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Disney+ is streaming “The Beach Boy, a celebration of the band whose music encapsulated the California sound and lifestyle. The documentary has never-before-seen footage and interviews with The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston plus archival interviews with the late Carl and Dennis Wilson. Their best-known songs include “California Girls,”…
Bruce Springsteen received the Ivors Academy fellowship Thursday (5/23) night in London. He is the first international songwriter, 27th person overall, to be inducted into the fellowship, which is the awards’ highest honor. Sir Paul McCartney led the induction ceremony joking that “unlike Bruce’s concerts” he would “keep this brief.” The Academy is one of…
“Blue Electric Light,” the twelfth studio album by Lenny Kravitz, is out. It is his first album since ’18’s “Raise Vibration.” Kravitz recorded the album in his studio in the Bahamas and played most of the instruments with contributions from frequent collaborator, guitarist Craig Ross. The lead single was “TK421.” “Blue Electric Light” Track Listing: ###
Iron Butterfly founding member, organist, primary composer and lead vocalist Doug Ingle died on 5/24 at the age of 78. Ingle wrote, sang and played organ on the psychedelic Rock band’s best-known song – the 1968 classic “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.” Ingle was the last surviving member of Iron Butterfly’s classic “Vida-era” line-up. Following the release of Iron Butterfly’s debut album “Heavy,” the…
5/19 Clown, the founding Slipknot percussionist. misses the band’s headlining appearance at the Sonic Temple festival. “Clown, yesterday, broke a tooth and had to have it removed,” frontman Corey Taylor told the audience. “There’s an issue. He had to stay home for medical reasons.” The show goes on. 5/21 Guns N’ Roses’ “Appetite For Destruction” is…
Bring Me The Horizon have released its seventh album, “Post Human: Nex Gen.” “It’s a real concept album,” explained BMTH frontman Oli Sykes (pictured above). “For some people it could be like a self-help book. There’s a lot of things in there, some of it’s quite clear, but a lot of it cryptic and hidden. People…
The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment accusing the concert and ticketing giant of exerting monopolistic power through its exclusive ticketing agreements, its promotions business and its ownership of many popular amphitheaters, among other claims. The lawsuit, joined by 30 states, claims that Live Nation’s 2010 merger with Ticketmaster created a dominant…
Babymetal/Electric Callboy: Ratatata A standalone single from two genre blending bands: Babymetal’s Japanese Dance-Pop + Heavy Metal and Electric Callboy’s Thrash-Dance. Hellacopters: Stay With You This is the band’s first new original song since the release of their ’22 comeback album “Eyes Of Oblivion.” “It was originally intended to be included on the upcoming LP but…
Following last fall’s release of “Jailbreak,” Nervosa fifth full-length album, the band will launch a North American tour beginning in late August. “We’re excited to be coming to North America with an awesome lineup of new wave Thrash Metal,” stated Nervosa’s guitarist/vocalist Prika Amaral. The tour will feature support from Lich King and Hatriot. The…
Hoobastank’s “The Reason” has surpassed one-billion streams on Spotify. Last year, the song passed a billion views on YouTube. Hoobastank’s most commercially successful single “expresses regret and rebirth after hurting a loved one.” “What an amazing moment,” Hoobastank guitarist, Dan Estrin shared. “Knowing how much ‘The Reason‘ means to so many people in the world…