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Rock
vulture lists
July 27, 2023
Sinéad O’Connor Was Always a Protest Singer
She was willing to risk her own career to highlight the world’s injustices.
By
Allyson McCabe
my single is dropping
July 26, 2023
Mitski Joins the Choir on ‘Bug Like an Angel’
Her new album
The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
is out September 15.
By
Justin Curto
album review
July 21, 2023
Blur’s Return Is a Fitting Evolution for a Once-Chaotic Band
On their beautiful, occasionally plodding new album, the Britpop legends embrace stillness.
By
Craig Jenkins
chat room
July 14, 2023
Making Friends Low-Key Changed glaive’s Life — and Music
“There’s a lot less time to sit there and be like,
Holy fuck, life is awful.
”
By
Justin Curto
respect the classics
July 6, 2023
Olivia Rodrigo Has Been Brushing Up on the Classics
Of rock, that is.
By
Justin Curto
rip
July 6, 2023
George Tickner, Founding Member of Journey, Dead at 76
“Thank you for your incomparable contributions to Journey’s early years,” Neal Schon wrote.
By
Jason P. Frank
covers
June 28, 2023
Maybe Fall Out Boy Did Start the Fire
By remaking Billy Joel’s hyperreferential hit.
By
Justin Curto
cue sitar
June 26, 2023
Ezra Koenig Took a Raga Singing Lesson for Vampire Weekend’s Next Album
“It’s close to done and I feel like it just might be our best yet,” drummer Chris Tomson wrote.
By
Justin Curto
superlatives
June 26, 2023
Rivers Cuomo on the Best, Worst, and Most Misunderstood of Weezer
“That’s a totally unique song. It’s like what only a cool rock band could do.”
By
Dan Reilly
vulture lists
June 22, 2023
All 378 Elton John Songs, Ranked
His closest competition when making music is his own back catalogue.
By
Shana Naomi Krochmal
influences
June 9, 2023
How Tracy Chapman, DeBarge, and a Glass of Wine Inspired Jenny Lewis’s
Joy’all
“I came in and I was like, ‘I want to make something like “Fast Car.”’”
By
Justin Curto
respect the classics
June 7, 2023
Now Why Would John Mellencamp Punch This Handsome Man?
“I fought all the time, and lost all the time.”
By
Devon Ivie
album review
June 2, 2023
The Foo Fighters Reach for the Light
Their new album isn’t for getting over tragedy. It’s about learning to live beside it.
By
Craig Jenkins
the law
May 30, 2023
Roger Waters Investigated Over Alleged Antisemitism in German Concerts
He has long said his SS-like costume is parody.
By
Justin Curto
remembrance
May 26, 2023
Tina Turner Bet on Herself
When the industry turned its back, she refused to give in.
By
Craig Jenkins
lists
May 25, 2023
Tina Turner Upstaged Everyone
Nine times the rock pioneer outshined her disciples.
By
Caryn Rose
respect the classics
May 25, 2023
Lizzo Reminds Us ‘There Would Be No Rock and Roll Without Tina Turner’
Honoring the late legend with a “Proud Mary” cover.
By
Justin Curto
rip
May 24, 2023
Tina Turner, Rock and Soul Powerhouse, Dead at 83
“With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model,” her family stated.
By
Justin Curto
remembrance
May 23, 2023
Andy Rourke Paid His Dues
The Smiths’ late bassist was the band’s driving force even as he fought for credit.
By
Craig Jenkins
crime
May 22, 2023
Def Leppard Drummer Rick Allen Was ‘Totally Blindsided’ by Attack
“I don’t think he knew who I was,” he said of his assailant.
By
Justin Curto
the show must go on
May 21, 2023
Foo Fighters Reveal New Drummer Josh Freese
Freese will be the late Taylor Hawkins’s permanent replacement.
By
Charu Sinha
rip
May 19, 2023
The Smiths Bassist Andy Rourke Dead at 59
He had pancreatic cancer, Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr said.
By
Justin Curto
my single is dropping
May 18, 2023
Blur Is Back, Again, With New Song ‘The Narcissist’
Their first album in eight years,
The Ballad of Darren
, is out in July.
By
Justin Curto
respect the classics
May 18, 2023
Courtney Love Shares Scrapped Nirvana Lyrics That ‘Would Have Helped My Life’
Breaking down “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”
By
Justin Curto
superlatives
May 12, 2023
The Most Prescient and Nostalgic of the Kinks, According to Dave Davies
“Good ideas, good stories, good people — they get better with time.”
By
Devon Ivie
respect the classics
May 9, 2023
Everyone Wants to Rock With Dolly Parton
Rockstar
features Ringo
and
Paul, Elton John, Stevie Nicks, Lizzo, Miley Cyrus, and dozens more.
