Chris DeVille

The old standard “Superstar” originated with Bonnie Bramlett and Leon Russell, who wrote it with an assist from Bramlett’s husband Delaney. The married couple, who performed as Delaney And Bonnie, recorded the first version of the song in 1969 under the title “Groupie (Superstar),” but it’s since been covered by countless acts,  » Read More

This past summer, between the release of singles “Western Wind” and “Beach House,” we got word that Carly Rae Jepsen would release her new album The Loneliest Time in October. Today she’s back with our next taste of the album,  » Read More

Twenty-first century prog living legends the Mars Volta have not released a new album since 2012’s Noctourniquet, though the band’s core members Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala did release a new LP with their pre-Volta band At The Drive-In back in 2017. Now the Mars Volta are back with a reunion album of their own.  » Read More

Although Sampa The Great hails from Zambia, she launched her career from Sydney after moving there in 2013 to study audio engineering. In 2016, she was tapped to open Kendrick Lamar’s concert in Sydney at Allphones Arena. Now, in an appearance on Triple J’s Like A Version covers series, she and her band have turned in a Zamrock version of “  » Read More

The Sex Pistols famously mocked and insulted Queen Elizabeth II on their hit single “God Save The Queen,” so it was news when the surviving members commented on her death last week. The most reverent of those statements came from John Lydon, the vocalist formerly known as Johnny Rotten, who wrote,  » Read More

In 2020, Kanye West’s Yeezy brand partnered with the Gap on a new line of Yeezy Gap apparel. The partnership was supposed to last 10 years and generate $1 billion in revenue. Instead, as the New York Times reports, Kanye and the Gap have parted ways just two years into the deal.  » Read More

Back in 2018, Cardi B was getting into a lot of fights in public. One of them went down at Angels, a strip club in Queens. At the time, reports suggested Cardi might face charges because she ordered members of her entourage to attack two bartenders at the club.  » Read More

The Atlanta indie-pop duo Lowertown impressed us with “Bucktooth,” the lead single from their Dirty Hit debut album I Love To Lie. Also impressive: “Antibiotics,” the second single. It’s a somber yet intense track with a bit of ’90s alt-rock attitude, some spindly math-rock guitars,  » Read More

The Swedish goth-metal band Tribulation are back today with their first new song since last year’s Where The Gloom Becomes Sound. “Hamartia” doubles as Tribulation’s first recording with new guitarist Joseph Tholl, who gets off some sick ’80s-vintage epic solos. His bandmate Adam Zaars shared this statement: “This is a song about the many shades of the word Hamartia.  » Read More