‘I’d rather be boring than mysterious’: Bar Italia on anonymity, originality and disliking Pulp | Pop and rock

Bar Italia.

Bar Italia are tired of being a mystery. The trio – who have spent their brief existence breathlessly feted as London’s most exciting new band, as well as its most enigmatic – are very much […]

How Creem Magazine Came Back to Life With Its Most Ambitious Issue Yet

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Creem Magazine’s special issue, “Creem vs. the 90s.” Can a legacy print magazine known for covering artists like Lou Reed establish a new foothold in the era where most music “journalism” consists of TikTok track […]

Catching up with Robert Scott Wilson: ‘Day of Days’ 2023

Robert Scott Wilson

Robert Scott Wilson. Photo Credit: Todd Williamson, NBCUniversal Actor Robert Scott Wilson of “Days of Our Lives” spoke about his latest storylines on the show, and the upcoming “Day of Days” event next weekend in […]

‘Our music didn’t build. We were anti-catharsis’: the glacial pleasures of slowcore | Music

Damon Krukowski, Naomi Yang and Dean Wareham of Galaxie 500.

‘We were not trying to make people dance, we were not trying to ‘rock’ – we were trying to make things that were beautiful,” says Dean Wareham, who formed Galaxie 500 in Boston in 1987 […]

CANDLEBOX Shares ‘Punks’ Single From Final Album ‘The Long Goodbye’

CANDLEBOX Shares 'Punks' Single From Final Album 'The Long Goodbye'

Seattle rock band CANDLEBOX has revealed the details for its final studio album, “The Long Goodbye”, due out Friday, August 25 via Round Hill Records. The LP’s first single, “Punks”, is a cautionary message to […]

311’s Nick Hexum on Music, Evolver, and More: Podcast

311's Nick Hexum on Music, Evolver, and More: Podcast

 Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS  Nick Hexum reunites with Kyle Meredith for a discussion about the 30th anniversary of 311’s debut album, Music, as well as the 20th anniversary of Evolver. The […]

Misheard lyrics from iconic pop songs

Misheard lyrics from iconic pop songs

Stacker compiled a list of some of the most misheard pop lyrics to become infamous for the funny mistakes fans made when singing the “wrong” words. – Frank Micelotta Archive // Getty Images Sandi Hemmerlein […]

3rd Secret (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam Members Release Second Album

The 2nd 3rd Secret

3rd Secret, the grunge supergroup featuring members of Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Pearl Jam, have quietly released a second full-length album, cleverly titled The 2nd 3rd Secret. Without much fanfare, the band dropped the new album […]

One Play at a Time, Audoo Is Optimizing Public Performance Data

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Auckland, New Zealand, one of the cities where Audoo has deployed its Audio Meter. Photo Credit: Dan Freeman Despite the widespread availability of detailed music consumption figures, royalties attributable to public usages have long been […]

Keanu Reeves’ ’90s Band Dogstar Makes Live Return at BottleRock

Keanu Reeves' '90s Band Dogstar Makes Live Return at BottleRock

Keanu Reeves’ ’90s band Dogstar made their live comeback this weekend at BottleRock Festival in Napa Valley, California. The band played material from their two previous studio albums, 1996’s Our Little Visionary and 2000’s Happy Ending, […]