If you’ve seen Sophie Allison on tour — aka Soccer Mommy — it’s possible you’ve seen her sporting a Billy Ray Cyrus shirt, a vintage score she picked up on the road. It makes sartorial sense for Allison, after all, who is from Nashville and grew up on a steady …
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Songs built around the lyrics or titles of other songs can often tilt toward the lazy. But Eric Church‘s new “Hippie Radio,” off the just released album Desperate Man, finds a smart way to nod to gems of the past. “My daddy had a Pontiac on the beiger side of …
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The Glasgow synth-pop trio were anything but mellow on Saturday during the scorching Texas heat on Day 2 of the Austin City Limits Festival. Chvrches lead singer Lauren Mayberry prowled the stage looking like a vengeful prom queen escaped from an Eighties slasher flick, in a poofy ballroom gown, a …
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A country-EDM collaboration from Kelsea Ballerini and the Chainsmokers, an arena-sized jam about getting older from emerging duo Walker McGuire and an irresistible 1990s homage from Kane Brown are all featured in this week’s list of best country and Americana songs. https://youtu.be/BtJg0yYzcVQ William Matheny, “Christian Name” Alt-country guitars meet power-pop …
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Coheed and Cambria enrich the conceptual universe of their upcoming LP, Vaxis: Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures, with the theatrical, futuristic video for new single “Old Flames.” The clip appears to explore the narrative of the album’s two main characters, Creature and Sister Spider, who also appear in the video …
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With their post-punk look — black suits, boots and skinny ties — Interpol were the most stylish band of the early-2000s New York rock boom. That’s still true, but these days frontman Paul Banks prefers more casual looks offstage, mixing vintage finds with high-end streetwear from brands like Y-3. “It’s …
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When Jeff Beck came to L.A.’s El Rey Theater in April of 2009 it had been 40 years since the original Jeff Beck Group dissolved and he’d parted ways with Rod Stewart. The guitarist and singer had a couple of brief reunions in the 1980s, but they hadn’t spoken in …
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Bruce Springsteen took a break from his Broadway duties on Sunday night to play a surprise three-song set with Social Distortion at the Sea.Hear.Now festival in his adopted hometown of Asbury Park, New Jersey. By this point in the festival many fans had moved over near the main stage to …
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Today, comedy-rock stalwarts Tenacious D have released the first episode of Post-Apocalypto, a six-part YouTube series that marks their first project in six years. The hand-drawn series features the duo — Jack Black and Kyle Gass — getting into a series of vulgar, twisted, occasionally political antics after the nuclear …
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Bob Dylan’s More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 doesn’t arrive until November 2nd, but his team is already thinking about their next archival release. While nothing is confirmed, the singer’s team is most excited at a future Bootleg Series spotlighting his pre-fame days as a coffeehouse performer …
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