Vampire Weekend must be feeling nostalgic. Over the weekend, Ezra Koenig and his New York rockers revisited a handful of decades-old covers at an intimate London gig, while also adding a new one to the pile by sharing their own rendition of Paul Simon’s One-Trick Pony track “Late In The

It’s been nearly 23 years since director Andrew Fleming turned Fairuza Balk into the most terrifying human being alive with 1996’s The Craft. Since then, the female-led blockbuster has become a cult classic that has inspired a generation of horror fans. While Sony initially mulled over a reboot/sequel in 2015

Christ, Justin Bieber can’t catch a break. The recently retired singer is now being blamed by Iceland for destroying one of its canyons. As CNN Travel reports, the country will temporarily shut down the Fjaðrárgljúfur canyon this June due to damage caused by foot traffic that they attribute to Bieber’s

Back in February, it was reported that Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions had found its new Candyman by casting Aquaman star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Although Tony Todd offered his blessing, many fans expressed their own disappointment that they were recasting the titular role at all. Well, that disappointment may have been

Machine Head are returning to the stage to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album, Burn My Eyes. The Bay Area metal band will go on European and North American tours, playing two sets each night: one that promises Machine Head classics and another in which the band will

Regina Spektor is set to make her Broadway debut this summer. The Russian-born singer-songwriter will take up residency at New York City’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre for a total of five nights: June 20th, 21st, 22nd, 25th, and 26th. Fans can expect hits from her extensive catalog — but updated for the

Last August, The Beths released their breakthrough debut LP, Future Me Hates Me, via Carpark Records. To support the record, the New Zealand-based indie rock act recently performed in major markets across the United States in addition to playing stand-out set at (including at our own event). If you missed

Don’t expect to hear new music from Justin Bieber anytime soon. In an Instagram message to fans, the 25-year-old pop singer said he is currently “focused on repairing some of the deep rooted issues that I have… so that I don’t fall apart, so that I can sustain my marriage,

Megadeth will embark on their inaugural Megacruise this fall, headlining alongside previously announced thrash metal legends Anthrax, Testament, and Overkill, among others. Today, the band just announced additional acts for the cruise, including Queensrÿche, Suicidal Tendencies, Death Angel, Sacred Reich, Toothgrinder, and Megadeth tribute band MecaniX. The cruise departs on

Last month, we reported that Corey Taylor had collaborated on a track with UK rapper Kid Bookie, after the rhyme-slinger hit up the Slipknot frontman on Twitter. To quickly recap, Bookie tweeted that the Slipknot track “Wait and Bleed” was as iconic as System of a Down’s “Chop Suey!”, and

Swedish metal act Avatar released their most theatrical and ambitious album last year with Avatar Country, which frontman Johannes Eckerström describes as a “love letter to metal.” Epic, empowering, uncompromising — these are all good descriptors for Avatar Country, which marks the band’s seventh studio LP. Now, the album’s central

Apple formally introduced its long-awaited television platform during an event held at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California on Monday. Called Apple TV+, the streaming service builds off of Apple’s existing Apple TV application with a variety of original content. Many of Apple’s creators were on hand to introduce their

Avengers: Endgame has as tall an order as any cinematic blockbuster ever projected on the silver screen. The movie must bring to an end ten years and 22 films-worth of storytelling and universe building, including undoing an action that wiped out half the universe. Obviously, as talented as directors Anthony

Last week, both Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter confirmed that Bill & Ted 3: Face the Music is officially in production for an August 21st, 2020 release. What’s more, screenwriter Ed Soloman teased that the next adventure would have some “delicious cameos.” Well, now we know one of them, as the film’s

In early March, the trio of Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker, and Slim Jim Phantom announced The Stray Cats would celebrate their 40th anniversary with a new album and summer tour. Now, Setzer has announced that he will complement his run with The Stray Cats in August with his own “Rockabilly Riot!”

