Red Hot Chili Peppers

Plus: Ty Segall, Front Bottoms, Lockn’ Fest and more tours, festivals and events affected by COVID-19.

Gang of Four’s influence spanned far and wide, defining the sound of “angular” post-punk guitar and also impacting Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, R.E.M., Nirvana, and much more…

Midway through the second episode of ‘R U Talkin’ RHCP RE: Me?’, Scott Aukerman and Adam Scott decide it was maybe a bad idea and switch to a group they like a lot more, Talking Heads.

plus Blanck Mass, Ben Gibbard, Emma Ruth Rundle, Fruit Bats, Vetiver, The Roots, Patti LaBelle, Girlpool, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.

Man Man’s Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between, their first new full-length record in nearly seven years, is out this Friday but you can listen to a version of it with slightly spicier vocals now…

We lost Hal Willner yesterday. He was a gifted producer whose greatest skill may have been his ability to bring together disparate talents that you might not think would fit together but turned out to be truly inspired. One of the places where you can really see that in action was Night Music, a musical offshoot of Saturday Night Live that lasted two weird wonderful seasons…

Listen to new songs by Laura Marling, Bad Bunny, YACHT (Crass cover), Sheryl Crow (Bill Withers cover), Gruesome, Trickfinger (John Frusciante), and more.

”As part of my continuing effort to get and stay healthy, I have critical recovery events on those weekends that cannot be moved,” Metallica’s James Hetfield says. ”I apologize to all of our fans who have bought tickets for these festivals.”

The fest includes Foo Fighters, Jason Isbell, Sharon Van Etten & more on day one; RATM, Run the Jewels & more on day two; and RHCP, The 1975, Liam Gallagher & more on day three.

The lineup also includes Jason Isbell, Brittany Howard, Liam Gallagher, Noname, Sharon Van Etten, Phoebe Bridgers, Angels & Airwaves, Mew, PUP, and more…