By
Justin Curto
eat like a celebrity
May 9, 2023
Mac DeMarco Has Given Up ‘Cold Foods’
At the recommendation of his acupuncturist.
By
Justin Curto
real estate
May 5, 2023
American Football Bought the
American Football
House
The Illinois site became an emo landmark after appearing on the band’s first album cover.
By
Justin Curto
the law
May 3, 2023
Steven Tyler Attempts to Dismiss Part of Sexual-Assault Lawsuit
Arguing that an admission in his memoir is protected as free speech.
By
Justin Curto
album review
May 1, 2023
The National Are Now a Parody Act
The band have become the very thing their critics accuse them of.
By
James Robins
adieu
Apr. 28, 2023
I’m Giving Up My Rock Hall Vote
My invitation to join the organization’s selection committee seemed like a sign of change. It wasn’t.
By
Allyson McCabe
backstories
Apr. 28, 2023
The National Want Their Taylor Swift Duet Played ‘in Context’
In “The Alcott,” she “inhabits this story as her own character,” says Aaron Dessner.
By
Ryan Leas
my single is dropping
Apr. 19, 2023
Foo Fighters Return With ‘Rescued’ After Taylor Hawkins’s Death
It’s unclear who drummed on their new album
But Here We Are
, out June 2.
By
Justin Curto
album review
Apr. 14, 2023
Metallica Vanquish Their Demons
Their new album conquers the present by conversing with the past.
By
Craig Jenkins
buzz buzz
Apr. 14, 2023
Alanis Morissette, Honorary Yellowjacket, Rocks ‘No Return’
Just when you thought the show couldn’t be any
more
in its ’90s bag.
By
Justin Curto
coachella 2023
Apr. 13, 2023
Blink-182 Will Take Their Rock Show to Coachella
The reformed classic lineup – including Tom DeLonge and a newly healed Travis Barker.
By
Justin Curto
respect the classics
Apr. 12, 2023
Paul Simon Is Not Releasing a New Album
Seven Psalms
is a “33-minute, seven-movement composition.”
By
Justin Curto
fine lines
Apr. 7, 2023
Wednesday Can Find a Song Anywhere
Singer Karly Hartzman’s lyrics include her screaming neighbors,
Mortal Kombat
, and the smell of rotten grass.
By
Justin Curto
respect the classics
Apr. 4, 2023
The Dos and Don’ts of Referencing Leonard Cohen
DO: Harness the prophetic wisdom of “Anthem” (and obviously DON’T cover “Hallelujah”).
By
Zach Schonfeld
back to school
Apr. 4, 2023
A Book Nerd’s Breakdown to the New boygenius Album
The record
features lines from Joan Didion and … the Old Testament?
By
Jason P. Frank
a long talk
Apr. 3, 2023
‘We Were Obsessed’
Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda didn’t plan to revisit the band’s 2003 album
Meteora
— until he found a lost demo.
By
Craig Jenkins
videology
Mar. 31, 2023
Kristen Stewart Becomes Honorary boygenius Member, Premieres 3 Music Videos
The Film
dropped along with the supergroup’s album
The Record
.
By
Justin Curto
superlatives
Mar. 29, 2023
The Hardest and Most Harmonious of New Pornographers, According to Carl and Neko
“Back in the day, as a live band, we kind of half-assed it.”
By
Justin Curto
scene report
Mar. 17, 2023
The (Fall Out) Boys Are Back in Town
The band’s new album,
So Much (for) Stardust,
returns to where it all started, 20 years later.
By
Justin Curto
respect the classics
Mar. 16, 2023
Jack White Has a Poetic Response to Those Meg White Criticisms
Literally. He wrote a poem to defend his former White Stripes drummer and ex-wife.
By
Justin Curto
rip
Mar. 6, 2023
Gary Rossington, Last Surviving Original Lynyrd Skynrd Member, Dead at 71
He played slide guitar on “Free Bird.”
By
Justin Curto
album review
Feb. 28, 2023
Just Give In to the New Gorillaz Album
Damon Albarn’s earnest, schmaltzy
Cracker Island
is restless enough to work.
By
Craig Jenkins
superlatives
Feb. 9, 2023
The Most Overlooked and Transformative of the Who, According to Roger Daltrey
“I was dealing with being in a band with three complete addicts, and it wasn’t easy.”
By
Devon Ivie
music feuds
Feb. 8, 2023
Pink Floyd Continues to Battle Over the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Roger Waters is accused of being antisemitic and pro-Putin by his bandmates.
By
Alejandra Gularte
respect the classics
Feb. 1, 2023
Ozzy Osbourne Retires From Touring Over Spine Injury
“Never would I have imagined that my touring days would have ended this way.”
By
Justin Curto
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