Category: Music
Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra frontman Jon Oliva was arrested this week and charged with driving under the influence and felony possession of cocaine. According to a Florida Highway Patrol arrest report, police and EMS responded to a single vehicle crash on US Highway 41 shortly before 1:00 a.m. local time …
Austin City Limits returned to Zilker Park in Austin, TX on Friday, October 1st after a year off due to the pandemic. Consequence will be on the ground all weekend, soaking up the early fall sunshine and good tunes. Check out our visual recap of Day 1, which featured sets …
Superjoint guitarist Jimmy Bower recently sat down with Rock Talk’s Pierre Gutiérrez to give an update on the state of the band. He revealed that the band is “done” for good and that the members have moved on to other projects. You can watch the full interview below. “Superjoint’s done, man.” Bower …
Well, this is awkward: Disgraced country star Morgan Wallen — who in February was caught on video hollering the N-word in the midst of a “72-hour bender” — has been banned from attending the Country Music Association Awards next month, despite still being nominated for Album of the Year. This …
Wes Anderson has directed a new animated video for “Aline,” a track sung by Jarvis Cocker for Anderson’s forthcoming French Dispatch. Originally written and performed by French singer-songwriter Christophe, the song appears on Chansons d’Ennui Tip Top, Cocker’s musical counterpart to the film. Watch it below. Following two pandemic delays, …
Throughout his career, Johnny Cash was a noted fan of Bob Dylan, often incorporating a cover of one of the latter’s songs into his live performances. In anticipation for the Man in Black’s forthcoming live album, Bear’s Sonic Journals: Johnny Cash, At The Carousel Ballroom April 24, 1968, his cover …
Bill Maher is the latest to speak on the child pornography lawsuit leveled against Nirvana by 30-year-old Spencer Elden, the baby on the cover of the band’s iconic 1991 album, Nevermind. You can watch the full clip from Real Time WIth Bill Maher below. “The words ‘victim’ and ‘survivor’ have traveled a …
Julz Sale, the lead singer and guitarist of Leeds post-punk act Delta 5, has died. Her one-time label Kill Rock Stars confirmed the news on Wednesday (September 22). No cause of death was given. Sale co-founded Delta 5 in the late 1970s with Bethan Peters and Ros Allen. Forming in …
Since his devastating death in April 2020, John Prine’s legacy has been carried out by way of countless tributes. This week, Tyler Childers is adding another contribution to the plethora of Prine covers with his rendition of “Yes I Guess They Oughta Name a Drink After You,” a preview single …
Wiki has shared another new single from his next record Half God, a track titled “Can’t Do This Alone.” It features a guest verse from Navy Blue, who also produced the album. Check out the music video, directed by Ryosuke Tanzawa, below. Half God is out October 1 and it …
Welcome to the latest edition of Difficult Fun! Each month, SPIN will spotlight the best punk on the planet and discuss it here, with the ambition of challenging preconceived notions of what the four-letter word actually means and, ideally, entertaining readers in the process. Purists, piss off! Everyone else, enjoy. …
Several witnesses were Kelly’s former employees, who reportedly seemed loyal to Kelly but appeared to corroborate accusations of abuse and of the strict rules Kelly imposed on women in his orbit. Diana Copeland, who was Kelly’s executive assistant for 15 years, testified that while she did not witness any of …
When Bruce Dickinson left Iron Maiden in 1993, the metal legends were tasked with finding his ideal successor. The job ultimately went to Wolfsbane singer Blaze Bayley after the group auditioned other potential candidates. Although manager Rod Smallwood had Dream Theater‘s James LaBrie in his sights, the frontman flat out declined …
Natalie Grant and Jonathan McReynolds served as affable co-hosts for the evening; this marked McReynolds’ first time co-hosting the event, while Grant previously hosted in 2007. We the Kingdom gave the first performance of the evening, bringing the churning folk-rock of “God So Loved” to the stage and welcoming international …
System of a Down have been forced to postpone two of their stadium shows in Los Angeles to early next year after confirming that singer Serj Tankian has tested positive for COVID-19. The shows, which also feature Korn, Helmet and Russian Circles, were originally set to include Faith No More …
