Omar Apollo is looking at himself through Zoom as he tries on the beige Sherpa jacket he just bought. “You fuck with it?” he asks.
It’s hard not to fuck with everything the Mexican American alt-r&b star does. Apollo dropped his debut album, Ivory, in April 2022, then blew up with the ultra-sentimental song “Evergreen,” and followed that success by touring with Sza last year. Recently, he’s been dipping into fashion. (A massive billboard of him dripped in the luxury designer Loewe looms over Sunset Boulevard in L.
It’s hard not to fuck with everything the Mexican American alt-r&b star does. Apollo dropped his debut album, Ivory, in April 2022, then blew up with the ultra-sentimental song “Evergreen,” and followed that success by touring with Sza last year. Recently, he’s been dipping into fashion. (A massive billboard of him dripped in the luxury designer Loewe looms over Sunset Boulevard in L.
- 4/11/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Over four nights in March, Rolling Stone’s Future of Music showcase at SXSW brought the stars of tomorrow to Austin’s famed Acl Live at the Moody Theater. Each night, the 2,750-seat venue was packed — not just inside, but outside, too. Ahead of the second night’s bill, which was topped by música mexicana superstar Peso Pluma, lines of fans stretched for blocks, including, reportedly, the longest line in SXSW history. (One fan got in line at 4 a.m. for a show that didn’t start for more than...
- 3/22/2024
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Peso Pluma, Flo Milli, Teezo Touchdown, Young Miko, Faye Webster, and others will grace the stage at Austin’s famed Acl Live at the Moody Theater for Rolling Stone’s weeklong Future of Music showcase at South by Southwest.
The four-night concert series will take place between March 12 and March 15, featuring artists from around the world and across the genre spectrum. Texas Mc Teezo Touchdown will headline night one, March 12, which will also feature performances from Brooklyn’s own Lola Brooke, Detroit punchline king Veeze, rising Atlanta rapper Karrahbooo and...
The four-night concert series will take place between March 12 and March 15, featuring artists from around the world and across the genre spectrum. Texas Mc Teezo Touchdown will headline night one, March 12, which will also feature performances from Brooklyn’s own Lola Brooke, Detroit punchline king Veeze, rising Atlanta rapper Karrahbooo and...
- 2/21/2024
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Paul McCartney said one of The Beach Boys’ songs thrills and inspires him. He wants his music to have the same impact on people. The Beach Boys’ tune performed differently in the United States than it performed in the United Kingdom.
Paul McCartney said that 1 of The Beach Boys’ songs makes him go ‘Wow!’
During a 2020 interview with Uncut, was asked what music uplifted him. “Something like ‘God Only Knows,'” he said. “It’s just … Wow!
“The thrill it gives me, the inspiration, and the solace — whatever you want to call it — it makes me feel great,” he said. “I want my songs to have that effect, too.” “God Only Knows” is widely admired for its dense and complex orchestration.
Paul McCartney says his songs have helped people cope with having cancer
Paul discussed his music having the same impact on others that “God Only Knows” has on him.
Paul McCartney said that 1 of The Beach Boys’ songs makes him go ‘Wow!’
During a 2020 interview with Uncut, was asked what music uplifted him. “Something like ‘God Only Knows,'” he said. “It’s just … Wow!
“The thrill it gives me, the inspiration, and the solace — whatever you want to call it — it makes me feel great,” he said. “I want my songs to have that effect, too.” “God Only Knows” is widely admired for its dense and complex orchestration.
Paul McCartney says his songs have helped people cope with having cancer
Paul discussed his music having the same impact on others that “God Only Knows” has on him.
- 10/23/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Before Daniel Johnston tragically died in 2019, he got to see one of his dreams come true: Playing the Big Apple. His estate has partnered with the label Shimmy-Disc to release Daniel Johnston Alive in New York City, a circa-2000 live album that marks the first official vinyl release of the iconic singer-songwriter performing in the US. It’ll be released in full on January 14th, 2024, while you can watch a clip of Johnston’s “Silly Love” performance below.
While the exact date is unknown, Shimmy-Disc founder Mark Kramer estimates the recordings were taken sometime in April 2000, after he dug them up 20 years later. Along with plenty of Johnston’s beloved originals — including two tracks that haven’t appeared on any of his other releases — he also pays homage to Paul McCartney with heartwarming covers of “Live and Let Die” and “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away.” What’s more,...
While the exact date is unknown, Shimmy-Disc founder Mark Kramer estimates the recordings were taken sometime in April 2000, after he dug them up 20 years later. Along with plenty of Johnston’s beloved originals — including two tracks that haven’t appeared on any of his other releases — he also pays homage to Paul McCartney with heartwarming covers of “Live and Let Die” and “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away.” What’s more,...
- 10/6/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Tl;Dr:
Graham Nash said a Beach Boys song has incredible vocals. He’s also a fan of the song’s arrangement. The tune wasn’t huge at the time but now it’s really famous.
Graham Nash said The Hollies played a show with The Beach Boys and were blown away by their harmonies. Subsequently, Nash said a Beach Boys song is one of his favorite tracks. In addition, Nash revealed The Beach Boys had a huge impact on him and his contemporaries.
Graham Nash called 1 Beach Boys song ‘sophisticated and instantly impactful’
During a 2022 interview with Wilson’s website, Nash said he was first introduced to The Beach Boys when they played a show with The Hollies. “Their harmonic structure blew us away,” he said. “We were all pretty floored by the sound they had created. It was really something to hear. A new kind of sound...
