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Sub Focus and Wilkinson Talk New Album, Exploring Live Instrumentation, and More [Interview]
For years now, Sub Focus and Wilkinson have dominated the drum & bass scene with their timeless anthems and cutting edge production. Earlier this year, the duo collaborated on three tracks—”Just Hold On,” “Illuminate,” and “Air I Breathe”—igniting the world of drum & bass and showcasing the producers’ diverse range of sounds. In September, it was revealed that those three singles were part of something greater after the announcement of Portals, the new album from Sub Focus and Wilkinson. Just under a month later, Portals has arrived, and fans are elated. The album explores new facets of both Sub Focus and Wilkinson via live instrumentation and experimentation with tempo, but remains unmistakably true to each a...
SMASHING PUMPKINS Release Two More New Songs: ‘Anno Satana’ And ‘Birch Grove’
SMASHING PUMPKINS have released two more songs from their upcoming double album, “Cyr”. “Anno Satana” and “Birch Grove” arrived Thursday night alongside the third episode of the band’s five-part animated series “In Ashes”. “Anno Satana” and “Birch Grove” come on the heels of previously released “Cyr” tracks “Confessions Of A Dopamine Addict”, “Wrath”, “The Colour Of Love” and the title track. “Cyr” will be made available on November 27 via Sumerian Records. The 20-song follow-up to 2018’s “Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.” was produced by singer-songwriter Billy Corgan. “‘Cyr’ is dystopi...
EPICA To Release ‘Omega’ Album In February
Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA will release their new album, “Omega”, on February 26, 2021 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2016’s “The Holographic Principle” was once again produced by Joost Van Den Broek (POWERWOLF, AYREON) in part at Sandlane Recording Facilities in Rijen, Netherlands. EPICA has also released the first single from the album, titled “Abyss Of Time”, with an amazing accompanying video that was made in collaboration with Grupa 13. Vocalist Simone Simons comments: “Finally we can show you the video for our newest single ‘Abyss Of Time’! “We flew all the way to Poland to work with Grupa 13 for the first time. “Shooting videos is one of my favorite parts of creating the visual side to our music. The c...
TOOL Frontman MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN Had COVID-19 In February, Is Still Dealing With Residual Effects
TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan revealed in a new interview with the Arizona Republic that he contracted COVID-19 at the end of February and is still recovering as he prepares to release the new album from his PUSCIFER project, “Existential Reckoning”. “I’m still dealing with the residual effects,” Maynard said. “But it was ugly. I survived it, but it wasn’t pretty. So I definitely had to deal with that. Maynard went on to say that he “didn’t want to run around screaming” that he had COVID-19. “But it’s real,” he said. “And there’s after-effects. I had to go through some major medications to undo the residual effects. Still coughing. There’s still lung damage.” Keenan added that “...
BABYMETAL Releases Music Video For ‘BxMxC’
Japanese pop-metal band BABYMETAL has released a music video for the song “BxMxC”. The track originally only appeared on the Japanese version of the band’s third studio album, “Metal Galaxy”, which was released in October 2019 via earMUSIC/Edel. The follow-up to 2016’s “Metal Resistance” is based on the concept of “The Odyssey Of Metal Galaxy”. “Metal Galaxy” contains 14 songs, including four singles that were released prior to the LP’s arrival: “Pa Pa Ya!!”, “Starlight”, “Distortion” and “Elevator Girl”. The album expresses light and darkness, emotions like duality and ambivalence, and “new metal” created by various chemical reactions as other entities ...
New Joy Division, New Order Podcast to Feature Original Band Members, Liam Gallagher, Bono and More
Joy Division and New Order’s interconnected histories will be shared in a new podcast called Transmissions: The Definitive Story. The first eight episodes of the series will go through Joy Division’s birth, rise, then the 1980 death of Ian Curtis. The podcast will then explore the formation of New Order and run till the release of their hit 1983 song, “Blue Monday.” “Nothing would’ve stopped us—nothing did stop us, did it?” Joy Division’s Bernard Sumner said in the trailer, which you can hear below. “Ian’s death didn’t stop us, Martin’s death didn’t stop us, getting all the equipment stolen didn’t stop us. There was nothing to go back to. There was no plan B.” Aside from Sumner, band members Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert and Peter Hook will be featured on the pod along with intervie...
