If the OutKast reunion has revealed anything beyond a shadow of a doubt, it’s the homogeneity of music festivals today. One band headlining 40 shows over the course of six months? Those aren’t festival appearances, they’re tour dates. Which is fine — everybody everywhere should get a chance to see OutKast ...

I didn’t know my cousins from Cleveland all that well, so it was startling to see the two of them out in the street in front of my other cousins’ house, climbing up each other’s backs, shouting with loopy abandon, “If you want to destroy my sweater/ Hold this thread as I walk away!/ Watch [...]

Lately we’ve been hearing a lot about the instant vinyl recording booth at Jack White’s Third Man Records. Neil Young recorded his new album A Letter Home in the booth, and White is planning to use it to record and release a live “Lazaretto” 7-inch in record time on Record Store Day. This past weekend, [...]

A couple weeks ago, Weezer posted a video teasing new music from the studio, and today, we’ve got a follow-up: a longer clip that features less actual music, but bassist Scott Shriner does promise “vicious, awesome guitars” are being recorded, which is never a bad thing. The new album being made by Rivers and Co. [...]

We heard a live version of the promising new Weezer song “Back To The Shack,” and now, we’ve got an additional reason to once again foolishly get our hopes up (and I say this as someone who liked Hurley). Weezer just leaked a 20-second clip of new music — mostly just bits of riffs — [...]