Graham Nash said a Beach Boys song has incredible vocals. He’s also a fan of the song’s arrangement. The tune wasn’t huge at the time but now it’s really famous.
Graham Nash said The Hollies played a show with The Beach Boys and were blown away by their harmonies. Subsequently, Nash said a Beach Boys song is one of his favorite tracks. In addition, Nash revealed The Beach Boys had a huge impact on him and his contemporaries.
Graham Nash called 1 Beach Boys song ‘sophisticated and instantly impactful’
During a 2022 interview with Wilson’s website, Nash said he was first introduced to The Beach Boys when they played a show with The Hollies. “Their harmonic structure blew us away,” he said. “We were all pretty floored by the sound they had created. It was really something to hear. A new kind of sound...
- 7/16/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
M. Ward has announced his new album Supernatural Thing, which is set to release on June 23rd. As a preview, he’s released the record’s title track.
The album is Ward’s first in three years and features contributions from Neko Case, First Aid Kit, Jim James, Kelly Pratt, Shovels & Rope, and Scott McMicken. It also includes two covers — one of David Bowie’s “I Can’t Give Everything Away” from his final album Blackstar, and a live recording of Daniel Johnston’s “Story of an Artist.”
“Supernatural Thing” as a single is an acoustic guitar-driven ditty with a jovial atmosphere, based on a message that came to Ward in a dream by none other than Elvis — “You can go anywhere you please.”
“Well, all my songs depend on dream imagery to some extent,” Ward said in a press release. “This was an actual dream I had about Elvis...
The album is Ward’s first in three years and features contributions from Neko Case, First Aid Kit, Jim James, Kelly Pratt, Shovels & Rope, and Scott McMicken. It also includes two covers — one of David Bowie’s “I Can’t Give Everything Away” from his final album Blackstar, and a live recording of Daniel Johnston’s “Story of an Artist.”
“Supernatural Thing” as a single is an acoustic guitar-driven ditty with a jovial atmosphere, based on a message that came to Ward in a dream by none other than Elvis — “You can go anywhere you please.”
“Well, all my songs depend on dream imagery to some extent,” Ward said in a press release. “This was an actual dream I had about Elvis...
- 4/27/2023
- by Cervanté Pope
- Consequence - Music
slowthai has released his third studio album, Ugly, via Method Records/Interscope Records. Stream it via Apple Music or Spotify below, and get tickets to his upcoming tour dates here.
The title of the album is an acronym for U Gotta Love Yourself, the sentiment of which is reflected in slowthai’s description of the album as “completely me — about how I feel and what I want to be… it’s everything I’ve been leading up to.” The sound of Ugly taps back into slowthai’s love of artists like Nirvana, Radiohead, and Daniel Johnston.
“This album was me trying to emulate the spirit of the brotherhood ethos that bands have. Music is about the feeling and emotion that goes into it,” the British artist said in a statement. “Like an artist making a painting, it’s the expression of that moment in time. I really felt like I didn’t want to rap,...
The title of the album is an acronym for U Gotta Love Yourself, the sentiment of which is reflected in slowthai’s description of the album as “completely me — about how I feel and what I want to be… it’s everything I’ve been leading up to.” The sound of Ugly taps back into slowthai’s love of artists like Nirvana, Radiohead, and Daniel Johnston.
“This album was me trying to emulate the spirit of the brotherhood ethos that bands have. Music is about the feeling and emotion that goes into it,” the British artist said in a statement. “Like an artist making a painting, it’s the expression of that moment in time. I really felt like I didn’t want to rap,...
- 3/3/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Brian and Michael D’Addario, the brother duo known better as The Lemon Twigs, have today announced their upcoming fourth album Everything Harmony. Ahead of its release on May 5th via Captured Tracks, the band have also unveiled the single “Any Time of Day” as well as a run of 2023 tour dates.
Taking sonic inspiration from “the likes of Simon & Garfunkel, Arthur Russell, and Moondog,” The Lemon Twigs wrote, recorded, produced, and engineered Everything Harmony all by themselves between New York City and San Francisco. A press release describes the record as shifting “between moments of depression and isolation and episodes of dizzying euphoria.” Pre-orders are ongoing.
“Any Time of Day” especially lets joy and desperation co-mingle, its lyrics spurred by an unfortunate business/legal kerfuffle: “We were hired to write material and act in an interactive TV show about an imaginary ’70s brother band,” the band says in a statement.
Taking sonic inspiration from “the likes of Simon & Garfunkel, Arthur Russell, and Moondog,” The Lemon Twigs wrote, recorded, produced, and engineered Everything Harmony all by themselves between New York City and San Francisco. A press release describes the record as shifting “between moments of depression and isolation and episodes of dizzying euphoria.” Pre-orders are ongoing.
“Any Time of Day” especially lets joy and desperation co-mingle, its lyrics spurred by an unfortunate business/legal kerfuffle: “We were hired to write material and act in an interactive TV show about an imaginary ’70s brother band,” the band says in a statement.
