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1. DJ Shadow Revisits A Classic As ‘Mountain’ Turns 10

   It retains the combustible chemistry of the original collaboration with Run the Jewels while adding freshly recorded verses from Denzel Curry and TiaCorine.

2. Mystikal Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Rape

   Mystikal has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to a reduced charge in a Louisiana rape case.

3. Questlove, James Murphy DJing Phish Mexico Fest

   Phish's annual Riviera Maya destination event has always been about more than the band.

4. Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler Recalls His Colorful Career in Heavy Metal

   Geezer Butler was there at the moment of heavy metal creation.  In the 1960s, there had been other artists who paved the way for a new era in heavy music—Jimi Hendrix, the Yardbirds, and Cream among them. But it wasn’t until Geezer and friends Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, and Bill Ward formed a band called […]

5. The Steve Bardwil Band Draw Inspiration From Bob Dylan on Their Brand New Americana-Charged Single “Scarecrow Dreams”

   When Steve Bardwil watched the 2023 Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, everything clicked. “I’ve always been a Dylan fan, but he was off my radar a little bit,” says Bardwil. “And I forgot how insanely unique he was at the time, and what he started, so I just said, ‘God, I gotta write some […]

6. Electro-pop Legends Come Together to Create the Ultimate Covers Album

   The U.K. is experiencing a heatwave when I connect with Doublespeak’s Neil Arthur and Benge, which means they must comment on it, and on how they are staying cool. It’s endearing but it doesn’t prepare me for interfacing with Doublespeak’s third member, Vince Clarke, who has a sun-kissed glow on his cheeks when I talk […]

7. Life’s A Bitch: Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Talks new album, ICE, and Only Fans

   When art begets art, there’s no stopping the ferocity of flow, especially for a fierce female with a lot to say.  Nadya Tolokonnikova wasn’t planning on making a record when the components for Pussy Riot’s new release, Cyka, started coming together. She was decompressing after “Police State,” her 10-day performance installation at the Museum of […]

8. Outtakes: Mo Troper

   I met him in his recording studio in the back of a tucked-away record store in Northeast Portland. You have to walk through the record store entrance to get to the studio. Mo was very shy but he took me into this private space, this cool area, with all these old amps and musical instruments […]

9. Springsteen, Vedder, Wonder To Rock Obama Center Opening

   The official opening of the Obama Presidential Center this week will double as one of the year's most impressive all-star music gatherings.

10. Faith No More Plotting Reunion Tour

    After a 10-year hiatus, Faith No More has signed a long-term global agreement with...