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‘What Drives Us‘ is about bands touring in vans and also features interviews with Lars Ulrich, Ringo Starr, The Edge, Steven Tyler, Mike Watt, Jennifer Finch (L7), Tony Kanal (No Doubt), Dave Lombardo, Slash & Duff McKagan, and more

Filmmaker Edgar Wright’s long-in-the-works documentary about Ron and Russell Mael and their band idiosyncratic group Sparks is manna from heaven for fans, and an invitation to join the party for everyone else.

Edgar Wright has just shared a 2-minute “Official Clip” of his three-years-in-the-works documentary on avant-garde pop duo Sparks which premieres at Sundance this weekend…

The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four is out in May and also features RHCP’s Flea & John Frusciante, Helmet, La Roux, Killing Joke, and more.

Eddie Van Halen‘s influence loomed large and when the sad news of his death spread earlier this afternoon, tributes poured in from all corners of music…

Chance the Rapper, Ice Cube, SZA, The Weeknd, Pharrell, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, The Rock, Oprah, Bette Midler, and others also remembered the ‘Black Panther’ star…

‘Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was’ is unmistakably the work of Bright Eyes, but it also sounds like nothing they’d ever done.

Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was is due out on August 21 via Dead Oceans and features contributions from Flea and Jon Theodore (Mars Volta, Queens of the Stone Age).

Like ”Forced Convalescence,” ”One and Done” features Flea on bass, and it also has majestic, sweeping strings — cinematic in scope –which the band’s Nathaniel Walcott arranged.

The virtual festival also includes The Strokes’ Nikolai Fraiture, Tony Hawk, Ben Harper, and more…