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Foo Fighters Tease New Medicine at Midnight Track ‘Making a Fire’
It is Medicine at Midnight release week. In other words, Foo Fighters are unveiling their tenth studio album — delayed by the pandemic — this Feb. 5. They’re teasing the first track, “Making a Fire,” on Twitter, following the release of three singles: “Shame Shame,” “No Son of Mine,” and “Waiting on a War.” The group performed “Shame Shame” on Saturday Night Live in November. Following that appearance, Dave Grohl and company made the rounds ahead of the album’s release, appearing on The Late Show, where Grohl spoke about his drum battle with 10-year-old phenom Nandi Bushell. Grohl also celebrated his 52nd birthday with the Foo Fighters on Jimmy Kimmel Live last month performing “Waiting on a War,” and “No Son of Mine.” You can catch them live on Feb. 5, to celebrate the launch of the ...
Tony Bennett’s Battle With Alzheimer’s Revealed; Second Album With Lady Gaga Arriving This Year
Tony Bennett, the iconic singer of jazz, show tunes and standards, has shared that the singer has battled Alzheimer’s disease over the past four years in a new feature in AARP magazine. It was also revealed that Bennett has completed a second album with Lady Gaga that will drop this year. The unlikely duo previously teamed on 2011’s “The Lady Is a Tramp” and their 2014 Cheek To Cheek album. In revealing the diagnosis, Bennett, 94, is characterized in the story as having “increasingly rare moments of clarity and awareness” which “reveal the depths of his debility.” The Bennett family hopes to reduce the stigma around the degenerative neurological disease by going public with his battle. In 2018, Gaga and Bennett began recording together at New York’s Electric Lady S...
Honor the Birth of House Music With 10 Influential Black Artists from Chicago
More than 40 years ago in Chicago’s underground club scene, the foundational wave of modern dance music was just starting to hit its stride. It was the 1980s, and house music was booming. Following the decline of disco fever, pioneering Black DJs like Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy were quickly thrust into the city’s spotlight as they experimented with drum machines and synths in music for the first time, especially the iconic Roland TR-808. Predominantly Black, Latinx and queer audiences flocked to their venues, the Warehouse and the Muzic Box, respectively, drawn in by the inclusive, sanctuary-like scene. It wasn’t long until fabled record labels like Gramaphone and Trax were founded, devoted to spreading the sound of house music across the country and the globe. ...
THE PRETTY RECKLESS’s TAYLOR MOMSEN Talks About Upcoming Videos For ‘And So It Went’ And ‘Only Love Can Save Me Now’
THE PRETTY RECKLESS recently filmed a video for the song “And So It Went”, featuring a guest appearance by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello. The track is taken from THE PRETTY RECKLESS‘s upcoming album, “Death By Rock And Roll”, which will be made available on February 12 via Fearless Records in the U.S. and Century Media Records in the rest of the world. Speaking to Lou Brutus of HardDrive Radio, THE PRETTY RECKLESS frontwoman Taylor Momsen stated about the “And So It Went” clip (see video below): “Unfortunately, due to COVID craziness, [Tom] could not be in the video — we could not quite make that work — but we did figure out quite a cool way to represent him, so he’s very much represented. I don’t wanna give that ...
SUSPECT208 Officially Announces New Singer, Drops ‘Nicotine’ Single
SUSPECT208 has released “Nicotine”, the first single with its new singer Cody Houston. The track, which can be heard below, arrives less than a month after the departure of Noah Weiland, the son of late STONE TEMPLE PILOTS vocalist Scott Weiland. SUSPECT208, which includes drummer London Hudson (son of GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Slash) and bassist Tye Trujillo (son of METALLICA bass player Robert Trujillo), announced Weiland‘s departure on January 8. At the time, SUSPECT208 confirmed that it had fired Noah, explaining that he “was not writing lyrics or lifting his weight in the band for two months before we let him go. He was heading down a dark path of drug use that got in the way of our friendship as well as the band. Lastly, there were many instances of blow-u...
AC/DC: Go Behind The Scenes Of ‘Realize’ Music Video
Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the official music video for AC/DC‘s song “Realize” can be seen below. The track is taken from the legendary rockers’ long-awaited comeback album, “Power Up”, which came out in November. The follow-up to 2014’s “Rock Or Bust” features AC/DC‘s 2020 lineup of Brian Johnson (vocals), Phil Rudd (drums), Cliff Williams (bass), Angus Young (guitar) and Stevie Young (guitar). Co-directed by Clemens Habicht (TAME IMPALA, LIARS) and Josh Cheuse (AC/DC‘s creative director), the black and white-hued “Realize” video showcases Angus, Brian, Cliff, Phil and Stevie doing what they do best: rocking out “together.” Confronted with the challenge of having the band in five di...
