This Week in Posivibes: Ty-Rex
Super-prolific Ty Segall has released another record: a compilation of T. Rex covers that he put out over the years under the name Ty-Rex. The compilation includes a new version of…
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MØ Performs at Nobel Prize Concert
The Nobel Peace Prize Concert took place this weekend in Oslo, its prize going to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, which is the association of the Tunisian General Labour Union,…
Jamming at the The Jazz Loft
A new documentary explores the New York jazz scene circa 1959 through the lens of W. Eugene Smith, the LIFE Magazine photojournalist, and the shows that sprang up in a squat in…
Cash Money Says Whoops
Fans were perplexed to learn that Drake’s “Hotline Bling” hadn’t received a Grammy nomination, but the mystery “snubbing” seems to be as simple as a lapsed deadline. Apparently, Cash Money…
Albums of Our Lives: The Cure’s Disintegration
The end is always tragic. I’d known that from the start. What kind of sucker would expect to hold on to a girl named Misty Hayes?
Song of the Day: “What’s That You Got?”
Call it arrogance, hubris, or a holier-than-thou attitude—there are some traits that just don’t make a great impression. Antoine “Fats” Domino was well aware of that when he released “What’s…
Funk Will Never Die
George Clinton spoke to VICE about his work with WOKE, Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, and how “funk is always gonna survive.” Read the full interview here.
This Week in Posivibes: Gloria Ann Taylor
Ubiquity’s Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing reissue collects some incredible soulful, experimental R&B from Gloria Ann Taylor’s early years, rare tracks that were released during her time with the small…
Dinosaur Jr. Covers Neil Young
The iconic band began its 7-night run at the Bowery Ballroom celebrating the 30th anniversary of its debut album, Dinosaur, with an introduction from Henry Rollins and a slew of…
Dave Grohl vs. Animal
In what is a hilariously good match-up on many levels, Consequence of Sound shared a video of Dave Grohl and Animal from The Muppets battling it out on the drums…
Antony Hegarty Laments Climate Change
In the wake of this week’s forum on climate change in Paris, Antony Hegarty has released a song lamenting the destruction already wreaked, and the destruction to come, from our…
Song of the Day: “Fade Into You”
“Alternative rock” group Mazzy Star reached their commercial peak during the early 90s, a period when American music was dominated by grunge and Nirvana. The creative core of Mazzy Star consisted…