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Neil Young Reveals 1970 Carnegie Hall Show Will Be Released as First ‘Bootleg’
In a post on his website a few weeks ago, Neil Young teased the release of “Official Bootlegs” from his live archives while announcing several other releases in the coming months. Over the weekend, Young revealed that the first in this series would be from his 1970 show at New York City’s legendary Carnegie Hall. Young performed two shows that week at the venue — which he says that bootleggers only were able to record the second. This release would be from the first show. “There was one at 8:00 pm and one at midnight [the next night]. No one got that first one — the first time I walked onstage at Carnegie Hall, blowing my own 25-year-old mind,” he wrote. The show in question took place in December 1970, just a few weeks after the release of After the Gold Rush. Young notes that he pre...
Billie Eilish Unveils New Signature Fender Ukulele Model
Grammy-winning phenom Billie Eilish added another feather to her cap with the release of a Signature Ukulele from Fender, the instrument embodying her preferred specs and aesthetic with her distinct “blohsh™” pattern. “The ukulele was the first instrument I learned,” she said in a statement. “It’s where I started writing, and where I found new ways of writing that I had never tried before. It inspires a different kind of writing. The rules of the ukulele are simple, and basically, if you know three chords you can play almost any song. I hope my Fender Signature ukulele inspires people to start playing, and start writing; anyone can do it.” Eilish plays and talks about the instrument below. [embedded content] The launch coincides with the addition of six of her songs, including ...
LAMB OF GOD’s JOHN CAMPBELL: ‘It’s Been Amazing To Have ART CRUZ Come Into The Band’
In a new interview with Terry “Beez” Bezer of Knotfest.com‘s “Mosh Talks With Beez”, LAMB OF GOD bassist John Campbell spoke about Art Cruz, who joined the band last year as the replacement for the group’s founding drummer, Chris Adler. “It’s been amazing to have Art come into the band,” John said (see video below). “He’s enthusiastic, he’s energized and motivated, and it kind of freshens things up for everybody, I think. A lot of times, these experiences that he’s having with us is the first time he’s done some of these things, and for us, it’s, like, ‘Oh, yeah, I guess it is pretty cool. We should be maybe a little more appreciative of these little things. But as far as the playing, it’s...
DAVE GROHL Meets AC/DC’s BRIAN JOHNSON For New Documentary
U.K’s Sky Arts will air a new documentary in which FOO FIGHTERS mainman Dave Grohl and AC/DC singer Brian Johnson will discuss their careers. “Brian Johnson Meets Dave Grohl” will premiere on September 17, and will see the duo coming together at Grohl‘s Studio 606 in Southern California. An official synopsis reads: “It’s a meeting of rock legends as AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson meets FOO FIGHTERS lead singer and former NIRVANA drummer Dave Grohl at the Foos’ LA studio to share stories about life on the road.” Sky Arts will become free-to-air later this month, allowing all viewers to watch it at no extra cost. “There’s never been a stronger need or demand for the arts, nor a more important time to champion and celebrate creativity,...
DIAMOND HEAD’s BRIAN TATLER Has ‘Some Great Ideas’ For Next Studio Album
NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) legends DIAMOND HEAD have commenced work on the songwriting process for the follow-up to last year’s “The Coffin Train” album. “For the past six months, that’s all I’ve done almost — just keep working on new ideas and revitalizing old ideas,” guitarist Brian Tatler told MetalAsylum.net in a new interview (see video below). “Sometimes I’ve had a riff for years but it’s never made it into a song, or I’ve always thought I liked that riff but it hasn’t had a chorus maybe — it didn’t get to the final stage where we get vocals on it, and things like that. “I’ve been doing a lot of preparation for the next album, and I think already I’ve got some great ideas, an...
Marvel’s Avengers Puts Gamers in the Shoes, Capes, and Mechanized Suits of Their Favorite Heroes
If you pay attention to video games and/or superheroes, you’ve probably seen at least one headline that the new Marvel’s Avengers game is “surprisingly good.” Considering the gaming community’s love of hating on “live service” games (titles which are based around ongoing content updates rather than a single comprehensive experience at launch) and criticism of anything related to a property as large as Marvel (like the idiotic puddle-based debate ahead of Marvel’s Spider-Man), it’s no surprise that much of the discourse surrounding Avengers is about how it’s significantly better than certain pockets of the internet expected. Truthfully, the team at Crystal Dynamics are in the midst of a wildly uphill battle to live up to fans’ ridiculous expectations and put forth the first proper Avengers ...
