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Photo Credit: Rebma Today, Boyfriend has teamed up with Big Freedia to release a reimagination of Le Tigre’s striking 1999 tune, “Deceptacon.” The reworking features a hyper-pop lean coupled with the rebellious energy of the original, making it dance floor ready just in time for summer. Boyfriend shared, “Le Tigre, and this song specifically, was…
Today, The Peach Music Festival has unveiled its daily lineup schedule for the June 30 through July 3 event at Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pa. This year will mark the 10th anniversary of the beloved musical weekend. The fun will begin on Thursday, June 30 at 4 p.m. EST on the Grove Stage with an hour-long…
Today, Tame Impala have released a psychedelic remix of Elvis Presley’s 1970 song “Edge of Reality,” lush with contemporary production and vocals from the Australian group’s frontman and leader Kevin Parker. The track appears on the soundtrack of the new film Elvis, which was directed by Baz Luhrmann and is in theaters now. The Elvis…
photo credit: Pooneh Ghana *** “I’m a bit of an escapist” Goose guitarist/vocalist Rick Mitarotonda says of the approach that informs his creative expression. “I like make-believe. I’m drawn to stories, sci-fi and magic. That’s what I’m chasing. In the band, we talk about suspension of disbelief a lot. That’s a huge thing to me.…
Gorillaz released their first new track of 2022 with their new single, “Cracker Island,” featuring vocalist and bassist Thundercat. The single marks the first release of Damon Albarn’s virtual band since 2021’s Meanwhile EP, which featured Jelani Blackman, AJ Tracey, Barrington Levy and Alicaì Harley. “Cracker Island,” a track made for the club, features Thundercat…
Photo Credit: Angie Ricciotti Steve Kimock & Friends have shared an extensive list of tour dates that will see the ensemble on the road for parts of late summer and early fall. The frontman will be joined by Billy Goodman (guitars, vocals), John Morgan Kimock (drums, electronica), Andy Hess (bass), and newcomer Jeff Kazee (B3/keys,…
My Morning Jacket took to Instagram to share that frontman Jim James has tested positive for COVID-19 and they’ve decided to cancel their hometown shows at the Iroquois Amphitheater and the Louisville Waterfront, in Louisville, Kenn. on Friday, June 24 and Saturday, June 25 respectively. The show at the Iroquois Amphitheater set for tomorrow night…
Hangtown Music Festival will return for its final iteration on Oct. 20 through 23 at Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, Calif. The organizers behind the event have shared the artist lineup for the three-day festival hosted by Railroad Earth. Railroad Earth is set to take the stage in October and perform three sets of…
Photo by Chantal Anderson On Wednesday night, American musician, singer and songwriter Kevin Morby delivered a dynamic and electric version of the title track of his latest project This Is a Photograph on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. During the performance, Morby was backed by a trio of singers and a full band who assisted him in…
Marcus King has shared the latest single, “Lie Lie Lie,” off his forthcoming solo album, Young Blood, due out on Aug. 26 via Rick Rubin’s American Records/ Republic Records. In addition, King has also unveiled the official music video for the track, which was shoot at Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound Studio in Nashville. “Lie…
photo credit: Felipe Rubilar *** Making Movies has only played one gig thus far on their 2022 tour, but the rush they’re experiencing from being out on the road again is already palpable. “It’s such a good feeling; it’s hard to describe,” founding singer, guitarist and songwriter Enrique Chi says the day after the show.…
Today, Sacred Rose Festival and Relix announced that ahead of the inaugural Grateful Dead-inspired gathering at Chicago’s SeatGeek Stadium set for Aug. 26-28, they’ll be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Europe ’72 at Thalia Hall on Aug. 25. The celebration at the iconic institution, which has been a beacon for and home to music lovers…
Last night, founding member of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, performed three classics from The Wall on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The performances come ahead and are in support of his upcoming 40-date This Is Not A Drill tour. The iconic bassist performed three tracks off Pink Floyd’s seminal 1979 LP, starting with “Happiest…
It’s Pride Month 2022 and we’re very pleased to present “The Relix Pride 22” playlist. LGBTQ+ presence in the American music scene has never been as prevalent as it is in 2022; as social embrace and pronounced musical celebrations featuring queer artists and individuals take place around the world this June. All of this occurring…
This year’s Farm Aid festival will return on Saturday, Sept. 24. The beloved festival began in 1985 to raise financial aid and awareness about the loss of family farms and has continued to be an annual occurrence organized by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp. This year’s event will include the three festival greats,…
