Numerous artists and celebrities are pledging aid to those affected by the devastating bushfires that have left 23 Australians dead and thousands more homeless. "I am totally devastated watching what is happening in Australia right now with the horrific bushfires," pop singer Pink wrote on Twitter. "I am pledging a donation of $500,000 directly ...

Phoebe Bridgers hasn't been in the public eye for long, but she's started off an annual tradition. Every December, she comes out with a new Christmas song. In 2017, she dropped a misty take on "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas." Last year, she teamed up with Jackson Browne for a devastating cover of McCarthy…

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds new album has proven a hit with fans upon its release Nick Cave performs liveFans have been reacting after Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds released their seventeenth studio album, ‘Ghosteen’ yesterday evening. You can stream the new album below. Read more: Nick Cave on grief, love, and the beau...

If you know anything about the Mountain Goats, then you know John Darnielle regularly writes vast numbers of songs, pretty much all of which are great, and not all of which manage to make their way onto Mountain Goats albums. Darnielle has a number of ways of dealing with those overflow songs. Sometimes, he puts…

Used to be there was an unwritten rule in music criticism: Only employ "Beatles-esque" as a last resort. I mean, this band virtually created pop music as we know it, its influence so vast and multivalent that they were practically ambient. "Beatles-esque" was as utilitarian as "ethereal" and "angular." Nowadays, I can't even remember the&#82...