Ruston Kelly was in the middle of a years-long existential crisis when he left his own body and watched himself sitting at his piano. An astral projection. He was sober, clean from drugs for a few years. An apparition approached him while he floated. It was Jesus. As the figure came closer to Kelly, the…
Yusuf/Cat Stevens has canceled a North American book tour in support of his memoir Cat on the Road to Findout due to visa issues. The events were to feature conversations and stripped-down performances and were set to begin Thursday (Oct. 2) in Philadelphia. “Waiting months for visa approvals, we held out as long as we…
Bad Bunny will be the first Puerto Rican artist to headline Apple Music’s Super Bowl Halftime Show on Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Ca. The news was revealed tonight (Sept. 28) following weeks of speculation about potential stars Taylor Swift and Adele. “What I’m feeling goes beyond myself,” said the artist, who…
I circled this date from the second it was announced. Daniel’s album “Panama ‘77” was my favorite of 2022. Lados B, from 2023, was also on my short list of favorites from the year. So seeing what this poly hybrid of psychedelic jazz, fashioned with DEEP grooves, could do in a live setting was a…
Shoegaze heroes Hum and Chapterhouse will reunite for the third Slide Away festival, which is organized by Philadelphia band Nothing and will visit Brooklyn, N.Y., Chicago and Los Angeles in May 2026. It will be Hum’s first shows since 2019 and the 2021 death of drummer Bryan St. Pere, while Chapterhouse will be on stage…
You know Seth MacFarlane’s voice. You’ve heard it a million times as Peter, Brian, and Stewie Griffin. Or maybe as Stan and Roger Smith on “American Dad!” Or maybe as the eponymous bear from the Ted movies. If you’ve seen a Seth MacFarlane vehicle, you’ve not only heard his voice plenty, but you know that…
It takes guts to call yourself the world’s best American band. To be fair, White Reaper never technically did that. They just released an album in 2017 called The World’s Best American Band, stocked it with top-to-bottom arena-slash-convertible rock reminiscent of the opening of an ’80s movie shot in a high school parking lot establishing…
Even in our post-genre era, Doja Cat remains hard to pigeonhole. Since hitting superstardom in 2019, her hits have shifted between hip-hop, pop, R&B, Afrobeat, and even indie singer-songwriter. But even with all that, I didn’t expect Vie. In the lead-up, buzz suggested Vie would be a retro pop album. And it is, but let’s…
Although official numbers are still being confirmed, Zach Bryan broke the record for largest U.S. concert last night (Sept. 27) in front of 112,000 fans at Michigan Stadium on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Mi., just edging out the 110,905 mark set by George Strait in 2024 in College Station, Tx. “This…
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder revived his side band, Earthlings, for the first time in two years last night (Sept. 26) to close the first night of his annual Ohana festival in Dana Point, Ca. The group, which also features guitarists Andrew Watt, Josh Klinghoffer and Glen Hansard, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith…
