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The Lemonheads have detailed their first new album in 19 years, Love Chant, and announced a 2025 world tour in support. The Evan Dando-fronted band has also released a new single, “In the Margin,” as the latest preview of the project. Stream it below.

After beginning the tour with a series of headlining shows and festival appearances across the UK and Europe, The Lemonheads will kick off the North American leg on November 11th in Birmingham, Alabama. Subsequent stops include Atlanta, New York, Toronto, Chicago, and Nashville. See the full schedule below.

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An artist pre-sale for the North American dates is ongoing and will be followed by a Live Nation pre-sale (use code Treble) for select dates beginning tomorrow, June 24th, at 9:00 a.m. local. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 27th, at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster and the band’s official website.

The Lemonheads have announced their first album of original material in nearly 20 years, with Evan Dando and Co. sharing first single “Deep End” from their upcoming LP, Love Chant.

The Nineties alt-rockers paired the track with a video directed by Carlão Busato and Luigi Parisi and filmed in Sao Paulo, where Dando recorded Love Chant with a roster that includes longtime collaborators Tom Morgan and Juliana Hatfield, as well as Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis, who contributes a signature guitar solo to “Deep End.”

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The Lemonheads have offered two new songs as a preview for their comeback album Love Chant: “Deep End,” which features guest guitar work from Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis and backing vocals from Juliana Hatfield, and “Sad Cinderella,” a cover of Townes Van Zandt’s 1972 original.

“Deep End,” an original offering from The Lemonheads, reprises the band’s scrappy, guitar-forward rock sound. Frontman Evan Dando mutters the verses in his signature slacker baritone as the song’s central guitar riff rises and falls down the fretboard. J Mascis then arrives for a ripping solo in between the verses and during the bridge, with Julianna Hatfield also providing light harmonies over Dando. “Deep End” arrives with a black-and-white, movement-driven video filmed on location in São Paulo, Brazil. Watch the video below.

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Meanwhile, “Sad Cinderella” is a significant tone shift from “Deep End.” This time, Dando’s...

In one of the most unforgettable moments of Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary concert, Nirvana’s surviving members—Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear—reunited to perform “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” with devoted Nirvana superfan Post Malone on lead vocals.

The surprise performance at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on Friday night (February 14th) was introduced by SNL alum Adam Sandler, who exclaimed, “Ladies and gentlemen, Post Nirvana!”

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Malone has been known to deliver impressive covers of Nirvana songs, and he certainly did not disappoint at the SNL50 concert, offering up a thrilling version of the game-changing “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” and garnering a huge hug from Grohl at the end of the performance.

The SNL gig marked the second surprise Nirvana reunion within a few weeks, and Grohl, Novoselic, and Smear were joined by Joan Jett, St. Vincent, Kim Gordon,...

The last time Jesse Malin performed in New York, in March 2023, he jumped off the stage at Webster Hall, waded through the crowd, and ended up singing atop the bar at the rear of the venue in a punk-rock display of sweaty artist-fan communion. Malin’s sold-out performance Sunday night at the Beacon Theatre — his first public concert since suffering a paralyzing spinal stroke last year — looked a little different than past gigs but bristled with that same punk spirit and sense of community.

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Jesse Malin told Rolling Stone that he was determined to dance again after suffering a rare spinal stroke in May 2023. In a new music video for “She Don’t Love Me Now,” Sheer Terror frontman Paul Bearer is his fleet-footed proxy, gliding across a dancefloor in a New York club as Malin continues to rehab the use of his legs.

Bruce Springsteen performs this version of “She Don’t Love Me Now,” along with Jake Clemons on saxophone, which appears on Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin, an...

Jesse Malin has released the new single “Argentina,” written while the singer-songwriter was rehabbing from his spinal stroke in Buenos Aires. Additionally, actor-comedian Fred Armisen, filmmaker/musician Jim Jarmusch, Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hutz, and more have been added to one of Malin’s upcoming benefit concerts at the Beacon Theatre in New York City.

