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,…
* Def Leppard is returning to Las Vegas for a third residency, following previous runs in 2013 and 2019. The long-running U.K. rock band will be back in action for 12 shows on Feb. 3-28. 2026 at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace; tickets go on sale to the general public on July 25. “Las Vegas…
Zach Bryan tapped New Jersey rock’n’roll godfather Bruce Springsteen for two guest appearances last night (July 20) at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., providing an extra lift to the last of three sold-out shows at the stadium. Bryan brought out Springsteen for a version of the latter’s “Atlantic City,” which they’d previously performed in…
It’s a tired narrative, yet the headlines persist. “Can so-and-so band save rock ‘n roll?” “Is such-and-such artist here to save guitar music?” More from Spin: Grinderman: That Time Nick Cave Got Down And Dirty New Tyler, The Creator Album Coming Monday Wu-Tang Clan Wind Down ‘Final’ Tour With Guest Stars Probably not. As they…
Nick Cave needed Grinderman to break free. After a decade that saw two albums of mournful love songs, one career-first critically reviled (and since rehabilitated) release, and a double-LP that felt like a spiritual rebirth, there appeared to be little room for the aching sexual nastiness and sardonic lyricism that marked earlier Bad Seeds records….
Billie Eilish is teaming with Terminator, Titantic and Avatar director James Cameron for a 3D project, which the singer announced yesterday (July 19) while onstage in Manchester, England. The exact nature of the collaboration hasn’t been confirmed, but it will encompass footage shot at Eilish’s four Manchester concerts through Wednesday. “So, you may have noticed…
