British-born guitarist Billy Morrison is an LA rocker type. He used to be in the Cult, and now he plays for Billy Idol. Next month, he’ll release The Morrison Project, a new album that features appearances from people like Billy Idol, DMC, Al Jourgensen, Steve Vai, and Linda Perry. Today, Morrison dropped the new single “Crac...

It’s been about three years since the ultra-goth synth-punk duo Cold Cave released their great mini-album Fate In Seven Lessons. Since then, Cold Cave have covered Psychic TV and toured with goth OGs like Depeche Mode and the Cult. Now, they’re back with their first new single in three years.

This week in the culture war: The Waukesha School District in Waukesha, Wisconsin prohibited first-graders from singing Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton’s 2017 collaboration “Rainbowland” on Monday, citing a rule against “controversial” issues in the classroom. Nodding to the LGBTQ+ community in its ...

The culture-war outrage machine went into overdrive Sunday after Sam Smith and Kim Petras took the Grammys stage. Performing “Unholy,” the first US #1 hit by non-binary and transgender artists, the pair played up the song’s devilish camp to extremes. Smith donned a red hat with cartoonish horns and was circled by de...

In 1982, Los Angeles-based supergroup Toto released their 4th studio album, fittingly named Toto IV. This month marks the 40th anniversary of the US release of the second single off the album, and the band’s best-known song, “Africa.” It’s a tune widely loved for its smooth melody and indelible hooks, but ...