Malin, a staple of the NYC punk scene over the past three decades as a solo artist and as frontman of D Generation, was paralyzed from the waist down when he suffered the spinal stroke at a restaurant in May of 2023.

He has since started walking with the aid of a walker, but still has a long way to go in his recovery. He returned to perform last month on CBS Saturday Morning, where he gave “Argentina” its live debut. Now, he has released the official studio version.

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The Beat the Rush sales event has launched on Reverb, offering big savings on guitars, gear, and accessories weeks ahead of the Black Friday frenzy, with select items on sale for more than 40% off the regular price

Dozens of Reverb shops are have items listed as part of the sale, and we sorted through to find some of the highlight guitar-related items for the rocker or soon-to-be rocker in your life. Or if you’re a musician yourself and have been waiting for a good sale to buy that boutique pedal or stock up on patch cables, now is a good time. And you’ll be supporting independent sellers on the Reverb marketplace.

Here are some of our choice picks from the sale listings:

Gibson Les Paul Modern Lite Electric Guitar – Inverness Green Satin ($989)

Manchester Music Mill in New Hampshire has knocked $500 off this gorgeous Les Paul Modern Lite in a striking Green Satin finish,...

Bruce Springsteen’s cover of Jesse Malin’s “She Don’t Leave Me Now” has been unveiled in advance of a new tribute album benefitting the latter musician. The track is the latest single from Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin, set for release on September 20th.

As previously announced, proceeds from the tribute album will help pay Malin’s medical bills and rehabilitation costs, after the singer-songwriter suffered a spinal stroke last year that left him paralyzed from the waist down. Previous singles include Bleachers’ take on “Prisoners of Paradise” and Billie Joe Armstrong’s rendition of “Black Haired Girl.”

Malin, known for his solo work and as the frontman of the New York punk band D Generation, was honored to have someone as legendary as Springsteen contribute “She Don’t Love Me Now” to the tribute album. “Bruce gave it that Stax-soul-thing that we were dreaming...

Jesse Malin, the New York punk legend who was left paralyzed from the waist down after suffering a spinal stroke last year, has booked a hometown comeback show December 1st at the Beacon Theatre with an all-star roster of special guests.

The D Generation frontman will be joined on the bill by Lucinda Williams, J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), Jakob Dylan (The Wallflowers), Rickie Lee Jones, Adam Duritz and David Immerglück (both of Counting Crows), and Alejandro Escovedo. Actors Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) and Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) will serve as hosts, with more guests to be announced.

Tickets will benefit the Sweet Relief fund set up to help Malin out with his medical and rehabilitation bills. Premium and VIP tickets will be available via Sweet Relief beginning Wednesday (June 26th) at 10 a.m Et. A pre-sale for regular tickets launches at the same time via Ticketmaster using the code Patronsaints, before...

Jesse Malin gave his last headlining public performance on March 25, 2023, at Webster Hall in New York. Less than two months later, he suffered a rare spinal stroke that affected the use of his legs. Now, after more than a year of intense and ongoing physical therapy and treatment, Malin will return to the stage with a roster of all-star friends and guests.

Set for Dec. 1 at the Beacon Theatre in New York, the lineup features Lucinda Williams, Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz and David Immerglück, Rickie Lee Jones, Jakob Dylan of the Wallflowers,...

More than a year after the death of David Crosby, the music he made with Stephen Stills and Graham Nash will be saluted in a tribute concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall this spring.

Set for May 13, the show — simply titled “The Music of Crosby, Stills and Nash” — will present interpretations of both group and solo songs by an eclectic lineup, including genre-fluid singer Yola; classic rock visionary Todd Rundgren; singer-songwriters Shawn Colvin, Rickie Lee Jones, and Aoife O’Donovan; indie rockers Iron & Wine and Real Estate; and jam-rock vanguard Grace Potter.

Wild Pink are back with a new single, “Air Drumming Fix You.”

