Nineteen years ago, I covered a terrible New York music festival called Amsterjam. The theme of the fests was mash-ups, an online phenomenon that was already running out of steam in 2005. When the mash-up became a corporate-backed music fest, that meant we got the rare treat of seeing Wyclef and 311 half-assing their way through an onstage colla...

Last year, Horse Jumper Of Love released a new mini-album called Heartbreak Rules, which landed on our Great EPs From 2023 list. You can catch them at our show in Austin later this week, and today they’re sharing a new single, “Gates Of Heaven.” “‘Gates of Heaven’ is an old song I had b...

It’s March, aka 311 Day to those in the know, and the folks over at NPR recently had the band in for a Tiny Desk Concert, which has dropped today in celebration of the occasion. “This kind of reminds me of being in my dad’s basement, being back next to the pool table, but it smells better here,” band leade...

It’s March, aka 311 Day to those in the know, and the folks over at NPR recently had the band in for a Tiny Desk Concert, which has dropped today in celebration of the occasion. “This kind of reminds me of being in my dad’s basement, being back next to the pool table, but it smells better here,” band leade...