An Anthem for Black Lives Matter
Kendrick Lamar has paired with Dr. Dre to make what may be the #BlackLivesMatter anthem we’ve all been waiting for. On Compton, Dre’s controversial soundtrack to the upcoming N.W.A. biopic…
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Lollapalooza Nostalgia
In celebration of this era recently stirred up by the release of Montage of Heck, the Washington Post published an oral history of Lollapalooza’s most alternative of tours. In 1995, Lollapalooza’s…
Song of the Day: “All Apologies”
The new documentary about Kurt Cobain, Montage of Heck, contains up-until-now unreleased home videos and animated footage of the Nirvana frontman’s tortured diary entries. It reveals a deeply troubled psyche, inextricable from the…
Wanted/Needed/Loved: Mary Timony’s Exquisite Corpses
The stuff I’ve saved over the years aren’t just mementos of the past. They’re also reflections of the memories my friends and I have made together.
FFS North American Tour
The collaboration between Sparks and Franz Ferdinand that is FFS announced a North American tour starting September 30th. The project’s self-titled debut—the result of a mutual appreciation ten years in…
This Week in Posivibes: La Luz
Seattle’s La Luz released their second album on August 7th via Hardly Art, and the Ty Segall-produced Weirdo Shrine is living up to its name in a mellow, fuzzed-out cruise…
Bruce Springsteen & Jon Stewart Forever
It’s become a pretty much universally acknowledged fact that there was no greater way for The Daily Show to go out than with Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band.…
El-P and Ninja Collaboration “Coming Soon”
A post on Instagram from El-P (@thereallyrealelp) of Run The Jewels with Die Antwoord’s Ninja says only “Coming soon…” which Ninja (@zef_alien) also shared with the caption “EL-P vs NINJA.” Some…
A Look at Meek Mill vs. Drake through T.S. Eliot’s Writing
Rappers Meek Mill and Drake have been come to blows lately, since Mill claimed Drake doesn’t write his own raps. This also launched a series of Meek Mill memes which Drake projected…
Sound Takes: Blood Moon
Whether it's stormy weather ahead or a mushroom cloud, there's certainly going to be some rough sailing.
Song of the Day: “Don’t Tell Our Friends About Me”
Blake Mills is an accomplished studio guitarist who’s worked with a wide variety of impressive names including Lucinda Williams, Conor Oberst, Fiona Apple, Lana Del Ray, Norah Jones, Billy Gibbons,…
Rick Springfield Explains “Jessie’s Girl”
Springfield himself appeared in a skit on Jimmy Kimmel Live to tell the origin story behind the song that has launched a million karaoke-involved romantic gestures and romcom montages. Killers…