“Air Drumming Fix You” is Wild Pink’s first offering since 2022’s Ilysm, and their first since recently signing to Fire Talk Records. John Ross, Wild Pink’s frontman, narrates scenes of impressionistic contrast in “Air Drumming Fix You,” jumping from VR scapes to church pews. “She was air drumming to ‘Fix You,'” Ross mutters in the song’s blooming, majestic finale, referencing the Coldplay song before warbling saxophones return beside him. Stream the new track below.

Wild Pink are currently gearing up for a new US tour, where they’ll be performing alongside Greg Mendez, Sun June, Empty Country, Sweet Harm, and The Ravonettes for select dates. Wild Pink’s tour kicks off in Burlington, Vermont on March 13th with Mendez; the band will then hit cities like their native New York, Denver, Minneapolis, Chicago, Houston,...

Dave Matthews — yes, the one with the band — joined Dinosaur Jr. onstage during their show in Seattle Wednesday night (January 12th), where they all did a cover of Neil Young’s “Cortez the Killer” together.

Dino Jr. like to bring their friends onstage. While they were in London last November, they brought out My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields to shred on a cover The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven.” In just the past week alone, they’ve recruited Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus, Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock, Red Fang’s Bryan Giles, and The Dandy Warhols’ Peter Holmström at various shows.

And Matthews wasn’t the only guest Wednesday, either: Mudhoney’s Mark Arm also assisted J Mascis and company for covers of The Stooges’ “T.V. Eye” and “Real Cool Time,” while Pearl Jam/Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron sat in during “Yeah We Know.” See some fan-captured clips...

Austin Psych Fest has unveiled its 2024 lineup, headlined by Courtney Barnett, The Black Angels, Alvvays, and Kurt Vile and the Violators.

Hosted by Levitation, the annual Atx gathering will return to its single-venue format at The Far Out Lounge in South Austin on the weekend of April 26th through the 28th.

Three-day and single-day passes will be on sale for the general public on Friday (December 15th) at 10 a.m. Ct via Levitation’s ticket website. A pre-sale for Levitation 2023 and Austin Psych Fest 2023 attendees goes live at the same link on Thursday (December 14th) at 10 a.m. Ct. Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out days via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

Courtney Barnett will headline the opening day of the festival, with other acts such as Chicano Batman and Psychedelic Porn Crumpets also performing.

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In a perfect coalescence of late-’80s indie rock delight, Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine joined Dinosaur Jr. onstage in London Tuesday night (November 14th) to perform a rendition of The Cure‘s “Just Like Heaven.”

Mbv and Dino Jr. toured together back in the day, and it looks like they still regularly keep in touch. The latter band brought Shields onstage at a Dinosaur 30th anniversary show in New York in 2015; Shields stopped by Dinosaur Jr.’s Camp Fuzz rock camp in 2019; and J Mascis appeared in a promo clip for Shields’ new Fender pedal last September. And although Dinosaur Jr. have a studio version of their “Just Like Heaven” cover, our records indicate this is the first time Shields has performed it with them live. As you might expect, it was very loud and kicked ass.

Shields also assisted Dinosaur Jr. with “Tarpit” from their 1987 album You’re Living All Over Me,...

J Mascis has announced his fifth solo album, What Do We Do Now, out on February 2nd via Sub Pop. As a preview, the Dinosaur Jr. mastermind has shared the record’s lead single “Can’t Believe We’re Here” and a star-studded accompanying music video.

Mascis recorded What Do We Do Now at his own studio, Bisquiteen, in Western Massachusetts. With guest performances from The B-52’s Ken Mauri on keys and Matthew “Doc” Dunn on steel guitar, it’ll mark Mascis’ first solo album that features full drum and electric leads, though still backed by some acoustic instrumentation that Dinosaur Jr. fans will find familiar. Pre-orders for physical copies are ongoing.

“When I’m writing for the band, I’m always trying to think of doing things [Dinosaur Jr. bandmates] Lou and Murph would fit into,” Mascis said of his creative process. “For myself, I’m thinking more about what...

