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1. Mike McCready Mines The Many ‘Seasons’ Of Seattle Music

   Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready has seen it all both onstage and in his experiences traveling the globe with Pearl Jam for the past 35-plus-years, but he’s about to tell a new story in an entirely different way. On Oct. 6, he’ll release the original Z2 graphic novel Farewell to Seasons, which reimagines the rise […]

2. Bruce Springsteen Leads Massive Shane MacGowan Tribute LP

   The project will be released Nov. 13 through Rubyworks and was spearheaded by MacGowan's widow, Victory Mary Clarke.

3. TRÍADA will teach the world to sing

   Huddled around a phone camera, Aylen Reynoso, Diamela Spina, and Julia Percowicz of Argentinian trio TRÍADA look like they’re skipping school. At 19, they’re not far removed from the Buenos Aires classrooms where they met and started performing together. When they say “hi” in unison, it already sounds like harmony. Their Instagram offers a window […]

4. Billie Eilish Bound For ‘Bell Jar’ Film Adaptation?

   Billie Eilish is in talks to make her feature film debut in an adaptation of...

5. Speak And ‘Spell’: Kacey Musgraves Is Back

   After a series of teases earlier this week, Kacey Musgraves has unveiled her new single.

6. ‘Sweet’ Music: Violet Grohl Readies Debut Album

   Violet Grohl's debut solo album has been christened Be Sweet to Me and will be released May 29.

7. Turnstile, Rainer Maria Members Guest On American Football LP

   Turnstile vocalist Brandon Yates, Rainer Maria frontwoman Caithlin De Marrais and Wisp's Natalie R. Lu make guest appearances on...

8. Animal Collective Duo Conjure Croz Boyce

   Animal Collective members Dave Portner (Avey Tare) and Brian Weitz (Geologist) have emerged with a new instrumental duo project dubbed Croz Boyce.

9. 311’s Weed Dealer Approved the Riff on “Down,” Which Helped the Song Rise to No. 1 

   Holed up somewhere on Mulholland Drive, high above the Hollywood Bowl, Nick Hexum, Doug “SA” Martinez, Tim Mahoney, Aaron “P-Nut” Willis, and Chad Sexton—collectively known as 311—laid the demo for “Down,” the third single from the band’s 1996 self-titled album. They could have never predicted it would be the song to launch them into another […]

10. THE VICE SQUAD

    For Iranians, cassette tapes have long been conduits of communication and change. An underground network of tapes carried Ayatollah Khomeini’s messages, fueling the revolution that toppled the previous government. In the pre-internet years of the Islamic Republic, another covert cassette circuit emerged, distributing bootlegged Western albums. Facing persecution and artistic restrictions...