Young Nudy has shared a music video for his Dr. Ev4l song “Child’s Play,” featuring his cousin and fellow Atlanta rapper 21 Savage. The horror-indebted clip, directed by JMP, takes place in a junkyard at night. Watch below. Dr. Ev4l was the first of two full-lengths that Young Nudy shared …
SEVENTEEN returned Friday (Oct. 22) with their ninth EP Attacca, and in a new interview with Billboard News‘ Tetris Kelly, the group is opening up about their quick comeback after Your Choice, the album’s message of love, and getting CARATs involved in the music-making process. The 13-member K-pop group is …
Geffen and UMe are reissuing Nirvana’s Nevermind to celebrate the album’s 30th anniversary. The new editions are out November 12. The standard reissue will come with a bonus 7″ featuring an A-side of “Endless, Nameless” and a B-side of “Even In His Youth” and “Aneurysm.” The Super Deluxe reissue of …
Silent Planet are back with another new song, “Anhedonia.” It’s the latest single from the California metalcore act’s upcoming fourth album, Iridescent, out Nov. 12. Finding the band continuing to refine the heavy sound they’ve solidified — and then experimented with — in the past, “Anhedonia” is perhaps the most powerful Iridescent cut yet released. That’s likely …
Back in 1979, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band performed benefit concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden for Musicians United for Safe Energy. Three songs they played were included in the 1980 documentary No Nukes. Now, additional footage of the band’s performances are getting released in a new …
Just a week prior to the release of his third studio album Brighten, Alice in Chains‘ Jerry Cantrell has shared another new track titled “Siren Song.” The song has a creeping tempo and is laced with airy sound effects, ultimately giving it a trancelike feel. Cantrell really displays his vocal strength in …
As the line in Foo Fighters‘ “All My Life” goes, “Done I’m done, and I’m onto the next one.” But as it turns out, Foo Fighters were almost done before moving onto the next one that would be their One By One album. While on the surface, the band seemed …
This past summer felt like a tumultuous one for Saturday Night Live, despite (or possibly because of) its usual between-season silence about major changes to the show—broken, as per tradition, shortly before the start of a new season. Season 46 ended with what felt like possible sendoffs for several long-tenured …
Of course, the story of Sid and Nancy doesn’t have a happy ending: Spungen was found dead from a stab wound at New York’s Chelsea Hotel in October 1978 after a night with Vicious, who was charged with her murder but ended up dying of a heroin overdose four months …
Kacey Musgraves helped kick off Saturday Night Live’s 47th season with a performance referencing the infamous Forrest Gump scene in which Jenny takes the stage in the nude. The Nashville singer-songwriter performed “justified” with only a large acoustic guitar and boots visible to the camera. Many fans were quick to …
YouTube superstar Nandi Bushell is now adding Cartoon Network musician-in-residence to her resume. Bushell is starring in a new animation-meets-live-action commercial for the network’s “Redraw Your World” campaign that can be seen below. The 11-year-old Bushell has seen her star rise in recent years thanks to her drum covers of …
Though none of Eternal Blue’s songs concurrently reach a Billboard chart dated Oct. 2, multiple songs from the LP have reached various tallies. “Circle With Me” leads the group with a No. 5 debut and peak in May, while “Holy Roller” (No. 12, Jan. 2), “Constance” (No. 19, Aug. 7) …
My Chemical Romance‘s music will indeed “carry on” as seven songs off the group’s hugely successful The Black Parade album have earned new sales certifications by the RIAA. The three album singles – “Welcome to the Black Parade,” “Teenagers” and “Famous Last Words” – are all now platinum certified by …
Charlotte Adigéry and her frequent collaborator Bolis Pupul have shared a new song together. Soulwax co-wrote and co-produced the track, which is called “Thank You.” Listen to it below. Based in Ghent, Pupul and Adigéry most recently joined forces on the single “Bear With Me (And I’ll Stand Bare Before …
Guns N’ Roses welcomed their support act, Wolfgang Van Halen, to the stage for a performance of “Paradise City” at the Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida, on Saturday night (October 2nd). Wolfgang’s solo band Mammoth WVH has been opening up for GN’R since their US tour launched in …
