The Beach Boys Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surf’s Up Sessions
On 15 August 1970, The Beach Boys repaired to Brian Wilson’s house in Bel-Air, setting up in the studio downstairs. Sunflower, their new album, was due out in a fortnight, but the band were already sketching ideas for a follow-up. Wilson laid down a...
Shannon And The Clams Year Of The Spider
Shannon And The Clams are part of a decades-long tradition of musicians who have channelled bygone sounds and imagery for new audiences. The best of these acts don’t engage in rote resuscitation or simple tributes. Instead, they bring a rough-hewn edge, a wild experimental...
Maisie Peters Wants You To Know What She’s Thinking
By Gabriel Aikins It takes a special collection of qualities for an artist to amass their stans. The music obviously has to be great, but it requires more: a business mind able to navigate the industry, a voice and the knowledge of how to use...
Grab The Tissues: Kacey Musgraves Will Perform ‘Star-Crossed’ At The VMAs
The wait is over. Kacey Musgraves is officially making her MTV VMAs debut. At the show, set to air live from Barclays Center on September 12, the country-pop diva will unveil the world-premiere performance of her new song “Star-Crossed,” a sweltering heartbreaker released earlier...
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On Wednesday (August 25), Lil Nas X dropped a trailer for his highly anticipated debut album Montero, which will be out September 17. The trailer, which immediately follows the events of his visual for “Industry Baby,” begins with a Montero News Network (MNN) broadcast...
Jay B Reinvents Himself With Somo:Fume: ‘There Are No Rules’
By Sarina Bhutani As Jay B settles into a late-night Zoom call from a conference room in Seoul, he is stoic as ever — the epitome of Capricorn energy. However, just ahead of the release of his first solo venture, the K-R&B star is...
Patti Smith covers Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder on new EP ‘Live at Electric Lady’
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