In the multi-billion dollar global business of live touring, the spotlight usually shines on the performer. However, a new partnership between Usher’s New Look (UNL) and the Boys & Girls… The post Usher’s New Look and Boys & Girls Clubs Launch Groundbreaking Entertainment Workforce Initiative appeared first on .

For many years, brothers Jake and Jamin Orrall comprised the excellent Nashville garage-psych band JEFF The Brotherhood. In recent years, they’ve launched a new project. In 2024, the Orrall brothers teamed up with Silver Synthetic’s Kunal Prakash for a band called Vorhex Angel. Although official live footage distributed a few months back suggests the group… The post Vorhex Angel (Ex-JEFF …

The Rolling Stones officially announced their new album Foreign Tongues and shared its lead single “In The Stars” today. A few hours later, they were onstage with Conan O’Brien at an album launch event inside the Williamsburgh Savings Bank building in Brooklyn. Our own Scott Lapatine was on hand, chilling with Jason Isbell and gathering news. The post Rolling Stones …

Dead Kennedys founder Jello Biafra, born Eric Reed Boucher, suffered a hemorrhagic stroke two months ago, reportedly brought on by high blood pressure. At the time, his record label Alternative Tentacles shared this statement from Biafra, 67, via his social media accounts: The post Dead Kennedys Share Jello Biafra Health Update Following His Stroke appeared first on Stereogum.

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Pop futurist Kelela made her grand return last month with “idea 1.” The song, it turns out, is the opening track and lead single from a new Kelela album dropping this summer, her first since 2023’s Raven. Titled new avatar, it boasts guest appearances from PinkPantheress, Fousheé, and A. K. Paul. It also features “linknb,”… The post Kelela Announces New …

All these decades into their existence, Animal Collective are still spinning off new side projects. A couple of months ago, longtime bandmates Avey Tare and Geologist (or, if you prefer, Dave Portner and Brian Weitz) announced that they’d started an instrumental duo called Croz Boyce and announced their self-titled debut, which comes out later this… The post Croz Boyce – …

Tennessee native Zoh Amba made their name as a saxophonist on New York’s avant-jazz scene, but they’re going in a very different direction on their upcoming album Eyes Full. It’s a twangy, countrified indie rock record, recorded in Asheville with Kevin Hyland on electric guitar and underground legend Jim White on drums. Lead single “Another… The post Zoh Amba – …

The Rolling Stones’ days as an unstoppable rock ‘n’ roll roadshow may be behind them, but they’re still making noise. Ronnie Wood confirmed late last year that a new album was locked and loaded. Today, after weeks of teasing, the Stones have officially announced Foreign Tongues and shared new single “In The Stars.” Last time… The post The Rolling Stones …

Whoo! I tell you what, I love this fucking feeling. A guttural scramble of a guitar riff? A guys bellowing over the top like he’s somehow trapped underneath the guitar riff and he needs you to rescue him? A chorus where all the dramatic stakes zoom upward? An extended trippy breakdown, followed by an even… The post Slift – “The …