Rachel Brodsky

Just last April, Red Hot Chili Peppers returned with their first new album in six years, Unlimited Love. Last month, however, RHCP returned yet again, promising another double album, Return Of The Dream Canteen, out in October and produced by Rick Rubin. RHCP announced it at the kickoff for their tour in Denver,  » Read More

Sometimes, if you’re lucky enough to be invited onstage during a show, the band might let you sing for / with them, like that time the Strokes had a fan sing “Ode To The Mets.” And then there’s what happened at a Thundercat show earlier this week. During Thundercat’s Tuesday night performance at College Street Music Hall in New Haven,  » Read More

In June, Connecticut indie-jammers Goose released their third studio album, Dripfield, and they’re currently out on tour in support. Thursday night (August 18), Goose hit Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, where they performed a gorgeous and lengthy cover of the National’s “Bloodbuzz Ohio,” which appeared on the National’s 2010 classic High Violet.  » Read More

Gorillaz debuted a new collab with Tame Impala and Bootie Brown called “New Gold” last night (August 19) at All Points East in London, where they were headlining. “It’s kind of a mad song, to be honest with you,” Damon Albarn told the audience before launching into it. After performing, “New Gold”  » Read More

In their first post-pandemic live show, the 1975 performed in Japan tonight (August 20) at the Summer Sonic Festival. They debuted a brand-new song, “I’m In Love With You,” which is set to appear on their forthcoming LP Being Funny In A Foreign Language, out October 14 via Dirty Hit/Polydor.  » Read More

A 37-year-old woman identified only as “Jane” testified four four hours against R. Kelly today in Chicago’s federal courthouse. For the first time, she confirmed publicly that she had appeared on the tape at the center of Kelly’s 2008 child pornography trial. The tape, which surfaced in 2002, depicted Kelly sexually abusing an underage girl.  » Read More

Young Thug has been denied bail for a third time in his ongoing RICO case where he is one of 30 people (including Gunna) charged in a 65-count indictment related to Young Thug’s Young Slime Life label and crew.  » Read More

If you’re driven to be a truth-teller, you might, at some point, find yourself blacklisted. I’ve only been blacklisted once (that I know of), and it was after I did an interview with a band that went very, very south. I wove what happened into the article — a risk to be sure,  » Read More

In July, Baltimore indie-pop performer Julien Chang announced his sophomore album The Sale, out in November. We’ve heard its lead single “Marmalade,” and now Chang is sharing an ethereal follow-up track, “Time & Place.” It’s also coming with a live video performance shot at Purgatory in Brooklyn.  » Read More