Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard was an early adopter in the wave of livestreamed concerts that has arisen while many people isolate themselves in their homes to combat the spread of COVID-19. Sunday, for the 13th straight day, Gibbard sat down at home in Seattle and broadcast himself playing songs on YouTube. He said…

Spiritualized mastermind Jason Pierce is one of our great icy, disaffected rock frontmen. I've seen Pierce play entire shows without ever once looking at the audience. And last night on Stephen Colbert's Late Show, Pierce brought every bit of that presence -- that strange combination of exposed-nerve vulnerability and intimidating cool. This guy...

Have you ever really stopped and thought about what it must be like to go to space? We've spent our entire existence as a species looking up at the sky and making up stories to try and explain the endless, unknowable mysteries waiting for us. And then, millennia later, there was just the tiniest percentage…

There's a particular sort of mental gymnastic routine that music critics must bust out when we're considering new works from old idols: Is it really that good? Or do I just want it to be that good? We, as a profession, have heaped so much praise on so many late-period Bob Dylan albums, and some…

It has been so long since the last Spiritualized. Jason Pierce's beloved dreamy/spacey Brit-rock project has lain dormant ever since the release of 2012's lovely Sweet Heart Sweet Light, with Pierce seemingly only leaving the house to play 20th-anniversary shows. The man certainly has a legacy worth celebrating, but Spiritualized have never rele...