Chris DeVille

SZA’s S.O.S. has been a chart behemoth since its release in December, spending 10 weeks atop the Billboard 200 and sending the bulk of its tracks to the Hot 100. “Kill Bill” instantly emerged as the album’s biggest hit, climbing all the way to #2 and ultimately spending eight weeks there,  » Read More

Once upon a time, I knew nothing about Florence, Kentucky except the story of the water tower that reads “FLORENCE Y’ALL.” I see this tower at least twice a year while driving south from Ohio and back, and it never fails to amuse. As the story goes, the tower read “FLORENCE MALL”  » Read More

The former Van Halen singers are feuding again — or at least Sammy Hagar is trying to start one. As Blabbermouth points out, the Red Rocker went on Steve-O’s Wild Ride! podcast to talk shit about David Lee Roth, who fronted Van Halen as the band rose to superstardom before Hagar took over in 1985.  » Read More

Neil Hagerty of Royal Trux and Howling Hex was arrested this month in Denver for allegedly attacking a group of police officers who were performing a well check on him, including slashing one officer across the throat with his own badge. Now, as the Denver Post reports,  » Read More

We love it when the Australian psych bands mix and mingle. GUM, the project of Tame Impala/Pond member Jay Watson, has teamed up with Ambrose Kenny-Smith of King Gizzard/Murlocs fame on a new 7″ single. It was released physically for Record Store Day over the weekend, and now both songs are online.  » Read More

Ethan P. Flynn, the London indie-rock weirdo and Black Country, New Road associate, has a new song out today. “Used To It” is a seriously catchy, orchestrally infused guitar-pop tune with some unforgettable lyrics like “There’s no point in getting out of bed/ With insects in my head and men who want me dead,”  » Read More

After getting the documentary treatment in 2021, cult-favorite art-pop duo Sparks are rolling out their 26th(!) album The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte. We took in its title track (and its Cate Blanchett-starring music video) back in March, and today they’re sharing another advance single.  » Read More

One of the biggest TikTok hits of the early pandemic days was “Supalonely,” the Australian alt-pop singer BENEE’s collab with her American peer Gus Dapperton. Today the duo has reunited on “Don’t Let Me Down,” a new single from Dapperton’s upcoming album HENGE. It’s sort of a bedroom-pop/disco hybrid,  » Read More

The fallout from Frank Ocean’s Coachella fiasco continues. Ocean’s feverishly anticipated Coachella headlining set Sunday — his first live performance in six years — went awry when he suffered an ankle injury at the festival site and scrapped plans for a planned onstage ice-rink, which was to feature about 120 skaters who’d been rehearsing for weeks.  » Read More