Having already proven their bona fides with both 1986’s Evol and 1987’s Sister, Sonic Youth delivered their most cohesive, accessible album to date with their 1988 opus Daydream Nation. Originally inspired by the ferocity of hardcore punk, the cerebral art rock of acts like the Velvet Underground and Public Image Ltd., and the avant-garde compositions of Glenn Branca, the album saw the four New York bohos sweeten their no-wave edge with anthemic songwriting.

Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo’s detuned guitars strum plaintively and hypnotically as Daydream Nation slowly shakes itself awake on “Teen Age Riot.” Bassist-singer Kim Gordon channels the Stooges’s eerie chants on 1969’s “We Will Fall” and even cribs from its lyrics: “Spirit, desire/We will fall,” she mumbles before the song’s dual-guitar riff tears the track apart.

“Teen Age Riot” is an articulation of the alternative nation—which saw Dinosaur Jr.’s lead noisemaker, J Mascis,...

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Doja Cat shows a softer side on the fifth single off her new album, Kylie Minogue delivers explosive dance-pop, and Blink-182 get existential on their first track with guitarist Tom DeLonge in over a decade. Plus, stellar collaborations from Shakira with Fuerza Régida, Jean Dawson with Sza, and Zach Bryan with Noah Kahan.

Doja Cat, “Agora Hills” (YouTube)

Kylie Minogue, “Hold On to Now” (YouTube)

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Here’s one for the ’90s indie rock lovers: The Breeders have shared “Divine Mascis,” a long-lost version of their Last Splash cut “Divine Hammer” that features Dinosaur Jr. axeman J Mascis on lead vocals. Check it out below.

You’d think Mascis would be playing guitar on the song, since he’s one of the most inventive and beloved players of the original indie rock scene. That’s what The Breeders expected, too, when they sent “Divine Hammer” to the artist way back in the day.

“At the time, J Mascis was a guitar god… we sent him the tape to put guitar on, so when it came back and he’s got rid of our voices and just put his vocal on, we were like, ‘Wha?!’” Kelley Deal told Uncut. “But it’s really cute. There’s a freshness to it, and it’s just so weird. I...

The Breeders and Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis are keeping the dream of alternative nation alive and rocking on their (sorta) new collaboration, “Divine Mascis.”

“Divine Mascis” is a kind of alternative (pun intended) take on “Divine Hammer,” a track off the Breeder’s 1993 classic, Last Splash. “Divine Mascis” — which will appear on the upcoming 30th anniversary reissue of Last Splash — is a previously unheard version of “Divine Hammer,” recorded during the original album session, with vocals (and of course a bit of guitar) from Mascis.

The song also arrives with a music video,...

The Breeders have spent the past three decades crashing on the last splash. The ’90s alt-rock legends are celebrating the occasion with Last Splash (30th Anniversary Original Analog Edition), plus 2023 tour dates where they’ll play the 1993 record in its entirety. You can preview the reissue now with a newly-unearthed track from the era called “Go Man Go,” co-written with Pixies vocalist Black Francis.

Then composed of twin sisters Kim and Kelley Deal along with Josephine Wiggs and Jim Macpherson, The Breeders rose to international fame with Last Splash, their sophomore album. Along with a double-lp of the original tracklist — including classics like “Cannonball” and “Drivin’ on 9” — comes a one-sided etched 12” disc containing “Go Man Go,” as well as a version of “Divine Hammer” with Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis on lead vocals, appropriately titled “Divine Mascis.” The remaster was cut at half speed at Abbey Road Studios by Miles Showell,...

Man on Man, the duo comprised of Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum and his partner Joey Holman, have announced their sophomore album, Provincetown, due out July 16th via Polyvinyl Records. They also dropped the video for lead single “Showgirls.”

Much of Provincetown was written in the Massachusetts town that gives its namesake and where Bottum and Holman shared their first home together. For example, the noisy pop-punker “Showgirls” was inspired by a Provincetown variety show and sees Bottum and Holman trading off on vocals and guitar licks.