New Order Unveil New Song “Be a Rebel”: Stream
Since dropping their excellent album Music Complete in 2015, New Order have been zoned in on special reissues like their upcoming Power, Corruption, & Lies box set instead of recording new music. But that changes today with the release of “Be a Rebel”, a brand new single and their first original music in five years. “Be a Rebel” was originally planned to be released during New Order’s autumn tour, but the band had to postpone those dates due to the ongoing coronavirus. They’ve decided to share the track digitally anyway to uplift listeners. It’ll receive a physical release on 12-inch vinyl and CD with remixes at a later date as well. “In tough times we wanted to reach out with a new song,” said Bernard Sumner in a statement. “We can’t play live for a while, but music is still something...
Fender Announces New Billie Eilish Signature Ukulele
Every big star started out small, and that’s more true of Billie Eilish than most. As a budding musician, the first instrument she learned to play was not a guitar, but its diminutive cousin the ukulele. Now the “Bad Guy” singer has partnered with Fender to release the Billie Eilish Signature Ukulele, available as of today. Like Eilish’s wardrobe, the design is both playful and lux. The colors are matte black and gold, with Eilish’s famous “blohsh” person slouching across the front. The top and bottom are both made of sapele, while chords are held against a walnut fingerboard with white dot inlays. The technically-inclined will be interested to note Nichole hardware and a Fishman Kula preamp that allows the ukulele to be plugged in. It retails for $299.99, and can be purchased through the ...
Olamide – Eru MP3 Download
Check out this brand new tune from Olamide – Eru out now! YBNL honcho Olamide unleashes a new track ‘Eru‘ his first single in the past couple of months. The rapper and singer will be dropping a new album soon and this is the first track off that project. It has been quite a little while since Olamide dropped an album, his last project was the ‘999’ EP which was released in February. The new single from Olamide would definitely top music charts as the king returns actively to releasing his own music. He also has a new song coming featuring Omah Lay. Listen, enjoy Olamide – ‘Eru’ below. Download coming soon Share this: You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet B...
The Rolling Stones Heading For Big Splash on U.K. Chart With ‘Goats Head Soup’ Reissue
A 21-year-old Englishman stands in the way of another Rolling Stones chart triumph. Declan McKenna leads the U.K.’s midweek albums chart with his sophomore effort Zeros (Columbia), ahead of the Stones’ Goats Heads Soup (Polydor) reissue. Based on weekend sales activity reported by the Official Charts Company, Zeros has shifted the most physical units in the week so far to lead the Official Chart Update. McKenna got his break in 2015 when he won Glastonbury Festival’s Emerging Talent Competition. His debut album What Do You Think About The Car? peaked at No. 11 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart following its release in 2017. Meanwhile, the Stones are rolling on to another big chart impact with Goats Heads Soup, an album that ruled the national sales tallies on both sides of ...
Ted Cockle, Amy Thomson Join Hipgnosis Songs
Ted Cockle, the Universal Music Group stalwart who most recently served as Virgin EMI president, has joined Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis Songs. Three months after announcing his departure from the U.K. label, Cockle is today (Aug. 8) unveiled as president of Hipgnosis Songs. Also joining the company is Amy Thomson, a management and marketing veteran who takes the role as chief catalog officer. The incoming executives will be expected to help “grow and care for songs and their legacy” within the expanding Hipgnosis Songs catalog, reads a statement announcing their arrival. “It’s a testament to the iconic song catalog that we have assembled over the last two plus years, and our songwriters, that we have been able to attract executives with the extraordinary talent, pedigree and success of Te...
Hatebreed Is Cooking up Something Different With ‘Jasta Pasta’
Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta is rocking out on a new venture. Pasta. The Bridgeport, Connecticut natives and their frontman flip the script with the Jasta Pasta brand, which sounds like everything you never associated with them: “Simple ingredients, the slow process and the wholesome experience.” From 5pm ET today (Sept. 8), 15 oz bags of “Perseverance Penne” are racked on the Martyr Store, alongside death metal and deathcore merch and goodies, from shirts, beer mugs and more. According to the blurb, Jasta Pasta is made from flour “sourced from North Dakota, where some of the highest-quality Durum Semolina wheat is grown.” Each bag will set you back $8. The Grammy-nominated metalcore veterans have also been busy cooking up new music. A new, eighth studio album Weight of the Fal...