Back in the fall, the Damon Albarn-led supergroup The Good, the Bad & the Queen released their long-awaited album, Merrie Land. Now, the ever-prolific Gorillaz bandleader has turned his sights to Africa Express, his long-running collective dedicated to promoting African music and artists. Today, the group has released a new EP called MOLO, which means

Download | Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public On the latest Kyle Meredith With…, multi-instrumentalist songwriter Bruce Hornsby touches on his history scoring a variety of projects for Spike Lee. Hornsby also speaks about his involvement with and admiration for Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, working on his new album, Absolute Zero,

Fans have spent years clamoring for more from blues rockers Reignwolf. Now that the Jordan Cook-led project has finally delivered its debut full-length, Hear Me Out, they’re giving audiences everything they’ve been craving. After spending March on an intimate tour that included an appearance at Consequence of Sound’s SXSW party with

Rock supergroup Filthy Friends are just a little over a month out from the release of their sophomore album, Emerald Valley. The star-studded outfit — comprised of Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker, R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, King Crimson’s Bill Rieflin, The Minus 5’s Scott McCaughey, and The Fastbacks’ Kurt Bloch — previously teased with lead single “Last Chance County”. Today

Bloc Party are marking the 15th anniversary of their seminal debut, Silent Alarm, by playing the album in full on an upcoming US tour. The special six-date outing kicks off in September with shows in Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Boston, and New York City. Then in November, they’ll stage performances in

Heroes, villains, droids and Daleks and were all on hand as fans gathered to meet their favorite artists, writers and entertainers at Chicago’s C2E2 pop culture extravaganza. For the convention’s 10th anniversary, such high-profile events as a Clueless cast reunion and an interview with David Tennant drew attendees from all

With the Warped Tour ending its run as a full-on traveling festival last year, the newly announced Rockstar Energy Drink Disrupt Festival could fill the void for fans across North America in 2019. Featuring bands that would fit right in on past Warped lineups, Disrupt Festival boasts a number of

Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi and his partner/collaborator Alex Somers will mark the 10th anniversary of their 2009 album, Riceboy Sleeps, with a series of orchestral performances this summer. The pair will team up with the London Contemporary Orchestra to perform the album in its entirety for the first time. The

Kevin Smith has been gleefully updating fans on the filming of Jay and Silent Bob Reboot with a constant torrent of Instagram posts. He’s confirmed appearances from Method Man and Redman, Molly Shannon, Kate Micucci, WWE star Chris Jericho, Craig Robinson, Justin Long, Joe Manganiello, and many more familiar View Askew

Ahead of their historic performance at Coachella next month, K-pop girl group BLACKPINK have announced the impending release of a new EP called Kill This Love. Due out April 5th, Kill This Love serves as the follow-up to BLACKPINK’s debut EP, 2018’s Square Up, and marks the group’s first release in

Lionel Richie has a busy summer in the works, with plans for a new album and extensive North American tour. Richie’s forthcoming effort is titled Live from Las Vegas and sees him celebrating his recent residency in Sin City. His first release for Capitol Records is due out August 23rd

After a successful winter trek in support of their latest album, Evolution, Disturbed have announced a new run of North American tour dates set to take place this summer and fall. The new leg is divided into two parts — a brief set of summer dates that runs from July

Since the start of the year, there’s been less Conan O’Brien on TV. His TBS late night show, Conan, was chopped to a half-hour format, a major reduction in red-headed comic fare. Fans were promised satiation with a long-in-the-works online archive of O’Brien’s entire 25-year talkshow career, from his time on

Scott Walker, avant-garde troubadour, songwriter, and co-founder of The Walker Brothers, has died at the age of 76. 4AD, the label on which Walker released his most recent records, confirmed the musician’s passing in a statement. A cause of death is not immediately known. “For half a century, the genius