- 2/13/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
When a new neighborhood or scene hits the New York cultural pavement, there’s an inevitable jolt to the social life that its citizens occupy. Restaurants become talked about like a transgressive rumor; bars become packed with either the coolest or worst people alive. Articles – some of them kind, and others excessively critical – abound. Sometimes, however, people stumble upon some compelling art, too. Such is the case with 26-year-old Blaketheman1000 (born Blake Ortiz-Goldberg), the pop and alternative artist with a penchant for rapping who became somewhat known in Dimes Square...
- 11/3/2022
- by Jayson Buford
- Rollingstone.com
A new podcast paying tribute to the late outsider musician Daniel Johnston will feature conversations about mental health with musicians performing at the Austin City Limits Music Festival. The Hi, How Are You? Podcast launched today on Spotify and the website for the Hi, How Are You Project with an episode featuring Black Pumas’ Adrian Quesada and another that features both the duo Surfaces and members of the flash-mob group Bob’s Dance Shop. The episodes include music by Johnston.
Future episodes will feature Charlie Crockett, Toosii, Gina Chavez, Mother Mother,...
Future episodes will feature Charlie Crockett, Toosii, Gina Chavez, Mother Mother,...
- 9/29/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
There’s something strange about Memphis. Nestled along the muddy waters of the Mississippi River, the city lies shrouded in an aura of perpetual gloom, its skyline dominated by a mammoth, metal-clad pyramid filled not with treasures, but a Bass Pro Shop superstore. Unable to escape its murky past — yellow fever, massacres and assassinations, untimely demises — the city remains burdened by the stench of death lingering in the hot, humid air.
It’s not the happiest place on earth, but it does make an ideal locale to ruminate on mortality.
It’s not the happiest place on earth, but it does make an ideal locale to ruminate on mortality.
- 5/16/2022
- by Kat Bouza
- Rollingstone.com
Last month, in the expansive parking lot of a door factory turned music venue in Queens, I found myself submerged within a throng of young people waiting to get into the second night of the Swedish music collective Drain Gang’s sold-out New York performances. The crowd chattered excitedly over one another, some chain smoking and a few filming TikToks. They all shared a specific aesthetic sensibility: nods to Y2K-era camp and goth-inspired pop-punk mixed with gender-neutral eyeliner, bedazzled sunglasses, and fingerless gloves. There were skater beanies in profusion.
- 4/19/2022
- by Keegan Brady
- Rollingstone.com
Bob Nastanovich, the percussionist and keyboardist for Pavement, has launched a fundraiser to save Spunky, the cat that once belonged to late singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston. A GoFundMe page created today seeks to raise $2,000 to provide healthcare for the feline.
“Daniel’s cat, Spunky, has lived all alone in his house since he died and was recently taken to a rescue organization,” Laura Anderson, one of Johnston’s friends who once worked as his tour manager, said in a statement in the GoFundMe listing. “She has had a tumor in her...
“Daniel’s cat, Spunky, has lived all alone in his house since he died and was recently taken to a rescue organization,” Laura Anderson, one of Johnston’s friends who once worked as his tour manager, said in a statement in the GoFundMe listing. “She has had a tumor in her...
- 3/21/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Capturing the yearning in a Daniel Johnston song is a difficult thing, possibly because the specific kind of longing felt by Johnston — the prolific outsider musician who died a couple of years ago — was difficult to describe, much like the untranslatable words saudade in Portuguese or toska in Russian. In “You Put My Love Out the Door,” a tune he recorded for his 1983 cassette More Songs of Pain, he expressed a sort of bemused rejection after the woman he loved threw his Valentine’s Day card away. It’s lovesickness,...
- 2/14/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
The Hi, How Are You Project — the mental-health nonprofit inspired by the life and legacy of Daniel Johnston — has released a new video set to the outsider artist’s song, “True Love Will Find You in the End.”
The video was directed by Jason Juez Setck and includes some never-before-seen footage of Johnston. It’s also filled with cameos from an array of artists, whose performances of “True Love Will Find You in the End” are seamlessly spliced with Johnson’s original. The various contributors include Beck, the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne,...
The video was directed by Jason Juez Setck and includes some never-before-seen footage of Johnston. It’s also filled with cameos from an array of artists, whose performances of “True Love Will Find You in the End” are seamlessly spliced with Johnson’s original. The various contributors include Beck, the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne,...
- 5/25/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Sharon Van Etten has officially released her cover of Daniel Johnston’s “Some Things Last a Long Time.”
As Stereogum notes, Van Etten recorded the cover, plus an original song, for the 2020 documentary, Feels Good Man, about the creator of Pepe the Frog. (It’s unclear if this had any bearing on Van Etten’s song choice, but Johnston designed a cartoon frog of his own, “Jeremiah the Innocent,” who appears on the famous Hi, How Are You? mural in Austin; Jeremiah, however, has not been adopted as a favored meme of the alt-right.
As Stereogum notes, Van Etten recorded the cover, plus an original song, for the 2020 documentary, Feels Good Man, about the creator of Pepe the Frog. (It’s unclear if this had any bearing on Van Etten’s song choice, but Johnston designed a cartoon frog of his own, “Jeremiah the Innocent,” who appears on the famous Hi, How Are You? mural in Austin; Jeremiah, however, has not been adopted as a favored meme of the alt-right.
- 4/30/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Sarah Mary Chadwick knows she’s broken. She gracefully contorts the ache in her voice into bizarre postures throughout her latest album, Me and Ennui Are Friends, Baby, as she parses grief, breakups, and general feeling of worthlessness. But she never allows herself to break down completely. Instead, she props herself on her piano and divines the right chords to treat each of her wounded words like a salve as she makes sense of her middle-age wreckage. “Maybe I should chill out on blaming my parents,” she posits over sparse chords on the title song,...
