Category: Music
BRISBANE, Australia — KFC is rounding out its menu of tasty chicken, burgers and chips with a fresh Australian music festival. The famous fried chicken chain is presenting Feastival, a day-long fest next month on Sydney’s Cockatoo Island, a one-time convict site that’s now UNESCO World Heritage listed. Electronic duo …
A new biography of Factory Records boss Tony Wilson will get its U.S. release on April 5, via Faber Books. Written by Paul Morley, the seminal post-punk scribe, the book is titled, in full: From Manchester With Love: The Life and Opinions of Tony Wilson* aka Anthony H. Wilson. Wilson’s …
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Neil Young‘s music may be gone from Spotify, but the musician hasn’t had his last say. But rather than add to the discourse over Joe Rogan‘s podcast, his primary target is Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek. Young posted a new open letter via his Neil Young’s Archives website where he once …
Dying Light pretty much raised the bar for all zombie games when it released in 2015, so it’s no surprise that fans have been anticipating Dying Light 2 Stay Human (pretty much unanimously referred to simply as Dying Light 2) since then. Now that the sequel is finally out — …
Spoon were the musical guests on last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! The band performed “The Hardest Cut,” a track from the new album Lucifer on the Sofa. Watch it happen below. Plus, find unaired performances of “Wild,” “Small Stakes,” and “Inside Out.” Prior to the album’s release, Spoon …
This Sunday (February 20), the 71st NBA All-Star Game will take place in Cleveland and air live at 8 p.m. Eastern on TNT. During halftime, there will be a ceremony for the league’s 75th anniversary featuring narration from Usher, Spike Lee, Tiffany Haddish, and Anthony Anderson. In addition, Earth, Wind …
It’s officially time to talk about Bruno. The Encanto song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” has risen to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, unseating Adele’s “Easy on Me” after the latter spent 10 weeks atop the chart. According to Billboard, “Bruno” is only the second No. 1 from a …
Two Minutes to Late Night is the online metal talk show that often brings together major rock players for inventive covers of classic tracks. For its latest rendition, host Gwarsenio Hall (Jordan Olds) recruited musicians Matt Pike (High on Fire, Sleep) and Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy, Racetraitor) to contribute to …
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Mammoth WVH (the project of Wolfgang Van Halen) has released a video for”Epiphany,” the third single from the last June’s debut album. The video shows a series of live performances including footage from two headline shows last October and one shows opening for Guns N’ Roses last September. The live …
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Caroline Polachek is back with her first single since 2020 with “Billions.” The track emplores elements of psychedelia with an angelic feature of London’s celebrated Trinity Choir. Polacheck recorded and released the song after months of fan anticipation from her frequent live performances of the song last year. “Billions” was …
Who wants more Ann Wilson? The singer is ready to feed your need with the new single “Greed,” and it’s the precursor for more music to come on Wilson’s latest solo album, Fierce Bliss. Wilson shows off the wide range of her vocal dynamics, serving up more subtle moments before …
Machine Gun Kelly owes Travis Barker a beer, a couple hundred bucks, and ideally, some new skin. Six months after the singer and his producer got the name of Kelly’s upcoming album, born with horns, in matching tattoos on their arms, Kelly has changed the title. MGK made the switch in a social …
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced 10 shortlists for the 2022 Oscars. The Documentary Feature shortlist includes Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry, Questlove’s Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), and Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground. The Original Score category …
Wordle, the viral word game which offers players six chances to puzzle out a five-letter word, has been purchased by The New York Times to bolster their ever-expanding collection of brain-teasing games. The New York Times Company left a blank space in place of the actual price, though they did say the …
In Encanto, Mirabel (Stephanie Beatriz) can’t move the mountains or make flowers bloom — but she’s ready for her own miracle. On the blockbuster soundtrack from the Disney hit (spending a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart), “Waiting on a Miracle” is the main character’s …
In support of their forthcoming album, Diabolical, German thrash overlords Destruction will embark on a headlining North American tour this spring with support coming from Nervosa, Sunlord and VX36. The jaunt kicks off on April 28 in Brooklyn, New York and will make 25 stops in all with the last show …
Rod Wave celebrated the end of a “Cold December” by releasing the lead single off his forthcoming third album at the beginning of January. The song finds an emotional Rod reminiscing on his past romantic relationships over a sample of Hank Williams Jr.’s “OD’d in December.” If you need a …
Palberta’s Lily Konigsberg and Water From Your Eyes’ Nate Amos have formed a new band called My Idea. Their debut album, CRY MFER, will be released on April 22nd via Hardly Art. My Idea have a bit of a chaotic origin story, and CRY MFER is no different. Konigsberg and Amos …
Dave Matthews Band have revealed the details for their annual summer tour of North America. Spanning 46 dates in total, DMB’s 2022 summer tour includes multiple nights at Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI; Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford, NH; Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY; …
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Grimes has shared the new music video for her song “Player of Games.” The visual is directed by Anton Tammi, with a story and creative direction by Grimes. In the new video, Grimes faces off against a character called the Dark King (played by Andreï Pishchalnikov); they fight each other …
Graham Nash has joined his longtime friend and bandmate, Neil Young, in pulling his music from Spotify. “Having heard the Covid disinformation spread by Joe Rogan on Spotify, I completely agree with and support my friend Neil Young and I am requesting that my solo recordings be removed from the …
The House Oversight and Reform Committee is launching an investigation into Live Nation over the 2021 Astroworld Festival, The Washington Post and The Associated Press report. In a letter to Michael Rapino (president and CEO of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.), the Congressional committee members wrote: Live Nation Entertainment (Live Nation) …
Bright Eyes have announced an ambitious new archival project that finds the Conor Oberst-led project re-recording songs from their past. After moving to the Secretly Group label last year, Bright Eyes have set out to reissue their entire discography on Dead Oceans. Accompanying each reissue will be a six-song companion …
An IndieGogo campaign has been launched for a new horror movie called The Virginia Bitches, which will star members of Misfits, Arch Enemy, and Lamb of God, among others. The Virginia Bitches centers around an all-female death metal band of vampires whose van breaks down in a town full of …
From Whitney Houston’s “One Moment in Time” to Gloria Estefan’s “Reach” to Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé’s “Barcelona,” the Olympic Summer Games have spawned numerous musical anthems now widely regarded as part of the sporting glory songbook. Ask even the most ardent Olympics fan to name a theme from the …
Donald Glover’s TV series Atlanta finally has a premiere date for its third season, nearly four years after it was renewed. The first two episodes of Season 3 will air on Thursday, March 24, 2022 via FX and will stream the next day on Hulu. The rest of the 10-episode …