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Kyle Gass Details Fallout With Jack Black Over Trump Assassination Joke, But Tenacious D Is Not Done
Kyle Gass has been one half of the comedy rock duo Tenacious D with Jack Black for decades, but the band's future seemed to be in doubt in 2024 when Gass cracked a joke about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. The post Kyle Gass Details Fallout With Jack Black Over Trump Assassination Joke, But Tenacious D Is Not Done appeared first on Stereogum.
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After Almost 50 Years, The Beach Boys Are Finally Releasing Adult/Child
In 1976, Brian Wilson returned to the Beach Boys after a period of prolonged absence, even joining the group’s touring lineup for the first time since 1964. With Wilson back in his sonic-mastermind role, the Beach Boys released the cult-favorite 1977 album The Beach Boys Love You, and they planned to follow it with a… The post After Almost 50 Years, The Beach Boys Are Finally Releasing Adult/Child appeared…
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Phil Collins Details Health Struggles, Contemplates First New Music In Decades
Next week, the '80s pop giant Phil Collins will turn 75. In the past few years, there's been some talk about new music from Collins, who hasn't released any original songs since he did the soundtrack for the Disney film Brother Bear in 2003. In a MOJO interview last year, however, Collins said that he's been having health issues that have prevented him from making music: "I keep thinking I should go downstairs to…
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Connie Converse’s How Sad, How Lovely Getting Third Man Reissue: Hear Previously Unreleased “House”
In the late 1940s, a young woman named Connie Converse moved to New York City with aspirations to become a professional singer-songwriter. When that didn’t work out as she’d hoped, she moved to Ann Arbor, MI and took up a job as managing editor of an academic journal. Burned out and deeply unfulfilled, Converse disappeared… The post Connie Converse’s How Sad, How Lovely Getting Third Man Reissue:…
C.Y.M. & Abby Sage Announce New EP My Whole World: Hear The Title Track
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C.Y.M. & Abby Sage Announce New EP My Whole World: Hear The Title Track
In 2019, Vampire Weekend bassist and occasional solo artist Chris Baio got together with Mike Greene, the dance producer better known as Fort Romeau. They formed a duo called C.Y.M. and released a self-titled EP. Last year, C.Y.M. released their debut album, which is also self-titled. Now, Biao and Greene have made a collaborative EP… The post C.Y.M. & Abby Sage Announce New EP My Whole World: Hear The Title Track appeared first on Stereogum.
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Men At Work Denounce Use Of “Down Under” At March For Australia Events
You never have to question which country Men At Work are from because they put it right in the chorus of their biggest hit: "I come from a land down under." That song, the chart-topping early '80s smash "Down Under," has apparently been played at recent events organized by March For Australia, an anti-immigrant movement whose website bears the motto "Our National Identity Will Not Be Erased." Colin Hay's not happy…
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Former Turnstile Guitarist Brady Ebert Launches New Band The S.E.T., Shares First Song
In 2022, Turnstile announced the departure of founding guitarist Brady Ebert, a sudden and shocking change for the band. Ebert and Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates were childhood friends, and their split was ugly enough that courts reportedly got involved. I still have no idea what happened there, and I can only hope that nobody did… The post Former Turnstile Guitarist Brady Ebert Launches New Band The S.E.T.,…
Gregory Uhlmann Announces New Album Extra Stars: Hear “Lucia” (Feat. Alabaster DePlume)
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Gregory Uhlmann Announces New Album Extra Stars: Hear “Lucia” (Feat. Alabaster DePlume)
Guitarist Gregory Uhlmann is one of those musicians who has worked with everybody. Besides co-leading the great LA experimental jazz combo SML, he’s made records with the likes of Meg Duffy and Dustin Wong. He maintains a trio with saxophonist Josh Johnson and bassist Sam Wilkes. He’s been part of the touring band for Duffy’s… The post Gregory Uhlmann Announces New Album Extra Stars: Hear “Lucia” (Feat. Alabaster DePlume) appeared first on Stereogum.
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Winston Hightower Announces New Album 100 Acre Wood: Hear “Lay Low”
Winston Hightower has a new album on the way. The Columbus lo-fi institution will release 100 Acre Wood in April on K’s Perennial imprint. That’s the same label that gave us Sharp Pins, but Hightower’s version of lo-fi is not so obviously Beatles-y. Local forebears Times New Viking’s scrappy, melodic art punk is a reference… The post Winston Hightower Announces New Album 100 Acre Wood: Hear…
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Tinariwen Announce New Album Hoggar: Hear “Sagherat Assani”
Tuareg desert blues greats Tinariwen have been making mind-expanding guitar music for decades; they’re an institution. In a few months, they’ll follow their 2023 album Amatssou with a new LP called Hoggar. They’ll also tour the world, but they can’t play North America because of the current travel ban in place in the US. According… The post Tinariwen Announce New Album Hoggar: Hear…
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Anna Butterss, From Adelaide To Enfield
Anna Butterss is an Australian-born bassist who's been living in the US for a decade and a half, and in that time has become a key supporting player on two seemingly unrelated scenes. As a member of guitarist Jeff Parker's Enfield Tennis Academy (ETA for short) quartet and the collective SML (pictured above), a collaborator with Makaya McCraven and a solo artist, they are a vital member of the LA jazz underground;…
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Lone Announces New Album Hyperphantasia: Hear “Life Spark”
UK producer Matt Culter has been making playfully psychedelic rave music under the name Lone for nearly two decades. The last Lone album was Always Inside Your Head, and it came out way back in 2021. Since then, though, he’s cranked out singles like “Triton,” “Ascension.png,” and “Sickly, Sweetly Summer Movie.” All of those tracks… The post Lone Announces New Album…