We have a pope from Chicago, and now Finland has an envoy from a metal band. Freddy Lim is the frontman of the group Chthonic, and he was chosen by President Lai Ching-te as Taiwan’s ambassador of the ...

Samia’s exquisite Bloodless was our Album Of The Week. Last night (May 20) the indie singer-songwriter kicked off her tour and gave live debuts to the tracks and covered Waxatachee.

In 2022, there was a viral meme about a lice outbreak at an Alex G show (that did not happen). However, this is very much real: The New Jersey Department Of Health (NJDOH) is warning Shakira ...

Since advocating for Palestine during their Coachella performance last month, Kneecap say they’ve been facing a “coordinated ...

Artists like Cardi B, Randy Travis, Mary J. Blige, and the Dave Matthews Band have expressed support for the NO FAKES Act, a ...

The Grateful Dead turn 60 this year, and Dead & Company are celebrating with anniversary shows at Golden Gate Park. The shows will happen on the Polo Field from Aug. 1 to 3, and openers include Billy ...

SZA is currently on a stadium tour with Kendrick Lamar, and her fans have been apparently too good of a time. The singer ...

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Madeline Kenney’s got a “Scoop” for us today, the latest single from the Bay Area artist’s forthcoming Kiss From The Balcony. The hard-slapping drums add a great deal ...

We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, ...

The indie-pop duo Girlpool broke up in 2022 — not long after releasing their final album Forgiveness — saying they wanted to go their “separate ways as songwriters.” Since then, Harmony Tividad ...

Kelly Hansen has served as the lead singer of Foreigner for 20 years. But 2025 will be his last as a member of the band, as he revealed during the season finale of The Voice Tuesday night.

Ryan Nolen’s Chicago-based rock band Footballhead have been kicking out grungy ’90s alt-rock throwbacks for Tiny Engines for a couple years now. Today the band’s got a new one that provides a real ...