“As we lean into what Man on Man is and will be, two things immediately come up. Energy and community,” said Bottum in the press release. “’Showgirls’ is all that.”

The track’s music video epitomizes that sense “energy and community” and the band’s unapologetic LGBTQ+ themes, as Bottum and Holman perform to a room of men who turn the mosh...

Warren Haynes is taking a breather in his dressing room at Harrah’s Cherokee Event Center in Asheville, North Carolina, after powering through a wicked jam of the Allman Brothers Band’s “Melissa” with country duo Brothers Osborne. He’s due back onstage in an hour for another inspired collab: performing Charlie Daniels Band’s “Trudy” with Appalachian hero Tyler Childers.

“Seeing people play together for the first time onstage, in front of a big audience, is beautiful because the music that happens as a result will never happen that exact way again,...

J. Mascis: Dinosaur Jr. frontman, guitar god, and now, puzzle master. The rocker announced Wednesday that he has co-founded a subscription puzzle service that jigsaws some of music’s most iconic album covers.

Dubbed Puzzle-Heads, the subscription service will begin later this year with a 1,000-piece puzzle dedicated to David Bowie’s famed The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars cover.

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Sasami has shared an alternate version of her track “Tried to Understand,” featuring some bonus shredding from Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis.

This grungier take on “Tried to Understand” is vastly different from the one that appears on Sasami’s most recent album, Squeeze. The original, with its breezy acoustic guitar strum and country twang is — to borrow Sasami’s description to Rolling Stone earlier this year — “truly a fucking Sheryl Crow pop song.” But this new take is a fully electric blowout, with Mascis’ characteristically ferocious guitar work spiraling around Sasami’s cool vocals.

The statistics of Bandcamp Friday speak for themselves: In the year-plus since the launch of the campaign, during which the platform has waived its revenue share for music purchased on the first Friday of each month, fans have paid artists more than $50 million dollars. “Bandcamp is like my life source,” metal auteur Trevor William Church told Rolling Stone in 2019, no doubt speaking for many creators in the age of meager streaming royalties. Bandcamp Friday continues on May 7th — read on for a slew of recommendations from Rs staffers on what...

Ahead of the release of Dinosaur Jr.’s latest LP Sweep It Into Space this Friday, the indie rock legends have released the video for the album’s “Take It Back.”

The colorful visual features Claymation and stop-motion animation directed by Callum Scott-Dyson, who said in a statement that the video was inspired by the painted creature featured on Sweep It Into Space’s album cover.

That artwork served as a “springboard for its own little adventure, exploring some simple notions of creation, dependence, coming of age, and searching for another like yourself.

Dinosaur Jr. have announced a new album Sweep It Into Space, out April 23rd via Jagjaguwar, and dropped its lead single “I Ran Away.”

Originally scheduled for mid-2020, Sweep It Into Space is the band’s first LP since 2016’s Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not, and was recorded at Amherst’s Biquiteen in late autumn of 2019 following a U.S. tour. Kurt Vile co-produced the album, and performs the lead 12-string guitar on “I Ran Away.”

When recording with Vile was disrupted by the pandemic, lead singer J. Mascis...

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Alison Mosshart and more perform from quarantine on the latest installment of Third Man Records’ Public Access web series.

The episode features Moore playing a song titled “Mantra for D.A. Levy,” while Mosshart — vocalist for the Kills and Jack White’s the Dead Weather — opened the show with a spoken-word piece titled “Roadkill.” Other performers include the Nude Party, Detroit singer-songwriter Anna Burch, Pavement’s Spiral Stairs, Craig Brown, members of the Go, Liz Cooper and more. Poet Janaka Stucky also shared an excerpt...

Today, 4,000 people were supposed to descend on Willie Nelson’s Texas ranch for the Luck Reunion, one of the most intimate and thrilling music festivals of the year. That plan had be put on hold due to the coronavirus, but instead performers — including Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Jewel, Paul Simon and Edie Brickell, Margo Price, and others — will be performing via livestream.

