Rush revealed plans for a 2026 reunion tour earlier this week. As you can imagine, being the person tapped to play the parts the late Neil Peart once handled is a daunting prospect. But as drummer Anika Nilles shared in a new social media post, it is an opportunity she feels a lot of gratitude […]
Matt Flood talks us through the confessions, chaos, and catharsis behind Caskets’ third album ‘The Only Heaven You’ll Know’, out November 07 via SharpTone Records. Read Caskets, ‘The Only Heaven You’ll Know’ | The Album Story below: (Click ‘View Fullscreen’ for digital feature or scroll down for text only version) TEXT ONLY: Not too long […]
Now that the rousing, first weekend of Austin City Limits is in the book…catch your breath and get ready to head back down to Zilker Park for the festival’s second weekend. As outlined in our first weekend preview, what separates Austin City Limits from other two-weekend festivals is its subtle, tactical tweaks to the lineups, […]
Well this sucks. Over one year after My Dying Bride and vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe went on hiatus from one another, and now they’ve made their split permanent. In a statement, My Dying Bride said their decision to split with Stainthorpe does not come lightly and that their “collective decision to move forward without him is […]
In the past two months, both Oasis and Rush have shocked fans by announcing previously unthinkable reunion tours. Which begs the question… who’s next? With apologies to Aerosmith, who seem to be heading towards at least an Ozzy Osbourne-style farewell show, here are the four biggest classic rock reunions that are still technically possible, if […]
Ozzy Osbourne wrote about heart problems This past July, Ozzy Osbourne passed away from a heart attack at the age of 76. At the time of his death, the Black Sabbath frontman was working on his new memoir, “Last Rites.” According to Louder Sound, Ozzy completed the book’s final chapter following his farewell show “Back […]
Tim Westwood has been charged with 15 counts of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault. On Thursday (Oct. 9), the Metropolitan Police announced via press release that the 68-year-old U.K. DJ is facing four counts of rape, nine counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault. The cases involve seven women, with the […]
Completed just days before his July 2025 death, Ozzy Osbourne‘s third and final book Last Rites is a compelling chronicle of the harrowing health battles he endured in the last half-decade of his life. Simply put, it is remarkable how much Osbourne endured in order to be able to say a proper goodbye to his […]
Yellowcard frontman Ryan Key guides us through the inspiration behind the band’s latest album ‘Better Days’, out October 10 via Better Noise Music. Better Days “‘Better Days’ is a song about someone in your life who refuses to accept responsibility for their own mistakes. You know their own shortcomings, and while you don’t want to […]
This week’s Sound Check features the most-requested artist since the show’s inception: South Florida goth-trap rapper Denzel Curry. Now, if you’ve been following Denzel the way we have, you know that he’s a versatile rapper who can switch styles with the quickness, from the soulful boom-bap of “Walkin’” to the spooky fight music of “Hot […]