leonard cohen

Bring Me The Horizon, beabadoobee and more share their favorite music from 2021

Are the winter blues getting you down? Don’t worry, Alternative Press’ end-of-the-year celebration is here to bring you some holiday cheer. If you haven’t heard already, we asked each artist we interviewed for our December 2021 issue of AltPress magazine to answer two specific questions: what was the best thing you heard in 2021, and […]

10 hits from the ’90s you had no clue were covers

When California rockers Ugly Kid Joe (whose frontman Whitfield Crane went on to briefly lead significantly harder rockers Life Of Agony) followed up their hit “Everything About You” with a fist-waving cover of the tear-jerking ’70s ballad “Cats In The Cradle” in 1992, the only word that came to mind was genius. They had vaulted […]

Ghost ponder unfinished projects: Tobias Forge tells all

Were you awesome last year? Or did you get coal for Christmas? If Tobias Forge, the guiding force behind metal gods Ghost got some, you know he did something hella cool with it. And for good reason: Ghost are undeniably one of the most powerful forces in the worlds of hard rock and heavy metal.  […]

Kanye West "is not Picasso," wrote Leonard Cohen

Is Kanye West a Picasso? An Edison? Is Jay-Z the Bob Dylan of anything? Lauded artist Leonard Cohen tackled these important artistic matters and more in a poem before his death. Read “Kanye West Is Not Picasso” below. Read more: Pete Wentz drives an Uber in new Weezer video Recently published in posthumous writing collection […]

Hear Sorority Noise cover Leonard Cohen for forthcoming acoustic album

[Photo by: Pat Nolan] Sorority Noise have announced their new album YNAAYT, an acoustic reimagining of their 2017 album You're Not As ____ As You Think. Read more: Hear haunting acoustic cover of Twenty One Pilots’ “Tear In My Heart” from Sorority Noise frontman YNAAYT is set to be released March 16 via Triple Crown Records. What else is cool? The vinyl release […]

Hear Frances Bean Cobain cover Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"

[Photo by: Frances Bean Cobain/Instagram] Plenty of singers have tackled Leonard Cohen's secular paean “Hallelujah”—the best-known cover perhaps being Jeff Buckley's gorgeous 1994 rendition—and now Frances Bean Cobain is offering her take on the acclaimed classic. Read more: FIDLAR offer raucous cover of Nirvana classic The 25-year-old daughter of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and […]

Leonard Cohen wins Grammy for Best Rock Performance

Leonard Cohen has won the Grammy for Best Rock Performance for “You Want It Darker.” Cohen was nominated alongside Chris Cornell's “The Promise,” Foo Fighters' “Run,” Kaleo's “No Good” and Nothing More's “Go To War.” Read more: Here’s how the Grammys sort artists into genre categories Cohen's “You Want It Darker” is the title track from his […]

Leonard Cohen's music reaches across generation gaps, genres

Last night, this writer was walking to his car after a show when he heard two middle-aged men walking out of a brewpub. They were discussing the artistic contributions of Leonard Cohen, the influential singer-songwriter who passed away yesterday at 82. A few lines were spoken about his output, but then the discussion turned cynical […]

Influential artist Leonard Cohen dies at 82

[Photo credit: Facebook] Singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen has died. Sony Music Canada confirmed the artist’s death on his Facebook page. “It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away,” the statement says. “We have lost one of music's most revered and prolific visionaries. A memorial […]

Juliet Simms releases "Hallelujah" cover for holidays (exclusive)

Juliet Simms is releasing a cover of Leonard Cohen's “Hallelujah” for the holiday season, and AP has your exclusive first listen. Simms says she has been in love with the haunting song since she was a child. “The somber lyrics to the beautifully sad melody captivated me within seconds of first hearing it,” she shares. […]