What an impressive career Leanne Bowes has had! Leanne tells us about her journey to working in music, playing bass for huge bands such as Demi Lovato, Big Time Rush, Tones & I, Dove Cameron and so many more! She also talks all about her role as Demi Lovato’s music director, and touring!
Following the original release of “Reasons,” which arrived in April 2023 alongside electronic artists Excision and Wooli, The Devil Wears Prada has reissued the collaborative single. Only this time, they have tapped Hopeless Records artist LØLØ to lend her talents to the track. “I was really excited when TDWP asked me to feature on this track,” LØLØ shares in a press release. “I’ve always thought they were so awesome but never thought I’d end up collaborating on a track with them. I think I probably just got a lot cooler.” “When we made ‘Reasons’ with Excision and Wooli, we knew… Read more »
This week we chat with Xie! Xie is a producer, DJ and vocalist who chats with us about her asian background, learning to produce on garage band, coming from a serious classical music background, DJing Coachella, figuring out the agent world, the importance of personal relationships in the industry, incorporating art into her artist vision, the importance of never stopping, creating edits for live performance, the festival scene and more!
Halestorm has an exciting surprise for fans everywhere. The band just announced that they’ve released a live album and video for their famous Wembley concert on December 9, 2023. Supported by Black Veil Brides and MOTHICA, Halestorm played a stunning 90-minute set. In an Instagram post, Lzzy Hale shared, “To Sell Out Wembley is a right of passage, and this one was a huge milestone on the ever stretching Halestorm Highway. We’ve been the same band mates and best friends for over 20 years, so this moment was personal for us. What a gift to be able to do the… Read more »
Arriving just in time for her back-to-back performances at Slam Dunk Festival in the UK, Taylor Acorn has unleashed her empowering new single “High Horse.” Acorn shares, “Over the years of sharing my music and being a presence online I’ve learned that no matter how hard you try, there will always be people who just really love to hate you. That fact has been one of the toughest pills to swallow because my Virgo brain wants to please everyone at all times, but at the end of the day you have to be strong and keep powering through despite what… Read more »
Just in time for the start of summer, The Used have announced the arrival of their B-sides album, MEDZ, which is slated to drop on June 21. Additionally, the group has released the gripping title track. Vocalist robbietheused shares a C.S. Lewis quote to unveil the deeper meaning of the B-sides collection: “Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.’” Opening through an… Read more »
It’s the most wonderful time of year once more. Eurovision is back, and it continues to get bigger and more prominent worldwide. Though it is known as the institution that turned ABBA into superstars and showcases the wildest and weirdest creations that Europe has to offer, there is still room for some rock ‘n’ roll in the ranks. Over the years, pop has been the predominant genre in which countries project their entries. Though guitars have been making their way slowly but surely, they sometimes take the whole competition by storm. From masked monsters and nu-metal stalwarts to glam-rock superstars,… Read more »
ONE OK ROCK has announced their forthcoming fall 2024 Premonition World Tour. The tour is scheduled to kick off on September 14 with back-to-back performances in Tokyo, Japan and will run through six other major touring markets, including Paris, France; London, UK; Toronto, Ontario, CA; and Los Angeles, CA. The band shares the exciting news on Instagram, “ONE OK ROCK 2024 PREMONITION WORLD TOUR!!” The 8-show run will mark the group’s first live performances since their December 18, 2023 show at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore, across the ONE OK ROCK LUXURY DISEASE ASIA TOUR 2023. Presale tickets and VIP… Read more »
Marking their first release since their September 2023-released Deadly Fun, Dark Divine has unleashed their fiery new single, “Burn The Witch.” “‘Burn the Witch’ is a song about the realization that sometimes toxicity has a lasting effect on one’s personality,” lead vocalist Anthony Martinez shares of the new single in a press release. “Even though we may separate from toxicity, it doesn’t mean that it [hasn’t] turned us into the very thing that we tried to separate from. Sometimes, we turn into the very evil that we are defending ourselves from in order to defend ourselves from said evil.” Read… Read more »
The best Christmas gift you can give to yourself is a ticket to Better Lovers‘ annual BLissmas festival. Unleash your inner animal on December 14 at Buffalo Riverworks in Buffalo, NY, with the recently announced festival lineup. Trust us when we say it is stacked. Today, “The Flowering” artists revealed their special holiday show artist lineup. Alongside Better Lovers’ headlining set, you can also see Converge on stage. Plus, rising metal and hardcore acts Anxious, Teenage Wrist, Atomic Rule, Dying Wish, Fleshwater, and Twitching Tongues are set to appear. Plus, Andy Williams, aka “The Butcher,” is presenting a wrestling match.… Read more »
