https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/tool-new-album-aeb79008-af4d-443e-86ca-da43cadf1ab1.jpgThe fifth Tool album has become something like alt-metal’s Chinese Democracy. This April will mark 12 years since the release of the group’s most recent LP,...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/darcy-wretzky-billy-corgan-tumor-7eb7fac5-814a-40d2-aba1-370519f3401e.jpgOriginal Smashing Pumpkins bassist D’arcy Wretzky criticized Billy Corgan for allegedly excluding her from the band’s...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/screen-shot-2018-02-14-at-103423-am-be31ec01-a0df-4b88-aa7c-7bba1c6a2c63.pngEminem traces a relationship from hopeful beginning to volatile end in the new, documentary-style “River” video, featuring guest singer Ed...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/gettyimages-827952160-13e42b41-ba75-4502-b662-6936436b451c.jpgNew York R&B duo Lion Babe conjure the spirit of J Dilla with their seductive new single “Honey Dew.” Lucas Goodman nods to the late producer with...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/michael-and-metal-55706087-6f2b-4e0f-8fc2-fef6734160f2.jpgCollaborators of the superstar siblings reflect on how “Beat It” and “Black Cat” crossed genre – and racial – boundaries, and changed...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/gettyimages-679973046-f80467d3-b34f-476c-8fb6-720bd372c3c4.jpgNew Orleans rapper Big Freedia marked Mardi Gras with a delirious new track, “Best Beeleevah.” The song appears on Freedia’s new Spotify playlist,...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/gettyimages-86102735-c4670853-94af-4168-8a12-adf1d49ed50b.jpgIt’s not easy being a Peter Gabriel fan in 2018. He hasn’t released an album of original tunes since 2002’s Up, even if he’s supposedly been...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/smashing-pumpkins-reunion-questions-we-still-have-f73716a5-9d16-4996-83b6-fb75f7c0bbc0.jpgThe Smashing Pumpkins are reportedly days away from announcing a reunion tour – minus the band’s reclusive founding bassist,...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/codeorange_0104-7b7164c1-e2bf-4187-84f8-557820ff2d78.jpgTwo weeks before the Grammys, Code Orange drummer-vocalist Jami Morgan is admiring the outfit he’ll be wearing on the red carpet: a bespoke black fur coat. He never...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/tom-rapp-dead-read-2018-031d721b-7866-40b4-ab9c-fe24c8336efb.jpgTom Rapp, the leader of the beloved psych rock outfit Pearls Before Swine and a longtime civil rights lawyer, died in hospice at his home in Melbourne, Florida. He was...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/superchunk_lissagotwals_2-92d74d04-b777-4852-9236-517f295a54bb.jpgSuperchunk frontman Mac McCaughan can vividly recall what he felt the moment he learned that Donald Trump had been elected president: “horror, depression,...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/joan-jett-styx-tour-9eef2677-8c18-432b-9c20-f13ec012e8cd.jpgJoan Jett and the Blackhearts and Styx will co-headline a North American tour this summer with heavy metal outfit Tesla serving as support. The trek kicks off May 30th at...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/mccready-joseph-still-78a59e04-0471-4838-8d7c-f89bd11273b5.jpgLast fall, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready welcomed five young men who lived in foster care as children into his band’s studio with the intention of making a...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/gettyimages-835368036-f4c5cc28-12f2-416a-aab8-45600eba8715.jpgTwo days before the Smashing Pumpkins are rumored to announce the long-awaited reunion of three-quarters of their classic lineup, the band issued a statement explaining...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/james-hetfield-cast-in-ted-bundy-movie-2018-read-06cd49bd-584a-492c-92e3-b56fe4ce12b8.jpgJames Hetfield will make his big-screen acting debut in the upcoming Ted Bundy film Extremely Wicked, Shocking Evil and Vile, starring Zac...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/tinashe-future-song-faded-love-ad07b5e5-0779-420c-8268-fa0fe4fa34ed.jpgTinashe teamed up with Future on her slinky new single, “Faded Love.” The two artists previously collaborated on “How Many Times,” a...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/09-6f57e883-fdee-44d8-866c-0444926b3f29.jpgFaith No More‘s Mike Patton and master turntablist DJ QBert staged their first-ever collaboration this weekend in San Francisco, where the duo performed a pair of impromptu concerts...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/bat-for-lashes-short-film-2018-watch-115ad144-f856-4245-a55d-00dbb5a667f2.jpgBat for Lashes‘ Natasha Khan explores a surreal, supernatural romance in a new short film called Light Beings. The musician wrote and directed...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/elton-paul-simon-3dd44c57-502b-4413-b5f6-8290f24d55e4.jpgThe rock world has never seen a rash of retirements like this. In the past few weeks, some of rock & roll’s most legendary performers have declared they’re...
https://img.wennermedia.com/featured/steve-miller-peter-frampton-68275afc-4c7c-4c9c-9d57-772a7c83c5f2.jpgSteve Miller Band and Peter Frampton will unite for a North American summer tour. The lengthy trek, which follows their joint 2017 run, launches June 12th...