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Confirmed: A Fourth RÜFÜS DU SOL Album is on the Way in 2021
Australian powerhouse trio RÜFÜS DU SOL always delivers. With two Grammy nominations, two platinum-certified albums, and a brand new live album and film—Live from Joshua Tree—the trio seems to never slow down. Now, they’ve signed an international neighboring rights deal with Kobalt Music Group and have revealed that the majority of 2020 has been spent in the studio. According to a press release issued by Kobalt, fans can expect all of that studio work to culminate in a new RÜFÜS DU SOL album in 2021. Representing over 2,000 performers, Kobalt, the largest neighboring rights agent in the world, foresees an exciting new chapter in RÜFÜS DU SOL’s storied history. “This is an exciting chapter for RÜFÜS DU SOL, ten years in their star continues to rise on the back of hard ...
Watch Carnage Perform DJ Set in “COVID Free” Thailand
Carnage is officially back. The famed electronic producer touched down in Thailand’s Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden last week for a monster performance at dance music festival RARE Thailand. The festival, which went down on Friday, December 11th, functioned as the country’s first normalized concert since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It seemed to be a cathartic experience for Carnage, who, like most DJs, have been itching to get back to their normal touring routines in the absence of live shows. “I just threw a party with 10,000 of my friends in a Covid free country,” he wrote in a tweet, which features a clip from RARE. Check out the video below. It’s important to note Thailand’s progress in terms of the country’s C...
HALESTORM Has Begun Recording New Album
HALESTORM frontwoman Lzzy Hale spoke to “The MetalSucks Podcast” about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band’s follow-up to 2018’s “Vicious” album. She said (hear audio below): “We started demoing for this record in the middle of our last record cycle, when we were still on tour. I was in our practice room every day on tour, with my amps and everything, I would just force myself to write something every day. So, when we finally got to the point where we were, like, ‘Okay, let’s see what we’ve got,’ we all sit down and [go], ‘That one beats that one.’ It’s very much like having this thousand-piece puzzle, and you dump it all out. And you’re, like, ‘Okay, I know it all goes togethe...
Podcast About Whether CIA Wrote SCORPIONS’ ‘Wind Of Change’ Is Being Adapted For Television
According to Deadline, a podcast which examines whether SCORPIONS‘ classic ballad “Wind Of Change” was written by the CIA is being adapted for television at Hulu. Alex Karpovsky is writing and executive producing the project, along with Jason Winer. 20th Television is the studio and is producing in association with Winer‘s Small Dog Pictures, Crooked Media, Pineapple Street Studios and Spotify. The “Wind Of Change” eight-part podcast series premiered on Spotify in May. It was produced by Crooked Media and Pineapple Street Studios, and hosted by New Yorker journalist Patrick Radden Keefe, who said he launched the investigation into whether “Wind Of Change” was actually penned by the CIA after hearing a second-hand story from a friend who used ...
SERJ TANKIAN’s EP Of Songs Originally Intended For SYSTEM OF A DOWN To Arrive In February
SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has confirmed to Rolling Stone that his previously announced solo collection of rock songs, “Elasticity”, will finally be released in February. The EP will arrive three months after the release of “Protect The Land” and “Genocidal Humanoidz”, SYSTEM OF A DOWN‘s first new songs in 15 years. The SYSTEM tracks were motivated by the recently erupted conflict between Artsakh and Azerbaijan, the latter aided by Turkey and accountable for the greatest violence the region has endured in 26 years. Speaking about how “Elasticity” came about, Serj said (see video below): “‘Elasticity’, the songs on that EP were written many years back. When I wrote them, the original concept, for me, was, &#...
NITA STRAUSS Dismisses Internet Haters: ‘If ‘Stairway To Heaven’ Came Out Today, People Would Be Complaining’
In a new interview with Rob’s School Of Music, Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, was asked if she had any tips for young female musicians stepping out into the male-dominated music world. She responded (see video below): “Honestly, my advice for girls is the same as my advice for young dudes — it really is. And it holds true for both. So I’m just gonna give it for both, but it really, really applies for both. And that’s there are always gonna be people that doubt you, no matter who you are, no matter where you live, no matter how great you are. “I was just having this conversation this morning with [longtime boyfriend and manager] Josh [Villalta]. You take a band like METALLICA — we were just talking about METALLICA...
