James Rettig

Joni Mitchell was presented with an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College Of Music at a private ceremony that took place in Santa Monica, California recently. “Well, luckily I’m too old to get a swelled head,” Mitchell said at the event, per a press release. “It’s a beautiful event. Words can’t describe it.  » Read More

The Otolith are a new band made up primarily of former members of SubRosa, the Salt Lake City doom metal crew that called it quits in 2019. They are releasing their debut full-length album, Folium Limina, in October, and today they’re sharing its lead single “Sing No Coda.”  » Read More

Last month, comedian Whitmer Thomas announced a new album, The Older I Get The Funnier I Was, which was produced by Jay Som’s Melina Duterte. He shared “Rigamarole” from it at the time, and today Thomas is back with another single, “Most Likely,” which features backing vocals from Great Grandpa’s Al Menne and fellow comedian Mitra Jouhari.  » Read More

Rachika Nayar is sinister, playful, traumatic, ecstatic — often all in the course of the same song. Such an extreme range of emotions might be disjointed in someone else’s hands, but Nayar makes all those feelings part of the same continuum. Hers is music you play late at night, or early in the morning —  » Read More

Earlier this month, the jazzy electronic auteur Louis Cole released a new single, “Let It Happen.” Today, the Los Angeles musician has announced a new album, Quality Over Opinion, and has shared another song, “I’m Tight,” which coils through a groovy, smooth, and infectious 7 minutes.  » Read More

Earlier this year, the French musician Melody Prochet released a new album as Melody’s Echo Chamber, Emotional Eternal. And later this year, Prochet is reissuing her 2012 self-titled debut album, which was produced by Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker.  » Read More

Back in June, a benefit concert called The Big Climate Thing was announced, organized by Climate Control Projects to benefit the charity EarthPercent. Artists like Khruangbin, Haim, the Roots, Sheryl Crow, the Flaming Lips, and more were set to perform at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens over a weekend in September.  » Read More

For the past month, Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, and Julien Baker have all been on the road together on The Wild Hearts Tour, an event where each of them played a set and often came out to perform with each other. That tour wrapped up this past weekend with two nights at Central Park Summerstage in New York City.  » Read More

Coldplay are nearing the end of a six-night run at London’s Wembley Stadium, and every show has featured some special guests. Last night, the band brought out actor Steve Coogan, playing his character Alan Partridge, to perform some covers in the centerstage that Coldplay has set up. They did ABBA’s “Knowing Me,  » Read More