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 »Willie Nelson's 'Ride Me Back Home' Is Another Sturdy Set of Late-Life Wisdom
Two years ago, Willie Nelson delivered God’s Problem Child, a tragicomic heart-stopping meditation on the singer’s rapidly advancing age. A year later, he released an equally sturdy follow-up (2018’s Last Man Standing), and after detouring with his collection of Sinatra standards, the 86-year-old legend is back with Ride Me Back …
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 »Weyes Blood on Stunning New LP, the Titanic Sinking and Climate Change
When Natalie Mering was 12 years old, she stopped watching movies. The singer-songwriter, who performs under the name Weyes Blood (pronounced “wise blood”), didn’t watch a single film for three years. “I was like, ‘This is full of shit,’” the 31-year-old admits. “‘This is just setting everybody up for disappointment. …
Read More »Why Pink Floyd's Nick Mason Finally Went Solo at 75
The former drummer of Pink Floyd is sitting in the catering area backstage at the Beacon Theatre eating from a tiny bowl of pea soup about three hours before his new band, Nick Mason‘s Saucerful of Secrets, make their New York debut. The last time the 75-year-old played a venue …
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 …
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