Music

I missed the birth of a tradition – the advanced, instrumental ecstasy, cliff-edge improvisation and impromptu theatrical hijinks of Frank Zappa‘s annual Halloween concerts in New York City – by less than a week and a 90-minute drive. On November 5th, 1974, I saw Zappa in performance for the first …

Fleet Foxes brought multi-part harmonies and shambling folk-rock to The Late Show on Thursday, performing “Fool’s Errand” from their Crack-Up LP. “Fool’s Errand” mixes dogged, earnest strumming and ornate singing arrangements. The performance opened up around the one minute mark when Fleet Foxes started to demonstrate their vocal firepower. “I …

Charlie Daniels, true to his manner, offers up some straightforward, no-nuanced reasons for writing his just released memoir, Never Look at the Empty Seats. “I wanted to tell my whole story and the story of the Charlie Daniels Band,” he says. “I think it has been a fascinating life and …

Elizabeth Cook has been the hippie hillbilly queen of East Nashville’s Americana community for more than a decade. With an accent rooted in rural Florida and a small-town backstory that’s equal parts tragic and picturesque, she’s the real deal – a genuine country girl who loves the genre and the …

Genesis P-Orridge’s upcoming European tour is canceled after the Throbbing Gristle co-founder announced he was diagnosed with leukemia. In a Facebook post (via Pitchfork), P-Orridge detailed his leukemia battle. “This last [year] we and the band noticed we were getting more exhausted than usual and after almost every tour we …

Hurricanes wreak havoc, forest fires burn and the polar ice caps melt in the new video for Dhani Harrison‘s “All About Waiting.” The song appeared on his recently released debut album, IN///PARALLEL. The animated clip centers on a character who works in a lab specializing in genetic manipulation. She starts …

“To be on this last tour was such a thrill,” singer Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band said, reflecting on his working vacation this past summer as an opening act – with his solo group, the Midnight Travellers – on Tom Petty‘s last tour with the Heartbreakers. A few …

DJ-producer Steve Angello, formerly of EDM group Swedish House Mafia, has unveiled two new songs, “Freedom” featuring Pusha T and “I Know.” The artist will be releasing his new album, Almost Human, later this year via Kobalt. Slinky beats and dark melodies anchor the politically charged “Freedom,” which finds Pusha …

Belle and Sebastian will release three new EPs – all under the umbrella title How to Solve Our Human Problems– in quick succession this December, January and February. The band released a new song, “I’ll Be Your Pilot,” to accompany the announcement. “I’ll Be Your Pilot” is serene and affectionate, …

Kid Rock blasted producer Harvey Weinstein and commended the courageous women who exposed the film executive’s pattern of harassment in a post on the singer’s site. “Most of us in the entertainment business have heard of these disgusting stories for years about these scumbag heads of studios, record labels, Fortune …