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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland / photo by Andrew Hitchcock/Flickr

N.W.A, Janet Jackson, Nine Inch Nails, The Smiths Nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Yes, you are getting old.

October 08, 2015

Jonathan Bree header // photo by Chelsea Nikkel

PREMIERE: Jonathan Bree “Murder”s a Trio of Attendees in the Drawing Room with the Piano

Also: opens the space-time continuum.

October 08, 2015

2015. Kurt Cobain Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings cover crop

LISTEN: Join Kurt Cobain in His Home for the “Sappy” Demo from 1988 [UPDATED]

The track is available on the upcoming “Montage of Heck” companion release and will be the B-side of an upcoming 7”.

October 07, 2015

Majical Cloudz // Downtown Video

WATCH: Majical Cloudz Take Us “Downtown” in New Video

“Are You Alone?” is out October 16 on Matador.

October 07, 2015

EL VY — Paul is Alive

WATCH: EL VY Share Lyric Video for “Paul is Alive”

Miss him, miss him.

October 07, 2015

Elle Belle. Photo credit Casey Curry.

PREMIERE: Elle Belle Shares Retro Pop Gem “Failed Dreamz”

The track will have a worldwide release on October 23.

October 07, 2015

2015. Patti Smith by Steven Sebring

Art & Culture
Patti Smith Is Working on “Tons” of New Literary Projects

“I’m always just working. I have tons and tons and tons of unpublished material.”

October 06, 2015

Courtney Barnett. Blue Series. Third Man.

LISTEN: Courtney Barnett to Release Jack White-Produced Single, Shares Boys Next Door Cover “Shivers”

The Australian rocker has also announced a deluxe edition of “Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit,” out in November.

October 06, 2015

2015. St. Vincent playing her signature Ernie Ball guitar.

Events
CONTEST: Win a St. Vincent Signature Ernie Ball Music Man Guitar

Plus VIP access for two to FLOODfest Brooklyn.

October 06, 2015

Caravan Palace // photo by Antoine Delaporte

PREMIERE: Paris’s Caravan Palace Bring Ragtime to the Raving Masses with “Russian”

Twenty-three skidoo!

October 06, 2015

TORONTO, ON – SEPTEMBER 17: Director Chantal Akerman poses for a portrait to promote her film “Demain on Déménage” during the 29th Annual Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, Friday, September 17, 2004. (Photo by Donald Weber/Getty Images)

Film + TV
RIP: Chantal Akerman (1950–2015)

The experimental filmmaker was 65 years old.

October 06, 2015

Tortoise // photo by Andrew Paynter

LISTEN: Tortoise Announce New Album “The Catastrophist,” Share Single “Gesceap”

The experimental Chicago post-rock group returns on January 22 with their first album since 2009.

October 06, 2015

The Last Panthers opening credits

Film + TV
WATCH: New David Bowie Song “Blackstar” Scores Opening Credits of “The Last Panthers”

The Sky Atlantic/CANAL + prestige drama debuts November 12 in Europe.

October 06, 2015

2015. “Vinyl” trailer. HBO

Film + TV
WATCH: Bobby Cannavale Never Stops Hustling in Full “Vinyl” Trailer

The HBO series premieres in January 2016.

October 05, 2015

Run The Jewels / photo by Jasmine Safaeian

LISTEN: Adult Swim Releases a Brand-New Run The Jewels Track “Rubble Kings Theme (Dynamite)”

The final Adult Swim single does not disappoint.

October 05, 2015

Surf Rock is Dead “Equinox” video

PREMIERE: Surf Rock is Dead Defy Their Own Name, Share Surf-Flecked “Equinox”

The Brooklyn group’s first single gets a video.

October 05, 2015

photo by Suzanne Cordeiro

Events
LIVE, IN PHOTOS: Austin City Limits Festival Weekend One (10/2–4/2015)

Riding high through weekend one of Austin’s other major festival.

October 05, 2015

Whopper Wine

Art & Culture
Burger King Now Selling Whopper Wine in Spain

The “your way” at which you can have it now apparently includes “drunk”

October 05, 2015

Dilly Dally. Sore cover.

Reviews
Dilly Dally, “Sore”

Her count-off at the top of opener “Desire” is a battle cry for a war she wages against her own vocal chords throughout the record.

October 05, 2015

Janet Jackson “Unbreakable” album cover

LISTEN: Janet Jackson Gets Us Through With “Gon’ B Alright”

#FunkyFriday

October 02, 2015
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