Two weeks ago, Foo Fighters kicked off their UK tour and debuted the lost song “Unconditional.” Since then, Dave Grohl stirred some drama by seemingly shading Taylor Swift onstage, but otherwise the shows have been good fun. Tonight in Birmingham, the band brought out Geezer Butler for Black Sabbath’s 1970 hit &...

Remember the Chvrches/Hatebreed beef? That was fun. In 2019, Scottish synthpoppers Chvrches played Deftones’ Día De Los Deftones festival, and Hatebreed leader Jamey Jasta objected to Chvrches being on the bill above math-metal titans Gojira. Chvrches leader Lauren Mayberry responded, talking about how she’d been to Deftones...

Céline Dion has been really going through it lately, suffering from a rare neurological disorder called Stiff Person Syndrome that has occasioned a documentary and caused her to cancel tour dates. So it’s nice to see her out in the world having fun. Last night the NHL’s Boston Bruins hosted the New York Rangers in a battle o...

Last year was a big one for Madel Rafter and Sam Huntington, the Philadelphia duo known as Crooks & Nannies. They toured with Lucy Dacus, signed to Grand Jury, and released an EP, No Fun. Well, today Crooks & Nannies are back, and they’re covering the classic Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers duet “Islands In Th...

For nearly a decade, the New York band L.O.T.I.O.N. has been bringing a strain of synth-addled insanity to NYC’s DIY punk and hardcore scenes. L.O.T.I.O.N.’s whole style is a bit like Discharge, if that band was made up entirely of Speak & Spell programmers. (The name stands for “Leaders Of Tomorrow Ingest ...