Bon Iver‘s longtime manager, Kyle Frenette, discussed his recently-announced congressional campaign, how his background in the music industry prepares him for Washington in an interview with Pitchfork.Frenette joins a growing list of Democrats vying to defeat Republican incumbent, Sean Duffy, who’s represented Wisconsin’s Seventh since 2011. The Democratic primary will …
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Metallica‘s WorldWired Tour will return to North America in September for a fall/winter arena jaunt in support of the heavy metal legends’ latest LP Hardwired… to Self-Destruct. The 34-date trek finds Metallica heading to cities the band didn’t visit during their 25-date North American stadium tour in 2017, including some …
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Indie rock outfit Parquet Courts unveiled a two-part garage rock song, “Almost Had to Start a Fight/In And Out of Patience.” It comes from their upcoming Danger Mouse-produced album, Wide Awake!, out May 18th via Rough Trade. Over fast drums and guitars, singer Andrew Savage and the rest of Parquet …
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Black Panther finished atop both the box office and the Billboard 200 as the Marvel blockbuster’s Kendrick Lamar-curated soundtrack debuted at Number One on the album charts. Black Panther: The Album – featuring new tracks by Lamar, Jay Rock, the Weeknd, Future, Vince Staples and more – sold 154,000 total …
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It’s a weird time to be Justin Timberlake. His just-released album,Man of the Woods, hit number one, and he played music’s most coveted gig at the Super Bowl – without incident, this time. He’s about to go on what will no doubt be a highly successful arena tour. But a …
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Two days before the Smashing Pumpkins are rumored to announce the long-awaited reunion of three-quarters of their classic lineup, the band issued a statement explaining why the fourth key member won’t be taking part. “In reuniting The Smashing Pumpkins, the band’s dedication remains to its fans and its music. To …
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Rush weren’t the first band to fill an entire album side with a single epic track, but grand, suite-like works such as 1976’s “2112” and 1978’s “Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres” helped make them legends of long-form prog. So it makes sense that after retro-minded SoCal hard rockers Fu Manchu …
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Police in Orlando, acting on a “credible threat,” arrested a man outside of a Lana Del Rey concert Saturday night on charges that he planned to kidnap the singer. Michael Hunt, a 43-year-old man from Riverview, Florida, was arrested a block from Orlando’s Amway Center – where Del Rey was …
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Recording Academy president Neil Portnow has announced the formation of a task force following criticism of comments he made as well as accusations of sexism during the Grammy awards ceremony, Variety reports. A call for Portnow’s resignation from female industry executives closely followed his announcement. This year’s Grammys have been …
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Ten years ago, the members of Vampire Weekend were being interviewed about their sudden success and the blogosphere’s misgivings about their pedigree – specifically the fact that the band comprised four Ivy League grads with a penchant for polo shirts and boat shoes. “For me, it was a cool idea …
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