Alt-rock stalwarts Incubus performed their early 2000s smash “Drive” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday. The group breezed easily through their seminal song, with guitarist Mike Einziger strumming the tune’s campfire-ready acoustic guitar melody and offering some soft harmonies for Brandon Boyd as he sang the memorable “Drive” …
Read More »The First Time: Halsey
Halsey describes the evolution of her artistry, the first time she dyed her hair and how she played Brand New and Taking Back Sunday records to death in the latest installment of “The First Time.” The singer traces her stage name back to 2015, when she was returning home from …
Read More »John Prine Playing Small 'Pop-Up Show' in New York on Sunday
After being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame earlier this month, John Prine was scheduled to play one of his only East Coast shows of the summer at the Rockland-Bergen Music Festival in Tappan, New York. But that changed today, when the festival was canceled due to unsafe conditions …
Read More »See Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Perform 'Bad Case' on 'Colbert'
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real took the stage at the Late Show to perform their recent track “Bad Case.” The song, which comes off the singer’s album Turn Off The News (Build a Garden), got some impassioned accompaniment from the musician’s brother Micah Nelson, as well as his …
Read More »Bonnaroo Attendee Dies After Found Unresponsive at Campgrounds
A 27-year-old man died after suffering a “medical situation” at the Bonnaroo campgrounds Saturday, organizers announced. A medical team at the Manchester, Tennessee festival were called to the campgrounds and found the man unresponsive and breathing. The Bonnaroo EMS team and Coffee County Emergency Medical Services arrived minutes later and …
Read More »30 Must-Hear Minutes From Radiohead's 17-Hour 'OK Computer'-Era Minidiscs
On Monday, Radiohead officially (and begrudgingly) released Minidiscs [Hacked], a 17-hour deep dive into the OK Computer birthing process courtesy of Thom Yorke’s own minidiscs. As the title suggests, the Bandcamp file dump came nearly a week after the 18 disc-length mp3s leaked onto the internet. While the origin story …
Read More »Preservation Hall Jazz Band Plot North American Tour
Preservation Hall Jazz Band have added a fall run to their 2019 North American tour itinerary celebrating the release of their new documentary, A Tuba to Cuba. The new dates start October 22nd at the Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, Connecticut and wrap November 21st at UCSB Campbell Hall in Santa …
Read More »Dr. John, Hall of Fame Singer Who Brought New Orleans to the World, Dead at 77
Mac Rebennack, the New Orleans pianist, singer-songwriter and producer better known as Dr. John, died Thursday at the age of 77. The cause of death was a heart attack, according to his family. “Towards the break of day on June 6, 2019, iconic music legend Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr., professionally …
Read More »Mumford & Sons Release Dance-Filled Video for New Song 'Woman'
Mumford & Sons shared the video for their latest single “Woman,” starring Yeman Brown and Stephanie Crousillat as a pair of dancers captured on a handheld camcorder. It’s the third single from their 2018 album Delta. Choreographed by Kristin Sudeikis (and filmed in her Forward Space warehouse in New York), …
Read More »Hear Charles Bradley Invoke Obama on Posthumous Track 'Lucifer'
Innit Recordings has dropped Charles Bradley‘s final recording “Lucifer,” a track created alongside his recently released single “Lonely As You Are.” The new track, recorded during the final days of President Obama’s time in the White House, was co-written and co-recorded with James Levy. “Charles knew what he wanted to …
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