Jason Isbell has shared that he and his band the 400 Unit will take on a residency series at the famed Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. in mid-October. The residency, which marks Isbell’s eighth appearance at the venue, will consist of eight separate shows and feature a delicately curated opener for each evening. On Oct.…
photo credit: Remi Ferrante Hartman *** When Parcels’ Patrick Hetherington is asked why his band relocated from Byron Bay, Australia to Berlin six months after first performing together in 2014, the quintet’s keyboardist/guitarist says with a laugh, “I don’t have a good answer for that. We didn’t think about it that much. We wanted to…
The Mars Volta have released their first song in nearly 10 years, “Blacklight Shine,” which was released alongside an accompanying short film directed by Omar Rodríguez-López. Along with the single, the progressive rock band announced a string of tour dates set for fall. Despite the lapse in time since the group released a single “Blacklight…
Last night, Beyoncé shared a new single titled “BREAK MY SOUL” as the first musical offering from her highly anticipated seventh studio album Renaissance, set to release on July 29. The momentous track features a sample from Big Freedia’s “Explode” off her 2014 album Just Be Free. Co-produced by acclaimed songwriters Tricky Stewart and The-Dream,…
Photo credit: Shervin Lainez Julian Lage has announced the Sept. 16 release of a new album, View With A Room. The LP marks the artist’s second for Blue Note Records, after 2021’s Squint. Today, Lage has marked the occasion by debuting the lead single off the forthcoming album “Auditorium” and announcing a complimentary fall tour…
Photos by Nick Codina On Monday, June 20, TAUK took to New York City’s Blue Note Jazz Club in the Greenwich Village for two shows with Doom Flamingo’s Kanika Moore and The Horn Section’s Greg Sanderson (sax) and Chris Brouwers (trumpet). The shows, which took place at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. respectively, saw songs…
Photo via The Black Crowes’ Instagram On Sunday night, The Black Crowes were joined by Kevn Kinney of Drivin’ N Cryin’, Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr and Rick Richards from The Georgia Satellites during the ensemble’s encore performance of The Velvet Underground’s “Rock & Roll” at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre in Alpharetta, Ga. The single-set performance got…
Yesterday, Trey Anastasio performed at The Frederik Meijer Gardens Amphitheater, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The solo acoustic show highlighted many raw and intimate takes on Phish’s and Anastasio’s solo discographies. Additionally, during the encore, Anastasio welcomed a 7-year-old fan to sing “Bug” creating an unprecedentedly wholesome atmosphere in the 1,900-seat venue. Anastasio started the single-set…
Photo by Michael Schmelling Today Nashville’s Amanda Shires unveiled “Take It Like A Man,” the title track from her forthcoming studio album, due on July 29 via ATO Records. The single was released in conjunction with the news of a tour in support of the release set for the fall. Take It Like A Man was written…
Photo via Wilco’s Official Instagram Wilco guitarist Nels Cline has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement released by the musician via social media, he shared, “One cannot generally prepare for calamity, and in my case calamity has struck this morning in the form of a positive Covid test.” Wilco is currently on tour in…
Photo by Marc Millman The Rolling Stones have announced that their concert in Bern, Switzerland, has been canceled. Last week, the group shared their intent to reschedule the performance–which was initially postponed after the band’s frontman, Mick Jagger, tested positive for COVID-19–but, despite all attempts, they were unsuccessful. In a post shared by the band…
photos by Steve Rood *** English art-pop icon Tears for Fears, on tour supporting a new release, The Tipping Point, the band’s first studio album in 18 years, returned to Los Angeles with a galvanizing sold-out appearance at the Kia Forum. Led by the incomparable duo of guitarist and singer Roland Orzabal and bassist and…
Photo by Griffin Lotz Early this morning, Andy Frasco & The U.N. played their set at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. As an unannounced bonus, the ensemble welcomed Connecticut jamband Goose to the stage during their hour-long lively performance, which was entirely played in the key of E. The gig took place…
Photo credit: Paige Sara *** Jack White likes to stay busy. So it’s no surprise that, even as most of the live-music world took a collective pause due to the global pandemic, he still found various passion projects to immerse himself in. “At first, I thought I should take a deep breath for a second—a…
W3BSTOCK, the first-ever music festival powered by blockchain technology, owned and organized by NFT holders, has announced an event on June 20 at Manhattan’s Blue Building. The evening will feature musical performances, art and an NFT gallery. The W3BSTOCK event will include live music from Brooklyn rapper DAP The Contract and New York’s DJ Logic.…