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Josh Humiston, APA Partner and Music Agent, Dies at 48
Born in Santa Monica on March 18, 1972, Humiston graduated from Beverly Hills High School and then Boston University. He joined APA in 1995 and was upped to vp concerts in 2001, responsible for developing and overseeing the agency’s modern rock department. According to APA, Humiston was a passionate golfer, an ardent Los Angeles Kings, Lakers and Dodgers fan and a “recurring, enthusiastic fixture” at their games. Survivors include his wife, Jaime, and their daughters, Isabella and Juliana; his parents, Jan and Robert; siblings Alison and Matthew; sister-in-law Lisa; and nieces Mila and Rachel. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, a funeral for immediate family only will be held Sunday at Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary in Los Angeles, with a celebration of his life to be sch...
‘Pose’ to End With Abbreviated Season 3 on FX
Pose was one of Murphy’s last remaining shows he created before he stunned the industry and moved his longtime overall deal from Disney-backed 20th Television to Netflix. In the time since, Pose exec producer and director Janet Mock followed Murphy to Netflix with a groundbreaking overall deal of her own. Co-creator Steven Canals, meanwhile, has remained at Disney and signed his own pact with 20th Television and is already prepping another LGBTQ-themed series for FX. “‘Write the TV show you want to watch!’That’s what I was told in 2014 while completing my MFA in screenwriting,” Canals said in a statement Friday. “At the time we weren’t seeing very many Black and Latinx characters — that happened to also ...
The Chicks’ Tour Company Files $6.6 Million Suit Over Rejected Insurance Claim
Tunshoe said that their insurance providers have taken “unreasonable legal positions in direct conflict with specifically negotiated contractual language and engaged in a ten-month campaign of repeated irrelevant questions and stall tactics,” according to the lawsuit. The insurance policies were in effect from Jan. 20, 2020 until Sept. 18 and provided insurance of “Up to $40,400,000 representing 80% ‘To Pay’ of Gross Guarantee of USD 50,500,000” should the tour be “necessarily cancelled, abandoned, postponed, interrupted or relocated” as a result of any reason not excluded, per the Chicks’ lawsuit. They list the “Insured Persons” as the “Dixie Chicks being Martie Erwin Maguire, Emily Erwin Robison and Natalie Maines...
Joe Strummer’s Home Recording of ‘Junco Partner (Acoustic)’ Unearthed
A song deep in Joe Strummer’s vaults has been unearthed. “Junco Partner” was a constant throughout Stummer’s career, and now “Junco Partner (Acoustic)” arrives ahead of Assembly, a newly remastered LP of The Clash frontman’s solo tracks. This intimate, previously unreleased home recording of “Junco Partner” features Strummer on an acoustic guitar and is available on all streaming services. The 16-track Assembly arrives March 26 via Dark Horse Records. Strummer first discovered the song on an R&B compilation in the 1970s and it became a staple on the setlist of Strummer’s first band, the 101ers, according to press materials. It was recorded by The Clash for the 1980 Sandinista! album in 1980 and it became a mainstay of live shows until the end of Joe’s career with his ban...
Lucky 13
Only Mississippian Jimbo Mathus and Chicagoan Andrew Bird could compose an album so different from their platinum-selling Squirrel Nut Zippers’ roots, yet with the same sense of tender nostalgia that will endure until the end of time. Co-written and performed exclusively by the two of them, their new record, These 13, is undoubtedly American folk, an homage to tradition, songwriting, and a sound embodying an endless optimism, even in its most sentimental songs. This is the kind of album you’ll listen to over and over, because it adapts to every phase, every mood, each lyric laced with heart-wrenching and, sometimes, lighthearted simplicity. It’s a museum-worthy, American-quilt-apple-pie comfort, perfect for our times right now. “I’ve never made a record that was more fun to make and as eas...
The Funk Hunters Join Forces With Defunk and Akylla for Fiery Single, “Warn Ya”
Canadian electronic producers Defunk and The Funk Hunters are back with a bold new collaboration alongside Akylla. “Warn Ya” is a fiery midtempo tune that blends Defunk’s signature funky basslines with the masterful soundscapes of The Funk Hunters. The track’s spellbinding vocals—provided by a hypnotic Akylla, a classically trained instrumentalist and singer-songwriter—are a perfect fit for this earworm. Longtime fans of Defunk and The Funk Hunters might experience some deja-vu when taking in this new release, which arrived today via Westwood Recordings.. The once mysterious bass tune has been featured in some of the duo’s most popular live sets over the past few years. Check it out below. In addition to running their own la...
