The meaning of the word Samsara (the cycle of death) may imply the opposite of Nirvana (the circle of life), yet the New York band of the same name is not unlike the iconic grunge band that still defines an era of misfit musicians from the 90’s. Yet the alt rock band, SAMSARA’s musical oscillation and talent stands on its own merit.
Rush will celebrate a milestone anniversary by hitting the road next year for the first time since the 2015 death of legendary drummer Neil Peart. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, who are both now 72, will be joined for the shows by new drummer Anika Nilles, who previously played with Jeff Beck and has released four solo albums.
Bringing an inspired DJ set to the Pacific Northwest’s Deschutes County Fairgrounds, indie-electronic favorites Passion Pit joined Disclosure, Sylvan Esso, TroyBoi, Big Gigantic, Chromeo (DJ Set) and others for the storied Cascade Equinox festival. Passion Pit front man Michael Angelakos also joined up with hyperpop/dubstep artist Tracey Brakes for an epic b2b during the set.
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Bad Bunny will be the first Puerto Rican artist to headline Apple Music’s Super Bowl Halftime Show on Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Ca. The news was revealed tonight (Sept. 28) following weeks of speculation about potential stars Taylor Swift and Adele.
Post Malone, Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson will headline the annual Stagecoach festival on April 24-26 at Empire Polo Club in Indio, Ca., as part of a wildly diverse lineup that moves ever farther from the event’s country roots.
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One More Time constitutes Aerosmith’s first new music in 12 years and was produced by Matt Schwartz. Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford and Tom Hamilton all participated in the recording sessions, although Guns N’ Roses/Velvet Revolver’s Matt Sorum sat in for ailing drummer Joey Kramer.
Tickets are on sale now for AMC Theaters screenings and hundreds of others around the globe.
Was there ever a time before Margaret Cho? For as long as I can remember, the ever-relevant, effortlessly funny comedian—who also counts actor, musician, and entrepreneur on her résumé—has been part of the zeitgeist.
Blending the grandiosity of arena rock with the refinement of orchestral music,
Bad Bunny and Amazon Music are teaming for a variety of initiatives based in the artist’s native Puerto Rico, including a global livestream of a newly added Sept. 20 finale for his No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí: Una Más residency at José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan.
Extending a New York-area tradition since 2017, LCD Soundsystem will be back in action this winter with another residency, this time comprising 12 shows across three weekends at Knockdown Center in Maspeth, Queens. Dates for the Bowery Presents-produced run begin Nov. 20 and conclude Dec. 13.
That song ultimately appeared on the band’s international debut album, 2014’s BABYMETAL, along with the driving, swirling “Gimme Chocolate!!”
It was just last year that Michelle Buzz and Lance Shipp, two seasoned Los Angeles-based pop songwriters, were feeling a little burnt out, and decided to do something different on the weekends for fun.
My Chemical Romance has covered Smashing Pumpkins’ 1995 rock radio staple “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” on a handful of occasions during its massive summer tour, but the rendition tonight (Aug. 29) at Chicago’s Soldier Field had extra bite. The group welcomed Pumpkins frontman and Windy City native Billy Corgan to guest on the tune, which closed the evening.
As the music industry continues to transform, a new wave of artists is redefining genres, pushing creative boundaries, and captivating audiences around the world.
In the middle of a rainstorm in Miami, Mau y Ricky are finding shelter in the place where they feel most at home—the recording studio.
Bon Jovi have rounded up a deep roster of special guests for an updated version of their 2024 album Forever, which will reappear Oct. 24 via Island in a new Legendary Edition.
Home is a feeling. Home can be a mountain, an island, a stranger’s home where you’re welcomed like family.
Pusha and No Malice had already begun performing “Chains & Whips,” the studio version of which features Lamar, when the artist himself emerged from the back of the stage to rhyme his verse. Afterward, he took a moment to salute the influence of Clipse, whose recent album, Let God Sort Em Out, was their first in nearly 16 years.
Mastodon saluted late member Brent Hinds at the end of its first show ever in Alaska last night (Aug. 22), a day after the guitarist, who left the band in March, was killed in an Atlanta motorcycle accident. See fan-shot footage from the Alaska State Fair performance below.
Chicago has a way of making music feel bigger than sound. It’s in the air, the skyline, and woven into the city’s history —
The last time I saw John Power, frontperson of Cast, was at a mutual friend’s wedding, where he was throwing up out of the hotel window. That was 24 years ago. When I remind him, he says, “Well, you know, those were hedonistic days.”
Maye Osorio couldn’t sleep. One day, while buying a yoga mat at the Grand Central Market’s Bazaar in Downtown Los Angeles, she found out why.
