Thom Donovan

2 days ago | americansongwriter.com | Thom Donovan

Bush became a leading band in the post-grunge era. Led by Gavin Rossdale, Bush formed in London in 1992, but they didn’t sound anything like the indie guitar bands dominating British youth culture in the 1990s. In America, the music world was mourning the tragic death of Kurt Cobain. And Pearl Jam seemed to be doing everything it could to mitigate fame. Yet Rossdale embraced the Seattle sound and helped lead the post-grunge period with bands like Stone Temple Pilots and Live.

2 days ago | flipboard.com | Thom Donovan

1 day agoThe truth--and the cheese--is out there. Lego has revealed the new sets that will be getting an official release in the future, all thanks to fan designers who took part in its Ideas line. The new additions include everyone's favorite FBI agents from The X-Files--and one memorable Simpsons episode …

2 days ago | americansongwriter.com | Thom Donovan

Haim has returned with its fourth album, I Quit. The trio, made up of sisters Danielle, Alana, and Este Haim, formed in Los Angeles and debuted in 2013 with Days Are Gone. Before the band signed with Polydor Records, Danielle had worked as a touring guitarist for Jenny Lewis and Julian Casablancas. But the sisters, who grew up in a musical family, reunited once Danielle came off the road and have since earned four GRAMMY nominations. A recurring theme in Haim’s music is relationships.

3 days ago | americansongwriter.com | Thom Donovan

Many artists have expressed some variation of the following statement: You spend years writing and preparing your first record but have only limited time for the follow-up. Following a successful first album isn’t easy, and some bands, like Weezer or Guns N’ Roses, spend the rest of their careers trying to live up to groundbreaking debuts. Still, others, like those listed here, record a second album with an impact far beyond successful chart positions or sales.

3 days ago | americansongwriter.com | Thom Donovan

Imagine “if Patsy Cline had lived long enough to record with The Velvet Underground.” That’s how Entertainment Weekly once described Mazzy Star. I don’t think I’ve read a better description of this group, whose principal members were singer Hope Sandoval and instrumentalist David Roback until Roback died in 2020. Sandoval’s voice is timeless, like Cline’s. And Roback’s productions recall the subculture experimentalism of Lou Reed’s group.