Micah Nelson, who performs as Particle Kid, will also perform. Micah has put out a series of loose, wild psychedelic albums in the past few years that includes the excellent just-released ‘Live!

Former Sonic Youth singer Kim Gordon rolled out the details of her debut solo LP No Home Record this morning. The album was recored at the Sphere Ranch in Los Angeles and primarily produced by Justin Raisen. “‘Why a solo record? And why now?,’” Gordon asked in a statement. “I don’t know, but it wouldn’t have happened without the persistence of Justin Raisen. Living in La the last few years it feels like home, but the transience of the place makes it feel sometimes like no home.”

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Welcome to the West, long after the frontier has closed. Allison Anders’ marvelous drama of a three-girl family is a big step for indie cinema, a highly entertaining examination of women’s aspirations and frustrations out on the non-glamorous working class fringe. Writer-director Anders wastes no time with a terrific cast — Brooke Adams, Ione Skye and Fairuza Balk’s family lacks a father, and ‘men who walk’ becomes the central issue in their lives. Filmed in a gloriously believable New Mexico desert.

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1992 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 101 min. / Street Date November 13, 2018 / Available from Arrow Academy 34.95

Starring: Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk, James Brolin, Robert Knepper, David Lansbury, Jacob Varga, Donovan Leitch, Chris Mulkey, Laurie O’Brien, Julie Condra, Adam Biesk, Leigh Hamilton, J. Mascis, Tiffany Anders, Sissy Boyd, Jeffrey McDonald, Nina Belanger, Carlos Rivas.

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Kurt Vile is this indie-rock generation’s preeminent guitar mystic — heir to the vaunted legacy of the Meat Puppets, John Fahey and J. Mascis, spooling out his sly epiphanies with the languid equanimity of a high-as-balls buddy for life. Vile also has a knack for undercutting his chillness with a Neil Young-circa-1974 sad side that keeps his jams down to earth and gives his albums a mordant relatability in these less-than-hopeful times. Vile’s latest LP has his tastiest playing and his deepest writing. It follows his fantastic 2017 collaboration with singer-songwriter wiz Courtney Barnett,...

A day after Dinosaur Jr.‘s tour with Mastodon was canceled due to a “critical situation of a member of the Mastodon family,” J. Mascis and company have rerouted the trek to focus on “special intimate” venues across the U.S.

The two-week trek begins September 10th at Maquoketa, Iowa and heads eastward, concluding September 21st at Washington, D.C.’s Black Cat. The band also booked a gig at Ohio’s Dragon Saddle Day Festival on September 22nd.

Tickets for the realigned tour are on sale now at Dinosaur Jr.

Dinosaur Jr. frontman J. Mascis doesn’t have any tattoos and he’s definitely never given one. One of those things changed at this year’s Riot Fest as Mascis sat down with Ink Master’s Oliver Peck, who periodically lets his favorite bands tattoo his body. Given Peck’s affinity for Dinosaur Jr., he let Mascis fill one…

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Long before he was making people laugh for a living, Fred Armisen played drums with the Blue Man Group, and also manned the kit for Trenchmouth, a Chicago punk band that released five albums in the Nineties. Armisen's love for music shines through in the new season of Documentary Now!, where he and fellow Saturday Night Live alum Bill Hader parody a series of famous docs – including the classic Talking Heads concert film, Stop Making Sense. Right now, Armisen is shooting the seventh season of his other TV show, Portlandia,...

Two months ago a concert of David Bowie's music was announced - Famous fans would sing Bowie's songs at Carnegie Hall in New York City in March. Club owner Michael Dorf had intended the show - the tickets for which would raise money for arts education - as a tribute to a living legend. But the day of the announcement, Bowie died at age 69 and the concert was quickly recast as a celebration of a musical life cut short. The timing, said Dorf, of City Winery, led to an outpouring of "fellow artists wanting to show their respect and...

