AMERICAN SONGWRITER: The Writer’s Block: Eddie Schwartz on Writing Pat Benatar’s “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” Burning Out, Then Releasing His First Album in 30 Years
SOURCE By Tina Benitez-Eves | Updated: November 20, 2025 12:44 pm It was the first day of spring on Yonge Street in Toronto, 1981, when Eddie Schwartz heard a familiar sound coming from the radio at a local hair salon. Flooding onto the street was a song Schwartz had written three years earlier in 1978. […]
SPIN: For Azam Ali, Music Is Where She Goes to Tell the Truth
SOURCE Written by Lily Moayeri | December 3, 2025 – 9:30 am Stepping onto Azam Ali’s property in Glendale, located in northeast Los Angeles County, is like entering the titular space in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic novel, The Secret Garden. Despite cars rushing by faster than the speed limit, the foliage surrounding Azam’s home acts as a sound barrier […]
SPIN: Bauhaus Alum Daniel Ash’s New Project Is Modern Art
SOURCE Written by Liza Lentini | October 27, 2025 – 11:00 am Daniel Ash performs with Love and Rockets at The Fillmore Silver Spring on June 11, 2023, Silver Spring, Maryland. (Credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images) “‘Danny, we need a gimmick. Wear a gas mask.’” Daniel Ash is recalling his first paid gig as a young musician […]
FLOOD MAGAZINE: Ashes and Diamonds Are (Hopefully) Forever
SOURCE Words: A.D. Amorosi Photo: Regan Catam October 01, 2025 Driving through Los Angeles on a hot afternoon, Daniel Ash is contemplating the fates while facing the glare of the sun in his eyes. The guitarist and vocalist who co-founded Great Britain’s massively influential Bauhaus with childhood friends—then did likewise with most of those same pals for his equally […]
SPIN: Unapologetically Alison Moyet
SOURCE Written by Lily Moayeri | October 9, 2024 – 12:00 pm In conversation with Alison Moyet, before you finish your thought, she picks up what you’re in the middle of putting down and runs away with it. This characteristic can feel like a tornado through your brain, but as she speaks, at top speed, her clipped accent sharpening […]
VARIETY: Frank Sinatra’s Catalog Gets Refreshed for a ‘Platinum’ Future, as the 70th Anniversary of His First Capitol Sessions Arrives
SOURCE By A.D. Amorosi Seventy years since his first Capitol Records sessions for the single “Lean Baby” and the “Songs for Young Lovers” 10″ album… 62 years since his first Reprise LP, “Ring-a-Ding-Ding!”… and 25 years since his passing, the legend of Frank Sinatra still looms large. Starting with today’s release of his “Platinum” compilation of hits and […]
ROLLING STONE: Yellowcard Is Suddenly Huge Again — And They Don’t Know Why
SOURCE BY MAYA GEORGI Yellowcard frontman Ryan Key, seen here in 2004, is on tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of the band’s major-label debut, ‘Ocean Avenue.’ KEVIN WINTER/GETTY IMAGES YELLOWCARD’S CAREER TRAJECTORY has been anything but ordinary. The Florida-bred, violin-assisted foursome’s signature hit, the nostalgic title track of their 2003 major-label debut Ocean Avenue, is now a beloved pop-punk classic. […]