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Yo La Tengo reinterpreted Neil Young‘s ramshackle folk rock tune “Time Fades Away” as a feedback-heavy freakout for Spotify’s Singles series. Guitarist Ira Kaplan dominates the six-minute cover with his squalling distortion and bent-note solos, transforming the 1973 track into vintage garage-rock. The indie rock trio also recorded a new version of the Pet Sounds-styled, piano-driven pop song “Shades […]

Kiley Lotz has a voice like a bell, one that holds on to its strength and resonance even when she’s singing of knotty emotions like those that dominate her second full-length as Petal. Magic Gone opens with the anxious-musician chronicle “Better Than You,” which frames the Scranton-born songwriter’s rock-life zingers (“You stay out so late/Just to build […]

Julian Casablancas‘ the Voidz extended their 2018 tour in support of their new album Virtue to include another North American leg this fall. The trek launches with a show alongside Beck September 13th at the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota and wraps October 6th with a headlining gig at the Heights Theater in Houston, Texas. The Voidz will […]

Danish punks Iceage and Atlanta garage rockers the Black Lips will unite for a co-headlining North American tour this fall. The trek launches November 5th at the Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver and wraps with a two-night stand at the Earl in the Black Lips’ hometown of Atlanta, November 23rd and 24th. Iceage will then play two additional shows in […]

Beyoncé and Jay-Z have closely guarded the particulars of their private lives for years. Lately, though, they’ve shown signs of trying to balance their massive public profiles with a desire for accessibility and superstar demystification. It’s a gesture Beyonce telegraphed with the unofficial campaign slogan of her Formation Tour: “God is God and I am not,” and it’s […]

London’s Meltdown Festival replaced Frightened Rabbit’s set with a panel on mental health awareness and the music industry after the death of singer Scott Hutchison, The Guardian reports. Hutchison died last month at age 36. His body was found outside Edinburgh several days after he was reported missing. Hutchison was reportedly struggling with depression among other mental health issues. Frightened […]

The Michael Jackson estate and Columbia Live Stage are developing a new stage musical inspired by the life of the beloved pop star. The as-yet untitled show is expected to arrive on Broadway in 2020. Playwright Lynn Nottage will pen the book, while Christopher Wheeldon will direct and choreograph the show. The score will comprise hits from […]

Walking onstage at an Asbury Park, New Jersey, bowling alley and concert venue crammed with Bruce Springsteen fanatics desperately waiting for a glimpse of their hero when your name is anything other than Bruce Springsteen is an act of true bravery. But that’s the situation that Danny Clinch’s Tangiers Blues Band and Portugal. The Man faced at the reopening […]

Hours before Beyoncé and Jay-Z released their new album Everything Is Love on Saturday night, their camp was scrambling to complete the surprise LP. “People were still recording parts an hour and a half before the last show in London, three hours before the album was released,” says Andre Lyon, one half of Cool & Dre, who produced multiple tracks on Everything […]

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James announced a career-spanning acoustic tour while hitting the road in support of his upcoming solo album Uniform Distortion. On the 14-date trek, which kicks off November 2nd at Los Angeles’ Cathedral Sanctuary, James and longtime touring drummer David Givan will plumb James’ entire catalog, from My Morning Jacket to Uniform Distortion. “I am looking forward […]