Touring and Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual hit shelves—and the music business’ consciousness—in 2023. This year, the much-needed audiobook for the 600+ page book was released. Edited by award-winning psychotherapist and music industry health consultant Tamsin Embleton, who founded the nonprofit Music Industry Therapist Collective in 2018, the longtime music professional contributed the introduction…
The War on Drugs celebrated their annual Drugcember to Remember residency at Philadelphia club Johnny Brenda’s last week by welcoming special guests Joe Walsh, the Hold Steady’s Craig Finn, Real Estate’s Martin Courtney and founding member Kurt Vile at various points throughout. On Dec. 20, Vile was part of a War on Drugs throwback by…
Gracie Abrams, The National’s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon have teamed for the single “Sold Out,” which they released today (Dec. 22) exclusively on Bandcamp. The song was written following a 2024 school shooting but the artists opted to put it out now following several recent, tragic gun-related incidents. “We made this song…
It’s never easy for independent artists to reach fans and build a career in today’s competitive music industry. But platforms like TuneCore allow musicians to self-release their work to every streaming service without the help of a label, and every year some of the most talented and driven DIY acts break through on their own…
Robert Glasper closed out a week of shows at the new Blue Note Jazz Club in Los Angeles last night (Dec. 21) by welcoming Stevie Wonder for a guest appearance on the latter’s classic song “Golden Lady.” See a clip below. The artists have been friends and collaborators for many years, with Wonder contributing harmonica…
When Kevin Bacon got bludgeoned to death in bed while smoking a post-coital joint in the 1980 classic Friday the 13th (four years before hitting it big in Footloose), it began a frightful and fruitful entertainment trajectory for him and his family. He went on to star in a string of horror and sci-fi flicks…
Skrillex performs onstage during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 3, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. (Credit: Natasha Moustache/Getty Images) With his album F*CK U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT, there were simply no rules. The album, released on April 1 (but no joke), is listened to as a seamless live mix. The 34 track, 46 minute journey…
“The villain is the character that the people remember,” said actor Udo Kier, an icon of world cinema who’s carved out his own specific niche of Euro-flavored antagonists in a career spanning six decades. But remembrance, and inevitable reverence, for villains bears a divisiveness as we’re morally conditioned to demonize them. (Credit: Getty Images) The…
Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard will host the first episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live of 2026, with musical guest A$AP Rocky joining the fun on Jan. 17. Rocky’s long-awaited new album, Don’t Be Dumb, will be released the day before by A$AP Worldwide/RCA. It’s the follow-up to 2018’s Testing, which debuted at No. 4…
After weeks of breathless online speculation, British rapper EsDeeKid and actor Timothée Chalamet confirmed Friday (Dec. 19) that they aren’t, in fact, the same person by appearing together in a video for a remix of the former’s song “4 Raws.” It’s also no surprise that the reveal came just ahead of the Dec. 25 wide…
