James Rettig

Pavement launched a pop-up museum in New York City over the weekend to coincide with their four-night run at Kings Theater. Pavements 1933-2022: A Pavement Museum featured some real and some fake memorabilia from the band’s long career — after a global tour, the museum will apparently be permanently installed in their hometown of Stockton,  » Read More

Kendrick Lamar was the musical guest on the season 48 premiere of Saturday Night Live this weekend, and he performed a handful of tracks from his most recent album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. He brought out featured guest Sampha to sing on “Father Time,”  » Read More

Arctic Monkeys are releasing a new album, The Car, next month. Its lead single, “There’d Better Be A Mirrorball,” landed on our best songs of the week list. Today, they’re back with another new song, “Body Paint.” which the band will perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon tonight.  » Read More

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Sometimes when you’re on, you’re really fucking on.  » Read More

Bruce Springsteen has announced a soul covers album called Only The Strong Survive, which will be out in November. “I wanted to make an album where I just sang,” Springsteen explained in a statement. “And what better music to work with than the great American songbook of the Sixties and Seventies?”  » Read More

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In 2021, we named the London duo Real Lies a Band To Watch as they were preparing to release their second album Lad Ash, their first new one in seven years. Today, they’re back with a one-off single “Ultraviolet,” which was written in the lead-up to Lad Ash and arrives ahead of a tour that kicks off next month.  » Read More

Last month, Caitlin Rose announced her first new album in almost a decade, CAZIMI, with the lead single “Black Obsidian.” Today, the Nashville musician is back with another song from it, “Nobody’s Sweetheart.”  » Read More