Fender announced today that they’re releasing a new update on their popular Player II guitar line called the Player II Modified. This new guitars take some of the immensely popular Player II models and add upgrades to them that many owners would do to their own guitars, like the addition of noiseless pickups, locking tuners…
“It feels so surreal and just absolutely wild,” Warren tells me from her home in Austin, a framed print of Milton Glaser’s 1966 psychedelic profile portrait of Bob Dylan hanging on the wall behind her, referring to the imposter syndrome she constantly feels about getting signed by a major label and having her lifelong dream…
Janelle Monae, the Roots and Jacob Collier will headline the 71st edition of the Newport Jazz Festival, which will be held Aug. 1-3 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, R.I. The event takes place the weekend after the Newport Folk Festival on the same grounds. Also set to appear on the Jazz bill, which…
Founded in 2023 by Andre Benz and Brandon De Oliveira, Broke Records is an independent record label, publisher, and distributor headquartered in New York City. The company was built with a clear mission: to support culturally relevant artists through digital marketing, sharp communication, and compelling storytelling. In an industry where major labels still dominate, Broke…
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard revel in a horn-dominant boogie rock motif on “Deadstick,” the second track to emerge from their 27th album, Phantom Island. The project will be released June 13 through the band’s own (p)doom records label and is a companion to last year’s Flight b741, with the material on both albums…
As promised, Arcade Fire will perform their upcoming Columbia album, Pink Elephant, in its entirety at a series of underplay shows in North America over the next several weeks. The run begins April 22-23 in Mexico City and wraps May 5 in Philadelphia, four days before the arrival of the new project. Presales will take…
Three years after his headline-making trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, Johnny Depp popped back onto Hollywood’s radar — and he’s rocking a brand new look. On Monday, April 14, Lionsgate dropped the first photo from Day Drinker, an upcoming thriller currently filming in Spain. In the image, the 61-year-old Pirates of the Caribbean actor is…
Taylor Swift is a pro at handling unexpected mishaps on stage — the Eras Tour alone had the pop star accidentally swallowing bugs — and that calm demeanor is “Nothing New.” As is well-known to fans heavily versed in Swiftian lore, when the “Fifteen” singer, now 35, was a teenager, she moved from her hometown…
Joey Kramer, a drummer from the Bronx, came up with the band name Aerosmith in high school, and wrote it all over his notebooks long before he started the band that would eventually bear that name. While attending Boston’s Berklee College of Music, Kramer began playing with guitarist Joe Perry and bassist Tom Hamilton, and…
Curren$y is standing in the TSA line at the New Orleans airport on his way to Los Angeles, where he’s scheduled for a photo shoot. His latest album, Never Catch Us, has just arrived and, par for the course, is a master class in lyricism, highlighted by his native Nawlins drawl and nonchalant delivery. Produced…
