Chappell Roan will complete a touring victory lap this fall with newly announced shows in New York, Kansas City, Mo., and Los Angeles, all while teasing a new single, “The Subway,” for release on Aug. 1 through Island. The artist will visit Forest Hills Stadium on Sept. 20-21, 23-24, Kansas City’s Museum and Memorial Park…
On a sweltering midsummer day in New York City, J Balvin is being chauffeured to a promotional stop for his new album Mixteip, released July 17. In the past decade, the Colombian superstar is often credited as catapulting reggaeton back into the mainstream while introducing Latin music to new places and massive stages. At 40,…
Michael “Fitz” Fitzpatrick is on vacation with his family, which includes three young sons. It’s a brief getaway for the Fitz and the Tantrums frontperson, coming just ahead of the release of the band’s sixth album, Man on the Moon, and a 31-date headlining summer tour. “So much testosterone and shitty listening,” he says of…
The self-titled 1973 album released by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks before they joined Fleetwood Mac will be reissued Sept. 19 by Rhino after being out of print and embroiled in rights issues for nearly 50 years. The long-bootlegged Buckingham Nicks is resurfacing on vinyl and will also be available digitally and on CD. The…
Days after staging what were advertised as his farewell live performances as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne died today (July 22) at the age of 76 after struggling with significant health issues for many years. “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that…
For Minelli, pop music has never just been about hits. It’s been about voice — not just the one that’s sung, but the one that tells the truth. With Mixed Feelings (opening season), the Romanian artist opens a new chapter, not by chasing the charts — though she’s more than capable of dominating them —…
Bassist Terence “Geezer” Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi, lead singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward were all between the ages of 18 and 20 when they began playing together in Birmingham. Naming themselves after an Italian horror film in early 1969, Black Sabbath recorded their self-titled debut by the end of that year. Over the…
Readers of this site should be well versed with Chris Forsyth’s work. We have covered him extensively through the years with a variety of his projects. Currently, his focus is on the trio Basic with Mikel Patrick Avery and Doug McCombs. EricPh posted a fantastic Basic recording and interesting insight into the project’s formation just…
Hayley Williams was a 13-year-old kid with a big voice when she moved from Mississippi to Tennessee and attracted the attention of music industry figures who thought she had a future as a solo star. Instead, Williams wanted to start a punk band with a few Tennessee teenagers, and over the next few years, Paramore…
Before Joe Keery became famous for his role as the big-haired, lovable Steve Harrington on Stranger Things, he was a founding member, drummer, and guitarist for the psych-prog rock band Post Animal. While his character—a bully and foil to Charlie Heaton’s Jonathan Byers—was supposed to be killed off by the end of the first season,…
