NOFX, Rancid, Pennywise, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes will headline the inaugural Camp Punk in Drublic festival, set for June 1st through June 3rd, at the outdoor venue Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio. The line-up also includes Goldfinger, Sick of It All, Lagwagon, Strung …
Read More »
Kenny Roby moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1991 with the Lubricators, a precocious punk band he joined as a high-schooler in Clemson, South Carolina. They opened for Jane’s Addiction, the Circle Jerks and Danzig and then broke up shortly after their northern migration. Post-split, Roby got his hands on …
Read More »
Spanish garage rock outfit Hinds hit the slopes in the new video for “The Club,” a track off their upcoming album, I Don’t Run, out April 6th via Mom and Pop. The Matthew Dillon Cohen-directed clip, shot in wintry Connecticut landscape, finds Hinds hanging around a resort in Nineties-era ski …
Read More »
Last year, post-punk firebrands Wire celebrated their 40th anniversary with a tour; now they’re marking their legacy with a set of retrospective releases. Beginning this spring, the group will be releasing special and deluxe editions of its earliest works – first with a box set of nine seven-inches, Nine Sevens, …
Read More »
When you plan to write an article about Neil Young, you don’t expect Neil Young to also write an article about you. “I’m writing a story of today for the Times Contrarian right now,” he tells Rolling Stone, referring to the online newspaper he’s been updating on Neil Young Archivesfeaturing …
Read More »
David Byrne recruits students of a Detroit arts school for the singer’s celebratory “Everybody’s Coming to My House” video, a track off Byrne’s new LP American Utopia. The video features a performance by the Detroit School of Arts’ Vocal Jazz Ensemble interpreting “Everybody’s Coming to My House” accompanied only by …
Read More »
Craig Mack, the rapper who had the first hit on P. Diddy’s iconic hip-hop label Bad Boy Records, died on Monday. He was 47. According to the New York Daily News, the rapper died of heart failureat his Walterboro, South Carolina home. His death was confirmed by Mack’s former producer …
Read More »
A Perfect Circle condemn digital obsession, praise the healing power of nature in the new video for “Disillusioned.”Directed by Alex Howard, the video follows a woman through a creepy, black-and-white space where a cult stands enraptured by their smartphones, scrolling until their eyes literally become blank. The protagonist sneaks outside, …
Read More »
For the second year in a row, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is shining a light on the state of country music with a special exhibit that focuses on how the genre is building bridges across stylistic divides. It’s an ambitious undertaking, since what exactly defines “country …
Read More »
Chris Young‘s growing reputation as one of country’s most reliable hitmakers isn’t without merit. Since 2009, the Tennessee native has employed his smooth, nimble baritone and flair for romantic drama on a total of 10 Number One songs between the Billboard and Mediabase country airplay charts, the most recent of …
Read More »