Category: Music
Albert Hammond Jr, co-founder and lead guitarist of the Strokes, is back with another new solo album: Melodies on Hiatus, the follow-up to 2018’s Francis Trouble, is out June 23 via Red Bull. Hammond has also shared the lead single, “100-99,” featuring GoldLink. It comes with a music video directed …
Trevor Powers has shared another new Youth Lagoon song, “Prizefighter.” It comes with a video directed by Tyler T. Williams. He’s also announced an extensive North American tour, his first under the Youth Lagoon banner in eight years. It starts in mid-July and continues through mid-October. Check out “Prizefighter” and …
The title track to Metallica‘s 202 album 72 Seasons is the fourth song to be released in advance of the album’s April 14 arrival and here are the lyrics to this latest song. Always the ones to engage their fans with some teasers, the metal giants actually released three brief audio clips …
Estranged KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has issued former bandmate Paul Stanley an ultimatum, offering him seven days to issue a formal apology over a recent insulting remark, or he will spill “dirt” on him and Gene Simmons. He noted this trove of documents he possesses would ruin the careers of …
Husker Dü have announced the release of Tonite Longhorn, a collection of previously unreleased live material. The trio recorded it across four shows at the Longhorn in Minneapolis, Minnesota, between 1979 and 1980. A 2xLP vinyl version arrives on Record Store Day (Saturday, April 22), and the material hits digital …
Latin music revenues in the United States hit an all-time high last year, exceeding the $1 billion mark on the wings of 24% growth that outpaced the overall market. According to the RIAA’s year-end Latin music report for 2022, total revenue jumped from $881 million in 2021 to $1.1 billion …
Metallica are inching closer to releasing the new 72 Seasons album, and today (March 30) we got our first listen to the album’s high energy title track. And already the fans have plenty to say about the song, so you can check out the reactions in full below. The band …
Rocky Kramer will be hosting “Whatever You Want” on this week’s episode of Rocky Kramer’s Rock & Roll Tuesdays on Twitch. Tune into Twitch on Tuesday, April 18th, at 7 PM PT for this amazing show. Rocky Kramer is a guitar virtuoso, often being compared to the greatest guitar players …
Marquee acts including Foo Fighters, Pixies, Spoon, and the Walkmen will play the inaugural run of shows at a tiny venue in Washington, D.C., that is being built as a replica of the original 9:30 Club, as Rolling Stone notes. Named for the venue that preceded the 9:30 Club, the …
Lady Gaga has been named co-chair of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, the board disbanded during the Trump administration that President Biden restored last year. The newly revived committee also includes creatives like Jon Batiste, Shonda Rhimes, Jennifer Garner, and Anna Deavere Smith in the list …
Ted Nugent says he is retiring from the road following a farewell tour this summer. The “Adios Mofo” tour (his name for the tour, not ours) launches in late July with dates scheduled in Indiana, West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan. Nugent is hyping the trek as …
Slowdive Have Finished Their New Album Slowdive, photo by Ingrid Pop April 13, 2023 | 10:50pm ET Slowdive have completed work on their first new album in six years. Neil Halstead confirmed the news during an appearance on the podcast SixPack, which the band re-posted to their Instagram page. Halstead …
Paul Simon is preparing to follow-up 2018’s rarities collection In the Blue Light with a continuous seven-song musical suite entitled Seven Psalms. Intended to be listened to in its entirety, the 33-minute, seven-movement all-acoustic composition is slated for release on May 19. According to a release, it is predominantly performed …
Metallica’s first album in nearly seven years has arrived, and it just might be the iconic metal band’s best LP in the past 30 years. As stated in our recent review, 72 Seasons is a “monument to an illustrious career.” Prior to its release, fans were treated to four singles …
The rumors have been hot and heavy this week about multiple iconic hard rock and metal bands heading to Indio, California this fall for a new festival event known as the Power Trip Festival. Earlier this week, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne and Tool all posted teasers for Power …