In case you haven't heard, seminal riot grrl group Sleater-Kinney have returned with their first album in a decade with No Cities To Love. You might know guitarist/vocalist Carrie Brownstein from her current gig yukking it up with Fred Armisen in "Portlandia," but before she was on the hit IFC comedy, she was ripping riffs and shouting it out hard in the seminal band, and the trio has called in a few favors to help get the word out.  Andy Samberg, Sarah Silverman, Gerard Way, Connie Britton, Miranda July, J Mascis, Vanessa Bayer, Norman Reedus, Ellen Page, Natasha Lyonne and Armisen all feature in the album's title track video. And there's a clever twist with everyone involved singing along to the song on headphones, so you only hear their vocal renditions of the track until the actual tune gets pumped up toward the end. Check it out below. [Pitchfork]...

The Flaming Lips brought their psychedelic spectacle to Conan on Thursday night, teaming with Miley Cyrus for a mind-altering cover of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band epic "A Day in the Life." Check out the trippy results above.

During the song's first half, Cyrus is obscured as she scurries around under Coyne's massive silver cape. She emerges, wearing a silver wig, to sing lead during an electro-pop rendering of Paul McCartney's poppy middle section, sometimes resting her head on Coyne's chest. 

The cover is included on the Lips' recently released collaborative,...

The Flaming Lips and some "fwends" have taken on the songs of The Beatles' "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band," and first up is an iconic little song with Miley Cyrus and Moby. Click here to listen to Miley Cyrus, Moby and Flaming Lips cover "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." Cyrus obviously bends her voice to fit the psychedelic trip on this one; but a trained singer singing purposely flat hurts my widdle hawt. It's nice to hear her step outside her wheelhouse, and, judging from the little blips of in-studio banter inserted at the beginning and end, she had at least a little fun. As you'll see the song is conveniently located on the pre-order page for the set, officially dubbed "With a Little Help From My Fwends," a title you will be embarrassed to say aloud, guaranteed. The Oklahoma-founded group has gone the way of PledgeMusic for this release,...

Most people on this side of the pond might recognize veteran English comedian Richard Ayoade as the oddball techie Moss on the Britcom The It Crowd, or as the odd man out from the 2012 A-list sci-fi comedy The Watch (he was the gentleman who was not Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn or Jonah Hill). He's established himself as a novel comic presence onscreen, gravitating toward characters that feel several beats off from the norm and don't mesh with their environments.

'Community's 'Critical Studies': Celebrating the 21st Century's Greatest TV Episode

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Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic followed up last night’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony by playing a secret, invite-only show at a tiny Brooklyn club. Watch the fan-made videos below. In addition to their Rock Hall cohorts Joan Jett, St. Vincent and Kim Gordon (Lorde wasn’t there), Dinosaur Jr.’s J. Mascis and Deer Tick’s John McCauley also took on vocal duties. The 16-song set list was comprised entirely of Nirvana songs, with Joan Jett tackling the classic “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and St. Vincent’s Annie Clark putting her stamp on “Heart Shaped Box.” Check out the full setlist below the clips. Here’s the setlist for Nirvana and friends’ secret Brooklyn show: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (with Joan Jett) "Breed" (with Joan Jett) "In Bloom" (with Joan Jett) "Territorial Pissings" (with Joan Jett) "Drain You" (with J. Mascis) "Penny Royal Tea" (with...

Currently in theaters portraying royalty in "Diana," the upcoming indie "Sunlight Jr." is a reminder of the range Naomi Watts can deliver. Here in a completely different role, she sheds designer fashion and opulence for discount chain clothes and a grittier tale about two people just trying to make it to the next day. Co-starring Matt Dillon and written and directed by Laurie Collyer ("Sherrybaby"), the story follows Melissa and Ray, a devoted but permanently down-on-their-luck couple struggling to make ends meet and pay the bill for the motel room they live in. And even the good news of Melissa's pregnancy brings with it the knowledge that they may not have the resources to care for a child. It's tough material, but there are moments of hope too, and in this exclusive clip we share one of the lighter times between Melissa and Ray. Featuring a score from Dinosaur Jr. frontman J. Mascis,...

