Stephen Malkmus offers a glimpse at his life and upcoming album, Sparkle Hard, in a new short documentary from director Brook Linder. The clip opens with Malkmus working on his tennis stroke and goes on to show the musician partaking in other slightly quotidian, slightly offbeat activities, such as riding …
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Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSD) – the site of the tragic February shooting in Parkland, Florida – honored the victims in their poignant video for “Shine.” Sawyer Garrity and Andrea Peña, the MSD students who co-wrote the piano ballad, perform throughout the school in the clip. The …
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Ariana Grande and Jimmy Fallon squared off in a “Musical Genre Challenge” on Tuesday’s Tonight Show, attempting to perform pop and rap songs in seemingly incompatible styles. Grande, a noted vocal chameleon,pressed the “Random Genre Generator” button and received Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble” in a “goth-rock” style, which she interpreted as …
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Suede will release their eighth studio album, The Blue Hour, on September 21st. The Alan Moulder-produced LP marks the final installment of a trilogy (following 2013’s Bloodsports and 2016’s Night Thoughts) since their 2010 reunion. In a mysterious statement about the album, the British alt-rock band noted that the title …
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Tim Bergling,the Swedish DJ-producer who performed as Avicii, died of an apparent suicide. Bergling’s family shared a statement about the musician’s death, saying, “He really struggled with thoughts about meaning, life, happiness. He could not go on any longer. He wanted to find peace.” “Our beloved Tim was a seeker, …
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Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon dubbedQuestlovea “human Shazam” on Tuesday’s episode, and the Roots drummer backed up that lofty title during a jaw-dropping Prince edition of “One Second Song Quiz.” Fallon played the musician a series of second-long clips: the drums from “Raspberry Beret,” the swirling intro to “Baby I’m …
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The Rolling Stones announced a string of major British rock and pop acts for each date oftheir upcoming U.K. summer tour. Liam Gallagher will open the first London gig andFlorence and the Machinewill open the second night. The Vaccines will open in Southampton, the Specials in Coventry, Richard Ashcroft in …
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Ashley Monroe, SparrowMiranda Lambert’s sidekick in Pistol Annies loves vintage Countrypolitan drama, and she channels it here in Technicolor, with lots of orchestral strings and “Ode To Billie Joe” folk guitar via retro-wizard producer Dave Cobb. It’s kitsch, emotionally weaponized: See “Hands On You,” a contender …
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Father John Misty released two new songs, “Disappointing Diamonds Are the Rarest of Them All” and “Just Dumb Enough to Try,” from his forthcoming album, God’s Favorite Customer, out June 1st via Sub Pop/Bella Union. “Disappointing Diamonds Are the Rarest of Them All” finds Father John Misty cutting through a …
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The Cars returned to their airtight New Wave hits on Saturday when they performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland. The band opened with “You Might Think,” a brisk Top Ten single from 1984, which gave guitarist Elliot Easton a chance to play a …
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