Rising pop-punk outfit Meet Me @ the Altar have released a new song, “Feel a Thing,” which will appear on their forthcoming EP, Model Citizen, out August 13th via Fueled by Ramen. “Feel a Thing” is a blistering track filled with flurries of double-kick drum hits and crunchy guitar riffs. …
Read More »ACM Honors: Toby Keith to Receive Merle Haggard Spirit Award
The Academy of Country Music has announced the honorees for its special awards and off-camera winners of 2021. The 14th annual ACM Honors will pay tribute to such country artists as Toby Keith, Loretta Lynn, and Luke Combs at an August ceremony in Nashville. Keith will receive the Merle Haggard …
Read More »See Noel Gallagher Perform Three Songs, Including Oasis Classic, on 'CBS This Morning'
Noel Gallagher performed three songs from his catalog, including an Oasis classic, as part of CBS This Morning’s Saturday Sessions. Joined by his High Flying Birds, Gallagher delivered Oasis’ “Don’t Look Back in Anger” as well as his solo songs “Holy Mountain” and “We’re On Our Way Now.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW_gQSARk7Q The …
Read More »Garbage Show the World Who's Boss on 'No Gods No Masters'
A quarter of a century has passed, and Shirley Manson still wants to tear your little world apart — especially if you support the patriarchies and idiocracies destroying the planet. On Garbage‘s seventh offering, No Gods No Masters (a slogan for anarchists and labor unions alike), Garbage’s redheaded Molotov cocktail …
Read More »How Nigerian Musicians Are Responding to the Country's Twitter Ban
On June 4, Nigeria’s federal government indefinitely suspended Twitter in the country — ironically announcing the action on the platform itself. In a tweet thread, the Ministry of Information and Culture cited “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence,” as the …
Read More »Read an Excerpt From Evanescence's 'Echoes From the Void' Graphic Novel
Evanescence have dropped an excerpt from the first installment of their graphic novel anthology series, Echoes From the Void. Each issue of the series will tell stories inspired by various songs from throughout Evanescence’s catalog, with the first issue — shipping June 28th — drawing on two recent tracks, “Better …
Read More »Antony Blinken's Rock & Roll Heart
On the plane home from Jordan, Antony Blinken seems relieved to be talking about something other than his day job. In January, Blinken was sworn in as secretary of state under President Biden. When Blinken’s name surfaced as a nominee, his longtime passion for music made the headlines: It turns …
Read More »Tenacious D's Kyle Gass Drops Cameo-Filled Video for Ramones Spoof 'Vaccinated'
Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass has shared the cameo-filled video for “Vaccinated,” his spoof on the Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated.” Over the video’s 90 seconds, a bevy of famous friends — including Samantha Bee, Evanescence’s Amy Lee, John C. Reilly, Toto’s Steve Lukather, Kathy Najimy, and (in medical scrubs) Gass’ …
Read More »Hear John Roberts' New Dance Song 'Nobody' With Beth Ditto
Bob’s Burgers voice actor John Roberts has dropped his new dance song “Nobody,” a duet with Beth Ditto. The track features on Roberts’ debut album Lights Out, out Friday, June 4th. “Beth Ditto’s voice is church-like. It’s an uplifting song,” Roberts said in a statement to Rolling Stone, adding of …
Read More »Dan Auerbach on the Black Keys' New Album, Missing John Prine and His Band's 20th Anniversary
Dan Auerbach was in his Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville producing an album for the soul singer Robert Finley when he had the urge to call his drummer in the Black Keys, Patrick Carney. Guitarist Kenny Brown and bassist Eric Deaton, who played with bluesmen R.L. Burnside and Junior …
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