SOUR PATCH KIDS and UPROXX turned summer in Chicago into a Tropical Escape during festival weekend, with a pop-up just outside festival grounds headlined both days by dream pop duo The Two Lips. SOUR PATCH KIDS and UPROXX brought out games, exclusive swag, SOUR PATCH KIDS-flavored slushies, and activities to the activation, all filtered through the lush tropical […]
Dissimulator Premiere New Single “Alloyed” From Upcoming New Album “Artifice Dissolves” Canadian sci-fi death/thrash metal outfit Dissimulator have announced their sophomore album, Artifice Dissolves, which will arrive October 2nd via 20 Buck Spin. The band have also shared the album’s lead single, “Alloyed”, featuring Laurent Bellemare. Guitarist/vocalist Claude Leduc commented on the new track: “’Alloyed’ […]
Barry Mitchell, who played with Queen in their early days, has died. (His exact age wasn’t readily available, but sources note somewhere between 76 and 80.) Greg Brooks, the band’s official archivist, shared the news on Facebook. “Terribly sad news just received that early Queen bass player (circa 1970), Barry Mitchell, has passed away,” Brooks wrote. […]
Mirza Radonjica is the first to admit that Siamese haven’t always done things the right way. But by being brave enough to face off when your decision-making could have been better, or by simply riding out the storm, you end up where they are now. Bigger and bolder than they have ever been. And so […]
Few bands changed the direction of rock music as suddenly and completely as Nirvana. Driven by Kurt Cobain’s raw songwriting, Krist Novoselic’s muscular bass lines, and Dave Grohl’s explosive drumming, the trio brought punk intensity, pop melody, and emotional unease into the mainstream without sanding away their rough edges. Their songs could sound furious, vulnerable, […]
Pierre “P” Thomas, co-founder of Quality Control Music, is currently hospitalized after reportedly suffering a heart attack at the age of 45. On Friday (Aug. 21), P was rushed to the ICU at a Las Vegas hospital amid the medical emergency, according to a report from TMZ. XXL has confirmed with his team that he […]
Billly Sheehan is celebrating the 40th anniversary of his work with David Lee Roth on the Eat ‘Em and Smile record in a very unique way. “I got together with some friends – Ray Luzier from Korn (who was in Roth’s band for nearly a decade) and a couple of other people,” Sheehan told PoisonedRockTV. “There […]
Alpha Wolf have announced they have parted ways with longtime vocalist Lochie Keogh and cancelled all upcoming tour dates. Lochie joined the band back in 2018, and subsequently performed on their last two albums, 2020’s ‘ a quiet place to die’ and 2024’s ‘Half Living Things’. The band have shared a statement confirming the split, […]
Few bands have changed popular music as completely as The Beatles. From the infectious energy of their early hits to the extraordinary studio experimentation of their later years, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr continually expanded what a pop group could sound like. Their catalog moves effortlessly through rock and roll, ballads, […]
Get your ’90s West Coast G-Funk playlist queued up because the Snowfall spinoff series The Drop: A Snowfall Saga is hitting FX and Hulu on September 8th! The Drop follows Gail Bean’s Wanda Bell and Isaiah John’s Leon Simmons, two Snowfall fan favorites, as they take West Coast rap to the mainstream against a backdrop […]