Grammy-Winning Superstar to Portray the Godmother of Rock and Roll in Major Motion Picture Los Angeles, CA — Multi-platinum recording artist, flutist, and cultural icon Lizzo has been cast as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the trailblazing gospel musician often credited as the Godmother of Rock and Roll, in a new biopic set to begin production this summer. The untitled film, backed by MGM Studios and produced by Tasha Smith and Charles […]

Leanne Cowie, longtime drummer for Australian swamp-rock legends The Scientists, has died. Her death marks the passing of a key force in one of punk and post-punk’s most snarling, primal outliers.Cowie joined The Scientists in the mid-1980s during the band’s UK relocation and helped solidify what many consider their most iconic lineup. Her drumming was no-frills and all menace—metronomic, hypnotic, and soaked in feedback-drenched grime. She was the backbone of […]

By now, if you’ve been anywhere near the hardcore and punk corners of the internet, you’ve probably heard: GEL is done. Not in a “taking a break” kind of way, but in a scorched-earth, “we can’t keep this going after what happened” kind of way. For those of us who came up watching GEL rise from New Jersey basement shows to stages all over the world, this hits hard. They […]