“As a young band, people always tell you not to do stuff, which is kind of strange,” says Eric Moore, manager and drummer for King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, throwing himself onto a couch in their Melbourne studio. “It’s always, ‘No, you can’t do that,’ and, ‘People don’t do …
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Superchunk frontman Mac McCaughan can vividly recall what he felt the moment he learned that Donald Trump had been elected president: “horror, depression, sadness.” Rather than bottle up those feelings, which escalated in the weeks to come as he saw the alt-right gain newfound confidence, he began work on what …
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When Gangstagrass hits the road this spring, the bluegrass-inspired hip-hop band will lean heavily on new material. “We know our fans are ready for new ideas,” says Rench, the group’s producer and de facto leader, “and we are ready to push boundaries even farther.” Throughout the tour, Rench and company …
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Legendary singer-songwriterPaul Simonannounced his final tour this spring will be the “Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour.” “I’ve often wondered what it would feel like to reach the point where I’d consider bringing my performing career to a natural end. Now I know: it feels a little unsettling, a touch …
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Brantley Gilbert demonstrates how to enjoy a perfect day cruising through the countryside with his motorcycle buddies in the video for “The Ones That Like Me,” the second single from his 2017 album The Devil Don’t Sleep. Filmed in stylish black-and-white in areas around Middle Tennessee, the clip is an …
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“You’re gettin’ all kinds of stuff out of me,” says DJ Khaled backstage at the Grammy Awards. He’s bluffing. The boisterous hip-hop producer hasn’t given away all that much about his imminent new album, the follow up to 2017’s Grateful, but he hints that it will involve Kendrick Lamar. “We’ve …
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The Grammys received an unexpected morning jolt Sunday when Donald Trump lashed out at Jay-Z on Twitter over remarks the rapper made regarding the unemployment levels among African-Americans. While Jay-Z acknowledged on the Van Jones Show that black unemployment had reached a new low under the Trump administration, there were …
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Veteran record executive Clive Davis attempted a complex balancing act at his annual pre-Grammy Gala Saturday night at the Sheraton Hotel in Times Square: how to celebrate the vintage sounds of bygone pop eras with current superstars side by side. The evening seesawed frequently and sometimes incongruously between these two …
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Ashley McBryde just announced the highly anticipated arrival of her debut LP Girl Going Nowhere (out March 30th) and last night, she also made her television debut on Late Night With Seth Meyers. Introduced by Meyers as “poised to break out in 2018,” McBryde and her band launched into a …
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Sam Outlaw wears heartache well. On the unhurried “Diamond Ring,” he dresses himself up as a mid-century country crooner, delivering a song built for sock hops and honky-tonk slow dances. A staple of Outlaw’s live sets as far back as 2012, “Diamond Ring” made its official debut on last year’s …
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