This feature originally ran in April 2015. We’re revisiting in time for an extremely early Opening Day. With Opening Day fast approaching, Matt Melis, Justin Gerber, Michael Roffman, and Dominick Suzanne-Mayer got together to shell sunflower seeds, practice their seventh-inning stretches, and try to avoid a rhubarb as they selected the top

As legions of fans send well wishes to Ozzy Osbourne after illnesses have sidelined the Prince of Darkness for the

Punk rock purveyors PUP have a new album on the way called Morbid Stuff. Ahead of the album’s April release

ScHoolboy Q finally returned earlier this month with a new single titled “Numb Numb Juice”. Easily worth the long wait,

Last week, Karen O and super producer Danger Mouse unveiled their highly anticipated collaborative album, Lux Prima. To support the record, the duo served

Need proof that rock is not dead: Taj Farrant, a 9-year-old guitarist from Australia, showed off his impressive skills on

The great Sharon Van Etten has been making the rounds in support of her tremendous new album, Remind Me Tomorrow.

Billie Eilish is gearing up to drop her highly anticipated debut album, WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE

Better Oblivion Community Center are only 10 days into their first-ever tour and already they’ve surprised audiences with three unique

Dropkick Murphys began this year’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend with blows and blood. On Friday night, the punk rock band’s

Every Thursday night, Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst organizes a set at Los Angeles’ Black Rabbit Rose venue. This week,

Creed frontman Scott Stapp looked like he was in a dark place for awhile there. Back in 2014, he found himself

Tame Impala have officially returned! Ahead of their upcoming US tour, which includes headlining spots at Coachella and Lollapalooza, as well

Next month, Bruce Hornsby will reveal his first album in three years, Absolute Zero. For the effort, the Grammy-winning pianist

Origins is a recurring new music feature which challenges artists to dig into the influences behind their newest track. Throughout

Arizona Americana act Calexico and indie folk stalwart Iron & Wine have announced their first collaborative album, Years to Burn. Due

This May marks the release of Father of the Bride, the long-awaited new album from Vampire Weekend. On Wednesday, the indie

The Belgian trio Brutus are back with their sophomore album, Nest, on March 29th, and the band has teamed up

Australian producer Flume (aka Harley Streten) has dropped a new mixtape called Hi This Is Flume, marking his first collection of

When Ezra Koenig announced the new Vampire Weekend album, Father of the Bride, he promised to release two tracks a month

Sweden’s Amon Amarth will return with their 11th full-length album, Berserker, on May 3rd via Metal Blade. The follow-up to

“All this for, what, a puppy?” We’re already less than two months away from the release of John Wick: Chapter

Christopher Nolan traditionally aims for the best, and his next film is no exception. According to Variety, BlacKkKlansman star John

Surviving Beastie Boys members Adam “Adrock” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond will return to the stage in April for

At last, the epic first trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s highly anticipated Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood has arrived. Naturally,

Christopher Nolan traditionally aims for the best, and his next film is no exception. According to Variety, BlacKkKlansman star John

In 2016, New York Magazine affiliate The Cut published an article titled “The Hustlers at Scores”, an exploration of a described “modern Robin Hood

The Pitch: Nearly a century after their historic crime wave, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow still resound as household names, symbols

As film technology continues to progress, one of its most consistent uses has been the ability to more faithfully visualize

We’re less than three months away from the June 21st release of Toy Story 4. While most movies at that

The Pitch: In the briefest of sentences, the four members of the Wilson family (mother Lupita Nyong’o, father Winston Duke,

Welcome to Dissected, where we disassemble a band’s catalog, a director’s filmography, or some other critical pop-culture collection in the abstract.