Chancellor and Burr (on drums) drove the rhythm section on “Too Many Puppies,” while Stone manned the drum kit for a cover of King Crimson’s “Thela Hun Ginjeet,” which Primus had only performed a handful of times since 1994. See fan-shot footage below.
As I pull up to Sunny War’s small, red and black Craftsman bungalow, the last remnants of the 4 inches of snow that fell earlier in the week are melting under the blue, cloudless sky over her historic Glenwood neighborhood in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
A week after surprising fans with a drop of 17 new singles, Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams has unveiled a video for the song “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party.” Described as a “portrait” of the artist’s Nashville hometown, the Zachary Gray-directed clip finds her milling around the city’s popular Broadway district, hanging out with Tennessee House of Representative Justin Jones and even belting out some tunes in a karaoke bar.
Lady Gaga (12), Bruno Mars (11) and Kendrick Lamar (10) lead the nominees for the 2025 edition of the MTV Video Music Awards, which will air live for the first time on CBS on Sept. 7 from UBS Arena just outside Manhattan. The show will also be simulcast on MTV and stream on Paramount+ in the United States.
Though the final Talking Heads album came out in 1988, the band never really went away.
Jazz trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire has a recurring theme in his music: owls.
Jack Antonoff and Bleachers rolled out a host of high-profile guests last night (July 25) during their closing set at the Newport Folk Festival, including Paramore’s Hayley Williams for a brand new song as well as Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, Waxahatchee, Weyes Blood, Maren Morris, Rufus Wainwright and Dan Reeder.
Michael “Fitz” Fitzpatrick is on vacation with his family, which includes three young sons. It’s a brief getaway for the Fitz and the Tantrums frontperson, coming just ahead of the release of the band’s sixth album, Man on the Moon, and a 31-date headlining summer tour.
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.
It’s natural that Jakob Nowell might not want to be told this.
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.
I don’t remember how I discovered the British-invasion-inspired band HOA, but I was confused when I came across one of the group’s 2024 singles, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow (I Love You).” The music sounded uncannily like the Beatles and the band even looked like them.
For the first and last time, venerated L.A. rock bands X and Los Lobos will join forces for a historic co-headlining tour that gets underway in Denver on July 19th. The extensive ’99 Years of Rock n’ Roll’ Tour of North America runs through late November and not only celebrates the respective 48- and 51-year tenures of these musical trailblazers but does so with each of their actual original line-ups in place.
Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy has rounded up 30 new songs for his latest solo album, Twilight Override, which will be spread across three different discs upon their Sept. 26 release by the band’s dBpm Records. The tracks “One Tiny Flower,” “Out in the Dark,” “Stray Cats in Spain” and “Enough” are available to sample below.
Fresh off what was billed as his final live performances as a solo artist and as a member of Black Sabbath last weekend in Birmingham, England, Ozzy Osbourne has set an Oct. 7 release for his second memoir, Last Rites, from Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group.
McCartney is showing no signs of slowing down. The 83-year-old Beatle will embark on a fall North American leg of his Got Back tour, starting Sept. 29 in Palm Desert, Ca. Dates are on the books through Nov. 24-25 in Chicago.
2000s era New York rock outfit the Rapture will return to the live stage later this year for their first tour since 2012 and first shows of any kind since four California-area one-offs in 2020. The trek will begin Sept. 16 in Minneapolis and run through Nov. 23 in Barcelona; click here for tickets, which go on sale tomorrow (July 9).
Wedding comedy with difficult subject matter is serious business.
In a stunning development, drummer Matt Cameron, who joined Pearl Jam in 1998 shortly after Soundgarden split up, is stepping away from the band.
Bad Boy Records mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was found not guilty this morning (July 2) on the three most serious of the five criminal charges filed against him last year involving sex trafficking and racketeering, but he was found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
Kendrick Lamar, Tyler, the Creator, Nas, John Legend and the-Dream all lend a hand on LET GOD SORT EM OUT, the first new Clipse album in nearly 16 years. As previously reported, the project, due July 11, was produced by longtime collaborator Pharrell Williams.
Weeks after jamming with former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne at Governors Ball in New York, Olivia Rodrigo welcomed the Cure’s Robert Smith to duet on his band’s classics “Friday I’m in Love” and “Just Like Heaven” yesterday (June 29) at the Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England.
While most of Public Enemy’s biggest songs — including “Fight the Power” and “Don’t Believe the Hype” —
“Thank you so much for being with us on the day that Virgin is born,” the New Zealand-reared singer told the crowd. “We decided to play the whole record for you, front to back. This may be a one of one, you know? I didn’t know if I’d make another record to be honest, but I am back here, completely free. And I’m so grateful to you for waiting.”
Taylor Swift gave her first public performance since the fall 2024 conclusion of her Eras Tour last night (June 24) at Nashville’s 1,200-capacity Brooklyn Bowl, as she hopped onstage during a Kane Brown-led benefit for an impromptu version of her hit “Shake It Off.” See fan-shot footage below.
