Wake up, people, we’ve officially got new music from the one and only Head Automatica. After nearly two decades of radio silence, the band has returned with their first offering since their 2006 sophomore album Popaganda, “Bear The Cross.” Having first blown up on Myspace, Head Automatica has officially entered their Instagram era, making a new account and posting their cover art to the surprise of myriad elder emos. In the comments, long-time fans dropped several comments reading “OMG,” and “Perfection!!!” as well as “Welcome back!” “Bear The Cross” sees the band reach outside of the iconic glamorous pop-rock sonics… 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 »
Static Dress is entering their new era. With socials wiped clean and exciting new visuals, we are definitely “crying” over their new single. The band’s new track and accompanying self-directed music video for “crying” is their first offering since the release of their debut album Rouge Carpet Disaster. Uniquely, the Roadrunner Records signees began teasing the drop this week with a puzzle on their website. The first 300 fans who solve it will receive a limited-edition flexi disc pressing of “crying.” The video’s creepy, dark visuals and eerie religious motifs perfectly work alongside the industrial-tinged, heavy-rock instrumentals. “Well I hope… Read more »
Marking their first new music of 2024, Grayscale has shared the heart-on-your-sleeve, deeply personal ballad “Mum II,” a follow-up to “Mum” featured on the group’s 2017 debut full-length album Adornment. “This is a love song about my mother,” vocalist Collin Walsh explains of the release. “Her and I have had a difficult relationship for a long time for many reasons. We didn’t speak for about 5 years at one point in my late teens/early twenties. As I have gotten older, I have felt my youthful anger towards her turn into a mixture of forgiveness, understanding, love, and protectiveness. This song… Read more »
FELICITY is in their “Lovesick Blues” era across their shimmering new single. Their latest offering marks the group’s second release of the year following the success of their collaborative track, “Charlie Sheen,” alongside Point North’s Jon Lundin in February. “‘Lovesick Blues’ is one of our favorite songs we’ve written,” the band shares in a press release. “We feel like it’s one of those timeless songs accessible to all generations. Many of our songs are geared toward a specific demographic. Our heavier songs might be for metal heads or a pop-punk anthem for the Warped Tour purist, but with ‘Lovesick Blues,’… Read more »
Marking their highly anticipated return to the U.S. since their final Stateside performance on July 12, 2019, at the Sound and Fury Festival in Los Angeles, CA, Basement has announced their first U.S. headlining shows after more than five years. Expressing their excitement for their forthcoming U.S. run, the band shared across their social media channels today, May 14, “We are so excited to play shows in America later this year and return to a few of our favorite places. This will be our first time back in the States since 2019 and we can’t wait to see you all… Read more »
After previously announcing they’d be disbanding, You Me At Six also shared that they were heading out on a final world tour throughout 2024 and 2025. The group has just announced their final run throughout Australia. Their Australia dates kick off on January 24, 2025, in Brisbane and wraps up on January 31, 2025, in Perth. “When we started YMAS we were kids. We only ever wanted longevity, to travel and to experience life as a group of friends. We feel like on the eve of our 20th anniversary as a band, now is a good time to call time,”… Read more »
Following the release of their debut full-length record Nowhere, which arrived on May 9, Chicago’s Friday Pilots Club announced a massive tour spanning North America. The tour begins on September 13 at Vancouver’s Fox Cabaret and concludes in their home city at Metro on October 25. “We’d kind of been working with the title of Nowhere for the record and I’ve been trying to figure out why it felt right to me,” bassist Drew Polivick says of the LP’s name. “Sometimes you end up at this place that’s not exactly what you thought it was gonna be. We all had… Read more »
Eloy Casagrande just got a major promotion. The Brazilian drummer best known for his work in Sepultura was officially named the new member of Slipknot on April 30. But how did this come to be? In a recently translated interview with VEJA São Paulo, Casagrande shared his journey to become a part of metal’s most iconic outfit. The drummer first noted that he was approached by the band’s manager in December and ultimately spent ten full days in Palm Springs with the band rehearsing and recording. Slipknot “wanted to test me in every way,” Casagrande said. This included auditioning him… Read more »