- 2/5/2021
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
One of the best records of the early 2000s is almost impossible to find online. You can purchase a copy of Meaningless — producer Jon Brion’s only solo album, released 20 years ago this month — from CDBaby or find a low-quality rip on YouTube. But unless you’re a die-hard fan, there’s a good chance the album’s gemlike songs of anxiety, unrequited love, and depression passed you by entirely.
“I think he’s a phenomenal musician and has an incredible sense of melody,” Aimee Mann, who co-wrote a song on Meaningless,...
“I think he’s a phenomenal musician and has an incredible sense of melody,” Aimee Mann, who co-wrote a song on Meaningless,...
- 1/26/2021
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
An exhibition featuring artwork by the late outsider artist Daniel Johnston is opening at Electric Lady Studios in New York City.
Dubbed Daniel Johnston: Psychedelic Drawings, the exhibit comprises over 30 works and was curated by cartoonist, painter designer, and musician Gary Panter. As a release notes, Johnston often worked with Magic Marker and his work frequently incorporated pop culture characters like Casper the Friendly Ghost.
“In Johnston’s vocabulary, Satan and Captain America are not jokes; they embody internal virtues, aspirations, fears, and resistance that he himself lived out,” Panter said.
Dubbed Daniel Johnston: Psychedelic Drawings, the exhibit comprises over 30 works and was curated by cartoonist, painter designer, and musician Gary Panter. As a release notes, Johnston often worked with Magic Marker and his work frequently incorporated pop culture characters like Casper the Friendly Ghost.
“In Johnston’s vocabulary, Satan and Captain America are not jokes; they embody internal virtues, aspirations, fears, and resistance that he himself lived out,” Panter said.
- 1/12/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
I’m a sucker for a good scary song. Just throw in some eerie wind effects, a creature howling, a zombie or two gibbering, and you’ve got my attention. Halloween is to me what Christmas is to Mariah Carey fans: an excuse to listen to thematic songs all month long. (Oh, and to hoard pumpkins like a squirrel preparing for winter.)
Not all of these songs are outright spooky — we’ve all heard “Thriller” one too many times. Instead, they’re a collection of creepy character studies, atmospheric tunes,...
Not all of these songs are outright spooky — we’ve all heard “Thriller” one too many times. Instead, they’re a collection of creepy character studies, atmospheric tunes,...
- 10/19/2020
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
Sharon Van Etten covered Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt” for Suicide Prevention Month as part of Sounds of Savings’ Song That Found Me at the Right Time series, a partnership with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
The clip opens with Van Etten sharing her own struggles with emotions and reaching out to others for help. “In my life, when I’ve accepted help are the times when I have overcome [my problems],” she admitted. “I found the road, ya know? It was like somebody opened the gate to a road that I knew was a better road.
The clip opens with Van Etten sharing her own struggles with emotions and reaching out to others for help. “In my life, when I’ve accepted help are the times when I have overcome [my problems],” she admitted. “I found the road, ya know? It was like somebody opened the gate to a road that I knew was a better road.
- 9/29/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Phoebe Bridgers wrapped a week of televised and virtual performances Saturday with an appearance on CBS This Morning, where the singer showcased three tracks from her 2020 LP Punisher.
For the morning show’s weekly “Saturday Sessions,” Bridgers, her skeleton getup and her backing band delivered “Kyoto,” “Garden Song” and the Punisher closer “I Know the End.” The session was the latest in a series of inventive promotional appearances for Bridgers, who was unable to tour in support of her latest LP due to the coronavirus.
Earlier in the week, Bridgers...
For the morning show’s weekly “Saturday Sessions,” Bridgers, her skeleton getup and her backing band delivered “Kyoto,” “Garden Song” and the Punisher closer “I Know the End.” The session was the latest in a series of inventive promotional appearances for Bridgers, who was unable to tour in support of her latest LP due to the coronavirus.
Earlier in the week, Bridgers...
- 9/12/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Beck, Jeff Tweedy and Phoebe Bridgers were among the artists to participate in a Daniel Johnston tribute that aired Friday, September 11th on the website of Electric Lady Studios and Johnston’s new YouTube page. Friday marked the one-year anniversary of Johnston’s death.
The tribute is titled, “Honey I Sure Miss You” — after a Johnston song of the same name — and it will feature a stacked lineup of artists who have submitted pre-recorded performances of their favorite Johnston songs. Joining Beck (“True Love Will Find You in the End...
The tribute is titled, “Honey I Sure Miss You” — after a Johnston song of the same name — and it will feature a stacked lineup of artists who have submitted pre-recorded performances of their favorite Johnston songs. Joining Beck (“True Love Will Find You in the End...
- 9/11/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Room 104 returns for its fourth and final season on HBO this evening, Friday July 24. The end of the anthology series is “bittersweet” for Mark Duplass, who created the show with his brother Jay.
Joking that HBO must have felt really bad for canceling Togetherness to give them four seasons of the show, Duplass talks about working with up-and-coming filmmakers throughout the four years and how he hopes to use this approach going forward with other projects.
