New Music: Filter, Storace, Eastside & Marko Hietala

Distrurbed‘s David Draiman, who is of Jewish descent, has denounced Hamas’s attack on Israel, which killed over 900 Israelis and wounded over 2,400 others. “There’s no justification for the barbarity and the inhumanity that was on display over the course of the past few days against Jews in Israel, and there’s no justification for the support of…

Linkin Park’s “Lost” is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated 3/18).  The band’s ninth #1 on the survey – it’s first in eight and a half years – features vocals by the late Chester Bennington.  It was recorded during the sessions for 2003’s “Meteora” but not included on that album.  However, the song…

Creed singer Scott Stapp has released his fourth solo studio album, “Higher Power.” “Tapping into a higher power is an individualized process that requires an open mind and a willingness to flow with a force that’s greater than the individual,” explained Stapp. The set features the hit title track, “What I Deserve” and the acoustic ballad “If These Walls Could Talk,”…

1/28 The trailer for “Despicable Me 4,” featuring Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” airs during the AFC Championship (football) game. 1/28 San Francisco’s Journey performs “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart),” “Be Good to Yourself,” “Any Way You Want It” and “Don’t Stop Believin’” (changing a lyric to reference S.F. rather than Detroit) during halftime at…

Foo Fighters have the triple crown as “Under You” simultaneously rules the Rock & Alternative Airplay, Alternative Airplay and Mainstream Rock Airplay charts. “Under You,” the Foo’s eleventh #1 on the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, is from their eleventh studio album, “But Here We Are.”  It’s also the second song from the album to…