New World Hit-Boy has a new outlook on life and a fresh album to showcase after navigating some challenging aspects of the music industry. With independence on his side, he is focused on letting his lyrics speak for themselves.Interview: Kyle Eustice Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Fall 2025 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands now and available […]
Tool fans in New Zealand were the lucky witnesses for an incredible start to the band’s overseas tour where they busted out three catalog rarities that hadn’t been performed in over 20 years. Saturday (Nov. 22) in Auckland, the alternative hard rock legends delivered a blistering 14-song set that included a cover of Black Sabbath’s […]
Over the weekend, Tool kicked off their New Zealand and Australia tour with a pair of shows at Spark Arena in Auckland on Saturday (Nov. 22nd) and Sunday (Nov. 23rd). At both concerts, Maynard James Keenan and co. dusted off a handful of rarities they haven’t performed in over two decades. During Saturday’s show, Tool […]
Tommy Richman is his own worst enemy in “Bother Me,” the breakout track from his new EP, Worlds Apart*, which dropped today via ISO Supremacy and PULSE Records. Richman reunites with ISO head honcho Brent Faiyaz in the song, as the two kings of toxic R&B ponder the consequences of their own noncommital to relationships […]
Headline News Arch Enemy Parts Ways With Vocalist Alissa White-Gluz Band Photo: Arch Enemy (?) In a short statement, Swedish metal veterans Arch Enemy has announced that they have parted company with vocalist Alissa White-Gluz. The post reads as follows: “Arch Enemy have parted ways with singer Alissa White-Gluz. We’re thankful for the time and […]
Mark Kendall, guitarist for Great White, has shared on social media that he has stage four kidney cancer. On Facebook, Kendall explained that he’d been given the diagnosis a few months ago, but decided to wait on making the news public until he learned more about his illness. “Just to give you an update the tumor […]
Karen Dió has kicked off a new era with high-voltage anthem ‘I Hope You Know’. Photo credit: Paul Harries Out now via Hopeless Records, her latest track is packed full of melodic grit and rebellious spirit. Speaking on ‘I Hope You Know’, Karen has shared: “I hope you know” is an awkward love letter and self-diagnosing […]
Megan Thee Stallion reportedly testified that she didn’t care if she lived or died after the blogger she is suing’s posts led to negativity. On Thursday (Nov. 20), Megan took the stand at a federal courthouse in Miami for her lawsuit against Milagro “Gramz” Cooper, the blogger Megan is suing for defamation, promotion of an altered […]
When REO Speedwagon started work on the album that would become Hi Infidelity, they had no idea that they were on the edge of monster commercial success. But now, they have an easier time charting how things were progressing. “I think we grew up a little bit. You know, when you start a band in your early […]
In 2001, Chris Cornell teamed up with Rage Against the Machine members Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, and Brad Wilk to form the supergroup Audioslave. During their short six years together, the band put out three studio albums. According to Morello, however, there’s more Audioslave music that has yet to see the light of day. In […]