Author Archives: GoldMark

Paul Simon Is Apparently Ending His Studio Retirement

Paul Simon‘s surprise July appearance at the Newport Folk Festival might be part of a larger return to music. Sessions are on-going at New York’s Reservoir Studios for a new album that’s tentatively titled The Seven Psalms, according to Spin magazine. In a conversation with Malcolm Gladwell for the Miracle and Wonder audiobook series, Simon […]

Cancer Bats Release New Version Of ‘Friday Night’ Featuring Witch Fever’s Amy Walpole – News

Cancer Bats and Witch Fever are hitting the road together, so why not jump on a song together? Cancer Bats released their latest album, ‘Psychic Jailbreak’ earlier this year, a rip-roaring, relentless and righteously fun collection of head-bangers.  And they have just shared a new version of one of the biggest head-bangers on there, alongside […]

Why the Doobie Brothers Stumbled With ‘Livin’ on the Fault Line’

Michael McDonald had been a key collaborator on the Doobie Brothers‘ platinum-selling Top 10 album Takin’ It to the Streets. He wrote or co-wrote four of the 1976 LP’s nine songs while singing on five. Two of them became Top 40 hits, however, leading to a seismic shift in roles for the follow-up. “By the […]

Eddie Vedder Asked Big Name Drummer To Join Pearl Jam

Matt Cameron discussed Eddie Vedder asking him to join Pearl Jam in a new Rick Beato interview. Cameron joined Pearl Jam to replace drummer Jack Irons in 1998 for the Yield tour just one year after Soundgarden’s 1997 breakup. “Man it was intense, that’s that’s so difficult right, intense, it’s like after I got off […]

Hosts Of The Metal Up Your Podcast Share Their Five Favorite METALLICA Deep Cuts

Clint Wells and Ethan Luck are two professional musicians from Nashville, TN. In addition to touring the globe with numerous high profile musical acts, they also host the longest running and most comprehensive Metallica podcast on the planet – Metal Up Your Podcast. With nearly 6 years of Metallica content and a cult like following, […]

‘The Midnight Special’ Changes Music Entertainment

As incredible as it might sound now, there was a time when televised entertainment wasn’t available around the clock. That all changed with Burt Sugarman’s music-oriented variety show The Midnight Special, which debuted on Aug. 19, 1972. Until the early ’70s, it was standard practice for most TV stations to shut off their programming after […]

UNITYTX Share Undeniable New Track ‘BURNOUT’ – News

A vital and earth-shattering offering from the UNITYTX collective. UNITYTX have made their return, and shown off a different side to their musical interests. And it is massive.  It’s called ‘BURNOUT’, and slows things down from the ferocious hardcore pace you are used to. But the intensity is still there, and the bursts of aggression […]