Category: Music
Pharrell Williams’ Something in the Water Festival is returning this summer, with the rapper and producer performing as part of a lineup that also features Lil Baby, Chloe x Halle, Lil Uzi Vert, Tyler, the Creator, Tierra Whack, Run the Jewels, Jon Batiste, Dave Matthews Band, and more. After its …
Rising Florida metalcore outfit Fame on Fire just released the catchy, heavy and utterly defiant “Cut Throat,” the latest single from Welcome to the Chaos, the band’s upcoming second album. It was announced in tandem with the tune on Friday (May 20). “Cut Throat” could undoubtedly ignite a mosh party, …
The music video director behind several dazzling Spiritbox clips, Dylan Hryciuk, is crowdfunding for his upcoming movie, Our Last Day as Kids, his directorial debut. The in-the-works feature film plans to bring MySpace-era emo and punk to the screen in a coming-of-age drama set among budding artists in the music scene of internet …
Ryuichi Sakamoto has shared a new song in collaboration with Illia Bondarenko called “Piece for Illia.” It appears on the new compilation For Ukraine (Volume 2). Curated by composer Hollie Kenniff, it’s out April 29 and benefits International Rescue Committee to support displaced children and families impacted by President Vladimir …
T Bone Burnett has developed a new medium for recorded sound, a disc format he’s dubbed Ionic Originals. He’s tried out the technology with Bob Dylan re-recording some of his classic songs, but those recordings are not yet available for the public to hear. A press release indicates that the …
When Drake and Kanye West (now Ye) buried the hatchet, some saw it as the moment hell froze over. Others were just downright confused. Kendrick Lamar falls in the latter camp. At the stroke of midnight, Lamar dropped his latest studio album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, the followup …
Rolling Loud has announced the first-ever Canadian edition of its traveling festival, set for September 9-11 at Ontario Place in Toronto. Dave, Future, and Wizkid are headlining; scheduled performers also include Lil Uzi Vert, Migos, Roddy Ricch, Trippie Redd, Lil Yachty, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, and more. Check out …
The Chemical Brothers, M.I.A., Flume, Jamie xx, James Blake, and Charli XCX are among the many exciting acts slated to play the inaugural Portola Music Festival in San Francisco this September. Produced by Goldenvoice, the two-day event goes down September 24th and 25th at San Fran’s Pier 80. Other notable …
Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo was a guest on The Ex-Man With Doc Coyle podcast and he offered great advice for young musicians as well as the advice he gave his son, Tye, when the kid was 12 years old touring with Korn. A lot of the podcast’s focus is placed on …
It’s been nearly three years since new episodes of Black Mirror landed on Netflix, but Variety reports the streamer has now greenlit the dystopian sci-fi series for Season 6. Currently in pre-production, details of the new season are being kept under wraps, but Variety describes it as “more cinematic in scope,” with each …
Due to thunderstorms in the area, multiple bands were forced to cancel their Friday (May 20) sets at the Welcome to Rockville Festival, including Korn, Breaking Benjamin and more. Inclement weather is a typically disruptive force during the U.S. festival season and, although bands are able to endure torrential rains, …
Universal Music Group is facing a lawsuit over the King Crimson sample in Kanye West’s “Power,” Law360 and Variety report. Famously, the single uses a sample of King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man,” and mechanical rights holder Declan Colgan Music Ltd claims that UMG has underpaid streaming royalties for “Power.” …
Maneskin rocked out on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Friday night (May 19), but the talk show host ended up providing a musical assist on the track, filling in for bassist Victoria De Angelis. “This is a true story, their bass player Vic couldn’t be here because she got …
“Rise” is an inspired way for Little Wretches to kick off their new studio album Red Beets & Horseradish. There’s definitely an elevated mood carrying this track along and lead singer Robert Andrew Wagner’s vocal dramatizes every line in Jack Erdie’s song as if he’d written it himself instead. The song’s …
