Five years ago, Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament and his future wife Pandora visited the grave of Ament’s former bandmate Andrew Wood. Wood was the lead singer of grunge pioneers Mother Love Bone; his overdose in 1990 at the age of 24 forced Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard to regroup …
Read More »The Beths on the Sly Humor and Irresistible Hooks of Their Debut Album
This spring, Elizabeth Stokes quit her day job teaching trumpet to kids in Auckland, New Zealand. The reason: She was ready to tour the world with the Beths, the exuberant pop-punk band she’d started with three classmates from her days studying jazz in college. “The Beths is almost reactionary to …
Read More »Bob Dylan Sets First 2018 U.S. Tour Dates
Bob Dylan announced his first North American tour dates of 2018, a string of 25 concerts that concentrates on the southern half of the U.S. Dylan’s fall trek begins October 9th in Midland, Texas and loops its way through Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, the Carolinas and Georgia before concluding at …
Read More »See Maddie and Tae's Alluring 'Friends Don't' Video
They say he’s just a friend, but on Maddie & Tae’s latest single, “Friends Don’t,” the country duo aren’t talking about platonic relationships. Now an angst-filled, alluring new music video helps bring the emotionally charged cut to life with scenes from a late-night house party. The first new music to …
Read More »Watch Graham Nash Honor 1968, 2018 Protests With New 'Teach Your Children' Video
Graham Nash celebrates the movements of 1968 and 2018 in the new animated video for the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young classic, “Teach Your Children.” For the video, Nash partnered with filmmaker and painter Jeff Scher (who recently directed a video for Joan Baez’s “The President Sang Amazing Grace”). The …
Read More »Dave Grohl Announces Solo Project 'Play,' 23-Minute Song and Mini-Doc
Dave Grohlannounced Play, a two-part documentary that culminates with him performing a new solo 23-minute song on seven different instruments. Grohl created the immersive Play project, arriving August 10th, to showcase “the rewards and challenges of dedicating ones life to playing and mastering a musical instrument.” “Watching my kids start …
Read More »Smashing Pumpkins Tap Courtney Love, Peter Hook For Special 30th Anniversary Show
Smashing Pumpkins are inviting a bevy of special guests to join them onstage during their show at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey on August 2nd. The Pumpkins’ special 30th anniversary show will feature Courtney Love, Peter Hook, AFI frontman Davey Havok, Deftones’ Chino Moreno, the Killers’ Dave …
Read More »10 Best Movies to See in Aug.: Bad Muppets, 'BlacKkKlansman' and Statham vs. Shark
August — it’s the January of summer! This is the part of the summer-movie season when studios trot out the properties too offbeat (read: light on explosions) to compete with your typical June and July blockbusters. You know, the time of year when the idea of a big-budget bonanza is …
Read More »Cardi B Pulls Out of Bruno Mars Tour: 'I'm Not Ready to Leave My Baby Behind'
Cardi B announced on Thursday that she would not be hitting the road with Bruno Mars in the fall following the birth of her daughter Kulture. “I thought that after giving birth to my daughter that 6 weeks would be enough time for me to recover mentally and physically,” she …
Read More »NXIVM in Court: State Worries Alleged Cult Members Will Tamper With Witnesses
At a hearing in Brooklyn today, a federal judge agreed to move the trial of NXIVM founder Keith Raniere and his co-defendants from October to January 7th, at the government’s request. This scheduling change comes a day after prosecutors brought charges against four more members of the alleged cult; Clare …
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