Rachel Brodsky

For the last few months, it’s been heavily rumored that Migos are now a duo consisting of just Quavo and Takeoff. Now, a new performance poster seems to prove as much. The 2022 Pepsi National Battle Of The Bands (the annual event celebrating Black college marching bands) has some promotional materials out on their Instagram,  » Read More

An anonymous woman who claimed Bob Dylan sexually abused her as a child in 1965 has withdrawn her lawsuit permanently, according to Billboard. This comes one day after the singer’s lawyers accused the woman of destroying key evidence and “irretrievably” compromising the case’s integrity.  » Read More

Last month, Rat Tally — the project led by singer-songwriter Addy Harris — unveiled the details behind her first full-length album, In My Car. It’s out in August and features guest spots from Jay Som and Madeline Kenney. We’ve heard lead single “Spinning Wheel,” and now Harris is back with another album preview called “Prettier.”  » Read More

Hayley Williams is opening up about Paramore’s forthcoming new album, describing how their “number one reference” is Bloc Party. On her BBC Sounds podcast Everything Is Emo, the Paramore singer talked about how the UK dance-punk group’s “urgency” acted as a driving force when her band started discussing making music together again.  » Read More

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) just did a weeklong residency on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. On Friday night’s show, Clark and in-house band Stay Human performed a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” as part of the show’s “Commercial Breakdown.”  » Read More

It was only a matter of time before this happened: Stranger Things actor Joseph Quinn, who plays Hellfire Club leader and beloved metalhead Eddie Munson, got to meet Metallica, whom he famously covers in Stranger Things Season 4. Ahead of the band’s Lollapalooza set on Thursday night, Quinn went backstage with Metallica and they all thrashed out on “Master Of Puppets”  » Read More

Green Day are headlining Lollapalooza Sunday. Last night, they played a career-spanning warm-up show at the Metro in Chicago where they broke out a bunch of deep cuts. Mostly ignoring their written setlist, Billie Joe Armstrong & Co. dug into tracks from 2000’s Warning: “Church On Sunday” and “Warning,”  » Read More

Ray Raposa, best known as the force behind Castanets, has died. He was 41. The news was confirmed on Sufjan Stevens’ Tumblr, where Stevens wrote in a statement: “Ray Raposa passed away yesterday. He was a bright star, a good friend, and a great musician. It was always such a joy and a fierce spiritual journey to work with him.  » Read More

Last week, Purity Ring (Megan James and Corin Roddick) announced Shrines X, a reissue of their 2012 debut album in celebration of its 10th anniversary. Now, the reissue has dropped and it includes the original album plus three previously unreleased B-sides. They’re called “inovein,” “firmament,” and “crawlersout – prototype.”  » Read More