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Fountains of Wayne’s Jody Porter Shares New Single, Announces Album
While Fountains of Wayne’s future may be put on hold, the band’s former lead guitarist is going solo…kind of. Jody Porter is teaming up with his new backing band, the Berlin Waltz, for their latest single “Sunsick Moon” and new album, Waterways, out this fall. The LP, which Porter recorded in London, features his former Fountains of Wayne bandmate Brian Young on drums. The three-minute track showcases Porter’s distorted shredding abilities and lead vocals. In a statement, he detailed how the track evolved over time. “‘Sunsick Moon’ was birthed on the North Sea,” he said. “It was meant to be an instrumental, but then the lyrics started to flow.” This isn’t the only time Porter and Young have recently shared space on wax. Earlier this year, after Fountains of Wayne’s ...
The War on Drugs, Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold to Play Voter Registration Stream
The War on Drugs, Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, Waxahatchee, Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen and Christopher Bear, and TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone and Jaleel Bunton will all participate in an online concert. The only price of admission? Verifying your voter registration status and, if necessary, registering. The Vote Ready Live event — set for Friday, Aug. 14 at 7 pm ET — will feature original, self-recorded performances. The lineup also includes Kevin Morby, Hand Habits, Tarriona “Tank” Ball, Ciggy, The Suffers’ Kam Franklin, The Building, and Our Native Daughters’ Allison Russell and Leyla McCalla. The event was created by voter registration nonprofit HeadCount, along with Fort William Artist Management and Live From Out There. In a statement, HeadCount executive director Andy Bernstein des...
True Life Premiere: This Couple Is Awaiting the Birth of Their Child During Quarantine
Chris and Ameide were in the midst of purchasing a home when the world was turned upside-down by the COVID-19 pandemic. And now, they’re showing their true life on MTV as they live with Chris’ family and await the birth of their second child. “Due to COVID-19, I’m quarantining at my mom’s house with my mother Danielle, my sister Stephanie, my daughter Khaleesia and my girlfriend Ameide, who is eight months pregnant,” Chris reveals in the clip above from the four-part, self-documented series True Life Presents: Quarantine Stories (premiering on Wednesday). So what’s it like having “five big personalities in one house”? And how would Ameide describe being pregnant during a global pandemic and going to doctor’s appointments without h...
Feed Me Debuts New Drum & Bass EP “Anachronic” Under Spor Alias
Feed Me diehards plead for new music from the mastermind’s original alias, Spor, more than YouTube commenters recommend that drum & bass tracks be featured in the latest Need For Speed game. Well, the day of new Spor music has finally dawned, to the delight of all. The Anachronic EP is the first offering from Feed Me’s Spor alias since 2018’s “Pull The Sun Down.” Fans will be elated to hear the new six-track release, which spans many different drum & bass subgenres in classic Spor fashion. Spor’s signature, glitched-out, and detailed sound is omnipresent throughout the entirety of Anachronic, with punchy and relentless drums and gritty reese bass lining every track featured. Heavier selections include the record’s titu...
London’s Design Museum Reopens with Immersive “Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers”
Earlier this month, London’s Design Museum announced that it was set to reopen on July 31st with a stunning new exhibit. The new feature, “Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers,” is an immersive and in-depth look at the world of electronic music, its origins, and its future. The stunning new exhibit features an immersive 3D look at pioneering German quartet Kraftwerk, whose music sparked a revolution and paved the way for electronic dance music as we know it today. Celebrating their 50th anniversary, the exhibit pays homage to the legendary group, who tragically lost founding member Florian Schneider back in April 2020. Also featured in the exhibit is another 3D experience by Smith & Lyall. Set to The Chemical Brothers‘ “Got To Kee...
Panasonic’s RB-M700B Headphones Deliver Mighty Bass
Bass music is enjoyed by millions around the globe and best enjoyed with sound systems that are able to delve into the low end of the frequency spectrum. Leading electronics brand Panasonic understands the passion for those gritty low notes, so they developed the XBS DEEP system to deliver a clean and powerful sound. The RB-M700B Mighty Bass headphone model has built-in XBS DEEP technology that allows the listener to enjoy bass as it’s meant to be heard, anywhere and at any time. Top-notch sound quality is produced by the headphone’s 40mm free edge driver system, which produces sound across the entire frequency spectrum, from the highest highs to the lowest lows. Users can control how much bass is produced via buttons on the outer edge of the unit, essentially al...