R.I.P. Jeremy Bulloch, Actor Who Played Boba Fett in Original Star Wars Trilogy Dead at 75
Jeremy Bulloch, the English actor who famously portrayed Boba Fett in the original Star Wars trilogy, has died at the age of 75. As ComicBook notes, Bulloch’s passing was confirmed by Daniel logan, who played a young Boba Fett in the Star Wars: Attack of the Clones prequel. According to TMZ, Bulloch passed away from health complications related to Parkinson’s disease. Bulloch was born in Leicester, UK in 1945 and began acting at just 13 years old. His early career included small parts in low-budget films like Summer Holiday and Spare the Rod, as well as recurring roles in two Doctor Who serials (1965’s The Space Museum and 1973’s The Time Warrior). In the early 1980s, he co-starred in a BBC series based on Robin Hood called Robin of Sherwood. He also appeared in three James Bond films: 197...
Mastodon Tap Tool Producer David Bottrill for New Album
Mastodon are working with Tool producer David Bottrill on their upcoming eighth studio album. The band confirmed Bottrill’s involvement with a not-so-subtle Instagram post from the West End Sound studio in Atlanta. Fans were quick to point out Bottrill commanding the mixing board in the picture, with guitarist Bill Kelliher in the foreground. Bottrill since confirmed that he’s producing the record. The producer shared the original image on his official Instagram, with the caption, “@mastodonrocks. We have been keeping this one quiet for a while. But David has been having a fantastic time in Atlanta. :)” Bottrill is an alt-metal stalwart, producing such masterpieces as Tool’s 1996 opus Ænima, in addition to the live album Salival and 2001’s Lateralus. His other credits include work wi...
HAIM Rework “Christmas Wrapping” Into a 2020 Hanukkah Song: Watch
Tonight is the eighth and final night of Hanukkah, so HAIM are stepping up to the plate to serenade its end with “Christmas Wrapping 2020”, a new song they released this afternoon. It’s a rework of The Waitresses’s 1981 holiday classic to be about Hanukkah, COVID-19, and all the chaos that ensued this year. The Grammy-nominated sisters unveiled the track on social media alongside a message for their fans. “HAPPY HANUKKAH!!” they tweeted. “Presenting our FIRST EVER holiday song: Christmas Wrapping 2020 (All I Want for Christmas is a Vaccine) 🔯🎄We hope this song helps you get through the holiday season.” As expected, “Christmas Wrapping 2020” is a clever spin on the holiday radio staple. Over a slinky bass line by Thundercat and production courtesy of Ariel Rechtshaid, HAIM g...
Man, It’s a Hot One: Carlos Santana Launches His Own Coffee Company
Carlos Santana, ten-time Grammy-winning guitarist, global rock star, and… coffee connoisseur? It’s true: the legendary musician has officially launched his own coffee company, and man, it’s a hot one. Simply named The Carlos Santana Coffee Company, the new venture promises to offer “premium, fresh-roasted coffee produced from the finest quality beans around the world, hand-crafted to awaken both your heart and mind.” The products are made in collaboration with the Icon Global Coffee Company and “their 90-year-old fourth generation importer, roaster and packaging company.” All of the various coffee offerings are said to be inspired by Santana’s extensive discography, and many are even named after his recordings. There’s a dark roast blend called “Oye Como Va”, in honor of the Tito Puente cl...
Dave Grohl on How Last Month’s SNL Slot Came Together and Doing Mushrooms at His Mom’s Holiday Party
You probably saw Foo Fighters performing on that crazy episode of Saturday Night Live that premiered the day that Joe Biden won the election. In a conversation with Zane Lowe at Apple Music, Dave Grohl explained the backstory behind being asked to play that night—which was put together in just a few days. “…Usually with Saturday Night Live, they call you, you get the call months in advance, like weeks and weeks and weeks in advance,” Grohl said. And they pair you with a host and the managers and the publicists talk to the network and the show and blah, blah, blah. “This time they called us on Tuesday. And they were like, ‘Hey, do you want to play Saturday Night Live?’ And we were like, ‘Of course. When?’ They were like ‘Saturday.’ So we’re like, ‘Oh my God.’ It was such a rush just to pack...
Haim Share the Anguish of 2020 on Their Version of ‘Christmas Wrapping’
Hanukkah ends tonight and the Haim sisters decided to take the holiday out in style. The trio, with an assist by Thundercat on bass and some new lyrics from playwright Jeremy O. Harris (Slave Play), released their own version of Waitresses’ 1981 tune “Christmas Wrapping” with the appropriately titled “Christmas Wrapping 2020 (All I Want for Christmas Is a Vaccine),” as their first holiday song. The song sums up 2020 pretty succinctly, lamenting the lack of sex, their skin breaking out, subpar latkes, spending too much time on TikTok, drinking and the Cuisinart not working. However, it did try to be hopeful in a small way by cheering Trump’s removal from office, Tom Hanks being saved from COVID and Zendaya winning an Emmy. Watch the clip below. [embedded content] Earlier this year, Haim rel...
