When was the last time that you listened to Paul Simon’s Graceland? I revisited it pretty recently, and god, what an album. Just an incredible collection of songs. Graceland was a critical and commercial smash when it came out in 1986. But at the time of its release, the record also existed within a thorny landscape of racial politics. Simon …

16 Underground’s band name is a reference to “6 Underground,” right? It has to be. The LA group’s music directly hearkens back to the ’90s trip-hop moment that yielded the Sneaker Pimps’ hit. They’re good at reviving that sound too, as we heard on the early singles from their forthcoming Without A Trace EP. 16 Underground released a third advance …

With Lil Durk’s federal murder for hire trial set to begin later this month, prosecutors are asking the court to impose a limited gag order, arguing that continued public statements… The post Federal Prosecutors Seek Gag Order Ahead of Lil Durk’s Murder-For-Hire Trial appeared first on .

Post Malone is the latest musical artist to visit Sesame Street. The rapper-turnt-country singer and comedian Michelle Buteau will appear in Storm On Sesame Street, a new special premiering this Monday, Aug. 3 on Netflix and PBS Kids, Billboard reports. The special reportedly follows Elmo, Abby Cadabby, and their neighbors as they prepare for a major storm and clean up …

“They Have Names,” the new song from the Washington, DC hardcore/screamo band NØ MAN, is extremely heavy in all sorts of way. The heaviest part of the song, spiritually if not musically, is the end. The song itself is a fast, furious rager that bandleader Maha Shami, the daughter of Palestinian refugees, delivers with overwhelming passion and conviction: “Deny our …

More than six years after the COVID 19 pandemic forever changed the world, Dr. Anthony Fauci once again found himself at the center of a political firestorm on Capitol Hill.… The post Anthony Fauci Invokes Fifth Amendment During Heated Senate Hearing on COVID 19 Origins appeared first on .

Brooklyn-based Lora Mouna is among the legion of musicians making dreamy rock music, but her new single is not boilerplate zoomer shoegaze. It is, however, among the many new rock songs to flaunt a Deftones influence, albeit with plenty of personality to put her own stamp on the sound. The post Lora Mouna – “The Difference” appeared first on Stereogum.

Paul McCartney is an 84-year-old Beatle, and he has won just about every accolade that a musician could possibly win, up to and including knighthood. But up until today, McCartney had never been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, the annual award given to what a jury chooses as the best album released by an artist from the UK or …

They say you learn something new every day, and today I learned that William Shatner has a heavy metal band. My colleague Tom Breihan blogged about this back in February, and it must have completely slipped my radar. Although Shatner hasn’t released any music from the project, more details about forthcoming live performances have been revealed. He’s debuting his ambitious …

Way back in 1991, Guns N’ Roses ended Use Your Illusion II with “My World,” a quasi-rap freakout that only lasted a minute and a half before dissolving into sex noises and chaos. The beat kind of sounded like “Army Of Me,” but four years before that song came out. Most Guns N’ Roses fans hate it. Guns N’ Roses …