About a year ago, the estate of the late, great audio engineer, musician, and writer Steve Albini began auctioning off his belongings and memorabilia. That project remains ongoing. One new addition to the auction website, known as Steve Albini’s Closet, is a gold record Albini received for his work on Nirvana’s abrasive post-fame freakout In Utero.
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Grimes’ last album Miss Anthropocene arrived six years ago. Since then, she’s given birth to three children, released a handful of singles and demos, and apparently, nearly retired from music altogether to pursue AI. But now, it seems like Grimes is preparing herself for a big return to the music world: In a new feature today with Interview, the musician said she has a new album on the way called Psy Opera, which apparently won’t include any generative AI.
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It’s been about four months since Kevin Basko released music, so he’s past due for some new tunes. It was only back in January that the Philly musician better known as Rubber Band Gun released his last album ROAM BABY ROAM, a collaborative record with Joe Joesph; Basko also recently produced Highway To Hell, the…
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Last night marked the fourth iteration of the American Music Honors, the annual ceremony held by Monmouth University’s Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center For American Music. This year, the honorees were the Doors, Patti Smith, Dionne Warwick, the E Street Band, and Dr. Dre, some of whom and more also took part in some performances at the 700-capacity Pollack Theater.
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Kacey Musgraves was a last-minute addition to Coachella’s Weekend 2 lineup, conveniently leading up to next month’s release of her new album Middle Of Nowhere. She performed Saturday afternoon and opened her set with the album’s newly-released title track, one of a few live debuts she incorporated into the setlist: She also performed unreleased songs “Uncertain, TX” and “Back On The Wagon.”
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The Strokes had a powerful ending for their Coachella Weekend 2 set last night. On the main stage of the festival — just ahead of headliner Justin Bieber — the band closed with “Oblivius,” a song from 2016 that they hadn’t performed since that year. The screen behind them displayed a video montage accusing the CIA of overthrowing various foreign regimes throughout the past few decades, including Mohammed Mossadegh of Iran, Patrice Lumumba of the Congo, and more. The montage ended with some footage of US attacks on Iran and Israeli attacks on Gaza, particularly pointing out the universities that have been destroyed.
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Justin Bieber’s Coachella Weekend 1 set has been spawning a lot of conversations online. Some people argue that him bringing out a laptop to sing karaoke over his old music videos was lazy; others argue that he’s endured enough in his career and should be able to do whatever the hell he wants. Either way, he switched things up for his Weekend 2 headlining performance last night, bringing out a slew of special guests: Billie Eilish, SZA, Sexyy Red, Big Sean, and Dijon.
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Last weekend, Ninajirachi’s effervescent Coachella set peaked when she brought out Porter Robinson to debut a new song seemingly called “WannaCry.” Last night for round two, the rising Australian hyperpop darling was joined by her equally exciting peer Underscores to perform a remix of Robinson’s 2024 tune “Perfect Pinterest Garden.”
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Big week for popes: LA indie rockers Pope are back with new singles from their upcoming record BFM. The band released “John Thomas” and “Sick Minute” yesterday, and the latter features Julia Steiner of Ratboys fame. “‘Sick Minute’ is about trying your hardest, just because it’s always good to give it your best shot,” bandleader Matt…
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Last weekend, Sabrina Carpenter’s huge Hollywood-themed performance was the centerpiece of Coachella. Last night, she made it even bigger by bringing out Madonna, who announced her new album Confessions II earlier this week.
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