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“Moments That Shook Music: Kurt Cobain” will air Saturday, April 13thon BBC iPlayer and BBC 2. The documentary chronicles the days just prior to the Nirvana frontman’s suicide on April 5th, ’94, and the immediate ramifications. “The documentary aims to demystify that moment and tell the story in a direct and accurate way with footage shot by the people…
Vampire Weekend have delivered “Only God Was Above Us.” It is their first album since 2019. Vampire Weekend’s fifth album features the tracks “Gen-X Cops,” “Capricorn” and “Classical.” The group’s Ezra Koenig, who wrote the lyrics in ‘19 and ‘20, produced the album, that was recorded in Manhattan, Los Angeles, London, and Tokyo, with longtime…
The Black Keys album “Ohio Players” is out with the infectious lead single “Beautiful People (Stay High),” which was co-written by The Black Keys Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach along with Beck and producer Dan “The Automator” Nakamura. “We had this epiphany: ‘We can call our friends to help us make music’,” drummer Patrick Carney said…
Five Finger Death Punch have delivered a digital deluxe edition of “AfterLife,” the band’s ninth studio album. The deluxe version has the album’s original tracks plus four bonus tracks: three acoustic versions of “The End,” “Judgement Day” and “Thanks For Asking” plus “This Is The Way,” featuring the late rapper DMX. “AfterLife” was FFDP’s first album with guitarist Andy James, who replaced Jason Hook in ’20.
L.A. Guns’ “Leopard Skin” is out. The LP’s lead single was “Taste It.” “Leopard Skin” is the band’s fifth studio effort in seven years. “”When we started doing records again in 2017, I wanted to be really aggressive,” explained founding guitarist Tracii Guns. “We hadn’t put out anything new in a lot of years, and we…
On this day… Red Hot Chili Peppers were honored with the 2,717th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star was dedicated in the category of Recording in front of Amoeba Music at 6212 Hollywood Boulevard. There was an emergency street closure called by the LAPD due to the estimated 2,500 fans in attendance. “Our…
AC/DC sold 1.5 million tickets in one day in advance of their European “Power Up” tour scheduled to begin in May. “I woke up at 2:30 or 3 in the morning and Europe had already opened — and we’d sold out some of the shows already,” Chris Dalston told Pollstar. Dalston serves as co-head of…
Sum 41‘s double album, “Heaven :x: Hell,“ has arrived. The band’s eighth album has been presented as their last. “This is the record I’d like to go out on,” noted vocalist Deryck Whibley. “We’ve made a double album of Pop Punk and Metal, and it makes sense. It took a long time for us to pave…
Accept: The Reckoning “We’re thrilled to release ‘The Reckoning’,” said guitarist and last original member, Wolf Hoffmann. ” “It’s one of our favorites from the new album: hard-hitting, solid metal with lyrics about a poignant life theme.” The Exies: For What It’s Worth “I strummed the chorus and I started to sing the melody,” shared vocalist/guitarist…
The Darkness have delivered its eighth studio album, “Dreams On Toast,” which holds the sing[e “I Hate Myself.” “The concept is related to the self-loathing that the song itself lyrically explores.” shared vocalist Justin Hawkins. “And I feel like the visual accompaniment has taken this song to the next level, and it was already my favorite Darkness song ever.” “Dreams…