On April 27 in Las Vegas, Sick New World 2024 was the stuff of metal lovers’ dreams. The massive fest was full of surprises, including a Bring Me The Horizon and BABYMETAL crossover, System Of A Down dedicated “Lonely Day” to the late Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, and more. Additionally, it was a fabulous day of firsts. Excitingly, Knocked Loose played the live debut of the recent single “Suffocate” featuring Poppy. Poppy, who also recently collaborated with Bad Omens, came out to excited cheers screaming, “Eclipsing weight/Strangled by every mistake/Branded by all of your failures/A feeling that you can’t shake.”… Read more »
Jagwar Twin is currently on fire, to say the least. At the top of this month, he celebrated his hit song, “Bad Feeling (Oompa Loompa)” entering the Billboard Top 40 charts at #39. This comes after the song was already sweeping across the Hot Alternative Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs. The tune was also TikTok’s Viral 50 Chart and Global Spotify Viral 50 charts. It has certainly been a big year so far for the singer, songwriter, producer, and storyteller, Roy English who performs under the alias of Jagwar Twin. Watch: Jagwar Twin Performs Hit Song “Bad Feeling (Oompa Loompa)” Live Today we go… Read more »
Creeper just shared a new surprise in the form of an extended edition of their 2023 record Sanguivore. With four additional tracks, Sanguivore: Special Edition contains even more vampiric rock, operatic choruses, and ’80s synth instrumentals. On social media, the band notes, “A surprise digital special edition of Sanguivore is available on streaming platforms everywhere right now. Check out b-sides from the recording process, a Pat Benatar cover and a re-mix of Cry To Heaven as well as re-imagined artwork by Gut Slaughter.” On top of the digital release, Creeper also revealed a delightfully macabre black-and-white visualizer for the new… Read more »
Today marks a new era for rock legends Black Veil Brides. Along with dropping a new music video for “Bleeders” and announcing the forthcoming Bleeders EP, the five-piece has officially signed with Spinefarm Records. The company boasts an array of top rock and metal acts including Sleep Token, Dayseeker, and Creeper. The forthcoming EP is set to release on June 21, according to their website. The three-song release will contain the title track, as as well as covers of Sweeney Todd’s “My Friends” and U2‘s “Sunday Bloody Sunday.” “Prepare for a bloody symphony unlike any other… We are pleased to… Read more »
Hello everyone, welcome to Season 2! We’re starting this season by exploring relationships on the road. Our special guests are country star and actor JT Hodges, his wife and entrepreneur Kasey Hodges, our friends of over 20 years. Together for two decades, the Hodges have captivated global audiences and built a life filled with love and partnership. Join us as we uncover the secrets to their successful relationship and how they navigate life’s challenges together.
After teasing the cover, David Byrne has finally released his reimagination of Paramore‘s “Hard Times.” This follows the band’s take on Byrne’s classic track “Burning Down The House,” which they covered as part of the Talking Heads tribute album Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense via A24 Music. Both tracks will be out on April 20 for Record Store Day on a limited 12″ LP. “The band told me that their song ‘Hard Times’ was inspired by Talking Heads,” Byrne said in a Twitter post. “So I learned and recorded my version of their great song with a horn section.” Fascinatingly, this arrives… Read more »
It’s no secret that Taylor Swift has always had an affinity for the scene. This has been evident through her captivating performance over a decade ago of “That’s What You Get” alongside Paramore, her collaboration “Two Is Better Than One” with Boys Like Girls, and her confession that Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz is one of her favorite lyricists. Taylor may be for the girly pops, but she’s never shied away from winking at elder emos. Read more: 9 Best Taylor Swift Covers From Alternative Stars Now, as Swifties worldwide are, no pun intended, swiftly dissecting every line of her… Read more »
Say Anything is a band that you can’t appropriately compare to any other band. Perhaps you could attempt to use metrics like ticket sales or song charting, but certainly not in any tangible sense of emotion, delivery, or downright weirdness. Say Anything kicked the doors down when they entered the scene with a huge “Fuck You” to any preconceived notion of what a “punk” or “emo” band should be. They didn’t give a shit about being a cog in the music industry machine—in fact, they were pretty loud about their despise for it. They wanted to share their passion for… Read more »
letlive. are back?! It sounds like it after an Instagram post from the band’s account that was published yesterday, April 17. The first photo in the carousel post is a loose recreation of their 2013 album, The Blackest Beautiful, which appears next to the front cover figure along with “(Revisited)” tagged underneath. While the tour will not happen in 2024, the second image on the post reads, “We shouldn’t have left you without one final dope beat to step to. Two thousand and twenty-five.” The caption includes a short letter to fans, “11 years of The Blackest Beautiful after 7… Read more »
Evan White, aka Vandelux, is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and vocalist from Vancouver, BC, now residing in San Francisco, CA who joins “Life Rhythms” to discuss his debut album “When The Light Breaks” and how life events like the birth of his daughter have changed his experience of making music. Ryan and Evan play snippets of songs from the album on the show and discuss the behind-the-scene stories of how they came to be and their meaning. | Brought to you by the remixer-hiring platform Mixilary.com.