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The music-filled documentary One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das chronicles the life of Jeffrey Kagel…and how his life path ultimately resulted in his emergence as Krishna Das—the world-renowned spiritual teacher, chant master and Grammy-nominated recording artist.

It begins in 1970, when young musician Kagel turned down the lead singer slot in the band that would become Blue Oyster Cult. He sold all his possessions and moved from the New York suburbs to the Himalayan foothills in search of happiness and a little-known saint named Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaj-ji).

One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das follows Kagel’s journey to India and back, his struggles with depression and drug abuse, and his eventual “return” as Krishna Das.

Directed by Jeremy Frindel, the movie features interviews with Be Here Now author Ram Dass,...

You know the feeling. You're hanging out with J Mascis on your talk show, when all of a sudden Stephen Colbert bursts onto the stage and dances all up on you with "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk.

No, it's not some weird fever dream, just a moment from last night's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," when Stephen unexpectedly and inexplicably interrupted "Late Night" to show off his moves. (Apparently, it was a stunt to promote Daft Punk's appearance on his own show next week.)...

It's official: After 11 years, Fred Armisen is done with "Saturday Night Live."

In an interview with Splitsider, not only did the "Portlandia" star confirm his exit, but he said he felt he went out with a bang.

"I think it's clear," Armisen said. "I didn't do any kind of official announcement, but I really felt like it was obvious. An ending that was a love letter to all the music I grew up with, and also to my friends and to SNL and to Lorne and to the cast. There was a lot of emotion attached to it, but it was a very positive emotion."

The ending Armisen is referring to is a sketch he performed in May in which he played Ian Rubbish, a member of an English punk rock band. He was joined onstage by his "Portlandia" co-star Carrie Brownstein, plus several music legends including Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones,...

This weekend’s season finale of Saturday Night Live was an especially emotional episode, one that saw beloved cast members Bill Hader and Fred Armisen bid the show a fond adieu. Hader’s big farewell sketch was, of course, the epic wedding between Stefon and Seth Meyers, while Fred Armisen was joined by a calvacade of indie rock legends—Carrie Brownstein! Steve Jones! Aimee Mann! Michael Penn! J. Mascis!—for an emotional performance as his punk rocker alter ego Ian Rubbish.

Both Hader and Armisen were incredibly versatile performers whose contributions to the show will be greatly missed but, in particular, Armisen’s ability to consistently inject an element of musical theatricality into the show will be near impossible to replace. Before he became a SNL cast member back in 2002, Armisen was the drummer for an indie rock act called Trenchmouth, and he always managed to keep his foot in...

Fred Armisen has not announced whether this week's "Saturday Night Live" season finale will indeed be his last episode as rumored, but a sketch during that show was all but a clear farewell from the longtime cast member.

Appearing as Ian Rubbish, his English punk rock character introduced earlier this season, Armisen sang a song with the repeated chorus "It's been all right / It's been a lovely night with you" while on the British music show "Top of the Pops."

During the performance, Armisen was joined by several musical legends, reflecting his own background as a musician: His "Portlandia" collaborator and Wild Flag and Sleater-Kinney leader Carrie Brownstein, Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr., and musical powerhouse couple Aimee Mann and Michael Penn.

The band supporting him included Bill Hader, who confirmed he is leaving after this season, and Jason Sudeikis,...

Last year, Kristen Wiig’s emotional SNL sendoff set a high water mark for cast member farewells. (Compare it to, say, the way Chris Kattan said goodbye with a “terrible re-enactment” of his SNL career during his last show 10 years ago.)

I’d say that mark was met — and possibly exceeded — by the closing sketch of tonight’s show, in which Fred Armisen (as punk rocker Ian Rubbish, first introduced when Vince Vaughn hosted a few weeks ago) sang a sweet original tune filled with simple, evocative lyrics like, “It’s been all right, I’ve had a lovely night.