Phoebe Bridgers
Lorde Releases ‘Solar Power’ and Announces New Album of the Same Name
For the first time in four years, Lorde is back. Everyone’s favorite New Zealand pop star just released her first single since Melodrama, unveiling the video for “Solar Power,” the title track for her upcoming third album. The release and formal announcement of the new album comes just a few days after she’d teased the cover art and title on her website, offering fans to sign up for her newsletter to get more information. For those who did sign up for the mailing list, today was the big day, as the singer sent an email to fans with all kinds of information. But even for those not subscribed, the video for “Solar Power” shows off Lorde’s new beach vibes along with the help of some friends. The song (co-written and produced by Jack Antonoff) also features Phoebe Bridgers and Clairo on b...
Stevie Nicks, The Strokes and Run The Jewels to Headline Atlanta’s Shaky Knees Festival
Fleetwood Mac chanteuse Stevie Nicks, The Strokes and Run The Jewels will headline the Shaky Knees Music Festival on Oct. 22-24, 2021 at Central Park in downtown Atlanta. The festival’s eighth incarnation features more than 60 bands on four stages, including Alice Cooper, St. Vincent, Modest Mouse, Portugal. The Man, Phoebe Bridgers, Mac Demarco, Dermot Kennedy, Dominic Fike, Royal Blood, The Hives and many more. “We are really happy to be able to deliver Shaky Knees this October with a lineup that truly has something for everyone,” said founder Tim Sweetwood in a statement. “We look forward to getting back into Central Park with our amazing Shaky family of fans and hear some incredible live music together.” On the Shaky Knees site, it’s posted that “vaccinations are not currently mandated...
Austin City Limits Unveils a Lineup Fitting for Austin
As festivals finally return, it seems like each event is trying to outdo the competition by curating lineups that are a bit…unusual. This is a good thing! Usually, when these things are announced, there’s a logic behind who plays where. But yesterday’s Lollapalooza reveal had folks wondering what audience the event is for (apparently you can try to be everything for everyone) but today’s Austin City Limits lineup took that to another level, with a diverse slate of impressive acts. This year’s bill, which marks the fest’s 20th edition, will feature headlining artists George Strait, Billie Eilish, Stevie Nicks, Miley Cyrus, Erykah Badu, DaBaby and Rüfüs Du Sol. That’s some variety for you. Sure, there’s some of the 2021 standbys in the lineup, but that’s to be expected because you know, not ...
Jackson Browne Shares ‘My Cleveland Heart’ Video With Phoebe Bridgers Cameo
Phoebe Bridgers makes a cameo in the new Jackson Browne video for “My Cleveland Heart,” a song from his Downhill From Everywhere LP that’s due out on July 23 through Inside Recordings. The new record, which comes nearly 50 years after his 1972 self-titled debut, has “a deep current of inclusion running through this record,” Browne said in a statement. “I think that idea of inclusion, of opening yourself up to people who are different than you – that’s the fundamental basis for any kind of understanding in this world.” Browne’s bandmates, Val McCallum, Greg Leisz, Jeff Young, Mauricio Lewak, Bob Glaub, as well as Pete Thomas and Dave Faragher, are also in the clip, which was directed by Alissa Torvinen (Phoebe Bridgers, Pink). The single was co-written with his longtime guita...
Phoebe Bridgers’ Guitar Becomes Highest-Selling Web Item in GLAAD History
Phoebe Bridgers, indie darling of the pandemic, is now a card-carrying rock god. The 26-year-old’s black Danelectro Dano ’56 — the guitar she smashed on a fake amp at the end of her debut Saturday Night Live performance — sold for a whopping $101,500 at a GLAAD Media Awards auction ended bidding on Sunday, April 11. It’s the first time an item has ever fetched more than $100k at one of GLAAD’s online auctions, a representative tells SPIN, making it one of the most prized items the media monitoring nonprofit has put on the block in its three-decade history. Selling a guitar north of six figures puts Bridgers in hallowed territory. At a 2018 Julien’s auction featuring classic rock memorabilia, a Gretsch played and signed by Bono fetched $64,000. A Bob Dylan guitar went fo...
Watch Phoebe Bridgers and Ziwe Smash Ukuleles in New Variety Show Trailer
Apparently guitars aren’t the only instruments Phoebe Bridgers smashes. The singer-songwriter is featured in Ziwe’s trailer for her upcoming eponymous variety show, where both badass ladies ferociously smash ukuleles. Ziwe made a name for herself during quarantine with her Baited Instagram Live series, and she’s taking her no-holds-barred brand of comedy to the silver screen with a series that features “musical numbers, interviews and sketches that challenge America’s discomfort with race, politics, & other cultural issues.” The trailer also includes appearances from a bunch of other funny people like Jane Krakowski, Bowen Yang, Fran Lebowitz, Patti Harrison, and Cole Escola. ZIWE is set to premiere May 9 on Showtime. Watch the trailer below. [embedded content] Brid...
