oday we’ve got Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons donating a house, some standouts at the Golden Globes, Nicolas Sarkozy, Rock N Roll Benefit, and Women’s History Month.
Today grandson released a new music video, Amy Cooper’s charges are dropped, and several Buffy cast members stand in solidarity with Charisma Carpenter and Ray Fisher.
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about the Ramones band members’ opposing political views.
Over 700 artifacts and pieces of memorabilia of Rock ‘n’ Roll history will make their way to auction on October 25 and 26, 2019. A Culver City-based company, Julien’s Auctions, is hosting the event. Two of the items that stand out are those that belonged to the late Kurt Cobain. The olive green sweater he wore during the taping of Nirvana’s iconic 1993 MTV Unplugged recording has an estimated value of $200,000 to $300,000. The sweater is described as missing a button, stained, and having a cigarette hole burned through it. The second item is Cobain’s turquoise left-handed fender built-in… Read more »
Vans Warped Tour has just released the individual lineups for the festival’s three locations this summer and they are EPIC.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2018 inductees!
What happens when music meets culture? You get BMG’s first book: The “Odessey”: The Zombies in Words and Images.
Drumroll please…this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, presented by Klipsch Audio, has announced even more special guests!
Photo Credit: Graham Fielder for Alternative Press Over the course of the last week, my life has been all about the Alternative Press Music Awards 2nd year celebration. It’s been filled with good friends, new friends, old heroes that have become friends, and a lot of tequila. But, before the reunions, the hugs, and even before the tequila, I got to go to the grand opening of the Alternative Press Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Exhibit. It was the single most humbling experience of my APMAs week, and I couldn’t be more proud of the promises it… Read more »
The Alternative Press Music Awards is making its second annual appearance this year in Cleveland on July 22nd. Because I grew up in Cleveland, I had the privilege of watching many of this year’s APMAs nominees perform live early on in their careers. Some of these bands have been a part of my life since I was 13, while others are a bit newer to me. When I think about all of the journeys I’ve taken with them as people, and to see them perform live–just in this city alone–I can’t help but feel a sense of pride about where… Read more »