Goodbye to Andy Fletcher, a beloved New Wave uncle to countless Depeche Mode fans over the years. Fletch, who died at age 60 of natural causes, was a founding member of the pioneering synth-pop sages, and a crucial element in their chemistry. Every sullen goth teen who ever wore black …
Read More »Cuco Wants to Hack the Space-Time Continuum on Psychedelic Track 'Time Machine'
Cuco is doing a little time traveling ahead of his upcoming album, Fantasy Gateway. The Mexican-American singer-songwriter, known for music with a psychedelic kick, has shared his new song “Time Machine,” a dreamy rumination about what it would mean to teleport to the past and change the outcome of a …
Read More »Nick Cave Thanks Fans for 'Kind Words' and Support Following Son Jethro's Death
Nick Cave continues to mourn the death of his eldest son Jethro Lazenby. On Tuesday, the Australian musician wrote back to a note from a fan on hisRed Hand Filesblog and thanked them for supporting him in the weeks since Lazenby’s death. “I have no question for you today. I …
Read More »The xx's Oliver Sim Reveals He's Been Living With HIV Since Age 17 in Moving 'Hideous' Video
The xx‘s Oliver Sim has released the affecting video for his new song “Hideous,” where he discloses for the first time that he has been living with HIV since he was a teenager. The song appears on his first solo album,Hideous Bastard. It arrives on Sep. 9 via Young. The …
Read More »Watch Beach House's Dreamy Performance of 'Superstar' on 'Colbert'
Beach House transformed theLate Show With Stephen Colbertstage into an indie pop dreamscape with their performance of “Superstar” Thursday. The shoegaze-inspired track comes off the group’s most recent albumOnce Twice Melody, which was released in February of this year. The Baltimore duo of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally are longtime …
Read More »Are Big Concerts Safe? Six Months After Astroworld, Questions Linger
This spring, six months after a crowd rush at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival killed 10 people in Houston and injured hundreds of others, the live-music business is getting ready for another festival season — its first full-scale comeback since the pandemic sidelined concerts in 2020. While the specific legal ramifications …
Read More »Watch Phoebe Bridgers Revisit 'Waiting Room' at Red Rocks Show
Phoebe Bridgers took a trip down memory lane during her performance at Colorado’s Red Rocks last night, performing fan favorite deep cut “Waiting Room.” Bridgers wrote the song when she was 16, according to an interview she did with NPR, and released it over a decade ago. “Waiting Room” has …
Read More »Shakira Proves Her TikTok Dance Skills on 'Fallon'
Shakira stopped by The Tonight Show to discuss her new gig as a judge on NBC series Dancing with Myself and took the opportunity to show off her TikTok dance skills. In a segment titled “Watch It Once TikTok Challenge,” Shakira proved she is the queen of rhythm. In the …
Read More »Kali Gives Toxic Advice with 'Rolling Stone'
With the viral success of tracks like ‘Do a Bitch’ and ‘MMM MMM,’ Kali knows what it takes to make a hit. For the latest installment of In The Green Room, Rolling Stone sat down with the Georgia-bred rapper ahead of her set at Warsaw in Brooklyn, NY. Tracks from …
Read More »Ashley Judd Honors Naomi in Mother's Day Op-Ed: 'My Mama Was a Legend'
Ashley Judd penned a Mother’s Day op-ed in honor of her mother Naomi, the country legend who died April 30, the day before she and daughter Wynonna were scheduled for enshrinement in the Country Hall of Fame. “This Sunday is abruptly, shockingly, my first Mother’s Day without my mama,” Ashley …
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