A forlorn man wants to erase the memory of his ex-lover, and the pseudo-scientific process is depicted through him traversing

This feature originally ran in April 2015 and will be periodically updated and re-published with the latest Marvel releases. Welcome

(Editor’s Note: On the 35th anniversary of the iconic rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, we are honored to have Marty

This article is being revisited in honor of This Is Spinal Tap turning 35 this weekend. I’d argue that it’s

Note: This feature was originally published in October 2014. We’ve updated it with the release of The Black Album. Put

Welcome to Dissected, where we disassemble a band’s catalog, a director’s filmography, or some other critical pop-culture collection in the

Feature photo by Philip Cosores Deep Cuts collects all the forgotten and often hidden gems in a band’s catalogue. This time

Download | Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher| Podchaser | RSS We’ve packed our bags. We waved goodbye to 45 Lampkin Lane. We’re now about 72

Welcome to Dissected, where we disassemble a band’s catalog, a director’s filmography, or some other critical pop-culture collection in the

The Lowdown: If you dig into the records of Animal Collective co-frontman Dave Portner, you’ll soon hit water. It’s the

The Lowdown: At age 16, Chief Keef didn’t just emerge onto the rap scene; he erupted. During the early 2010s,

The Lowdown: We are secretly living in an age of great drummers, and Danger Mouse is one of those greats.

The Lowdown: Flight of the Conchords have never risked overstaying their welcome. Instead, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement have opted

The Lowdown: Groove Denied, in its title alone, gets to the heart of the frustrations that so often imbue the

The Lowdown: It’s been nearly a year since the release of Juice WRLD’s debut LP, Goodbye & Good Riddance. It

The Lowdown: Stella Donnelly is a virtual newcomer to the musical scene, but Beware of the Dogs, a glimmering yet

The Lowdown: In 2019, patriotism can come from some pretty strange places. Australian psychedelic rock wonders Pond have shown their

Wilco’s Summerteeth is often overlooked simply due to the gravity of the album it preceded. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is the

The Lowdown: Alice Phoebe Lou is somewhat of a real-life sprite, a roaming, wanderlust-filled musician who spent her formative years

David Lynch’s Festival of Disruption is returning to New York City in 2019. The two-day event goes down at Brooklyn Steel

Phil Collins is still alive and well. Thus, he’s expanded his “Still Not Dead Yet Tour” with a new leg

Grammy-winning pianist and songwriter Bruce Hornsby is on the verge of releasing a new album dubbed, Absolute Zero. His first full-length

With a massively successful expansion to the Caymans behind them and a launch in Texas ahead, the organizers behind KAABOO

We made it. SXSW 2019 is in the books, along with new chapters in the careers of the thousands of

Are Oh Sees ever not doing something? After releasing their latest album, Smote Reverser, last summer, John Dwyer and co. reissued their

Vivid LIVE is an annual series of events taking place between May 24th and June 15th at the Sydney Opera

Back in January, Phantom Planet played a secret show in Beverley Hills, which marked their first known performance since 2012.

South Korean boy band Monsta X are set to embark on their “We Are Here World Tour”. An American leg, including

At the start of the year, Maggie Rogers arrived with her debut full-length album, Heard It in a Past Life.

HBO’s long-in-the-works Deadwood movie is finally ready for airing. A new trailer offers our first look at the upcoming feature-length film,

It’s fitting that Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series is cyclical. After all, we’re only two years removed from Sony’s

Nobody knew it’d take this long. When we all finished bingeing the second season of Stranger Things, very few could

The gap between season two and season three of Stranger Things has been brutal. It’s not only been over a

Ever since all that weird stuff happened in November 2016, Saturday Night Live has found itself plunged into a bit of an

Say it aloud with us: Game of Thrones is almost over. After eight years, HBO’s fantasy mega-hit will call it a day,

Last week it was announced that The Simpsons episode featuring Michael Jackson would be removed from circulation in the wake

(Note: The following review covers the final eight episodes of Arrested Development‘s fifth season.) The Pitch: Following up on the events from

As the market continues to flood with a growing number of music, TV, and film streaming options, it’s going to

Taika Waititi clearly isn’t letting all of that Thor: Ragnarok clout go to waste. In addition to his work on the first