Tina began covering music professionally in the ’90s as a reporter for the Village Voice in New York. A journalist for more than two decades, she has worked as staff editor and freelance writer covering entertainment, art, pop culture, food, wine, spirits, health, travel and more. Throughout it all, music has always been a constant in her life… and work. Her words have appeared in Billboard, Men’s Journal, Wine Spectator, and other local and national newspapers, magazines, and online publications. Based in New York City, Tina is currently working on her first book and can be found at @tbeves on Instagram.
Dr. Dre is working on new music for Grand Theft Auto with Rockstar Games. Snoop Dogg will also collaborate on additional tracks, but whether this new music is for a forthcoming Grand Theft Auto 6, GTA V, or the upcoming GTA: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition, out Nov. 11, has not been confirmed at this point. “I do know he’s in the More
When the late British songwriter Rod Temperton wrote “Starlight’ there was nothing thrilling about it. In its inception, Michael Jackson’s 1983 blockbuster hit “Thriller,” had a more celestial theme for Temperton, who previously wrote several tracks on Jackson’s fifth album Off the Wall, within its lyrics. There’s indicationThat someone else is standing on the groundAcross More
In advance of the War on Drugs new album I Don’t Live Here Anymore (Atlantic Records), out Oct. 29, the band has released their new single “Change,” a follow up to the title track and “Living Proof.” The War on Drugs’ fifth album and follow up with to a Deeper Understanding in 2017, I Don’t More
Citing his “indelible mark on Minnesota and American culture,” Minnesota’s Congressional delegation introduced a resolution on Capitol Hill on Oct. 25 to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Prince. The medal is one of the nation’s highest civilian honors, and if awarded to Prince, who died at the age of 57 on April 21, More
Nearly two weeks after revealing their first album in five years, Things Are Great (BMG) out Jan 21, and first single “Crutch,” Band of Horses are scheduled to tour the UK and Europe in 2022, following their fall 2021 U.S. tour. Kicking off in Oslo, Norway on Feb. 22, the tour will include stops in More
Donned in pink from top to bottom, with the exception of a red scarf, Katy Perry performed The Beatles 1967 hit “All You Need is Love” for the All Together Now Gap holiday campaign. Perry will also release a recording of The Beatles’ cover with $1 of the sale of the single benefitting Baby2Baby, a More
“In my mind, he’s alive,” said Devo’s Gerald Casale of David Bowe. “A guy like Bowie, because of the body of work he left and the legacy he left, he’s alive,” said Casale, who remembered when the band met Bowie while working on their 1978 debut Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! More
Lovesick in a long-distance relationship with then former MC5 guitarist Fred “Sonic” Smith, Patti Smith was living in New York City while he was 600 miles away in Detroit, and the only way the couple kept their connection was by nightly phone calls, on a payphone. Often waiting hours just to capture each another’s voices More
Girl Named Tom chose to cover “Wichita Lineman,” written by Jimmy Webb and made famous by Glen Campbell in 1968, as a tribute to their father, who is battling rare terminal cancer, during The Voice Knockout Round on Oct. 25. “He has such a positive attitude going into every doctor’s appointment,” said Girl Named Tom More
We Are Scientists initially had an album in the works for a 2020 release but when everything was put on hold around the pandemic they revisited their songs, rearranged a few things, and rode with Huffy (100% Records). For the duo, of singer and guitarist Keith Murray and bassist Chris Cain, along with drummer Keith More
When Rubberneck turned 25 in 2019, the Toadies were touring around the silver anniversary of their debut album before canceling the remainder of the tour when COVID hit. Rescheduling dates for 2021, the Toadies are picking up where they left off, now celebrating the 27th anniversary of Rubberneck, and getting back on the road for More
ABBA shared “Just a Notion,” the third single off their upcoming album, Voyage, out Nov. 5, the group’s first release in 40 years. Following previous singles “I Still Have Faith in You” and “Don’t Shut Me Down,” the new single was originally recorded in September 1978 and never made the final cut of the ABBA’s More
