The catchiest, most immediately entrancing track on the new album from L.A. duo Girlpool is called “Pretty.” Harmony Tividad delivers the indie-pop earworm with the painful precision the group has become known for: “I’m not a dreamer in their prime,” she sings. “I’m consistently not worth your time.” The word …
Read More »There's Nothing Subprime About These EDM Bangers From the CEO of Goldman Sachs
As the new CEO of Goldman Sachs, David Solomon makes north of $15 million a year. Not bad. Not bad at all. Must be nice to have that kind of dough. But let me ask you something… Do earnings calls slap? Can you surrender yourself to the rhythm of a …
Read More »Cage the Elephant Let It Bleed on New Album 'Social Cues'
Matt Shultz could make it through only one take. The lead singer of the Kentucky rock band Cage the Elephant was recently in the studio recording “Goodbye,” a John Lennon-inspired ballad Shultz wrote for his wife as their seven-year relationship was ending. Shultz delivered it lying on the studio floor. …
Read More »Craig Finn Sings About Lost Romance on New Song 'Blankets'
Craig Finn, frontman of the Hold Steady, detailed his forthcoming solo album,I Need a New War, which will be released this Spring on Partisan Records. The album is the third in a trilogy of solo records that began with 2015’sFaith in the Futureand continued with 2017’sWe All The Want Same …
Read More »Blackberry Smoke Offer Free Concert Tickets to Government Workers
The government shutdown may be over, but its effects are still being felt — and Southern rockers Blackberry Smoke, in their own small way, are here to help, with the offer of free admission to upcoming shows for federal employees. The Atlanta, Georgia, quintet are already well into their 2019 …
Read More »John Mayer Details Solo U.S. Summer Tour
Less than two weeks after Dead & Company conclude their summer tour, John Mayer will embark on a solo U.S. trek. The 27-date North American leg begins July 19th in Albany, New York and concludes September 13th and 14th with a two-night stand at Inglewood, California’s the Forum. Tickets for …
Read More »Beyond Cyntoia Brown: How Women End Up Incarcerated for Self Defense
Earlier this month, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam granted clemency to Cyntoia Brown, who was serving a 51-year sentence for felony murder. Fourteen years ago, a teenaged Brown was prosecuted in Tennessee for shooting and killing a 43-year-old man who had solicited the 16-year-old Brown for sex in 2004. She said …
Read More »Counting Crows Finally Record Title Track to 'August and Everything After'
Two months ago, shortly after the conclusion of their European tour, Counting Crows entered London’s AIR studios and recorded “August and Everything After” with the London Studio Orchestra. That doesn’t mean they played their 1993 debut LP of the same name, but rather an outtake from the sessions that gave …
Read More »'Baby Shark' is Shooting Up the Charts, But No One Owns the Rights
You’d think a song that is everywhere on the Internet — exploding on music charts, racking up billions of streams and downloads and YouTube plays, and even making it into the celebrity zeitgeist as it did this week on Cardi B’s Instagram — would be making its creator filthy rich. …
Read More »Joy Williams Sings of Home in New 'Front Porch'
When Joy Williams sat down to work on material for her new album, she had a bit of an epiphany. “I remember saying, whatever this project is, if I can’t play it on a front porch, it’s probably not for me,” Williams told Rolling Stone this past April. With the …
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