UNDER THE RADAR: Alicia Blue Shares New Track “DTMTS (Don’t Tell Me To Smile)”
Jul 14, 2022 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Tammie Valer Magnetic Moon · DTMTS – (Don’t Tell Me To Smile) This week, Nashville-based singer/songwriter Alicia Blue is set to return with her new EP, Inner Child Work. Arriving two years after her 2020 debut album, Bravebird, the record sees Blue exploring inward and examining her own path through grief and healing […]
INSIDE EDITION: Family Honors Life of Tyler Kobe Nichols, Man Killed in a Random Act of Violence That Barely Made Headlines
By Sal Bono First Published: 12:42 PM PDT, July 7, 2022 Two days before Christmas 2020, when many around the world were preparing to spend time with loved ones and to make memories to pass down for generations, the Nichols family’s world was upended by a senseless act of violence that haunts them to this day. On Dec. 23, […]
ROLLING STONE: Dead Kennedys Hit Refresh on ‘Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables’ for Reissue
By KORY GROW The Dead Kennedys are finally celebrating the 40th anniversary of their celebrated 1980 debut album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, by reissuing a “freshly” remixed edition of the LP. A punk benchmark, the album sarcastically skewered early Eighties politics with frontman Jello Biafra’s scabrous wit and guitarist East Bay Ray’s cutting guitar lines on songs like […]
ATWOOD MAGAZINE: “TODAY’S SONG: “OOPS I LOVE YOU,” THE BUCKLEYS’ HAPPY LITTLE ACCIDENT”
by Sophie Severs Throw out the roses and remove the rom-coms from your Netflix queue, because The Buckleys are so over it. That’s right, according to the band’s newest single, “Oops I Love You,” the novelty of heartfelt gestures has worn off. No matter how delicious that box of chocolates is, and regardless of how much effort you […]
STEREOGUM: Blur Drummer Dave Rowntree Shares Debut Solo Single “London Bridge”
NEW MUSIC JULY 5, 2022 1:39 PM BY JAMES RETTIG Blur drummer (and occasional lawyer and politician) Dave Rowntree has released his first-ever solo single, “London Bridge.” The track, which was produced by Leo Abrahams, is from an album that’s due out later this year on Cooking Vinyl. “When I lived in London things just started happening when […]
SPIN: R.E.M. Plot First Standalone CD Release Of Debut EP Chronic Town
Five-song set will also be available on vinyl and cassette on Aug. 19 Written By Jonathan Cohen June 28, 2022 – 9:00 am R.E.M. will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its classic, five-song debut EP, Chronic Town, by releasing it as a standalone CD for the first time in the U.S. on Aug. 19 via I.R.S./UMe. Augmented by extensive new […]
A.V. CLUB: QUEEN KWONG “14 albums you should listen to in July”
With her ethereal vocals, provocative lyrics, distorted guitars, and industrial-infused soundscapes, it’s easy to see why Queen Kwong singer/songwriter Carré Kwong Callaway caught the attention of Trent Reznor back in 2005. After becoming his protege and touring with Nine Inch Nails for three different tours, she went on to release two well-received albums and two […]
UNDER THE RADAR: Roxy Music – Reflecting on the 50th Anniversary of “Roxy Music”
The Album First Came Out on June 16, 1972 Jun 16, 2022 By Austin Saalman A seminal year in glam, 1972 yielded the releases of David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, T. Rex’s The Slider, and Lou Reed’s Transformer, each record advancing the evolving sound of rock and steering youth culture away from […]
UNCUT: Frank Sinatra – Watertown… The Chairman’s criminally underrated downer concept album, remixed, remastered, recognised
ByDamien Love 17th June 2022 Should you ever feel like being shredded, head to YouTube and seek out Nina Simone’s performance of “For A While” at Ronnie Scott’s club in 1984. Co-written by The Four Seasons’ Bob Gaudio and singer-songwriter Jake Holmes, the song is a simple and bottomless one that fits a loose lineage running from Hoagy Carmichael’s “I Get Along Without […]
DEAD CAN DANCE announce 2023 Tour: “A Celebration – Life & Works”
Dead Can Dance have announced new tour dates in North America in March and April, 2023. The tour sees Brendan Perry, Lisa Gerrard and full backing band return to North America for the first time in a decade, last playing on the continent at Coachella Festival in April, 2013 The band will be playing songs across their spectacular career spanning […]