The Kills’ new single is out and I can’t stop/won’t stop playing it on repeat wherever I go. The garage rock/blues combo’s “Doing It To Death” serves up that incalculable cool that Alison Mosshart (also of The Dead Weather) and Jamie Hince have been boasting since 2000. Everything these guys do is effortless, redefining panache…
Blondie is one of the best bands of its time. There’s no question, no debate to be had here…this is simply FACT. (…and perhaps a bit of opinion. But, shhhhhhhh.) Founded by Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, the band was one of the true pioneers of early American new wave and punk, having been regulars…
If Chris Cornell collaborated with Nick Cave and they added a dash of Queens of the Stone Age to the mix, it’d sound like Insubordia Pt. II, the latest album from the Lost Poets, a mysterious swamp rock/blues duo from Stockholm, Sweden. Following a relocation to LA, the Poets recently opened for Tool drummer Danny…
Sometimes, woe is…the opener. An opening gig can be quite the enigma. On one hand, it’s a great way to get a new(ish) band in front of hundreds or thousands of new fans on (mostly) somebody else’s dime, however, the cons can be annoyingly long withstanding: half-empty crowds, ambivalent audiences, extremely early set times. Being…
Punk doesn’t have to concede to its stereotype. As with most walks of life, it’s the attitude that counts. Teri Gender Bender, lead vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist for Le Butcherettes, is the epitome of what a leader of a punk movement should be, and that ferocity was on high display last week at Cafe Nine…
We’ve been hearing about the upcoming Freddie Mercury biopic since 2010 and with Sasha Baron Cohen attached to star as the enigmatic, vivacious Mercury, there were plenty of reasons to be excited. But three years ago, Baron Cohen announced that he was no longer attached to the buzzworthy project, without much explanation. Yesterday, in a new…
When it was originally reported, Pop Pop Depression seemed like a new band or supergroup or something. Now that a few tracks have been released – including “Gardenia” and “Break Into Your Heart” – it’s clear that the project is actually Iggy Pop’s 17th solo effort. (Is anyone else surprised that dude has 17 solo…
In the mid-Seventies, David Bowie briefly lived in Los Angeles while recording his 1976 album Station to Station. Shortly after joining Beck for a pre-Grammys performance of “The Man Who Sold the World,” Dave Grohl and Pat Smear hit up some of Bowie’s famous LA haunts for Playboy, as the two drove around in a…
Bumming around on Spotify can certain lead to some golden nuggets of greatness – especially if you check out your Discover Weekly playlist from time to time. This track is one of those glorious tunes I found while Spotify-surfing and every time I play it, I want to turn it up to 11. “Soap” is…
The Swedish Indietronica duo Niki and the Dove have a new album coming out called Everybody’s Heart is Broken Now. The sophomore record drops April 8 and includes this synth-heavy, groove-filled second single “So Much It Hurts.” The video is all sorts of neon-chic, with singer Malin Dahlström strolling through an electrified city of purples,…