It’s been a week now since Eddie Van Halen died and the shock is still reverberating throughout the rock community. Rumors of his ill health circulated for years, but nobody in or around the band commented on them at any point beyond a few cryptic remarks from David Lee Roth …
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Angel Olsen took to her Instagram on Sunday to sing a new 11-minute song, “Time Bandits.” Sitting at the piano, she dove into the first verse while staring at the camera: “The feeling takes over at first it’s surprising/But then I surrender no longer in hiding.” Later, she repeats: “I want …
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To mark what would have been John Lennon‘s 80th birthday, Willie Nelson and his sons Lukas and Micah covered “Watching the Wheels” at part of a day-long celebration for the late singer. Sitting on stools holding their guitars, the Nelson family kicked off the Double Fantasy track, joined by Promise …
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Rapper Tory Lanezwill face assault and weapons charges for allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot this summer. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced the charges on Thursday. The rapper, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, will face one felony count each of assault with a semiautomatic …
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Ozzy Osbourne first encountered Eddie Van Halen in 1978, when Black Sabbath welcomed Van Halen as their openers. It wasn’t long before the Iron Men realized that the young Californians had enough energy to keep them on their toes, but Osbourne nevertheless appreciated Eddie’s guitar playing. Here, the singer remembers …
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Steve Vai and Eddie Van Halen were not the most likely of friends. After David Lee Roth acrimoniously left Van Halen in 1985, Roth recruited Vai — an Eddie Van Halen–inspired, finger-tapping virtuoso — for his solo band. Vai played on Roth’s albums Eat ‘Em and Smile and Skyscraper – …
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Amy Winehouse’s greatest hits will be released on a 7-inch singles box set on November 20th. Taking from the singer’s albums — Frank,Back to Black, andLioness: Hidden Treasures —some of the singles featured on 12×7: The Singles Collection box set will include “Stronger Than Me,” “Rehab,” “Love Is a Losing …
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Following a listening party on Monday, Deerhoof dropped a surprise new album, Love-Lore, via Joyful Noise Recordings. Love-Lore was recorded live in the studio over a single afternoon at Rivington Rehearsal Studios in New York City. The album contains a medley of 43 covers, which range from the Velvet Underground …
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Sadie Dupuis never intended for her song “Ghost (of a Good Time)” to become a quarantine anthem. The synth-pop tune was partially inspired by her memory of a Bushwick, Brooklyn, show that started at 1 a.m., but its true subject is binging a Netflix series all day — something many …
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The Shins have returned with “The Great Divide,” a timely new single out on frontman James Mercer‘s label, Aural Apothecary/Monotone Records. The band released a video for the track — directed by Paul Trillo with creative direction from Jon Sortland — as well as a “Flipped” version on Amazon Music. …
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