Kurt Vile and the War On Drugs leader Adam Granduciel are kindred spirits who share a long history. Granduciel and Vile formed the War On Drugs together in 2005. Pretty soon afterward, Vile left to focus on his solo career, but he and Granduciel kept working together. Granduciel played on a bunch of Vile’s records, and he was one of …

Golden, Texas is kind of a misnomer. Eighty minutes outside of Dallas, its claim to fame is an entire festival dedicated to tubers, with parades and music and something called mutton bustin’. But the small town is known for neither the gilded flesh of its yukons nor its butterballs; instead, its pride and joy is the humble, orange-gutted Ipomoea batatas …

Bassist Carol Kaye was part of a crack team of session musicians who played on hundreds of pop hits in the 1960s and ’70s by the likes of the Beach Boys, the Byrds, the Monkees, Sonny & Cher, the Mamas And The Papas, and many more. Somewhere along the way, drummer Hal Blaine started referring to this unit as the …

Long before he became the mastermind behind the Polyphonic Spree, Tim DeLaughter led Tripping Daisy, the Dallas band who made some extremely likable psych-pop jams that got serious alternative rock radio burn in the ’90s. My first non-stadium, non-festival show was a Tripping Daisy gig with the Rev. Horton Heat, the Supersuckers, and Hagfish in 1995. I was in ninth …

Last year, Young Thug was finally freed from jail after he accepted a plea in his incredibly long RICO trial. Thug will now face a 15-year probation, but he’s back to the business of making music and, now, performing. Earlier this year the Chicago rap festival Summer Smash announced that Thug would make his post-jail live return as the headliner …

Indie bands Snoozer, Fib, and Puddle played a benefit for the Delaware County Historical Society Saturday at the suburban Philadelphia venue the Mill at Rockdale. The flyer promised “a very cool extra special secret guest,” which turned out to be none other than Alex Giannascoli.

Indie bands Snoozer, Fib, and Puddle played a benefit for the Delaware County Historical Society Saturday at the suburban Philadelphia venue the Mill at Rockdale. The flyer promised “a very cool extra special secret guest,” which turned out to be none other than Alex Giannascoli.

JAY-Z’s legendary 40/40 Club made a high-profile return this weekend as part of Fanatics Fest, running from Friday, June 20, through Sunday, June 22 in partnership with Fanatics Sportsbook. View… The post JAY-Z’s 40/40 Club Returns in Style at Fanatics Fest 2025 appeared first on .

Caroline Polachek recently appeared on tracks from These New Puritans and caroline. Today, she’s got a new song of her own, but she’s once again contributing to someone else’s larger project. In this case, the larger project is Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, the latest work from the cult-beloved Japanese video game auteur Hideo Kojima. Death Stranding 2, the …

What started as a spirited conversation about Hip Hop quickly spiraled into a full-blown fitness face-off when Shannon Sharpe sat down with Dipset rapper Jim Jones on the latest episode… The post Shannon Sharpe And Jim Jones Trade Shots Over Who’s More Dominant In The Gym appeared first on .