Asthmatic Kitty, Secretly Group, Other I...

Yesterday, it was reported that Wilco had canceled a show in Indianapolis due to the state’s “odious” new law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The law has been widely criticized for allowing businesses to refuse services to minorities on the grounds of religious belief. Today, a group of Indiana record labels and music businesses have teamed to sign a letter condemning Indiana Governor Mike Pence for signing the law. The letter was signed by Asthmatic Kitty, the Secretly Group (Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, Dead Oceans, SC Distribution, SC...

Kanye West Got Wilson Phillips to Sing B...

Add Wilson Phillips, the pop group that achieved success in the ’90s with singles like “Hold On” and “Release Me”, to the list of musicians involved with Rihanna‘s “FourFiveSeconds”, which features Kanye West and Paul McCartney. In an interview with Billboard, the group’s Carnie Wilson (daughter of the Beach Boys’ Brian) said that West reached out to them about contributing. “He said, ‘When I think of authenticity and I think of angelic, I think of you,’” Wilson said. She said that at...

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Score New Vig...

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, who’ve played together in the Bad Seeds and Grinderman, have added another film soundtrack to their long list of credits. They’ve scored French director David Oelhoffen’s Far From Men (Loin des Hommes), a movie that stars Viggo Mortensen and is based off an Albert Camus short story. The movie will be released in theaters in the U.S. on May 1 and on video on demand on April 14, while the soundtrack will be out May 19 via Bad Seeds Ltd.  “Very often a tension can happen between music and picture that is about chance and a...

Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock Gives Love A...

Rookie has a recurring feature called Ask a Grown Man, where adult men answer questions from teenage girls. Run the Jewels, Thom Yorke, Stephen Malkmus, Vampire Weekend, TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, and others have previously given their two cents. Now, Adam Horovitz, aka Ad-Rock of Beastie Boys, has chimed in. Watch his video below, via Rookie.  Horovitz fielded questions on how to pursue a first kiss (“Just go ahead and do it!”), how to break up with someone you’re just not that into (“You can blame your parents”), and what to do...

Marching Church (Iceage’s Elias Be...

Earlier this year, Iceage‘s Elias Bender Rønnenfelt announced a release from Marching Church, which was once his solo project but is now a full band. Today, they shared the video for their single “King of Song”, which features them brooding in black-and-white. Watch it below, via The Fader. Marching Church’s debut album This World Is Not Enough is out now via Posh Isolation in Europe and via Sacred Bones everywhere else. Read our Update with Iceage. Watch Iceage play “Burning Hand” at Pitchfork Music Festival...