tour
Belle and Sebastian will embark on a short North American tour this summer. The eight-date trek kicks off July 11th at the Sprint Pavilion in Charlottesville, Virginia and includes stops in Philadelphia, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Pittsburgh and Cleveland. The tour wraps July 21st at the Royal Oak Music Theatre in …
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