The first thing that strikes you about Ian Sweet‘s bright, bracing indie-pop is the tension between Jilian Medford’s diminutive voice and the huge, candied tumult she’s creating and hurling her voice into, and against. It gives off the feeling of someone being transported, or falling into or maybe even being …
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Singer-songwriter Tony Joe White, a prolific tunesmith whose swamp-soaked 1968 pop hit “Polk Salad Annie,” reflected his Louisiana upbringing, died yesterday, Wednesday, October 24th, of natural causes at his home in Leipers Fork, Tennessee, just outside Nashville. He was 75. White, who had a Top Ten record with “Polk Salad …
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Samantha Bee examined the Trump Administration’s latest attack on trans rights while highlighting the “rainbow wave” building ahead of the 2018 midterms on Full Frontal Wednesday. Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that the Department of Health and Human Services was working to create a legal definition of …
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Over the past three decades, Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett has been one of the foremost collectors of horror-movie posters and paraphernalia. In a new interview with Sotheby’s— which is auctioning a particularly rare poster for the 1932 adaptation of The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff — he details his history with the …
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Gibson is ready to reemerge from the dark. On Tuesday, half a year after filing for bankruptcy and going through a complete restructuring,the Nashville guitar maker announced an all-new leadership team, led by James “JC” Curleigh, currently global president of clothing company Levi Strauss & Co. He will take over …
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It would be an understatement to say that YouTube is not happy with the European Parliament right now. Last month, the EU’s legislative group gave a green light to a bundle of controversial copyright reform aimed at updating creative rights protection for the digital age — and one particular facet …
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“I hope I’m able to give a sense of what the vibe was like in New York in the Seventies,” Blondie guitarist Chris Stein says of his new photo book, Point of View: Me, New York City and the Punk Scene, due out Tuesday. “It’s not that long ago, but …
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Anderson East goes full soul-singing bandleader in a sultry pair of performances from the latest episode of Austin City Limits. The Alabama native is joined by a hearty array of musicians for “All on My Mind,” including horns, backup singers, and even a four-piece string section. East, sweaty and disheveled, …
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With this year’s Greetings From the Neon Frontier, the Wild Feathers planted their feet on both sides of the country-rock border, mixing amplified guitars and road-dog ruggedness with the soothing salve of their three-part harmonies. It’s fitting, then, that the band will wrap up a busy 2018 by hitting the …
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Bad Religion observe an American human rights crisis on their surging new song “The Profane Rights of Man.”Frontman Greg Graffin rails against the “criminal” elite over trademark punk riffs, belting, “And so it turns, the bourgeoisie/ The bastard child of democracy/ Morphs into aristocracy.” The sextet build tension throughout the …
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