Hilary Duff is back on the road, back on record, and now, back on the Hot Ones hot seat. The singer-songwriter and actress stopped by First We Feast to take on the wings of death, discussing her latest album ‘Luck.. or Something,’ growing up on Lizzie McGuire, pop stardom in the TRL era, and the finer points of cooking the perfect steak, all while working through progressively punishing heat. The Lucky Me Tour marks her first world tour in 18 years, with dates that include Madison Square Garden.
High Desert Shoegaze Rockers BED Reissue Self-Titled LP On Vinyl With Remastered “From Above”
BED have reissued their 2022 debut full-length on vinyl for the first time, and the remastered single “From Above” is out now via Quiet Panic. The limited pressing comes on opaque white with pink splatter, and it’s the first chance fans have had to own ‘Bed’s Self Titled’ on wax. Recorded with Alex Estrada at Pale Moon Ranch and mixed by Jack Shirley at Atomic Garden, the album blends shoegaze atmosphere, post-hardcore urgency, and alternative rock melody into something raw, melodic, and distinctly its own.
The Los Angeles-area four-piece, founded by Ebed Moreno Leon and now fully formed with Kenneth Bonifacio, Joseph Nixon, and Alberto Lopez, built their sound through DIY shows and relentless touring, drawing from ’80s and ’90s alternative rock and post-punk while holding their own alongside modern underground acts like Title Fight, Joyce Manor, and Nothing. “From Above” captures that balance precisely, shimmering textures pressing hard against driving dynamics.
To mark the reissue, BED hits the road on an extensive North American spring tour covering the Midwest, East Coast, and South before looping back to the West Coast. The run opens March 28 in San Francisco and closes May 14 in Las Vegas, with Toronto’s Hard Luck on April 11 among the stops along the way.
‘Bed’s Self Titled’ Track List:
Telepathy
From Above
Pictures
Blue Sweater
Deja Vu
Trouble
Ghost
Rocket
Night Light
I Want to Dance With You But I Don’t Know How to Dance
Now in Two
Color
BED Spring 2026 Tour Dates:
3/28 — San Francisco, CA — Neck of the Woods
3/31 — Denver, CO — Larimer Lounge
4/01 — Omaha, NE — Slowdown – Front Room
4/02 — Ames, IA — Maintenance Shop
4/03 — Iowa City, IA — Gabe’s
4/05 — Minneapolis, MN — 7th Street Entry
4/06 — Milwaukee, WI — Cactus Club
4/07 — Chicago, IL — Beat Kitchen
4/08 — Urbana, IL — Canopy Club
4/10 — Lansing, MI — Green Door
4/11 — Toronto, ON — Hard Luck
4/12 — Buffalo, NY — Mohawk Place
4/13 — Columbus, OH — Rumba Cafe
4/15 — New York, NY — Mercury Lounge
4/16 — Boston, MA — Warehouse XI
4/19 — Philadelphia, PA — Ukie Club
4/20 — Washington, DC — DC9
4/21 — Richmond, VA — The Camel
4/23 — Raleigh, NC — Pour House
4/24 — Asheville, NC — Revival
4/25 — Atlanta, GA — Masquerade – Altar
4/26 — Orlando, FL — Will’s Pub
4/30 — Hattiesburg, MS — Fat Cat
5/02 — Oklahoma City, OK — Resonant Head
5/10 — Reno, NV — Holland Project
5/11 — Sacramento, CA — Cafe Colonial
5/14 — Las Vegas, NV — Taverna Costera
The Milk Carton Kids Unveil “I’ll Go Home From Here” From Upcoming Album ‘Lost Cause Lover Fool’
Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan have a new song out and a new album on the way. The Milk Carton Kids share “I’ll Go Home From Here” today, the latest preview of ‘Lost Cause Lover Fool,’ their seventh studio album, arriving April 24 via Far Cry Records in partnership with Thirty Tigers. Produced by Pattengale, the nine-song collection expands on the duo’s signature minimalist sound while staying rooted in the intimate songwriting that has earned them four Grammy nominations and a devoted following across the Americana folk world.
Ryan described the new track with quiet honesty: “‘I’ll Go Home From Here’ is as much about the peace found in resignation, as it is about the redemptive power of love in the face of such impossible circumstances.” That emotional precision is what defines this duo. Pattengale frames the album itself as a collection built around transformation, enlarging small, easily overlooked moments until they become entire worlds.
‘Lost Cause Lover Fool’ follows their praised 2023 album ‘I Only See The Moon’ and includes previously released tracks “Blue Water” and “A Friend Like You.” The duo founded the Los Angeles Folk Festival in October 2023, which has featured performances from Emmylou Harris, Waxahatchee, and Sierra Ferrell, among others. One confirmed live date is on the books, Sad Songs Summer Camp in Big Indian, NY, running July 21 through 24.