The Morning Show star discusses the difficulties of breaking into the business, and how he encouraged actors including Dave Bautista, Jillian Bell, Kevin Nealon and Erinn Hayes to appear in the fourth season.
He opens up about The Murderer, the first episode which he stars in, writes, directs and performs the music, as well as the show’s first animated episode.
The 12-part, half-hour series is exec produced by Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass,...
Joking that HBO must have felt really bad for canceling Togetherness to give them four seasons of the show, Duplass talks about working with up-and-coming filmmakers throughout the four years and how he hopes to use this approach going forward with other projects.
The Morning Show star discusses the difficulties of breaking into the business, and how he encouraged actors including Dave Bautista, Jillian Bell, Kevin Nealon and Erinn Hayes to appear in the fourth season.
He opens up about The Murderer, the first episode which he stars in, writes, directs and performs the music, as well as the show’s first animated episode.
The 12-part, half-hour series is exec produced by Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass,...
- 7/24/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The Hi, How Are You Project — the mental health nonprofit inspired by the life and legacy of Daniel Johnston — has shared a previously unreleased clip of Johnston and Jeff Tweedy performing “Walking the Cow.”
The footage comes from the Chicago stop on Johnston’s 2017 farewell tour. At each concert during that run, Johnston was backed by a different group that he had inspired: In New Orleans, it was the Preservation All-Stars, in Portland and Vancouver it was Built to Spill, and at the Vic Theatre in Chicago it was Jeff...
The footage comes from the Chicago stop on Johnston’s 2017 farewell tour. At each concert during that run, Johnston was backed by a different group that he had inspired: In New Orleans, it was the Preservation All-Stars, in Portland and Vancouver it was Built to Spill, and at the Vic Theatre in Chicago it was Jeff...
- 6/10/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Sharon Van Etten will perform a livestream of her 2009 debut album, Because I Was in Love, on May 29th. Tickets are currently available and a portion of the event’s ticket proceeds will benefit the National Independent Venue Association (Niva) as well as her band and crew. Each ticket holder will also be entered in a raffle to win a signed copy of the original vinyl pressing of the LP. The singer will perform the record solo in its entirety and the stream will be available to ticket holders for 24 hours.
- 5/22/2020
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Built to Spill dropped a cover of Daniel Johnston’s “Tell Me Now” Friday, off their upcoming LP Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston, out June 12th.
Released off the late cult artist’s 1991 album Artistic Vice, the song gets a more subtle rendition from Built to Spill. “You’ll never know dear, the tears that I cry,” frontman Doug Martsch sings. “I don’t want to wait, girl, ’til the day that I die/Tell me now, oh oh, do you really love me?”
“Tell Me...
Released off the late cult artist’s 1991 album Artistic Vice, the song gets a more subtle rendition from Built to Spill. “You’ll never know dear, the tears that I cry,” frontman Doug Martsch sings. “I don’t want to wait, girl, ’til the day that I die/Tell me now, oh oh, do you really love me?”
“Tell Me...
- 5/15/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Earlier this month, Jeff Tweedy, Sharon Van Etten, and others pledged their support for a new initiative from the Hi, How Are You Project, the mental-health nonprofit inspired by the life and legacy of Daniel Johnston. The initiative was launched to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Month in May, and it asks people to do one simple task: “Because mental health matters, I pledge to ask others, ‘Hi How Are You?’ “
The Hi, How Are You Project’s initiative launched with a short video featuring an array of musicians and...
The Hi, How Are You Project’s initiative launched with a short video featuring an array of musicians and...
- 5/14/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
While the movie Lost Transmissions begins playful enough, with a charming musician, Theo (Simon Pegg), owning the room with joke-y songs about his friends, with a woman, Hannah (Juno Temple), joining him to break the mold with a tender rendition of Daniel Johnston "True Love Will Find You in the End." But a movie that illuminates the struggles of mental illness,…...
- 3/26/2020
- by Matt Rooney
- JoBlo.com
Wilco and Sleater-Kinney will be co-headlining a tour this summer.
Following Wilco’s North American and European spring tour dates in support of Ode to Joy, the two bands will link up for a tour of outdoor amphitheaters and venues across the U.S.
The It’s Time Summer 2020 co-headlining tour will kick off Thursday, August 6th at the First Interstate Center for the Arts in Spokane, Washington. The run includes a show at Colorado’s legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre, as well as a final show in Wilco’s hometown of Chicago.
Following Wilco’s North American and European spring tour dates in support of Ode to Joy, the two bands will link up for a tour of outdoor amphitheaters and venues across the U.S.
The It’s Time Summer 2020 co-headlining tour will kick off Thursday, August 6th at the First Interstate Center for the Arts in Spokane, Washington. The run includes a show at Colorado’s legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre, as well as a final show in Wilco’s hometown of Chicago.
- 3/10/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair’s 1989 collaboration It’s Spooky will be reissued for its 30th anniversary, out April 10th via Joyful Noise Recordings. The track “Ashes on the Ground” is out now.
Fair, vocalist and guitarist of the punk band Half Japanese, first began corresponding with Johnston in the late Eighties. They finally met in person in New York in 1989. “I was doing some recording with Mo Tucker [of the Velvet Underground],” Fair recalls. “Daniel was in town, staying with Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth. Daniel and I became friends and I invited...