Phoebe Bridgers’ Smashed ‘Saturday Night Live’ Guitar Is Up For Auction
Phoebe Bridgers’ bucket-list act that upset guitarists around the world, specifically David Crosby, can now be yours to memorialize. That’s right, you could own her Danelectro Dano ’56 baritone (a large piece of it, that is). The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) organized the auction to coincide with their 32nd annual Media Awards. Bidding is open until April 11, 11:59 a.m. EDT at increments of $500. Currently, the offer stands at $6500 but the listed value of the guitar is “priceless,” so why stop there? Check out the auction and make your bid here. It’s still up for debate why members of the music community are so upset by Bridgers’ enthusiastic ending to her performance of “I Know The End.” Some say she shouldn’t have smashed her guitar in the first place while...
Foo Fighters, Tame Impala, Lana Del Rey, Tyler, the Creator Highlight Bonnaroo Lineup
As the country grapples with what the re-start of the live music industry will look like, Bonnaroo 2021 has shared a lineup that includes the Foo Fighters, Megan Thee Stallion, Lizzo, Tame Impala, Tyler, the Creator, Lana Del Rey and more will take place down on The Farm in Manchester, Tennessee from Sept. 2 through Sept. 5. Strict COVID protocols will be in place, in accordance with local health and safety regulations, according to the festival’s website. The “safety of its fans, artists, and staff [are] a top priority,” according to the Bonnaroo press materials. “Organizers as always will be in regular communication with local health and public safety officials and will continue to abide by relevant recommendations.” The fest promises that “Bonnaroovians will receive regular updates with...
Phoebe Bridgers Teams With Jackson Browne for New Version of ‘Kyoto’
In a musical pairing that brings two generations of singer-songwriters together, Phoebe Bridgers joins forces with Jackson Browne for a take on her hit, “Kyoto,” releasing as a Spotify Single today. It’s accompanied by a cover of the late John Prine’s (a Best New Artist nominee himself in 1972) “Summers End,” featuring backing vocals from Maria Taylor. Listen to the songs below: <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”height”:”270″,”playlist”:”10315″,”inviewBottomOffset”:”105px”} }); –> Both tracks are being released as Spotify Sing...
Phoebe Bridgers Calls SNL Guitar-Smashing ‘a Bucket List Thing’ as Boomers Continue to Fume
We’re already halfway to the next episode of Saturday Night Live, and old fogies like David Crosby still can’t stop talking about Phoebe Bridgers smashing her guitar at the end of her set on the show last weekend. To (hopefully) quell the criticism once and for all, the songwriter went on CNN to explain why she performed the act that started the dumbest controversy of 2021 to date. “I’ve always wanted to do it, and when I mentioned it to the show, they built me this whole monitor that would look like it was exploding even if I wasn’t hitting it that hard,” Bridgers told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “So yeah, [it was] just a bucket list thing.” Earlier this week, the feud heated up when Crosby ripped Bridgers (for no reason) for the incident and she responded in kind. Of course, one...
Dave Grohl Defends Phoebe Bridgers’ SNL Guitar Smash
In an appearance on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio show to promote Medicine at Midnight, the Foo Fighters reacted to the news of the day, namely their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination and the Phoebe Bridgers “guitar gate” incident on Saturday Night Live. The online battle between the young singer and David Crosby (a 1997 Rock Hall inductee) got heated, and SPIN reported on the retorts, which included Croz calling Bridgers “Pathetic” and Bridgers replying “little bitch” to the elder statesman. Dave Grohl supported the young singer’s decision to smash her guitar during her Saturday Night Live appearance last weekend. “I saw that performance man, I actually talked to my mom about it. ‘Did you see Saturday Night Live?’ [she asked]. “I said, ‘Yeah!’ She goes, ‘What did you think of t...
Phoebe Bridgers Calls David Crosby ‘little bitch’ After Critique of Guitar Smash
Phoebe Bridgers didn’t mince words to rock elder statesman David Crosby after his social media criticism of her guitar-smashing stunt on Saturday Night Live, calling the (sometimes) lovable crotchety elder statesman a “little bitch” in a tweet. Crosby had referred to the incident with her Danelectro guitar as “pathetic” and “childish stage drama” after a fan asked him his take on the moment that occurred at the end of her performance of “I Know the End.” Guitars are for playing ..making music …..not stupidly bashing them on a fake monitor for childish stage drama …..I really do NOT give a flying F if others have done it before It’s still STUPID — David Crosby (@thedavidcrosby) February 9, 2021 Bridgers, 26, was the featured guest on Saturday Night Live while Crosby, 79, was impersonat...
