Billie Eilish is set to be the youngest headling performer ever at England’s Glastonbury Festival, according to an Instagram post from the fest Monday. “We are very excited to confirm that @billieeilish will headline the Pyramid Stage on the Friday night at Glastonbury 2022 to become the Festival’s youngest ever …
Read More »'Venom: Let There Be Carnage': Woody Harrelson Is the Creep This B-Movie Needs
One of the best things about Venom (2018) is that it so often flew over the heads of people who fashion themselves smart. The movie had an admirable target — and even better aim. Here’s a story about a has-been loser journalist and his alarmingly emotionally-codependent alien-symbiote inner self, starring …
Read More »Pixies Cancel U.S. Tour Due to Covid Concerns
UPDATE (8/23): Pixies have decided to cancel their September tour of the United States due to concerns over the current surge in Covid cases spurred by the Delta variant. The list of canceled dates — which includes festival sets at Summerfest in Milwaukee and Riotfest in Chicago — is below. …
Read More »Tame Impala Announces 'Phase 1 Rushium Trials' Tour Dates
After a mysterious teaser appeared earlier this week, Tame Impala have announced Phase 1 of their Rushium Trials, the band’s official tour for their 2020 album The Slow Rush. Although the album was released in February 2020, the tour was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The tour kicks off …
Read More »Bright Eyes Announce Full List of Rescheduled Dates for Reunion Tour
UPDATE 6/8/2021:Bright Eyes have announced a full list of rescheduled tour dates for 2021. In addition to their previously announced shows in Worcester, Massachusetts; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and Queens, New York, the band will also be performing eight more shows in Atlanta, Birmingham, New Haven and more (see below). Tickets for …
Read More »Travis Scott, J. Cole, 50 Cent to Headline Rolling Loud New York
Rolling Loud will return to New York in October for an expanded three-day festival at Citi Field with headliners Travis Scott, J. Cole, and 50 Cent. The festival will also feature performances from Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Baby, Polo G, Playboi Carti, Rick Ross, Gucci Mane, Wale, Lil Durk, Pooh …
Read More »Nick Hakim, Roy Nathanson, and Creating Community During Covid
If you listen closely, you can hear the subtle sounds of sirens in the background of “Small Things 2,” the final track on Nick Hakim and Roy Nathanson’s collaborative album, Small Things. Much of the album was recorded before Covid shut down the music industry, but Hakim and Nathanson weren’t …
Read More »5 Burning Questions About the 'Better Call Saul' Season 5 Finale — Answered
Ask most fans of Better Call Saul about the show’s fifth season, which concludes tonight, and they’ll not only tell you that it is the AMC drama’s best to date, but also that this was the year they began seriously grappling with the question of whether the Breaking Bad prequel …
Read More »Courtney Marie Andrews Previews New Album 'Old Flowers' With Vulnerable Song 'If I Told'
Singer-songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews will release her new album Old Flowers on June 5th via Fat Possum Records. In advance of the LP, the Phoenix native premiered the brooding track “If I Told,” a vulnerable five-minute ballad that recalls a pivotal night on Venice Beach in Los Angeles. “Tell me …
Read More »Inside the 'Secret Committees' That Quietly Run the Grammy Awards
What is the path to a Grammy? It’s supposed to go this way: The Recording Academy, the Grammy Awards’ parent organization, receives an avalanche of submissions, organizes them by category, and sends them to its 12,000 eligible voting members, who select around 20 contenders per category by popular vote. That …
Read More »