My Morning Jacket are expanding their summer and fall North American tour with five new shows featuring a complete performance of their 2005 album Z, in honor of the latter’s 20th anniversary. The dates will be tacked onto previously announced stands in Denver (Aug. 15), Los Angeles (Aug. 19), Brooklyn, N.Y. (Oct. 16), Chicago (Oct. 26) and Atlanta (Nov. 1).
Gareth Liddiard snarls wearily about a quarter of the way through the nearly 9-minute title track of Tropical Fuck Storm’s new album, the band’s fourth. It’s familiar territory for the Australian quartet, who’ve been celebrating catastrophe and embracing disaster since they formed in 2017. (The name of their 2024 live record: Tropical Fuck Storm’s Inflatable Graveyard). But Fairyland Codex, arriving on June 20, carries a new undertone: sadness.
Young Thug got a big lift from Travis Scott, Ken Carson and his Atlanta hip-hop predecessor T.I. tonight (June 22) during his first major live appearance since being released from prison in October 2024. His set capped the three-day Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash festival outside Chicago and, beyond the guest spots, also featured several live debuts, rarities and covers.
“So, for this next song, I thought I’d bring a friend out. And let me tell you, she is the biggest brat,” Lipa said by way of introducing Charli. The pair shared vocals and showed off their dance moves while singing the smash hit on the smaller B-stage, harkening back to Lipa’s appearance on the BRAT remix album version of “Talk Talk.”
That track, “Butterfly,” is the debut from J-pop four-octave girl group Bi-Ray — the latest stars-in-the-making from Japan, produced and formed by legendary composer, Yoshiki.
The first trailer has emerged from Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, a feature film chronicle of Bruce Springsteen making his classic 1982 album Nebraska. The Boss is portrayed by The Bear star Jeremy Allen White in a movie directed by Crazy Heart‘s Scott Cooper and based on Warren Zanes’ book of the same name. It will be released Oct. 24 by 20th Century Studios.
A sightless, millennial African-American who lived an itinerant childhood before finding her community in Seattle, Brittany Davis has long described herself as a vessel through which any number of musical spirits freely move.
You hear Mary Halvorson play a guitar once—it sticks with you.
When she was in college, Zoë Dominguez challenged herself to write a feminist rock song. She knew that assigning personal stakes to a big social issue would be difficult, but that was the whole point.
The idea to team up was hatched during the SNL 50 anniversary concert earlier this year, when the New Wave-era heroes performed alongside more modern acts such as Post Malone, Lady Gaga and Bad Bunny. “Believe or not, we’ve never done more than a festival or two together in all this time,” says the B-52s’ Cindy Wilson..
Singer-songwriter Dunja World returns with a stunning new release, “The Last Bridge,” a deeply personal and cinematic track produced by Grammy-winner Ben Wisch. This single stands as the first of six songs from her upcoming EP, “Intimate Time with World,” and marks a defining moment in Dunja’s evolving artistry—one that blends vulnerability, emotional complexity, and lyrical storytelling like no other.
Eddie Vedder capped the world premiere screening of the new documentary Matter of Time last night (June 12) at New York’s Spring Studios with a six-song acoustic performance, frequently pausing to salute the families struggling with the debilitating skin disease Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) who are profiled in the film.
Pop is often defined by strong beats and catchy lyrics, but introspective songwriting and genre-bending sounds often push the music to new levels, leaving listeners not just wanting, but craving more.
For the last 20+ years, Billy Martin has played some of the biggest imaginable stages as the lead guitarist of Good Charlotte, and he brought his trusty PRS guitars with him every step of the way.
Brian Wilson, who revolutionized popular music from humble origins in Hawthorne, Ca., and led the Beach Boys to global superstardom, has died at the age of 82, per a statement from his family. The music legend had been in poor health for many years and was unable to care for himself after the death of his wife Melinda in January 2024.
Jeff Goldblum is not your typical song and dance man. He’s still best known as an actor, playing roles both quirky and intelligent, as leading man or eccentric supporting player, in anything from serious dramas to popcorn epics like Jurassic Park and Independence Day.
Olivia Rodrigo once again crossed the generational divide by welcoming Talking Heads frontman David Byrne onstage last night (June 7) during her Governors Ball headlining set in New York for a performance of his vintage band’s “Burning Down the House.” Talking Heads celebrated the 50th anniversary of their first show two days earlier.
Tame Impala leader Kevin Parker gave fans quite the thrill last night (June 7) during a DJ set at Barcelona’s Nitsa Club, when he debuted a song from what’s expected to be the group’s first new album since early 2020. A major Tame Impala tour is also in the works, with details expected in the coming weeks.
