On what would have been Chris Cornell’s 54th birthday, his wife, Vicky, has announced the musician is to be commemorated in his hometown of Seattle, Washington with a statue and public ceremony on August 29th.
The Agonist steps their way from third to first in three weeks, a feat no other band has achieved in approximately six months of publishing a playlist. Eye Of Providence marks the debut of Vicky Psarakis who joined The Agonist after Alissa White-Gluz replaced Angela Gossow in Arch Enemy. The moral of this story? These bands fill a niche within a niche genre. It would seem sexist if not for the lack of metal bands who have replaced male singers with women (Arch Enemy is one). We know Howl’s audience is young enough that the bulk of Blind Guardian’s music… Read more »
We try not to get carried away with industry talk but Torche should be commended for superb timing with the December release of “Minions”, the first single from Restarter out this week. Relapse Records took advantage of the music industry’s slowest season and the track kicked around Howl’s playlist for three months since. The Agonist continues to rip with Eye of Providence, their first effort with vocalist Vicky Psarakis. The band was on the rise before Arch Enemy recruited Alissa White-Gluz in 2014. “Gates of Horn and Ivory” proves The Agonist hasn’t lost a step and can compete with the… Read more »
Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean has his Johnny No Name, now ‘NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick has his Chip Skylark. Kirkpatrick’s alter ego Skylark – actually an animated character – will poke fun at ‘NSYNC-like pop groups in the season premiere of Nickelodeon’s animated “The Fairly OddParents.” In an episode titled “Boys in the Band,” Kirkpatrick provides the voice of a pop star kidnapped by the evil babysitter Vicky. Skylark is featured heavily in the episode and performs in a 90-second video for a song called “Icky Vicky” at the conclusion of the show, according to Nickelodeon. The episode will air March 1… Read more »
Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean has his Johnny No Name, now ‘NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick has his Chip Skylark. Kirkpatrick’s alter ego Skylark – actually an animated character – will poke fun at ‘NSYNC-like pop groups in the season premiere of Nickelodeon’s animated “The Fairly OddParents.” In an episode titled “Boys in the Band,” Kirkpatrick provides the voice of a pop star kidnapped by the evil babysitter Vicky. Skylark is featured heavily in the episode and performs in a 90-second video for a song called “Icky Vicky” at the conclusion of the show, according to Nickelodeon. The episode will air March 1… Read more »