Fair, vocalist and guitarist of the punk band Half Japanese, first began corresponding with Johnston in the late Eighties. They finally met in person in New York in 1989. “I was doing some recording with Mo Tucker [of the Velvet Underground],” Fair recalls. “Daniel was in town, staying with Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth. Daniel and I became friends and I invited...
- 2/20/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Built to Spill have shared “Bloody Rainbow,” a track off their new Daniel Johnston covers album. Titled Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston, the record drops on May 1st via Ernest Jenning Record Co.
“Bloody Rainbow” kicks off the LP, with frontman Doug Martsch delivering serene vocals over acoustic guitar. “Swirling hypnotic/Disrupts the girl,” he sings, “And the skull-headed spider/The milk was low cal.”
Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston features Martsch, bassist Jason Albertini and drummer Steve Gere. The songs derive...
“Bloody Rainbow” kicks off the LP, with frontman Doug Martsch delivering serene vocals over acoustic guitar. “Swirling hypnotic/Disrupts the girl,” he sings, “And the skull-headed spider/The milk was low cal.”
Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston features Martsch, bassist Jason Albertini and drummer Steve Gere. The songs derive...
- 2/3/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Finn Wolfhard heads back to the Nineties (again) for his new song, “Getting Better (Otherwise),” from The Turning soundtrack.
Wolfhard stars in the upcoming adaptation of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw as Miles, a wealthy orphan who lives alone in a massive manor with his sister, Flora, and their housekeeper Mrs. Grose. Things start to unravel when a new governess, Kate, moves in to tend to Flora. It’s a tale as old as time (or the 1800s): Is the house haunted or is Kate just insane?...
Wolfhard stars in the upcoming adaptation of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw as Miles, a wealthy orphan who lives alone in a massive manor with his sister, Flora, and their housekeeper Mrs. Grose. Things start to unravel when a new governess, Kate, moves in to tend to Flora. It’s a tale as old as time (or the 1800s): Is the house haunted or is Kate just insane?...
- 1/15/2020
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
Wilco’s label dBpm Records have announced a Daniel Johnston vinyl-only live album titled Chicago 2017, out January 31st.
The songs were culled from a performance on Johnston’s final tour, at Chicago’s Vic Theater on October 20th, 2017, backed by Tweedy: Jeff Tweedy and his son Spencer, Darin Gray, James Elkington and Liam Kazar. Also included on the LP is a session from the Loft, Wilco’s studio, that the cult artist — who died in September — recorded with the band.
Paired with the announcement is the release of a live version of “Worried Shoes,...
The songs were culled from a performance on Johnston’s final tour, at Chicago’s Vic Theater on October 20th, 2017, backed by Tweedy: Jeff Tweedy and his son Spencer, Darin Gray, James Elkington and Liam Kazar. Also included on the LP is a session from the Loft, Wilco’s studio, that the cult artist — who died in September — recorded with the band.
Paired with the announcement is the release of a live version of “Worried Shoes,...
- 1/15/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Here’s a partial list of musicians we lost in the 2010s: Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Chuck Berry, Ornette Coleman, B.B. King, Etta James, Whitney Houston, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Prince, Merle Haggard, Kitty Wells, João Gilberto, Ravi Shankar, Tabu Ley Rochereau, David Mancuso, Amy Winehouse, Abbie Lincoln, Gil Scott Heron, George Jones, George Martin, George Michael, Allen Toussaint, Donna Summer, Phife Dawg, Prodigy, Adam Yauch, Heavy D, Captain Beefheart, Robert Hunter, Gregory Isaacs, Johnny Otis, Big Jay McNeely, Levon Helm, Kate McGarrigle, Guy Clark, Pete Seeger, Ralph Stanley, Gregg Allman,...
- 12/11/2019
- by Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
Cage the Elephant will lead a tribute concert to the late Daniel Johnston during the 2020 Hi, How Are You Day, an annual event in Austin, Texas, celebrating the beloved outsider artist.
White Denim, TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, Katie Schecter and Jason Falkner will also take part in the January 22nd concert at Austin’s Acl Live at the Moody Theater; Johnston’s birthday was January 22nd, and his adopted hometown of Austin launched Hi, How Are You Day in 2018 to commemorate the influential singer/songwriter.
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White Denim, TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, Katie Schecter and Jason Falkner will also take part in the January 22nd concert at Austin’s Acl Live at the Moody Theater; Johnston’s birthday was January 22nd, and his adopted hometown of Austin launched Hi, How Are You Day in 2018 to commemorate the influential singer/songwriter.
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- 12/4/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Nick Cave paid tribute to the late Daniel Johnston during his Conversations With Nick Cave tour, which features the artist candidly fielding questions from the audience alongside him performing songs solo on piano. As Pitchfork points out, Cave paid homage to Johnston during his recent New York and Washington, D.C., tour stops.
In line with the original, Cave delivered Johnston’s 1990 song as a heartfelt, poignant a cappella, which was captured via fan footage. The National also recently covered “Devil Town” in honor of Johnston. Cave’s solo tour...
In line with the original, Cave delivered Johnston’s 1990 song as a heartfelt, poignant a cappella, which was captured via fan footage. The National also recently covered “Devil Town” in honor of Johnston. Cave’s solo tour...
- 9/25/2019
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Daniel Johnston’s enduring muse was Laurie Allen, a woman he met in an art class. One song he wrote about her, “Laurie,” found him singing, “Once I saw the most beautiful girl sitting next to me/I asked her what was her name, she said it was ‘Laurie,'” over a strummed acoustic guitar. Even after they fell out of touch, he still pined and wrote songs about her, and in a rare bonus scene from the documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston, they reconnected more than 25 years later.
