Music

Mustang, Oklahoma is about 85 percent white and was only slightly less so a couple of decades ago, when, as a young child, Bartees Cox Jr. traveled around the state with his family, singing in operas and churches. On his debut album, Live Forever, Bartees Strange pays slight homage to his past with “Mustang,” with that feeling of needing to flee your hometown—cosmic synths, a hook yelped with scrunched eyelids, an outro that drives like a Charger on a clear highway. It’s a paradox that Bartees can’t escape whiteness in the music he creates as a Black man. It’s already part of whatever artistic turn Bartees makes, whether it’s the erasure of Black artists’ contributions to indie rock, or the existential crisis Black rappers face when they must entertain largely white crowds. It’s a lo...

Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Corey Taylor celebrated the release of his debut solo album, “CMFT”, in spectacular style on Friday, October 2, when he and his band took to the stage of iconic Los Angeles venue The Forum to put on an epic, globally streamed rock and roll show for the ages. Now, due to enormous fan demand, tickets to access the PPV and unlimited re-watch access for ticket holders has been extended until 11:59 EDT on Wednesday, October 7, available from watch.thecoreytaylor.com. The 23-song setlist saw Taylor and crew blaze through every song on his debut solo album “CMFT” (out now on Roadrunner Records), songs from the SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR catalogs, several covers and a jaw-dropping finale featuring a high-octane, high flying performance fr...

Craft Recordings celebrates the 10th anniversary of MOTIONLESS IN WHITE‘s acclaimed debut album, “Creatures”, with a special reissue — available on vinyl, cassette, and digital formats this Friday, October 9. The vinyl release features newly reimagined artwork, while the deluxe digital release includes three bonus tracks — “Dragula”, “Creatures” (Celldweller Beauty Remix), and “Mallevs Maleficarvm” (Tim Skold Remix). Limited to just 1,000 copies, the cassette of “Creatures” can be found via the band’s web site or at CraftRecordings.com. The LP, meanwhile, comes pressed on yellow, purple, and black-splattered vinyl and is available exclusively on the band’s web site. The band also plans to perform “Creatures...

MR. BUNGLE has announced a Halloween special, “The Night They Came Home!”, a virtual live concert experience. The special event will feature a performance from the current incarnation of MR. BUNGLE: Trevor Dunn, Mike Patton and Trey Spruance, along with Scott Ian (ANTHRAX, S.O.D.) and Dave Lombardo (DEAD CROSS, SLAYER, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES). As Rolling Stone said in its fall music preview, “musical curveballs are encoded in MR. BUNGLE‘s DNA” so fans can, and should, expect the unexpected. Tickets are $15 and available now via www.mrbungle.live. The first screening airs at 12 noon Pacific/3 p.m. Eastern on October 31 with the on-demand program available for the following 72 hours. An array of exclusive, commemorative merchandise, including a limited (1000 copies...

AC/DC will release its long-awaited new studio album, “PWR/UP”, on November 13. The first single from the disc, “Shot In The Dark”, will arrive on Wednesday, October 7 at 12:00 a.m. EDT / 9:00 p.m. PDT (Tuesday night). 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). In a brand new interview with the Rock 100.5 Atlanta radio station, Johnson stated about how the new AC/DC LP came together (hear audio below): “It’s something probably nobody thought would happen. It was about 2018, and Angus was contacted by the record company, who said, ‘Do you fancy doing an album?’ And Angus said, ...