‘Lost Cause Lover Fool’ Track List:
- Blue Water
- My Place Among the Stones
- A Friend Like You
- I’ll Go Home From Here
- Lost Cause Lover Fool
- Blinded and Smiling
- Sad Song
- Ribbon
- Young Love
A Lost 1986 Gregg Allman Band Concert Surfaces, And A Documentary Is Coming Too
January 11, 1986. The Chestnut Cabaret in Philadelphia. A sold-out room, a road-hardened band, and a performance that has remained unheard for four decades. ‘Great As Ever: Live in Philadelphia’ captures the Gregg Allman Band at full power, releasing April 10 with a 12-song setlist that includes an early version of “I’m No Angel,” a deeply personal performance of “Melissa” dedicated to then-estranged Allman Brothers bandmate Dickey Betts, a fiery run through “It’s Not My Cross to Bear,” and a stellar reading of “Queen of Hearts” from Allman’s 1973 debut ‘Laid Back.’ The lineup of Allman on vocals, Hammond B-3, and acoustic guitar, Dan Toler on lead guitar, Frankie Toler on drums, Bruce Waibel on bass, Tim Heding on keyboards, and Chaz Trippy on percussion had been touring for four years straight, and it shows.
Also coming later in 2026 is ‘Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul,’ a new documentary directed by James Keach, the Grammy and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker behind Walk the Line and Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice. Built from never-before-seen interviews and rare performance archives, the film traces Allman’s life through the death of his brother Duane, his battles with addiction, and the personal demons that shaped his music. A theatrical release in North America is planned for summer.
‘Great As Ever: Live in Philadelphia’ is available to pre-order now and arrives April 10. Two major additions to the Gregg Allman catalog, arriving in the same year.
Track Listing:
1. Don’t Want You No More
2. Ain’t My Cross The Bear
3. Sweet Feelin’
4. Hot ‘Lanta
5. Need Your Love So Bad
6. Trouble No More
7. Things You Used To Do
8. Queen of Hearts
9. Melissa
10. Midnight Rider
11. Just Ain’t Easy
12. I’m No Angel
Empire Child’s “Negativity Be Gone” Is Ruth Rothwell Finally Stepping Into The Spotlight
Ruth Rothwell has spent decades building other people’s careers. As a senior A&R manager at MCA/Universal, she helped launch Digital Underground in the UK, worked with Andrew Weatherall, developed Dina Carroll, Carleen Anderson, and Juan Atkins, signed Zero 7, Basement Jaxx, and Air, and put Eg White forward for a co-write with a newly signed Adele that became “Chasing Pavements.” Now she’s making music under her own name, as Empire Child, and the new single “Negativity Be Gone” is out now.
The track is produced by Madrid-based jazz professor and producer Mariano Diaz, and it carries the same forward-moving spirit as its title. Rooted in jazz, soul, singer-songwriter intimacy, and subtle reggae influence, it’s a song about reclaiming mental space, pushing out self-doubt, and choosing who and what gets your energy. Rothwell frames it simply: “I’m trying to get the message across that we have choices. Choices about what we think and who we surround ourselves with.”
“Negativity Be Gone” follows the debut single “Trace the Race,” a deeply personal reflection on identity and ancestry drawn from Rothwell’s own heritage, her mother Indo-Jamaican and part of the Windrush generation, her father from Cape Town, South Africa, having fled apartheid. The wider album expands on those themes, tracing a life shaped by London, resilience, and the courage to move forward.
This is an artist who knows exactly how the music industry works, and has chosen, after all of it, to stand in front of the mic herself. “Negativity Be Gone” makes a strong case that the wait was worth it.
Alex Kilroy’s Journey From Transylvania To The Blues Ends With ‘Break My Chains’ May 15
Alex Kilroy grew up in Bistrița, Transylvania, with an American flag above his bed and a conviction that Romania was temporary. That instinct led him through classical piano training, a Stevie Ray Vaughan revelation, European festival stages, a Berklee scholarship, visa complications, a cold-called gig at Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago, a car rebuilt from junkyard parts, and eventually to Florida, where he made his debut album. ‘Break My Chains’ arrives May 15, produced by Tres Sasser, and the title track and lead single are out now.
The album’s philosophy is straightforward and personal. Kilroy put it plainly: “Break My Chains is about breaking the chains of trying to be somebody else. Breaking the patterns in your own mind. Realizing you’re a soul having a human experience.” That clarity runs through his guitar work, blues-rooted and modern-edged, shaped by a life that moved on its own terms from the start.