Days ahead of the release of his long-awaited new album, Tha Carter VI, Lil Wayne has announced plans for an extensive summer tour in support of it. The shows will start July 30 in Bristow, Va., and conclude Oct. 2 in West Palm Beach, Fl. Opening acts include Tyga, Belly Gang Kushington and NoCap.
Barely a year out from her inescapable “Espresso,” Sabrina Carpenter has another new song ready to soundtrack the summer.
Beloved New York-reared indie trio Ivy were inactive for the better part of eight years before group member Adam Schlesinger died of COVID-19 during the early phase of the pandemic in 2020.
“Meadow wanted to say hi,” says the Ting Tings’ Katie White, holding her daughter by the armpits. Meadow, a miniature version of Katie, giggles, chirps “Hi,” waves to me, then skips off to watch her television program. “She had a little puke this morning, so we kept her home from school,” Katie explains.
Sparhawk returns less than a year later with his new album, With Trampled by Turtles (May 30), which feels like a truer expression of sorrow.
When Alex Warren was a kid, he loved wandering around his house, singing.
In a move that ends a years-long, high-profile feud, Taylor Swift has bought back the rights to her first six albums, which were sold by her label Big Machine to music mogul Scooter Braun in 2019 and later acquired by investment firm Shamrock Capital.
With this intro, followed by a roll call of local neighborhoods, Kendrick Lamar let everyone know just how happy he was to be back in L.A. And he should be.
Indie rock veterans Grizzly Bear are coming out of hibernation for their first concerts since a 2019 appearance at the Just Like Heaven festival. As of now, seven dates are confirmed this fall, beginning Oct. 13 at Brooklyn Steel in New York. Click here for ticket onsale information.
Lauren Mayberry stirred a bit of concern among CHVRCHES fans last year when she began releasing music ahead of her debut solo album, Vicious Creature.
Foo Fighters have parted ways with drummer Josh Freese, who has filled that role since 2023 in the wake of band member Taylor Hawkins’ sudden death in March 2022. Freese revealed the surprising news in a social media post, which Foo Fighters themselves have yet to address in any form. A band spokesperson also declined comment.
Black Keys guitarist/vocalist Dan Auerbach previously told SPIN that he and bandmate Patrick Carney used to obsessively watch YouTube videos of Storch “playing all his parts from his productions on piano.
The Alarm frontman Mike Peters has died after a three-decade battle with cancer, which prompted him to create the Love Hope Strength Foundation to sign up bone marrow donors at concerts. He was 66.
A whopping 13 of those Cowboy Carter songs were live debuts, including opener “American Requiem,” “Alligator Tears,” “Flamenco,” “Desert Eagle,” “Tyrant” and “Protector,” the latter of which marked the first on-stage appearance by Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s seven-year-old daughter Rumi.
The hardcore originators last released an album with 1995’s polished Oddities, Abnormalities and Curiosities, a record Morris is no fan of and in the past has actually said, “It should not exist.” He has higher expectations for how the band he formed with guitarist Greg Hetson in 1979 approaches the next one.
After releasing two one-off tracks as a precursor to their first Swell Season album in 16 years, Oscar-winning Once duo Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová have confirmed details for the project, Forward, which is due June 13. Another single, “Stuck in Reverse,” is out now and is accompanied by a video filmed last month during a pop-up performance at tiny New York bar Scratcher.
Chicago’s eclectic Riot Fest will commemorate its 20th anniversary this year with a lineup led by blink-182, Weezer and Green Day. The event will take place Sept. 19-21 at Douglass Park and includes big names from across the rock, punk, metal, hardcore and alternative universes, plus several left-field bookings.
Efforts to cure the debilitating skin disease Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), and Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder‘s role therein, are at the forefront of the documentary Matter of Time, which will premiere June 12 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Vedder will also offer “an intimate acoustic performance” after the screening.
Noah Kahan, Lucy Dacus and Doechii will headline the Washington, D.C.-area edition of the All Things Go festival, with the latter topping a festival bill for the first in her quickly exploding career.
And yet, here we are.
The 20-song, nearly two-hour performance was rife with elaborate choreography, costumes and set pieces, including an opera house, a giant chess board and a sandbox filled with nylon-clad zombies.
Posthumous albums are always a delicate proposition, but especially for Nell Smith.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have confirmed some key details about their 27th album, Phantom Island.
The music world lost two influential players over the past several days, as Blondie drummer Clem Burke passed away today (April 7) at the age of 70 after battling cancer. and Gang of Four bassist Dave Allen died Saturday of dementia complications at the age of 69.
Elton John is staying positive despite facing some significant health challenges.
Mariah Carey just gave her son a lesson in embarrassment — on his Twitch livestream, nonetheless.
The group's Return to Zero tour will begin June 7 in Baltimore.
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