Month: August 2023

News Hum Reissuing Four Albums on Vinyl The Illinois shoegaze group will reissue the 1990s LPs Electra 2000, You’d Prefer an Astronaut, and Downward Is Heavenward, plus 2020’s Inlet By Jazz Monroe August 17, 2023 Facebook Twitter Artwork courtesy of Polyvinyl Record Co. Facebook Twitter Hum are reissuing four of their albums on vinyl: 1993’s
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News Gary Young, Pavement’s First Drummer, Dies at 70 Young played with Pavement from the band’s early days through their 1992 album Watery, Domestic By Hattie Lindert August 17, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Former Pavement drummer Gary Young has died, a representative for the band confirmed to Pitchfork. He was 70. A veteran of
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News Dolly Parton Reunites the Beatles’ Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr for New “Let It Be” Cover: Listen Mick Fleetwood and Peter Frampton also perform on Parton’s Rockstar rendition of the 1970 single By Allison Hussey August 18, 2023 Facebook Twitter Dolly Parton (Vijat Mohindra/Butterfly Records), Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney (David M. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage)
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News Nick Cave Is Going on a U.S. Book Tour The musician will speak with audiences about his memoir, Faith, Hope and Carnage, in the fall By Matthew Strauss August 18, 2023 Facebook Twitter Nick Cave, June 2023 (HELLE ARENSBAK/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Nick Cave has announced a U.S. book tour in
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Thomas S. Dee, an education professor at Stanford University, has just released the results of a study he carried out in partnership with the Associated Press.  The study’s topic is student absenteeism in 40 states, and the results are disturbing.   The Dee study concludes that 6.5 million students are chronic absentees.  They are absent more than one
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