Dave Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold the World” Gets New Mix from Longtime Producer Tony Visconti: Stream
David Bowie, photo by Michael J. Weller On November 6th, Parlophone Records will mark the 50th anniversary of David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World by reissuing the album under its original title and with its original artwork. Bowie originally sought to call his third studio album Metrobolist, a homage to Fritz Lang’s 1927 film of the same name. However, for its US release, Mercury Records retitled the album as The Man Who Sold the World without Bowie’s consultation. The forthcoming reissue will be released under the name of Metrobolist and with artwork from Mike Weller, the artist who created the album’s original animated artwork. The cover’s gate-fold sleeve also features unseen images from Keith MacMillan’s “dress” shoot at Haddon Hall that later covered...
Lykke Li Shares Heartbreaking New Song “BRON”: Stream
Swedish dream pop artist Lykke Li has released a new single in her native language. “BRON”, which translates to “BRIDGE” in English, marks Li’s first original offering since her 2018 album so sad so sexy. Li wrote the track in collaboration with Ludwig Göransson, a Swedish producer and music composer known for his Oscar-winning work on Black Panther and Emmy-worthy score for The Mandalorian. As to be expected from such a pairing of talents, “BRON” has a heartbreaking and cinematic ambiance to it. “On a bridge/ With heart in hand again/ It is now or never/ I died/ With heart in hand again/ Let me go/ But never let me go,” a torn and conflicted Li sings in the opening verse. The chorus finds her a bit more resolute about her feelings, though: “Because I’m crushed/ But I will not cry mor...
Big Boi and Sleepy Brown Call on Killer Mike for Remix of “We the Ones”: Stream
Three years ago, Big Boi and frequent collaborator Sleepy Brown released the track “We the Ones” on the self-titled EP from Organized Noize. Featuring CeeLo Green and Big Rube, the song served as an uplifting rally to “stand up to oppression.” Three years later, the theme is more relevant than ever, so Big Boi and Sleepy have called on Killer Mike for a new remix of “We the Ones”. Much of the original cut remains intact, including CeeLo’s hook and the spoken word sections from Big Rube. Killer Mike comes in for the third verse, telling stories of individuals taking different paths towards betterment, especially when it comes to religion. He talks about “a cousin named Robert”, a “robber” who found “conviction through religion” while serving time: “Reformed, Robert told me, ‘We should only ...
The Flaming Lips Are Planning a Concert Where the Crowd Is in Space Bubbles
The Flaming Lips’ live shows have long been synonymous with space bubbles, but the coronavirus has forced them to take things to the next level. Instead of just frontman Wayne Coyne rolling around in a giant, inflatable hamster ball, they’ve lately been putting a bubble around every member of the band — and the audience. They did it on Fallon, they did it on Colbert, and now they’re trying to do it in an actual music venue. As Coyne explained the Brooklyn Vegan, a concept that began as a funny bit of merch has grown into a very real possibility. “We’re starting to get ready to do an actual show where yeah, there’s three people in each of these space bubbles, and we play,” said the frontman. “We think maybe playing two shows a night, and getting a big audience in there each time.” The plan ...
Maynard James Keenan Had COVID-19
As COVID-19 numbers continue to grow, it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that some pretty well-known public figures likely had contracted the virus. You can add Tool/A Perfect Circle/Puscifer frontman Maynard James Keenan to that unfortunate list. In an interview with AZ Central, Keenan told the paper that he had contracted COVID-19 in February and that the virus was just as bad as you’d expect. “It was ugly,” the singer admitted, “I survived it, but it wasn’t pretty.” Even though time has passed, Keenan said that he continues to deal with the side effects of the virus, including constant coughing. “I still have the cough. Every other day, I have these coughing fits because my lungs are still damaged at the tips. And I just got over the inflammation that was going o...
Todd Rundgren and Rivers Cuomo Join Forces on Ska Song ‘Down With The Ship’
Todd Rundgren has teamed up with Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo for a new single, “Down With The Ship.” The duo shared writing and vocal roles on the track, which draws inspiration from reggae and African rhythms. Rundgren, in a statement, describes the song as “just a little parable about what happens when you align yourself with a treacherous leader.” Check out the collab below. [embedded content] The tune is the second installment from Rundgren’s forthcoming album Space Force, which is being released to digital platforms as individual singles, each with its own unique artwork, every three or four weeks. The entire album is slated for an early 2021 release. Last year, Rundgren performed a cover of the Weezer hit “Hash Pipe,” which you can hear here. You Deserve to Make Money Even When...
