Chris DeVille

From 2003-2012, the New Jersey music festival known as the Bamboozle emerged as a showcase for the rising-and-then-cresting MySpace emo wave, and it was successful enough to spin off sister festivals and the touring Bamboozle Roadshow. (Our own Tom Breihan reflected on his experience at the 2006 edition of the festival in a column a few years back.) This year,  » Read More

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Metallica opened up their massive tour in support of new album 72 Seasons tonight at Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam. The 16-song set included the live debuts of two tracks from the new album, “Screaming Suicide” and “Sleepwalk My Life Away.” Check out footage of those songs and read the setlist via setlist.fm below.  » Read More

Recently, while reflecting on how nice a Kate Bush-style viral comeback would be, XTC’s Andy Partridge said he no longer writes new songs and is “waiting for my music mojo to return, in between researching UFO events.” I guess his music mojo returned? Patridge has a new band called the 3 Clubmen,  » Read More

Pinegrove aren’t breaking up, but they aren’t going to be a fulltime concern anymore either. The band announced today that drummer Zack Levine, who cofounded Pinegrove with singer-guitarist Evan Stephens Hall, has decided to leave the band. The remaining members have used his departure as a catalyst to pursue some other projects of their own,  » Read More

The Battle Creek, Saskatchewan country traditionalist Colter Wall has a new album on the way. Little Songs, out in July, mostly comprises originals: “I penned most of them from home and I think the songs reflect that,” Wall writes in a press release, presumably alluding to COVID lockdowns and so forth.  » Read More

Pras Michel, best known as a former member of the Grammy-winning rap group the Fugees, has been found guilty in a political conspiracy case spanning two presidencies. As the Associated Press reports, Michel was found guilty on all charges, including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.  » Read More

The combination of Rico Nasty and 100 Gecs has already proven electric. Today the brash rap iconoclast and hyperpop poster children have linked up again. “Turn It Up” is not the genre-bending head trip you might expect from a Rico x Gecs summit. It’s a hard, straightforward hip-hop track with lots of empty space for Rico’s bloodthirsty growl to roam around in.  » Read More

The new Kari Faux album is called REAL B*TCHES DON’T DIE! That amazing illustration up there is the album cover. Guests include the late Gangsta Boo, Big K.R.I.T., Jazz Cartier, TheMIND, and Devin The Dude, and the album is predominantly produced by Phoelix, who Faux started dating during the recording process.  » Read More