This Week in Rock

The Architects have added a slate of fall U.S. tour dates. This is in addition to a North American trek that will begin early next month. The Metalcore band has also released a new track, “Curse,” which was produced by Jordan Fish. former keyboardist with Bring Me The Horizon. Architects Tour Dates: May 02 –…

The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon went on the NBC rooftop to perform Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse Of The Heart” with musical guests Heart to mark the 4/8 solar eclipse.  Fallon, who was wearing “protective” eyewear removes his glasses at the song’s conclusion revealing glowing eyes. Later in the show and in studio, Heart performed…

Jelly Roll was the big winner at the 23nd CMT (Country Music Television) Music Awards from Austin’s Moody Center taking home Video of the Year and Male Video of the Year for “Need A Favor,” a song that previously topped the Mainstream Rock chart. Melissa Etheridge was an award presenter during the 4/7 event while…

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…

Kittie: We Are Shadows “We have come to a critical place in life and in our world, and much like an eclipse overtaking the sun, we are losing the light,” explained Kittie guitarist/vocalist Morgan Lander. “It’s a song of coming to terms with the damage we do and acceptance of our fate. We’ve let darkness take hold,…

Pophouse, a Swedish entertainment and music investment firm, has concluded an extensive licensing agreement with KISS. The firm acquired the artist share of the master recordings and publishing rights paying KISS an estimated $300 million. “The band’s enigmatic personas, unparalleled band attributes, and iconic imagery have made them a cultural force and a legendary act with multigenerational appeal,”…

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…

Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale will be fronting Skid Row next month for a brief run of shows. She will be stepping in for Erik Grönwall, who quit the band to focus on his health. Sebastian Bach was the band’s original vocalist back in the late’80s/early 90s when Hale was a big fan. Years later, Halestorm covered Skid Row’s “Slave…

 Black Veil Brides are hosting a virtual blood drive in support of the American Red Cross during their U.S. “Bleeders” tour (inspired by the band’s forthcoming single “Bleeders”). The trek kicks off on April 25th in San Francisco and runs through May 25th in L.A. “As Bleeders, it’s our mission to effect positive change. Help us help others…