Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Releases Debut Solo EP Portals: Stream

Metallica's Kirk Hammett Releases Debut Solo EP Portals: Stream

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has released the Portals EP — his debut solo release. He also unveiled the video for the song “High Plains Drifter.” The instrumental four-song offering marks the first time a core member […]

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Was ‘Pretty Shocked’ To Get Rest Of Band’s ‘Blessings’ To Release Solo Ep

METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Was 'Pretty Shocked' To Get Rest Of Band's 'Blessings' To Release Solo EP

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett says that he was “pretty shocked” that he got the “blessings” from all of his bandmates to release his debut solo EP, “Portals”, especially considering that METALLICA‘s former bassist Jason Newsted […]

Will Meldman and Brock O’Hurn talk about their Studio XXII podcast

Brock O'Hurn

Brock O’Hurn and Will Meldman. Photo Courtesy of Studio XXII Film producer Will Meldman and actor Brock O’Hurn chatted about their Studio XXII podcast. It deals with entertainment, sports, and business insights, and it is […]

Daniel Caesar, BADBADNOTGOOD Link Up on “Please Do Not Lean”

Daniel Caesar, BADBADNOTGOOD Link Up on “Please Do Not Lean”

Toronto powerhouses Daniel Caesar and BADBADNOTGOOD have just dropped their shared track, “Please Do Not Lean.” With two separate parts that flow seamlessy into one another, Caesar’s collab with the instrumental jazz band is sensual […]

Othmar Schoeck: Elegie review – a cycle bound by quiet melancholy | Classical music

Schoeck: Elegie album cover artwork

Othmar Schoeck’s song cycles, some with piano, others with instrumental ensemble or full orchestra, represent one of the last great flowerings of the romantic lieder tradition. Outside his native Switzerland at least, his music is […]

Doja Cat Should Have Headlined Coachella 2022

doja cat coachella 2022

When it was first announced that Kanye West had dropped out of Coachella’s Sunday night headlining slot just weeks before the festival, one of the names floated during the flurry of speculation about who would […]

Art Rupe dies: Music mogul helped launch Little Richard

Art Rupe dies: Music mogul helped launch Little Richard

Record man Art Rupe, who started a small Boyle Heights-based independent label called Specialty Records in 1946 and went on to help launch the careers of artists including Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Percy Mayfield and […]

Olivia Rodrigo hits back at accusations of ‘copying’ other artists’ work

Olivia Rodrigo in an Instagram picture

Pop singer Olivia Rodrigo has responded to the backlash she’s received over the similarity of some of her songs with tracks by Taylor Swift and Paramore, saying she thinks it’s “disappointing” and that critics are […]