Few bands blended rock, funk, dance rhythms, and irresistible pop hooks with as much style as INXS. Led by the magnetic Michael Hutchence, the Australian group developed a sleek yet muscular sound that could move effortlessly from smoky sensuality to explosive arena rock. Hutchence’s charismatic vocals were matched by the inventive guitar work, keyboards, saxophone, […]
Day two of Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis’ trial for the murder of Tupac Shakur featured a heated exchange between attorneys and a former security guard for Death Row Records who was not happy to be there. On Tuesday (Aug. 18), James McDonald, a former Death Row Records associate and Bloods gang member also known as […]
Leper Colony (Morgoth, Paganizer, Etc.) Premiere New Single & Lyric Video “Seelenjäger” From Upcoming New Album “Back To Primal Sludge” Leper Colony have unleashed “Seelenjäger”, the latest single from their forthcoming third full-length album, Back To Primal Sludge. The record is slated for an October 9th release through Testimony Records and follows the band’s 2025 […]
Neil Young will play another two shows with Willie Nelson next month. He was already scheduled to play at this year’s Farm Aid on Sept. 26 in Virginia Beach. (Young and Nelson are both founders of the festival, which started in 1985.) Two new joint shows have been announced: one in Bridgeport, Connecticut on Sept. […]
Aftershock have shared the stage times for this year’s upcoming festival, ahead of it taking place in October. On headlining duties, it is an all-star foursome of My Chemical Romance, TOOL, Limp Bizkit and Pierce The Veil. They are joined up top by The Offspring, Sublime, $UICIDEBOY$, Wu-Tang, A Day To Remember, BABYMETALand Queens of […]
Few artists have left a musical and cultural imprint as profound as John Lennon. After helping reshape popular music with The Beatles, Lennon built a solo catalog that was deeply personal, politically outspoken, emotionally vulnerable, and often startlingly direct. His songs could move from dreams of universal peace to confessions about love, isolation, regret, family, […]
will.i.am and MC Hammer have a lot in common. They’ve both sold millions of albums and wracked up billions of streams combined, sure, but they’ve also pushed — and continue to push — the boundaries of music, technology, and popular culture at large into bold new directions. In the latest episode of Uproxx‘s series Visionaires […]
In one of rock’s great ironies — the only man in ZZ Top without an iconic beard happened to have Beard as a last name. Despite what some people think, this wasn’t some pre-planned joke by the band. Frank Lee Beard was born in 1949. Twenty years later, he’d join ZZ Top, but at that early […]
VENUS GRRLS are looking to make a huge stir with the release of a new EP, brimming with intrigue and intensity. Titled ‘To Die As Lovers May’, it will be released on October 16 via Killabop. The band had this to say about the release: ‘To Die as Lovers May’ is an exploration of death, […]
Few bands captured the soulful urgency of late 1960s pop quite like The Box Tops. Fronted by the remarkably deep and weathered voice of a teenage Alex Chilton, the Memphis group blended blue eyed soul, pop, rock, and Southern rhythm and blues into recordings that sounded far more mature than their years suggested. Their greatest […]