** Australian singer/songwriter Courtney Barnett is eyeing a March 27 release for her fourth Mom+Pop Music album, Creature of Habit, and has also revealed a new single, “Site Unseen,” with a vocal assist from Waxahatchee (aka Katie Crutchfield) . See the video below. Per her rep, Barnett wrote Creature of Habit “in the wake of…
On a balmy autumn night in 2021 at Lincoln Center, Lido Pimienta made history as the first woman of color to compose for the New York City Ballet. The classical piece she created for the occasion, Lux Aeterna, scored a collaboration between the Colombian-Canadian singer and choreographer Andrea Miller called sky to hold. A year…
Music stars such as Jelly Roll, Lizzo and Feid are among the dozens of performers lending a hand at the next Netflix Is a Joke festival, which will overtake Los Angeles from May 4-10 and also feature appearances by Kevin Hart, Nate Bargatze, Shane Gillis, John Mulaney, Seth Rogen and Jerry Seinfeld. Jelly Roll will…
Singer/songwriter Noah Kahan is heralding the follow-up to 2022’s omnipresent Stick Season with the Jan. 30 release of a new Mercury single, “The Great Divide.” Kahan co-wrote the track with longtime collaborator Gabe Simon and has been playing it routinely since its live debut in April 2024. No other details have yet been announced regarding…
Dave Grohl’s 19-year-old daughter Violet pays tribute to late filmmaker David Lynch on her new single, “What’s Heaven Without You,” which she released on Bandcamp today (Jan. 20) in honor of what would have been Lynch’s 80th birthday. The track was produced by Justin Raisen (Kim Gordon, Yves Tumor) and Anthony Paul Lopez, and was…
“Aperture,” the first single from Harry Styles’ new Columbia album KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY., will arrive worldwide Thursday (Jan. 22) at 7pm ET. As reported last week, the 12-song KISS ALL THE TIME will be released March 6 and was executive produced by longtime collaborator Kid Harpoon. It can be pre-ordered on CD,…
Lucinda Williams has known strange times before these. When she thinks back to her days as a teenage antiwar activist in late-1960s New Orleans, she remembers the first songs that helped her feel connected and sane during another period of societal unrest: the old spiritual “We Shall Overcome” and Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War.” Now…
It’s a sunny afternoon in Los Angeles, and Jordan Benjamin, the artist known as Grandson, is relaxed outside his favorite local coffee spot. He’s sitting at a small table right on the sidewalk, talking about his newest album, when his least favorite neighbor comes rolling up behind him. When he turns and looks over his…
As the original thrash generation’s feistiest and most outspoken bandleader, Dave Mustaine has left a defining mark on heavy metal. After being fired as Metallica’s founding lead guitarist on the eve of the band’s 1983 debut album, he went on to form the unlikely rival powerhouse Megadeth, a platinum-selling thrash-metal act that has remained his…
Kid Capri had a serious wake-up call in 2023. He was 56 years old and had just been diagnosed with thyroid cancer—yet he kept it to himself. That year marked the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, a culture the Bronx native helped pioneer, and there was work to do. He curated the BET Awards, introduced Derek…