Kilroy’s father Iulian, a guitarist himself, was the one who first dared him to learn three Stevie Ray Vaughan songs note-for-note in a single summer. He was also the first to hear the finished masters. Iulian passed away earlier this year after a long illness, but the lessons he gave his son, respect, discipline, and the refusal to imitate, are woven into every track on this record.
The boy who once opened for blues legend Lucky Peterson at age fourteen in Romania now stands in his chosen country, green card in hand, debut album ready. ‘
Flea Steps Out Solo With ‘Honora,’ A Debut Album Unlike Anything In His Catalog And Performs On The Tonight Show
Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist otherwise known as Michael Balzary, releases his debut solo album ‘Honora’ March 27, a compositionally rich, jazz-inflected record featuring Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Nick Cave, alongside contributions from Josh Johnson, Jeff Parker, Anna Butterss, and Deantoni Parks. The tracklist spans original compositions and interpretations of songs associated with George Clinton, Eddie Hazel, Jimmy Webb, Frank Ocean, and Ann Ronell, with Flea handling composition and arrangements throughout. He stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 24 to perform “Thinkin Bout You” with The Honora Band, giving the world an early look at what this record sounds and feels like live. A run of already sold-out dates follows in May, hitting Thalia Hall in Chicago, The Opera House in Toronto, Webster Hall in New York, The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, and Paradiso in Amsterdam, among others.
Paul McCartney’s Most Personal Album Yet, ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane,’ Arrives May 29
The Boys of Dungeon Lane is not only the first new solo album to be released by Paul McCartney in over five years; it is a collection of rare and revealing glimpses into memories never-before shared along with some newly inspired love songs, from one of the most culturally significant figures of our time.
With The Boys of Dungeon Lane, Paul McCartney turns the lens inward, revisiting the formative years that shaped not only his life, but the very foundations of modern popular culture. In a career defined by timeless storytelling and unforgettable characters, Paul now tells the most personal story of all, his own. The Boys of Dungeon Lane is his most introspective album to date and takes the listener back to where it all began.
These extraordinary new songs find Paul in a candid, vulnerable and deeply reflective mood, writing with rare openness about his childhood in post-war Liverpool, the resilience of his parents, and early adventures shared with George Harrison and John Lennon long before the world had ever heard of Beatlemania. These were the years that historians continue to examine, the quiet, unguarded days that unknowingly laid the groundwork for a cultural revolution. Paul visits them not as myths or folklore but as his own memories.
The album takes its title from one of the many standout tracks which is available now, “Days We Left Behind,” a stripped-back and deeply intimate track that captures the emotional core of the project. Dungeon Lane is a place Paul still sees when returning home serving as a symbolic gateway to a pre-fame world: afternoons by the Mersey, birdwatching book in hand, “smoky bars and cheap guitars”, and dreams not yet lived. Listen here.
Speaking about “Days We Left Behind:” “This is very much a memory song for me. The album title, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, comes from a lyric in this track. I was thinking just that, about the days I left behind and I do often wonder if I’m just writing about the past but then I think how can you write about anything else? It’s just a lot of memories of Liverpool. It involves a bit in the middle about John and Forthlin Road which is the street I used to live in. Dungeon Lane is near there. I used to live in a place called Speke which is quite working class. We didn’t have much at all but it didn’t matter because all the people were great and you didn’t notice you didn’t have much.”
As well as being packed with poignant reflections from an artist whose influence is woven into the fabric of our lives, The Boys of Dungeon Lane also includes new love songs in the inimitable instantly identifiable Paul McCartney style. A world without Paul McCartney is impossible to imagine, yet here listeners can travel to a world that existed before everything changed, offering memories never previously shared and revealing, with extraordinary honesty, the human story behind a global icon. This is the story before THE story.
About the creation of the album:
The Boys of Dungeon Lane was first brought into existence five years ago when Paul met producer Andrew Watt for a cup of tea and an exchange of ideas. While playing around on the guitar during the meeting, Paul happened upon a chord that even he — the world’s most successful living songwriter — didn’t recognise. Undeterred and driven by his experimental nature, Paul carried on changing one note, then another, until he had a three-chord sequence — which Watt suggested they should record.
This session yielded the album’s opening track, “As You Lie There.” Encouraged by his new producer, Paul would flesh out the new track, playing the majority of instruments – much in the spirit of his 1970 solo debut album, McCartney. So began the journey of what became Paul’s 18th studio album credited solely to Paul McCartney.
