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Los Angeles-based indie rock trio Cheekface have shared a new single, “Pledge Drive.” It is out now via New Professor.  » Read More

On Friday night, Bartees Strange made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where he performed the track “Wretched” from his newly released album Farm to Table.  » Read More

By 1975, a thin white David Bowie was busy crooning plastic soul tunes to young Americans, Marc Bolan had since vanished behind the cutout of Zinc Alloy, Iggy Pop was spiraling into a manic dope haze (but not before having recorded Raw Power, his finest album), and Lou Reed was busy pissing the world off with Metal Machine Music.  » Read More

A seminal year in glam, 1972 yielded the releases of David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, T. Rex’s The Slider, and Lou Reed’s Transformer, each record advancing the evolving sound of rock and steering youth culture away from the earthy optimism of the previous decade, ushering in an era in which popular culture’s eschatology was dictated by sexuality,  » Read More

Chicago duo Whitney (Julien Ehlrich and Max Kakacek) have announced the release of a new album, SPARK, which will be out on September 16 via Secretly Canadian. They have also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “REAL LOVE,” in addition to announcing a tour in support of the album.  » Read More

Raised primarily in rural Oklahoma, the farm to table allusion of Bartees Strange’s sophomore album is quite clear.  » Read More

​A cracking 1970 thriller with Italian flair, starring Charles Bronson and Telly Savalas.  » Read More

Behold, another Why Not Both Wednesday! Every week, in partnership with Why Not Both podcast, we’ll be presenting new podcast episodes that explore how multiple passions inform the inspiring lives of musicians, writers, actors, and creatives.  » Read More

The first wave of performers for the forthcoming Taylor Hawkins tribute concert put on by Foo Fighters has been announced. It includes Liam Gallagher, Supergrass, Joshua Homme, Brian May, Mark Ronson, Jane’s Addiction’s Chris Chaney, Wolfgang Van Halen, and more. The concert will take place on September 3 at Wembley Stadium in London, and will eventually be followed by a second tribute concert on September 27 at Kia Forum in […]