For nearly 15 years, Sturgill Simpson has been the most interesting man in country music. Part of that involves making albums that don’t sound much like country, like Mutiny After Midnight, his latest effort as Johnny Blue Skies due this Friday. (Though Sturgill leaked the album himself on YouTube for a brief spell.) A self-described […]
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Following the recent release of their new album The Mountain, Gorillaz have a UK tour kicking off this month. That’ll be followed this summer by some European dates. As for North America, that was just announced today (March 3): Gorillaz have added US and Canada tour dates in September and October. They’ll be joined on […]
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Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds announced the album Mutiny After Midnight last month, setting it for a March 13 release. Interestingly, Johnny (a new moniker of Sturgill Simpson) decided to release the project only on physical formats: vinyl, CD, and cassette tape. But, ahead of that release, they’ve actually shared it online first, […]
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The US and UK music scenes aren’t exactly the same, but there is a lot of overlap. Sombr, for example, had his 2025 debut album I Barely Know Her peak at No. 10 on the charts from both territories. Consequently, he was on hand for the BRIT Awards this past weekend, where he pledged his […]
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Streaming services are the primary way a lot of people consume their media of choice, whether that be music or TV shows or movies. Not everybody is on board, though, and some who are are getting tired of it. Regular price increases and limited streaming libraries have some consumers returning to physical media, preferring vinyl […]
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It’s been a big February for Laufey: At the top of the month, her 2025 album A Matter Of Time picked up a Grammy win in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category (her second time being nominated in, and winning, the category). Now, she’s wrapping up the month with some news: Today (February 25), […]
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In a superlative-obsessed world, there are few, if any, bigger honors in music than getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Even being nominated is a big deal, and now a new crop of artists can add that to their resumes: Today (February 25), the Rock Hall announced the list of nominees […]
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I did not originate this theory — I saw it on Reddit, I think, though I can’t say that for sure as I haven’t been able to recover the post — but I’ll share it here anyway: Mitski’s career can be cleanly divided into two-album eras. There’s “Embryonic Mitski” (2012’s Lush and 2013’s Retired From […]
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Atlanta’s Shaky Knees festival is routinely awesome, and they’re really bringing it in 2026. This year’s edition is going down from September 18 to 20 at Piedmont Park, and today (February 24), organizers shared the lineup. The Strokes lead on Friday, which will also feature Turnstile, Fontaines DC, Geese, Danny Elfman, Hot Mulligan, Snow Strippers, […]
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Bon Iver has gone through a lot of eras at this point, and now they’re starting to commemorate that: Today (February), they announced Volumes. A press release describes the series as “a new and recurring archival series spanning live shows, demos, unreleased recordings and other previously unheard material, presenting the many eras and multitudes that […]
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Back in 2021, it was confirmed that a full-length Gorillaz movie was in the works at Netflix. In 2023, though, Damon Albarn revealed the project had been scrapped, saying, “They started to panic because they were making too much content and decided to cut back on their movie offerings. And, as has been classic Hollywood […]
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Tempe, Arizona’s Innings Festival occupies a unique space in the festival world thanks to its combination of music and appearances from baseball legends. The 2026 edition goes down this weekend from February 20 to 22 at Tempe Beach Park & Arts Park, and the lineup is a winner. On the music side, headlining on Friday […]
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These days, U2 tend to take a long time between new releases, and when they do drop something, they give it a proper promotional lead-up. Not this time: Today (February 18), the legendary Irish rockers shared Days Of Ash, a six-track EP released to coincide with the Christian observance of Ash Wednesday. One of the […]
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Every year, the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) shares its Global Artist Chart, which ranks the biggest-selling artists of the previous year. In 2024, it was Taylor Swift who topped the ranks. The latest chart is out now (as Billboard notes) and for 2025, it was once again Swift. This is Swift’s sixth […]
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If you look at Weezer’s discography, there’s something about it that stands out from most other bands: They have six self-titled albums. Officially, they all have the same name, Weezer, but they’re also known as the Blue Album, Green Album, Red Album, White Album, Black Album, and Teal Album, based on the primary color of […]
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Djo (aka Joe Keery) is a huge Charli XCX fan. In an interview from 2022, well before the launch of the now-iconic Brat era, he said Charli was one of his idols. He told Pitchfork around the same time, “Charli’s just sick. She’s a great pop star.” In 2024, he also said, “I just think […]
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2024 saw the release of Passage du Desir, the debut album attributed to Johnny Blue Skies, an alter-ego of Sturgill Simpson. Now, he’s going all in on the moniker: A new press release doesn’t even mention Simpson’s real name. As for the purpose of that release, today (February 13), the band Johnny Blue Skies & […]
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Back in September, Joe Keery, known musically as Djo, starred in Tame Impala’s video for “Loser.” Keery and Kevin Parker seem to have hit it off, as today (February 12), Tame Impala announced a run of North American tour dates, some of which will feature Djo as the opener. For the other ones, Dominic Fike […]
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Back in December 2025, Geese stopped by the NPR offices to film an installment of the beloved Tiny Desk Concert series. Now, today (February 10), the performance has finally been shared. As they tend to do, Geese messed with the arrangements a little is they played their three-song set of “Husbands,” “Cobra,” and “Half Real.” […]
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The current Red Hot Chili Peppers lineup of Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, and John Frusciante is the longest-running iteration and the one fans know best. Over the years, though, the group has had a ton of personnel changes. One of the most notable members from the group’s early era is Hillel Slovak, who joined […]
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What is Tame Impala’s biggest song? If you’re looking at Spotify, “The Less I Know The Better” has over 2.2 billion streams. If you’re looking at the Billboard Hot 100, the 2025 single “Dracula” was, somehow, the first Tame Impala song to hit the chart. (The song came out a month before Halloween, which probably […]
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The initial dissolution of Black Flag was tough for fans to swallow. What made it go down easier, though, was that the group’s Keith Morris had another great band going, too: Circle Jerks. Forming in 1979, the band helped spearhead a new aggressive era for punk music. Their impact was immense and their work lived […]
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We have a good news-good news situation. The good news is that the album Mitski teased recently is called Nothing’s About To Happen To Me and it’s set to drop at the end of this month. The also-good news is that now, she has announced a tour in support of the project. The global shows […]
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When it comes to recognizing forms of musical greatness, there are titles so broad and grandiose that it seems impossible to bestow them on any single entity. (“The biggest band in the world,” “the king of rock ‘n’ roll,” etc.) At the opposite extreme, there are distinctions so specific they hardly seem notable. I am […]
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Hayley Williams was all over the 2026 Grammys last night (February 1) as she had four nominations: Best Rock Performance for “Mirtazapine,” Best Rock Song for “Glum,” Best Alternative Music Performance for “Parachute,” and Best Alternative Music Album for Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party. She came up empty, unfortunately, but she doesn’t seem too […]
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Streaming services are the primary way a lot of people consume their media of choice, whether that be music or TV shows or movies. Not everybody is on board, though, and some who are are getting tired of it. Regular price increases and limited streaming libraries have some consumers returning to physical media, preferring vinyl […]
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