— As UK music festivals go, the Phoenix Festival doesn’t have the storied history of Glastonbury or Reading. It only ran for five years, between 1993 and ’97, but it was located pretty close to my home in the Midlands region of England when I was growing up, and so I went to the 1995 event and the two that followed. The 1996 Phoenix Festival is the festival that I judge all festivals on. So high was the bar it set, I’ve yet to see it be bettered (and I’ve attended Glastonburys, Readings, Coachellas, Riot Fests, Rocklahomas, Download/Doningtons, and more… Read more »
— Today we talk about Paramore’s next single, upcoming music festivals, and Miley’s promo for “Flowers”. — It’s Like That with Paramore We’re starting to feel like we owe Paramore a limb after how much life they’ve been giving us. The band kept things simple by posting that they’re dropping their next single “C’est Comme Ca” on the 12th. (In case you were wondering, ‘c’est comme ça’ means “it’s like that” in French.) We’re just two days away from a new single and a month away from the entire album. If you want more good news, it was also announced… Read more »
— Today we talk about Paramore’s new single, Ryan Reynolds being a tease, and the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in Los Angeles. — Paramore Does It Again In the absolute best music news we could ask for, Paramore dropped new music today, along with announcing details for their sixth album. The new album is titled This is Why and the single is the title track. Hayley Williams spoke on the single saying, “This Is Why was the very last song we wrote for the album. To be honest, I was so tired of writing lyrics but Taylor convinced Zac and… Read more »
There’s a sort of enthusiasm to Harvie that can’t help but suck you into his particular brand of pop-rock—especially if you spend some time talking to him and discover that he really is that earnest.
Today we talk about Foo Fighters’ tribute shows for Taylor Hawkins, Millie Bobby Brown on Hot Ones, and Matthew McConaughey’s speech about Uvalde at the White House. The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Shows Foo Fighters’ current members, Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear, and Rami Jaffee, are coming together for two tribute concerts for their late band member, Taylor Hawkins. The shows will take place in London on September 3rd and in Los Angeles on September 27th. They made the announcement via their Instagram saying, “For our dear friend, our badass bandmate, our beloved brother…Foo Fighters and The Hawkins… Read more »
This week I have legendary rockstar Marko DeSantis! He’s played for such bands as The Swingin’ Utters, The Ataris, and his most notable band- Sugarcult! I got to learn all about his career starting in Santa Barbara through today. I got to first tour with Marko 20 years ago and we’ve been friends ever since, he has such a cool story, he even talks about how he grew up with Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett. Tune in!
Today we talk about the passing of Taylor Hawkins, Harry Styles dropping a new single, and Will Smith’s big slap at the Oscars. The Life of Taylor Hawkins Taylor Hawkins, drummer for Foo Fighters, unexpectedly passed away this weekend at the age of 50. Fans found out about his passing when the band posted a statement saying, “The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins. His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever. Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family, and we… Read more »
Today we talk about the newest Stranger Things announcement, Dave Grohl’s latest project, and Jake Gyllenhaal addressing All Too Well. Stranger Things is on its Way Back We are finally getting what we’ve been waiting for: Netflix announced that Stranger Things 4 is hitting the streaming service on May 27th. The season will be broken up into two installments and the second half will drop on July 1st. The Duffer Brothers released a letter to the fans, which you can read below, and revealed they filmed this season for two years and the runtime will be nearly twice as long… Read more »
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about Neil Young vs. Spotify.
What better way to kick off a weekend than with new music? Featuring new tracks from Nothing, nowhere., POORSTACY, Why Don’t We, and more.
