Måneskin frontman Damiano David is the latest guest on the SPIN Presents Lipps Service podcast, during which he joins host Scott Lipps for a discussion about his May 16 solo debut album, FUNNY little FEARS, which he will support with a global tour and appearances at such festivals as Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza. David also talks about recruiting his Måneskin…
To commemorate one year since the passing of beloved musician/engineer Steve Albini, his estate has launched a web site dubbed Steve Albini’s Closet to sell highlights from his vast collection of vinyl, CDs, original art and books, plus yet-to-be-detailed books, zines, t-shirts, posters, “enthusiasms” and “mysterious bargains.” “Steve pursued many fields of interest, and most…
Pearl Jam have extended their association with The Last of Us video game and HBO series by releasing a four-song EP of their songs that have been used in both. In tandem with game developer Naughty Dog, the band rounded up the studio versions of “Future Days” and “All or None,” a 2024 take on…
San Francisco’s Portola Festival will once again boast a drool-worthy lineup of electronic music favorites when it sets up shop Sept. 20-21 at Pier 80 with headliners LCD Soundsystem and Dom Dolla, plus an undercard loaded with Christina Aguilera, the Chemical Brothers, Peggy Gou, Blood Orange, Rico Nasty, Moby, Underworld and the Prodigy. Portola will…
Sam Beste has played with Amy Winehouse, Beth Orton, and MF Doom, but as the Vernon Spring, the British pianist-composer-producer takes a more experimental route. On his second album, Under a Familiar Sun, Beste layers, loops, and strings together field recordings, vocal samples, spoken word, and spare piano melodies, forming an allusive/elusive collage. Beste keeps…
“See if you can spot this one,” Eric Clapton told the small audience in a Windsor television studio in January 1992, just before he began playing a dramatically different arrangement of one of his signature songs. Three seconds into the slower but still somewhat identifiable version of the opening riff of his 1970 Derek and…
It has been 50 years since CBGB birthed the New York rock explosion led by Patti Smith, Talking Heads and the Ramones — a legacy that will be honored Sept. 27 at the first CBGB Festival. The event will be headlined by Iggy Pop and Jack White and will take place at Under the K…
In late October of 2024, Primus and their fans were shocked when longtime drummer Tim “Herb” Alexander abruptly announced that he was leaving the trio. Primus—which also features ubiquitous bassist/singer Les Claypool and guitarist Larry “Ler” LaLonde—had been here before. This was the third time Alexander quit the band. He was the drummer on their…
The Weeknd began his After Hours Til Dawn stadium tour last night (May 9) in front of 60,000 fans at State Farm Stadium in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, during which he debuted portions of seven songs from his latest album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, and welcomed opening act Playboi Carti for two others in the…
After releasing the single “Who Laughs Last” with unlikely special guest Kristen Stewart, Lord Huron have revealed plans for their firth album, The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1. The 12-track effort will arrive July 18 from Mercury Records and includes latest track “Looking Back,” which is flecked by cello and harp. “The weight of your past…
