Magnet Magazine — 40 years ago today, Red Hot Chili Peppers released Freaky Styley. Say it out loud. Chili Peppers live in 2023: The post Red Hot Chili Peppers Released “Freaky Styley” 40 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — Last month Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis and Survivor: Panama contestant Shane Powers announced a "concert-friendly" canned coffee brand called Jolene. It's been a minute since Stereogum reviewed any unexpected artist product so to... more info

Stereogum — Last year former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer pled not guilty to a vehicular manslaughter charge that stemmed from him fatally striking a pedestration with his SUV. In a plea deal today, he accepted the lesser charge of misdeme... more info

Stereogum — That crazy fucker really did it. David Fincher, one of our great working film auteurs, really made a short film where the Red Hot Chili Peppers are string puppets. Last month, we learned that Fincher was directing “Can’t Stop,” a new film fr... more info

Stereogum — The members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers aren’t so into drugs and alcohol these days, but frontman Anthony Kiedis apparently still has at least one beverage-related vice: coffee. Now he’s following Green Day’s lead and launching a coffee com... more info

Stereogum — Before he became one of the greatest filmmakers on the planet. David Fincher was a hotshot music-video director. Fincher’s music-video era overlapped slightly with the rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but Fincher never directed a Chili Peppers... more info

Obscure Sound — Utah-based band The Sunmills impress with recent track “Not Going Home,” melding funky charisma and rock infectiousness. Drawing inspiration from Red Hot Chili Peppers, the band describes the release as exploring “themes of journey, longing, an... more info

Stereogum — There’s a famous Nick Cave quote that gets passed around whenever anyone wants to dismiss the music of a certain long-running Los Angeles funk-metal act: “I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the fuck is this garbage?’ And the answer ... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Rick Rubin (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, et al). Def American. Read our review of Cash’s essential Rubin-produced Unearthed collection: The post Happy Birthday Rick Rubin (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beast... more info

Stereogum — In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This column is a companion piece to The Number Ones, a... more info