- 9/14/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Daniel Johnston, who died Wednesday at 58, was one of a handful of artists whose work immediately seeps into the soul. Once you’ve heard one Daniel Johnston song, whether it’s one of his hauntingly plaintive unrequited love songs or one of his whimsical earworm bops, you will never be the same. An underground fixture for years, he practically invented Diy recording and the lo-fi aesthetic that dominates independent music and art today. Johnston reached a new level of stardom in 2005 with the release of Jeff Feuerzeig’s trailblazing documentary “The Devil and Daniel Johnston,” which IndieWire recently named the best music documentary of the 21st century.
As a longtime fan, Feuerzeig’s journey with Johnston predates his personal relationship with the late musician and artist. Feuerzeig sees in Johnston’s Diy and punk aesthetic direct parallels to the independent film boom of the 1980s, pioneered by Spike Lee, Jim Jarmusch,...
As a longtime fan, Feuerzeig’s journey with Johnston predates his personal relationship with the late musician and artist. Feuerzeig sees in Johnston’s Diy and punk aesthetic direct parallels to the independent film boom of the 1980s, pioneered by Spike Lee, Jim Jarmusch,...
- 9/13/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Conor Oberst praised the music and art of Daniel Johnston and remembered the unique spirit of the late outsider folk hero, who died Wednesday of natural causes at the age of 58.
Oberst said he was “lucky enough” to have played several shows with Johnston over the past two decades, but noted that prior to those gigs many people warned him that Johnston might “act ‘crazy’ or ‘off’ or something.” But, Oberst said, he never encountered that side of Johnston.
“When I locked eyes, and was talking with him, I felt...
Oberst said he was “lucky enough” to have played several shows with Johnston over the past two decades, but noted that prior to those gigs many people warned him that Johnston might “act ‘crazy’ or ‘off’ or something.” But, Oberst said, he never encountered that side of Johnston.
“When I locked eyes, and was talking with him, I felt...
- 9/12/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The sad news arrived on Wednesday that Daniel Johnston, an outsider folk musician who created incredible art throughout his life despite a debilitating mental illness, died of natural causes at his home in Houston, Texas.
“Daniel was a singer, songwriter, an artist, and a friend to all,” he family said in a statement. “Although he struggled with mental health issues for much of his adult life, Daniel triumphed over his illness through his prolific output of art and songs. He inspired countless fans, artists, and songwriters with his message that...
“Daniel was a singer, songwriter, an artist, and a friend to all,” he family said in a statement. “Although he struggled with mental health issues for much of his adult life, Daniel triumphed over his illness through his prolific output of art and songs. He inspired countless fans, artists, and songwriters with his message that...
- 9/12/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
The National paid tribute to late musician Daniel Johnston at a show at the White Oak Music Hall in Houston, Texas by performing a mash-up of their own “I Am Not in Kansas” with his classic tune “Devil Town.” The musicians took the opportunity to honor the singer, who died of a heart attack at age 58, in a clearly emotional way. The two songs included back-up vocals from Kate Stables, Hannah Georgas and Kyle Resnick.
“That was for Daniel Johnston, who left us,” The National frontman Matt Berninger told the audience after the song,...
“That was for Daniel Johnston, who left us,” The National frontman Matt Berninger told the audience after the song,...
- 9/12/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Actor Shia Labeouf says making his biopic titled "Honey Boy" was similar to an exorcism.
"Honey Boy" tells the story of Labeouf's turbulent childhood as he grew up with alcoholic and drug-addicted father. Labeouf will star in the film, which he has penned while he was in rehab. He even shared some of his writing with his friend and director Alma Har'el, who has helmed the film.
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"I was just sending her stuff that I was writing down. I had a flashlight and was rummaging through the attics of my soul trying to figure stuff out, figuring my past out?She was like, 'Oh, this is a movie'," variety.com quoted Labeouf as saying.
"Honey Boy" traces journey of Labeouf -- from living in a seedy Hollywood motel with his father, his introduction to cigarettes and marijuana, becoming a child star, his struggle...
"Honey Boy" tells the story of Labeouf's turbulent childhood as he grew up with alcoholic and drug-addicted father. Labeouf will star in the film, which he has penned while he was in rehab. He even shared some of his writing with his friend and director Alma Har'el, who has helmed the film.
Also Read:?Indie singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston dead
"I was just sending her stuff that I was writing down. I had a flashlight and was rummaging through the attics of my soul trying to figure stuff out, figuring my past out?She was like, 'Oh, this is a movie'," variety.com quoted Labeouf as saying.
"Honey Boy" traces journey of Labeouf -- from living in a seedy Hollywood motel with his father, his introduction to cigarettes and marijuana, becoming a child star, his struggle...
- 9/12/2019
- GlamSham
Daniel JohnstonDaniel Johnston, an eccentric singer-songwriter and advocate for mental health awareness who developed a strong following among other artists like Kurt Cobain and Tom Waits, is dead. He was 58.
Johnston died early Wednesday morning at his home outside Houston, Texas, according to Tom Gimbel, Johnston's manager of over 25 years, reports cnn.com.
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"He's just an inspiration. I think he was a true genius," said Gimbel.
