The frontman looks back at the album that arrived exactly when the band needed it most — a 20-minute sci-fi statement that silenced the pressure and won them creative control.
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The frontman looks back at the album that arrived exactly when the band needed it most — a 20-minute sci-fi statement that silenced the pressure and won them creative control.
Dara’s kukeri-inspired anthem secures Bulgaria’s maiden win, while a boycott over Israel’s participation shadows the 70th edition in Vienna.
Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith will back Paul McCartney on Saturday Night Live tonight, filling in for longtime drummer Abe Laboriel Jr.
The band confirmed the tour won’t happen after the necessary support didn’t materialize. No replacement dates have been offered.
The Strokes return with a ballad that treats Auto-Tune not as polish but as texture, framing emotional distance through restraint rather than release.
At The Great Escape, Caity Baser gave a surprise performance on the CLASH stage, drawing a crowd that snaked down the street. It was a brief, fitting return for an artist who cut her teeth in the city.
From East Village anti-folk rooms to a Capitol imprint deal, film soundtracks, a Wall Street detour, and a catalog reclaimed on Meridian, Jamie Block has never stopped writing with the same unsentimental clarity. A career-spanning look at the songwriter behind Love Crash.
Thirteen years on, Block’s sixth album maps personal wreckage through ten sharply observed songs. Produced by Chris Kuffner and mixed by Blake Morgan, Love Crash refines the New York anti-folk voice into something quieter, more urgent, and unflinchingly present.
A week of major heavy music news, from a historic Metallica concert to Brann Dailor’s first words on Brent Hinds’ exit and an unexpected pairing of A Perfect Circle and Puscifer.
Ahead of an Australian tour, the producer revisits early pushback against making hip-hop with a computer, his love for Blade Runner, and a very personal gift.
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