TWISTED SISTER’s DEE SNIDER To Release ‘Leave A Scar’ Solo Album In July
Dee Snider has set “Leave A Scar” as the title of his upcoming solo album, tentatively due in July via Napalm Records. The TWISTED SISTER singer revealed the name of his new solo record in an interview with New York’s Q104.3 radio station. Speaking about the LP’s musical direction, he said (see video below): “It is very heavy, but there are some surprises on there that I think people are gonna really be excited about.” Snider‘s next solo album will be the follow-up to “For The Love Of Metal”, which was released in July 2018 via Napalm Records. That effort, which was produced by HATEBREED vocalist Jamey Jasta, featured contributions from Howard Jones (ex-KILLSWITCH ENGAGE), Mark Morton (LAMB OF GOD), Alissa White-Gluz (ARCH ENEMY), Joel ...
Ex-CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman ALEXI LAIHO: Official Cause Of Death Revealed
Alexi Laiho‘s cause of death has been revealed. According to his former SINERGY bandmate Kimberly Goss, to whom he was still legally married at the time of his passing, the ex-CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman died of “alcohol-induced degeneration of the liver and pancreas connective tissue.” Furthermore, Laiho had a cocktail of painkillers, opioids and insomnia medication in his system. Alexi passed away on December 29, 2020 in his home in Helsinki, Finland. The 41-year-old had reportedly suffered from long-term health issues leading up to his death. In January, Finnish tabloid Ilta-Sanomat reported that Laiho tied the knot with Goss in February 2002, and the couple never officially divorced. Although Laiho filed for divorce in November 2002, he quickly withdrew the petition an...
Hear New EVANESCENCE Single ‘Better Without You’
EVANESCENCE has released a new single called “Better Without You”. It is the next single from the band’s upcoming album, “The Bitter Truth”, which will arrive on March 26 via BMG. An “F-you” to the forces that have attempted to hold her back, “Better Without You” is bandleader Amy Lee‘s unapologetic declaration of independence. With mammoth vocals and a metal heart, the song follows previous singles “Wasted On You” and “Use My Voice”. “Better Without You” was teased with an interactive digital puzzle that fans were challenged to solve in order to hear a snippet of the song. “The Bitter Truth” is EVANESCENCE‘s first album of original music in ten years, and its songs have alread...
STRYPER’s OZ FOX Undergoes First Brain Surgery
STRYPER guitarist Oz Fox underwent the first of his brain surgeries on Thursday, March 4 to treat one of the tumors that were found in his head — one by his ear and the other in the back of his brain — when he suffered his first seizure in August 2018 while performing with SIN CITY SINNERS at Harrah’s in Las Vegas. More than two years after the tumors were discovered, both had grown and were posing a serious health risk to the guitarist, who turned 59 last June. Specifically, the tumor behind the ear, if it continued to grow, could have caused hearing loss, balance, vision and spinal problems, while the tumor in the back of Oz‘s brain was in the area where left side of his arms, hands and body operate. Removing it could have affected the upper left motor function and potential ...
The Mars Volta Unveil 18 LP Career-Spanning Box Set, Reveal Its Origins in New Interview
If you’re a fan of the Mars Volta and a vinyl collector, boy do we have some good news for you. The iconic duo and curly-haired portion of At the Drive-In have announced a massive career-spanning vinyl-only box set comprised of 18 LPs called La Realidad De Los Sueños (“the reality of dreams,” for those of you who didn’t take middle school Spanish) that will release on April 23 through Clouds Hill. In addition to the band’s six albums and initial Tremulant EP, the box set also contains unreleased material that diehard Mars Volta fans have been looking for since the mid-2000s. Landscape Tantrums is the official title of the sought-after unfinished original recordings of 2003’s De-Loused in the Comatorium, while “A Plague Upon Your Hissing Children” and...
Drake Releases Scary Hours 2 EP: Stream
Drake has released his second Scary Hours EP. It serves as a follow-up to his 2018 EP of the same name. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. Like his last Scary Hours release, this new EP only includes a few songs — three to be exact. “What’s Next” opens the EP, followed by “Wants and Needs” featuring Lil Baby and “Lemon Pepper Freestyle” featuring Rick Ross. Chances are Drake is hoping some of these tracks will blow up and can then be tacked onto Certified Lover Boy, his new album due out this year. After all, that plan worked surprisingly well with the last EP when “God’s Plan” became a smash hit and scored a proper spot on Scorpion. Speaking of, Certified Lover Boy was technically supposed to be out in January, but that month has since come and gone. Drake hasn’t updated fans on...