Johnston's family and Gimbel said he died of natural causes.
"Daniel was a singer, songwriter, an artist, and a friend to all. Although he struggled with mental health issues for much of his adult life, Daniel triumphed over his illness through his prolific output of art and songs," a statement from Johnston's family read.
"He inspired countless fans, artists, and songwriters with his message that no matter how dark the day that 'the sun...
Johnston died early Wednesday morning at his home outside Houston, Texas, according to Tom Gimbel, Johnston's manager of over 25 years, reports cnn.com.
Also Read:?Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello share a passionate kiss
"He's just an inspiration. I think he was a true genius," said Gimbel.
Johnston's family and Gimbel said he died of natural causes.
"Daniel was a singer, songwriter, an artist, and a friend to all. Although he struggled with mental health issues for much of his adult life, Daniel triumphed over his illness through his prolific output of art and songs," a statement from Johnston's family read.
"He inspired countless fans, artists, and songwriters with his message that no matter how dark the day that 'the sun...
- 9/12/2019
- GlamSham
Daniel Johnston, the outsider folk artist whose childlike pleas for love captivated the likes of Kurt Cobain, Matt Groening and Tom Waits, died Wednesday of natural causes, his family confirmed in a statement. He was 58.
“The Johnston family is deeply saddened to announce the death of their brother, Daniel Johnston,” his family said in a statement. “He passed away from natural causes this morning at his home outside of Houston, Texas.
“Daniel was a singer, songwriter, an artist, and a friend to all. Although he struggled with mental health issues...
“The Johnston family is deeply saddened to announce the death of their brother, Daniel Johnston,” his family said in a statement. “He passed away from natural causes this morning at his home outside of Houston, Texas.
“Daniel was a singer, songwriter, an artist, and a friend to all. Although he struggled with mental health issues...
- 9/11/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Courtney Barnett joined Wilco onstage for a “karaoke” performance of “Handshake Drugs” at the band’s Solid Sound Festival this weekend.
The annual festival, which takes place at Mass MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts, featured a set on Friday called “Wilco Karaoke,” where other artists and fans could sing Wilco songs backed by the band. Leading up to the weekend’s festivities, Wilco hosted a contest for 10 winners to be the lead singer of the band for karaoke, which also featured guests like Barnett, who delivered a melodic rendition of...
The annual festival, which takes place at Mass MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts, featured a set on Friday called “Wilco Karaoke,” where other artists and fans could sing Wilco songs backed by the band. Leading up to the weekend’s festivities, Wilco hosted a contest for 10 winners to be the lead singer of the band for karaoke, which also featured guests like Barnett, who delivered a melodic rendition of...
- 6/30/2019
- by Ilana Kaplan
- Rollingstone.com
Jeremy Ivey has long been one of Nashville’s most beloved behind-the-scenes musical magicians: as onetime member of Southern soul outfit Buffalo Clover; as a producer; occasional harmonica player in Margo Price’s band and her frequent songwriting partner (yes, they’re also married); and low-key solo artist. Later this year, Ivey will finally release his debut solo record, produced by Price, via Anti – Records, with the first single, “Story of a Fish,” debuting today.
Set to a bit of slowly chugging “She’s So Heavy”-era guitar, “Story of...
Set to a bit of slowly chugging “She’s So Heavy”-era guitar, “Story of...
- 6/12/2019
- by Marissa R. Moss
- Rollingstone.com
When Sarah Mary Chadwick sings, her voice sounds brittle, as though it’s crumbling as it leaves her throat. The only thing that props her up on “Confetti,” a new song from her upcoming LP The Queen Who Stole the Sky, is the rounded, warm, comforting tones of the ancient grand organ she’s playing, a relic located in Melbourne Town Hall. That combo — Chadwick’s breakdown coupled with an instrument of hope —makes you want to keep listening to hear if it all falls apart or if she’ll...
- 4/16/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Netflix’s new zombie apocalypse series, the “Z-Nation” prequel “Black Summer,” is premiering Thursday, and what better way to welcome it than to rank other “undead” TV shows of the last few years from worst to best. We included the Rotten Tomatoes scores with each ranking for comparison. Share your thoughts in the comments section at the bottom.
10. “Freakish” – Hulu
Rotten Tomatoes score: 64 %
A group of teens have to hide out in their high school after a chemical plant meltdown creates a bunch of zombie-like mutants, who take over the town. “Freakish” lasted only 2 seasons and had the worst Rotten Tomatoes score of the bunch. Critics said it suffered from thin, stereotypical characters, a flawed timeline and numerous plot holes.
9. “Containment” – The CW
Rotten Tomatoes score: 78%
This ill-fated CW show lasted only one season. When a mysterious and fatal virus starts infecting people, part of Atlanta is quarantined — but attempts...
10. “Freakish” – Hulu
Rotten Tomatoes score: 64 %
A group of teens have to hide out in their high school after a chemical plant meltdown creates a bunch of zombie-like mutants, who take over the town. “Freakish” lasted only 2 seasons and had the worst Rotten Tomatoes score of the bunch. Critics said it suffered from thin, stereotypical characters, a flawed timeline and numerous plot holes.
9. “Containment” – The CW
Rotten Tomatoes score: 78%
This ill-fated CW show lasted only one season. When a mysterious and fatal virus starts infecting people, part of Atlanta is quarantined — but attempts...
- 4/7/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
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