Bowling For Soup have released their first new music in three years in the shape of latest single ‘Holding On To That Hate’. On writing the track, frontman Jaret Reddick says “Sometimes a song just comes out of no where. This is certainly one of them! Rob sent me the music and a melody idea. […]
I’ve written a bunch about the crossovers between hip-hop and comics books, from Stan Lee’s influence on rap to the comics lines created by stars like Lisa and Metro Boomin. At New York Comic Con next week, Marvel and Mass Appeal will carry on that tradition (heh), with Legend Has It…, a new comics series […]
Sick Of It All Frontman Lou Koller Confirms Return Of Esophageal Cancer Lou Koller, the vocalist of New York hardcore icons Sick Of It All, has posted an update announcing that, after beating esophageal cancer in May of this year, the illness has returned. In the video, Koller stated: “Here’s an update for you. It’s […]
A highly sought-after and eye-wateringly expensive Guns N’ Roses album is getting an official vinyl reissue. Live Era ’87-’93, the band’s only official standalone live album, will be re-released as a four-LP set in both black and multi-color dyed vinyl. The album is available to preorder now and will ship on Nov. 21. You can see the full track […]
It’s a known fact by now that Green Day aren’t big fans of President Donald Trump and anything to do with his administration, which includes ICE. Green Day Call Out ICE at Ohana Festival During Green Day’s set at the Ohana Festival, Billie Joe Armstrong used the stage to make a political statement. He spoke […]
While Nicki Minaj and Cardi B were going at it on X last night in a war of words that reignited their beef, leaked audio of Cardi threatening to beat up Ice Spice began circulating on the internet. On Monday night (Sept. 29), audio popped up of Cardi B speaking to Ice Spice’s manager James […]
Any look back at Pink Floyd‘s longest songs ends up as something of a love letter to the lost musical partnership of David Gilmour and Richard Wright, the latter of whom died in 2008. Pink Floyd’s songs tended to become shorter and more novelistic as their erstwhile bandmate Roger Waters‘ influence grew. Earlier, much longer […]
Blessthefall have returned with their first album in seven years, ‘GALLOWS’, a record that defines the most fun and furious aspects of the band in screaming colour. It is a culmination of everything that has come before and everything that is still to go for a band ingrained in the DNA of modern metalcore, and […]
This past weekend, The Fastest Kids In School, a local band from the Santa Barbara area, were playing a small outdoor gig. Their set included a cover of Lana Del Rey’s “West Coast.” What they didn’t know when they launched into the song was that Del Rey herself was nearby. She was also apparently in […]
Sometimes in rock history, the almosts and near-misses tell stories just as compelling as the big breaks. In a recent conversation with Radio Forrest of 96.9 The Eagle, Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitarist Al Pitrelli shared a rare memory about nearly joining Ozzy Osbourne’s band in the late 1980s. “Years and years ago, when Jake […]