Rachel Brodsky

Last night, the National returned to London to headline All Points East 2022, where they brought out Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold to help with the just-released “Weird Goodbyes.” “Weird Goodbyes,” of course, officially came out last week and features Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon on vocals.  » Read More

Last month, Nashville singer/songwriter and recent ANTI- Records signee Madi Diaz shared a new song, “Hangover.” That was her first new music since releasing her Same History, New Feelings EP, which came out in March and featured re-recordings of songs from her 2021 album History Of A Feeling with Waxahatchee and Angel Olsen.  » Read More

Last night, Phil Lesh & Friends performed at the Sacred Rose Festival in Bridgeview, Illinois. Lots of familiar faces joined the Friends, including Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy and guitarist Nels Cline, plus Dead & Company’s Jeff Chimenti, Karl Denson, John Molo, Stu Allen, Grahame Lesh, and Elliott Peck. Together, they form the Phil Lesh X Wilco supergroup PHILCO,  » Read More

Last night, the recently reunited My Chemical Romance performed at Raleigh’s PNC Arena, where they played “Burn Bright” for the first time live. “Burn Bright” is taken from the emo greats’ post-breakup compilation album Conventional Weapons, which came out in 2013 and features 10 unreleased tracks recorded in 2009 — prior to the making of MCR’s fourth studio album,  » Read More

Last we heard from Justin Frye’s NYC scuzz-rock project PC Worship, the sometimes-solo project / musicians’ collective shared a 2018 LP called Future Phase. Today, PC Worship are back with two singles coupled together — they’re called (two alternative rock songs). That name is a fitting description;  » Read More

Last week, I wrote about being blacklisted. I was technically posting a 20th anniversary tribute to Neko Case’s third album, but the concept also applies – for much more well-known reasons – to country-pop icons the Chicks (formerly known as the Dixie Chicks). It applies so much, in fact,  » Read More

Quavo has been cast opposite Billy Zane in the new action-thriller movie Takeover. Zane — forever famous for playing Cal Hockley in Titanic — will portray Gamal Akopyan, the leader of an international heist ring. The Migos rapper will star as Guy Miller, a former Atlanta criminal who is trying to get his life back on track but ultimately gets dragged back into the street-racing scene.  » Read More

London Grammar just wrapped up a bunch of dates opening for Coldplay’s “eco-friendly” tour, so it’s only fitting that they’d drop a sweet acoustic cover of “Don’t Panic.” The indie-pop performers’ cover is pretty spare — just the trio and an acoustic guitar — but it’s quite arresting. “Beautiful world, beautiful summer,”  » Read More

Back in 2021, Arlo Parks released her debut Collapsed In Sunbeams, which earned tons of critical acclaim and a Mercury Prize win. In early September, she’ll open for Florence + The Machine for a couple of Canada dates before heading across the US and to Iceland’s Airwaves Festival.  » Read More