Listen to Italian Producer Tava’s Rework of Exchpoptrue’s “Discoteca”
Rising Italian producer Tava is making waves this summer with an updated take on Exchopoptrue‘s “Discoteca,” originally released in 2001. Created in collaboration with Gosts and Stefano Pain, the track was released via Be Yourself Catalogue B.V. on June 5th, followed up on July 17th with remixes from Anderblast and Alliance. Already making its rounds on Italian airwaves, including in a radio stream from preeminent producer Hardwell, “Discoteca” is infectiously melodic and upbeat, with an electro house drop full of weaving synths and chopped up vocals. With its increased BPM and modernized sonics, it’s primed to circulate the dance floors once clubs are able to reopen from lockdown. With “Discoteca,” Tava continues to firmly e...
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Frontman GREG PUCIATO Releases ‘Roach Hiss’ Solo Song
“Roach Hiss”, a new song from Greg Puciato, the wildly adaptive musician whose resume ranges from the unpredictable THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN to the pop-infused electro outfit THE BLACK QUEEN and the metal supergroup KILLER BE KILLED, can be streamed below. The track is taken from Greg‘s debut solo album, “Child Soldier: Creator Of God”, which will be released on October 23. “I’d been writing for so many different projects, DILLINGER, then THE BLACK QUEEN, and KILLER BE KILLED…and I just kept on writing,” explains Puciato of the 15-song album that sees him singing and performing all instruments, save the drums. “It felt as if I had more to say, but nothing that necessarily filled the script of those bands, so I ended up with something t...
MEGADETH’s DAVID ELLEFSON: DAVE MUSTAINE ‘Writes Some Of The Best Riffs In The World’
In a new interview with the “TODDCast Podcast”, MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson was asked how good his songwriting ideas have to be in order to be to be considered for inclusion on one of the band’s albums. He responded: “I think certainly you can hear, and you see it in the writing credits, the collaborative eras, especially ‘Countdown To Extinction’, ‘Youthanasia’ and ‘Cryptic Writings’. And that’s because that lineup was together for a few records, and we started to figure out how to work together. And that’s a big part of it — being able to work together as a group. “Everybody has strengths, everybody has weaknesses, and I think if you sort of tap everybody’s strengths, you hear the best of the best, an...
Watch METALLICA’s ROBERT TRUJILLO Unbox Deluxe Box Set Edition Of ‘S&M2’ Live Album And Video
A five-minute video of METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo unboxing the deluxe box set edition of “Metallica And San Francisco Symphony: S&M²” can be seen below. METALLICA and San Francisco Symphony‘s September 6 and September 8, 2019 “S&M²” concerts were historic on multiple levels: They served as the grand opening of San Francisco’s Chase Center, reunited the band and Symphony for the first time since the 1999 performances captured on the Grammy-winning “S&M” album, and featured the first-ever symphonic renditions of songs written and released since those original “S&M” shows. The sold-out concerts were rapturously received by the 40,000 fans who traveled from nearly 70 countries, as well as the media: Rolling Ston...
NICKELBACK: ‘All The Right Reasons: 15th Anniversary Expanded Edition’ To Include B-Sides And Live Recordings
NICKELBACK‘s “All The Right Reasons: 15th Anniversary Expanded Edition” will be released as a two-CD set on October 2 and will also be available digitally on all streaming platforms. The collection features a newly remastered version of the original 2005 album, a selection of B-sides and a 2006 live concert recording. NICKELBACK‘s third consecutive No. 1 album, “All The Right Reasons” topped the charts in the band’s native Canada, the U.S., U.K., Germany, Australia and New Zealand. To date, it has sold more than 19 million copies worldwide and has been certified diamond by the RIAA. The record produced seven singles, including five Top 20 hits: “Photograph”, “Savin’ Me”, “Far Away”, “Rockstar” a...
Rolling Stones Preview Steel Wheels Live DVD Featuring Axl Rose, Eric Clapton
The Rolling Stones keep the musical treats coming. The British rock legends announced the details about their previously unreleased Steel Wheels Live – Atlantic City, New Jersey. The 1989 concert film features Guns N’ Roses members Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin, Eric Clapton, and John Lee Hooker. Both Rose and Stradlin join the Stones on “Salt of The Earth” off the 1968 LP, Beggars Banquet while Clapton plays “Little Rooster” with them. And finally, Hooker comes in on “Boogie Chillen.” After 7 years off the road, see the Stones glorious return in 1989 with Steel Wheels Live, a performance from Atlantic City NJ, ft. special guests John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton, Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin – coming out on September 25th. Pre-order now at https://t.co/RpUyhKJSol pic.twitter.com/GaV9esaR...