Provident Entertainment has signed five-time Grammy winner Brandon Lake to its artist roster. Lake’s song “Gratitude” is in its 11th week atop Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart and previously reached No. 1 on the Christian Airplay chart (where it currently resides at No. 3). “I couldn’t be more excited to …
Fridge, the experimental rock band in which Kieran Hebden cut his teeth before launching Four Tet, are reissuing their fourth and best-regarded album, Happiness, for its 20th anniversary. Hebden has “restored, reconstructed, and remastered” the LP, according to a press release. The reissue comes out May 26 through Temporary Residence …
Dua Lipa has joined the cast of Barbie as a blue-haired mermaid. Greta Gerwig’s big-screen story based on the Mattel toys stars Margot Robbie and Gosling, with Issa Rae, Simu Liu, Michael Cera, and Kate McKinnon elsewhere in the cast. Helen Mirren is the film’s narrator. In 2021, Dua Lipa …
The last time film and TV screenwriters went on strike, for a hundred days in the winter of 2007 and 2008, production on shows and movies abruptly shut down, advertising plunged and pink slips were passed out. Freelance music supervisors like Julie Glaze Houlihan, whose credits include Malcolm in the …
Post Malone Kicks Off His Next Era with New Song “Chemical” Post Malone, photo by Matthew Baker/Getty Images April 14, 2023 | 12:05am ET Post Malone is back with a new song called “Chemical.” Check it out below. “Chemical” marks Post Malone’s first song since last year’s Twelve Carat Toothache. According …
Alanis Morissette has recorded a new version of the Yellowjackets theme song “No Return.” Morissette’s version debuted in the fourth episode of season two, which aired on Friday. “I love the original version of ‘No Return,’ It’s just a perfect song,” Morissette said in a statement. “It was a little …
This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles celebrating the music of 20 years ago. Our 2003 Week continues here with the story of the Diwali dancehall riddim — and the Jamaican producer who originally created it — which became as crucial a part of the year’s sonic identity as anything …
Metallica‘s “Master of Puppets” is a classic, and you expect to hear it a certain way. But that doesn’t mean that after 37 years that guitarist Kirk Hammett hasn’t tired of playing the song’s revered guitar solo. The guitarist expressed as much during an upcoming Total Guitar interview, while revealing …
Black Sabbath bass icon Geezer Butler has written his first memoir. The autobiography titled Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath and Beyond is out June 6, as the 73-year-old British rocker and founding Black Sabbath member revealed this week. “After spending my entire life creating memories, to eventually set aside how reserved …
Witch: 06-03 Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle **06-04 Columbus, OH – Natalie’s **06-06 Troy, NY – No Fun **06-07 New Haven, CT – Space Ballroom **06-09 Portland, ME – Portland House of Music **06-10 Burlington, VT – Burlington Discover Jazz Festival06-11 Ardmore, PA – Ardmore Music Hall **06-13 Charleston, …
Billboard has more than 200 different charts on its roster, encompassing numerous genres and formats. While A-list artists often compete for a spot on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart and Billboard 200 albums ranking, which track the most popular songs and albums of the week, respectively, up-and-coming talents typically …
Lucinda Williams has announced a new album, her first since recovering from a stroke in 2020. Her next LP is titled Stories From a Rock n Roll Heart, and it’s out June 30 (via Highway 20/Thirty Tigers). Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s Patti Scialfa join Williams on the …
Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter is facing another sexual abuse lawsuit, this time from Melissa Schuman – a former member of teen-pop group Dream who has long claimed that she was assaulted by the singer. In a complaint filed Tuesday in Los Angeles court, Schuman formalized her longstanding accusation that …
Tyler, the Creator has shared yet another new video for a track from Call Me If You Get Lost. The latest is “Hot Wind Blows,” and, as with the four other videos he’s recently released, Tyler directed the video himself. Take a look below. Tyler announced Call Me If You …
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