The Offspring Roll Back the Years on ‘Supercharged’
In 2024, the Offspring could be forgiven if they want to take it easy and rest on their career achievements. After all, the Orange County natives have been playing together…
Samara Joy Dreams in Jazz
One day last February, inside a fairly plain, concrete-block building in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Samara Joy stood in a glass booth. She closed her eyes, took a breath and said…
The Cure Are Feeling ‘Fragile’ On Latest ‘Lost World’ Single
The Cure have released “A Fragile Thing” as the second single from their upcoming album Songs of a Lost World, and have also revealed the full track list for what…
The Decline: The Last Quarter-Century of NOFX in Their Own Words
Punk legends NOFX called it quits this weekend in front of 15,000 fans in San Pedro, Ca, with “Fat Mike” Burkett, Eric Melvin, Aaron “El Hefe” Abeyta, and Erik “Smelly”…
Unapologetically Alison Moyet
In conversation with Alison Moyet, before you finish your thought, she picks up what you’re in the middle of putting down and runs away with it. This characteristic can feel…
Balance and Composure: No Pressure
Jon Simmons feels like a teenager again. Kind of like when he and his friends started Balance and Composure back in 2007. Together they had grown into a cult emo/indie…
Green Day Releasing ‘Dookie’ Tracks On Random Household Objects
Green Day’s iconic 1994 album Dookie has been celebrated in nearly every way imaginable — until now. Under the umbrella Dookie Demastered and in collaboration with BRAIN, each of the…
Hotel Fiction’s Indie Grind: How the Athens Band Found Streaming Success with Self-Released Albums
When singer/keyboardist Jade Long and singer/guitarist Jessica Thompson met at the University of Georgia and started writing songs together in 2018, they were well aware of the rich history of…
100-Plus Artists Team For North Carolina Flood Benefit Compilation
R.E.M., the War on Drugs, Angel Olsen, Fleet Foxes and Jason Isbell are among the dozens of artists contributing new, rare or live tracks to the 135-track collection Cardinals at…
The The’s Matt Johnson Carries On
It would have been easy for Matt Johnson to build a legacy career based on his group The The’s six albums released through the ‘80s, ‘90s, and the year 2000.…