MICHAEL SCHENKER Looks Back On His Final Exit From UFO: ‘The Natural Flow Of The Chemistry Was Destroyed’
Michael Schenker has detailed events which led to his final exit from UFO in 2002, saying that “the natural flow of the chemistry was destroyed” by the time he left the band. Schenker made his comments while talking to Eonmusic about MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP‘s “Immortal” album, which has just been released via Nuclear Blast. Schenker, whose original tenure with the British rock institution lasted from 1973 to 1978, rejoined UFO in 1993, recording the “Walk On Water” (1995) album with the classic lineup of the band that also included lead singer Phil Mogg, bassist Pete Way, drummer Andy Parker, and guitarist/keyboardist Paul Raymond. Explaining how the reunion came about, Michael said: “Phil Mogg came to Los Angeles in ’93, begging me to r...
A Day in the Life of…Caleborate
Love, heartbreak, weed smoke, college loans: 27-year-old rapper Caleborate turns it all into soulful, moving poetry. Nothing the Berkeley, California native has accomplished is by accident—it’s through pure, raw talent—including his 75 million streams, and coveted spots on Spotify and Apple Music playlists. With a solid reputation for kick-ass live shows, his fans will be thrilled to hear he’s planning to release a new album early this year. For now, he teases with the newly released “What U Want“. His recent single “We Make”, featuring R&B vocalist Samaria and producer Ian McKee’s hypnotic beat. It’s a sultry, sentimental reflection on youth, authenticity, and blackness. “It’s an anthem for anyone who has been underappreciated,” he tells us, “For the youth whose culture has been explo...
Evan Rachel Wood Accuses Marilyn Manson of Abuse
Evan Rachel Wood has accused Marilyn Manson of grooming and abuse that she says went on for years. Westworld star Wood released a statement on Instagram Monday morning (Feb. 1) that began, “The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson,” Wood wrote. “He started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years. I was brainwashed and manipulated into submission.” The pair were in a romantic relationship that began when Wood was 19 and Manson was 38. Wood had spoken out previously about abuse by a partner she did not name, though many suspected it was Manson. The two were engaged in 2010 prior to breaking up. Additionally, Vanity Fair reports that in addition to Wood, four other women have spoken out against Manson. The s...
Switched Up: Morray’s Life Changed With One Phone Call
Many struggling musicians dream of the phone call that radically alters their career. For most, it remains a fantasy. The phone never rings. Or seemingly promising conversations with industry grifters don’t pan out. For Morray, the 28-year-old North Carolina native behind some of the most soulful trap music in contemporary rap, the call came in the darkest hour of his career. Last July, Morray lost his job at a call center in his hometown of Fayetteville after taking time off to perform at small venues. He had three kids, his phone was cut off, and few people were listening to his music. After years of slowly saving and paying for studio time and music videos, Morray contemplated never recording again. Then Moe Shalizi saw the video for “Quicksand.” The founder of Shalizi Group — the enter...
Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drivers License’ Motors to Third Week Atop U.K. Chart
Coming in at No. 3 in Nathan Evans, the former postman-turned-viral star, whose remix of sea shanty “Wellerman” (Polydor), featuring 220 Kid & Billen Ted, catches a wave for a No. 3 bow. It’s the highest-charting debut single by a Scottish artist on the Official Chart in nearly a decade, since Emeli Sande also hit No. 3 with “Heaven” back in 2011, according to the OCC. Further down the list, London rapper Fredo grabs his ninth Top 40 single with “Back To Basics” (Since 93), new at No. 20, while U.S. singer and songwriter Sabrina Carpenter impacts the Official Chart for the first time with “Skin” (Island), new at No. 28. Billie Eilish snags her ninth Top 40 with “Lo Vas A Olvidar” (Columbia/Interscope). It’s the first for her collaborator, Spanish artist Rosalia. Over of the ...
Olivia Rodrigo, Bluey Rule Australia’s Charts
Tones And I’s “Fly Away” continues to spread its wings, rising 8-6, a new peak in its fourth week in the Top Ten. Another track enjoying a boost from Triple J’s annual poll is Spacey Jane’s “Booster Seat,” new at No. 8 for their first appearance in the ARIA chart. The Perth group’s track came in at No. 2 in the Hottest 100, one of four Spacey Jane tracks to crack the countdown. Meanwhile, Bluey is off the leash on the ARIA Albums Chart as Bluey The Album debuts at No. 1. The soundtrack to the Emmy-winning show becomes the first Australian children’s album to top the ARIA Albums Chart. Bluey holds off another Aussie artist, The Kid Laroi’s F*ck Love (Savage), up 3-2; while Bring Me The Horizon’s U.K. chart-leader Post Human: Survival Horror soars 124-3 following its all-format release. The ...