Paul’s packed schedule meant that the album was recorded in tight and efficient sessions between legs of global tour dates spanning five years and alternating between Los Angeles and Sussex. With no record label pressure and no deadline, the pair were able to make the album to their own timeline and satisfaction. Like his career, The Boys of Dungeon Lane is musically eclectic and sees Paul across an array of instruments and styles showcasing his broad musicality. There’s Wings style rock, Beatles style harmonies, McCartney style grooves, understated intimacy, melody driven storytelling, character songs – the common thread being Paul.
Track list:
As You Lie There
Lost Horizon
Days We Left Behind
Ripples in a Pond
Mountain Top
Down South
We Two
Come Inside
Never Know
Home to Us
Life Can Be Hard
First Star of the Night
Salesman Saint
Momma Gets By
Blues-Rock Guitar Phenom Amani Burnham Drops Debut Album ‘Roots & Wings’ May 29
Amani Burnham is 20 years old and already plays like he’s been living inside the blues his whole life. The Ethiopian-born, Connecticut-raised guitarist and singer releases his debut album ‘Roots & Wings’ May 29 via Blind Pig Records, a power-trio record that announces a serious new voice in blues-rock without apology or hesitation.
Burnham plays exclusively with his right-hand thumb, no pick, producing a fluid, expressive tone that draws comparisons to Jeff Beck and Wes Montgomery while sounding like nobody else. That technique gives his playing both grit and grace, able to snap, glide, and sting within a single phrase. He first caught fire online in late 2023 with a striking take on “Hoochie Coochie Man,” and has since built 245,000 followers and nearly 30 million views across platforms.
‘Roots & Wings’ was recorded live to tape with drummer Ray Hangen and bassist Matt Raymond, produced by Jeff Schroedl. The album opens with the high-octane “Fastlane” and moves through songs like “I Wanna Know” and “You Can’t Heal What You Hide,” revealing a songwriter processing identity and experience well beyond his years. The title track sits at the emotional center, drawn from Burnham’s experience as an adoptee.
Echoes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hendrix, and Buddy Guy run through the record, but they function less as blueprints and more as context. Burnham is working in a tradition he clearly loves, and pushing it somewhere new at the same time.
Live dates are coming, including a record release show in New York City and appearances alongside Keb’ Mo’ and Ruthie Foster. ‘Roots & Wings’ arrives May 29.
Todd Rundgren’s “Damned If I Do” Tour Hits 23 U.S. Cities Starting In June
Todd Rundgren knows his audience, and that’s exactly what makes a Todd Rundgren show unpredictable in the best way. The famed singer-songwriter heads out on the 23-city “Damned If I Do” tour starting June 11 at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Illinois, wrapping July 19 at the Cabot Theater in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Rundgren put it plainly: “It’s always a challenge for me because my audience is so diverse, I never know what they’re in the mood for. I want to make sure we have all the musical ammunition we need to satisfy the spectrum.” That philosophy has driven one of rock’s most eclectic catalogs, and it drives the setlist every night. Expect fan favorites across five decades of deeply individual songwriting.
Joining Rundgren each night is a tight road unit: Gil Assayas on keys, Bruce McDaniel on guitar, Prairie Prince on drums, Bobby Strickland on horns, and Kasim Sulton on bass. That’s a band built for range, capable of handling everything from power pop to prog to soul without breaking stride.
The routing covers the Midwest, the South, Florida, the Mid-Atlantic, and New England, with two nights each in Clearwater, Glenside, and a string of strong theater and mid-size venues well-suited to Rundgren’s catalog. The Caverns in Pelham, Tennessee on July 3 is a particularly striking stop.
Tickets are on sale now. Full dates are below.
Todd Rundgren “Damned If I Do” Tour Dates:
June 11 – St. Charles, IL – Arcada Theatre
June 12 – Des Plaines, IL – Des Plaines Theatre
June 14 – Waukee, IA – Vibrant Music Hall
June 16 – Dallas, TX – Majestic Theatre
June 17 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
June 19 – San Antonio, TX – Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
June 20 – Lake Charles, LA – Golden Nugget
June 22 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
June 23 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – The Parker
June 25 – Clearwater, FL – Capitol Theatre
June 26 – Clearwater, FL – Capitol Theatre
June 28 – Ocala, FL – Circle Square Cultural Center
June 30 – Charleston, SC – Charleston Music Hall
July 1 – Durham, NC – Carolina Theatre of Durham
July 3 – Pelham, TN – The Caverns
July 5 – Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live
July 6 – North Tonawanda, NY – Riviera Theatre
July 8 – Williamsport, PA – Community Arts Center
July 9 – Washington, DC – Warner Theatre
July 11 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
July 12 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
July 15 – Patchogue, NY – Patchogue Theatre
July 16 – Tarrytown, NY – Tarrytown Music Hall
July 18 – Lincoln, RI – Bally’s Twin River Casino
July 19 – Beverly, MA – Cabot Theater