NextFest LA plugs the passion of local music into the L.A. Fair

Xella plays at NextFest LA

Every year, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival features over 150 top-tier performers like Tame Impala, Billie Eilish, Harry Styles who fill the desert stages. But what if instead of building their lineups around […]

Harry Styles’ claims the fastest-selling album of 2022 so far – Music News

Harry Styles’ claims the fastest-selling album of 2022 so far - Music News

Harry Styles is off to an explosive start on this week’s Official Albums Chart as Harry’s House claims the fastest-selling album of 2022 so far after just one weekend of sales and streams, the Official […]

Japanese Breakfast Performs on SNL, Eats Hot Dogs on Fallon: Watch

Japanese Breakfast Performs on SNL, Eats Hot Dogs on Fallon: Watch

In the most recent step towards Michelle Zauner’s impending world takeover, Japanese Breakfast served as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live’s season finale. The indie rock band performed “Be Sweet” and “Paprika” from their 2021 […]

Arcade Fire’s “We” marks return to big songs, big worries

Five members of a rock band stand in front of a graffitied doorway

Treat yourself, if you haven’t watched it in a while, to the sight of Arcade Fire winning album of the year over Lady Gaga, Eminem, Katy Perry and Lady Antebellum at the 2011 Grammy Awards. […]

Arcade Fire’s Win Butler: ‘I don’t believe in ghosts, but I believe in David Bowie’ – Music News

Arcade Fire’s Win Butler: 'I don't believe in ghosts, but I believe in David Bowie' - Music News

Arcade Fire’s Win Butler joins Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 for an extensive conversation about the band’s sixth studio album due out this Friday. Butler details the influences and challenges of making the record, […]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Sign to Secretly Canadian, New Music Coming This Fall

Yeah Yeah Yeahs on Tour

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have signed to Secretly Canadian, and promise that new music will arrive this fall. The pivotal indie rock trio has also announced a string of new concert dates, including shows in New […]

Toro Y Moi Drives Into His Next Chapter On New Album ‘Mahal’

Toro Y Moi Drives Into His Next Chapter On New Album 'Mahal'

By Mia Hughes In Toro y Moi’s music video for “Postman,” the first single from his seventh and newest album Mahal, he sits behind the wheel of a loudly ornamented jeepney. A kind of eccentric […]

Thai rapper Milli eating mango sticky rice at Coachella boosts beloved dessert

Thai rapper Milli eating mango sticky rice at Coachella boosts beloved dessert

Sales for the popular dessert skyrocketed after the solo Thai artist brought a bowl of the delicacy on the Coachella stage while performing her song ‘Mango Sticky Rice’ Fans of Thai rapper, Milli, had a […]

Pavement is back, and Stephen Malkmus promises he’s excited

Pavement members pose on a park bench.

Thirty years ago this week, Pavement released its debut album, “Slanted and Enchanted”; seven years after that, the band dropped its fifth and final LP, “Terror Twilight.” The two records bookended one of the greatest […]

Michelle Zauner Calls Jeff Tweedy For Some Pre-Grammys Advice

Michelle Zauner Calls Jeff Tweedy For Some Pre-Grammys Advice

All photos courtesy of Michelle Zauner and Jeff Tweedy. For Michelle Zauner, life post-breakthrough hasn’t been all sunshine and rainbows. “I’ve been feeling a little lost,” the Seoul-born artist said on a recent Zoom call. […]