Only God Was Above Us, the fifth studio album — and first in five years — from Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio and Chris Tomson, is due out April 5 from Columbia Records. Inspired and haunted by 20th Century New York City, the album was recorded all…
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10x GRAMMY-winner Chris Stapleton won two awards at last night’s 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards: Best Country Solo Performance (“White Horse”) and Best Country Song (“White Horse”). This is Stapleton’s fourth time winning Best Country Solo Performance, extending…
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More heavy psyche. I’m psyched. Listen below. Lisbon trio MAQUINA. (‘Machine’) are today announcing album ‘PRATA’ (‘Silver’), due out April 5th on Fuzz Club, and sharing the first single ‘denial’. In support of the release, MAQUINA. will head out on a…
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Dead & Company has set a residency at SPHERE in Las Vegas consisting of eighteen shows over six consecutive weeks from May 16 through June 22. The Sphere residency will feature never-before-seen visual storytelling from Dead & Company, providing fans with…
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More, please! jjuujjuu returns with their first single of the new year, “SOME” featuring Brazilian psych rock band, Boogarins. The Los Angeles-based experimental collective led by Desert Daze co-founder Phil Pirrone, are also confirmed to perform for the…
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Do you like psyche? Do you like the always interesting label gurugurubrain? If so, I have something new in the form of Lair’s “Tatalu,” a rhythmic and percussive number that recalls GOAT at their most pungent and without the masks. Today, Guruguru Brain are…
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Fresh off ringing in 2024 with an epic two-night stand at San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, LCD Soundsystem has confirmed 12 new shows in five North American cities. Beginning with a March 21, 22 and 24 trio of shows in Mexico, and including a…
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Rising pop star Lillian Hepler released her new single, “House of Lies,” today, alongside an accompanying music video. The new offering is out now via The Hard Working Record Company. The perfect counterpart to Hepler’s last release “IDK Her,” “House of Lies”…
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Big Machine Records and Surfdog Records today announce GLEN CAMPBELL DUETS – Ghost on the Canvas Sessions, which reimagines Campbell’s critically acclaimed, history-making 2011 farewell album with some of the biggest icons in music will be released April 19.…
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Mr. Bungle continue to extend their 2024 world tour, adding headlining dates to cities the band has not visited since the turn of the millennium, with newly announced performances now also slated for the Southeastern and Midwestern U.S.: May 6 Dallas, TX…
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I’m going to date myself and say that Chicano Batman’s new tune doesn’t sound like Sugar Ray’s “Fly” at all. I hope that you’re happy with that and if that mention inspires you to look up the aforementioned tune, go for it. Los Angeles, CA (January 23, 2024)…
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I’d like to say I’m not just promoting Ty Segall and friends. However, if I did, that would be fine with me too. I dig their music. So, I think that’s a practical reason to keep posting – I don’t have to explain myself. Not really…this blog isn’t about me…
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