The Welcome to Rockville festival in Daytona Beach has provided several challenges this weekend. Five Finger Death Punch played Thursday night (May 19), and during their set singer Ivan Moody sustained an eye injury. Speaking via a video post on his Instagram account (that has since been deleted, but was …
The weather continues to play a major role in the 2022 edition of Welcome to Rockville. A night after Korn, Breaking Benjamin and Skillet were unable to perform due to inclement weather in the area, weather impacted Saturday (May 21) festivities as well, forcing abbreviated sets from Jerry Cantrell and …
There will be a new guitar player in Evanescence the next time the band hits the stage. The band revealed that Jen Majura, who has been with the Amy Lee-led group since 2015, will no longer be performing with the band. “It has been a very special chapter in the …
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | RSS The transition from 1980s new wave and hair rock to 1990s far less follically-minded indie pop wasn’t always a smooth one. But enigmatic, idiosyncratic, and frequently non-grammatical duo They Might Be Giants made it all go down so easy with instantly catchy hooks and …
The return to the stage of My Chemical Romance after their lengthy hiatus has stirred up plenty of emotions, and one of the more moving moments so far to come from the European leg of their reunion tour happened when Gerard Way displayed a memorial flag created by a fan …
Monday’s work hours are about as far away from the revelry of a Saturday night as you can get, but Ty Segall is here to bridge the gap with the new song “Saturday Pt. 2.” It’s the latest preview of his upcoming album Hello, Hi, due out July 22nd via Drag City. …
Harry Styles extends his reign over Australia’s singles chart with “As It Was,” while Daniel Johns’ FutureNever finds another motor as it lifts 11-1 on the Australian albums chart, for its first stint at the top. FutureNever (via BMG/ADA) scales the summit of the ARIA Chart in its third week, …
Florence + The Machine has caught dance fever, and it’s contagious. The British alternative pop outfit returns with its fifth studio album Dance Fever, produced by band leader Florence Welch, Jack Antonoff and Dave Bayley. Spanning 14 tracks, the new set dropped at midnight and contains the previously-released numbers “My …
Andrew Woolfolk, a longtime saxophone player for Earth, Wind & Fire, has died. In an Instagram post, Woolfolk’s Earth, Wind & Fire band mate Philip Bailey wrote that Woolfolk had been dealing with a serious illness for several years. He was 71. Woolfolk joined the band in 1972, sticking with …
Elon Musk said Friday that his planned $44 billion purchase of Twitter is “temporarily on hold” pending details on spam and fake accounts on the social media platform, another twist amid signs of internal turmoil over the proposed acquisition. In a tweet, the Tesla billionaire linked to a Reuters story from …
Kendrick Lamar is taking his latest masterpiece, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, the road as he embarks on a 2022 world tour that stretches to the end of the year. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is Kendrick Lamar’s Next Tour? The …
Wolf Parade have announced two runs of shows coming up this year. The first is a series of Apologies to the Queen Mary full album shows with the album’s original lineup of Dan Boeckner, Spencer Krug, Arlen Thompson, and Hadji Bakara. In July, they’ve got a string of Pacific Northwest …
Kehlani has announced the “Blue Water Road Trip,” an expansive 2022 tour in support of her new album blue water road. The 43-date trek includes 28 concerts in North America followed by another 15 shows in Europe. Rico Nasty will accompany Kehlani on the first leg, while Destin Conrad will join …
It’s time to “Feel Good”, because Damon Albarn-led virtual act Gorillaz are touring North America for the first time since 2018. This go-around, the Blur frontman will be joined by a 14-piece live band as well as “a varying cast of guest performers.” Get tickets here, and read on for …
As I Lay Dying have said goodbye to another longtime member following their 2018 re-formation after frontman Tim Lambesis’ prison stint. Bassist and clean vocalist Josh Gilbert has left the veteran metalcore band, following the footsteps of guitarist Nick Hipa, who exited in 2020. Lambesis was infamously arrested in 2013 …
On May 7, Joice M. Figueiró gave birth to a baby boy during a Metallica concert in Brazil and, after learning of this news, James Hetfield gave her a phone call to congratulate her. The moment was shared on Figueiró’s Instagram story, which was captured and uploaded as a YouTube video and …