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Def Leppard Debuts at No. 1 on Top Hard Rock Albums Chart With ‘Diamond Star Halos’
Def Leppard reaches No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top Hard Rock Albums chart for a fourth time with its new set Diamond Star Halos, which opens atop the survey dated June 11. In the May 27-June 2 tracking week, Halos earned 34,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate. Of that sum, 32,000 units are via album sales. The venerable British band first ruled Top Hard Rock Albums, which began in 2007, with 2008’s Songs From the Sparkle Lounge. 2011’s Mirrorball: Live & More followed, and in 2015, the group led with its self-titled 11th studio set. Concurrently, Halos starts at No. 2 on Top Rock Albums. On the all-format Billboard 200, the new set bows at No. 10, marking Def Leppard’s eighth top 10. Here’s a recap, dating to the band’s first nearly 40 years ago. Def Leppard’s Billboard 200 Top...
Pixies Announce 8th Studio Album With Ripping New Song, ‘There’s A Moon On’
Ahead of their highly-anticipated UK shows — including a massive Hyde Park gig with Pearl Jam — Pixies announced their eighth studio album, Doggerel (September 30 via BMG). The alt-rockers unveiled the lyric video to its first single, a propulsive rocker, “There’s a Moon On.” Pre-order the record here. “We’re trying to do things that are very big and bold and orchestrated,” said vocalist-guitarist Black Francis in a statement. “The punky stuff, I really like playing it but you just cannot artificially create that shit. There’s another way to do this, there’s other things we can do with this extra special energy that we’re encountering.” “This time around we have grown,” said guitarist Joey Santiago, who has his first two Pixies songwriting credits on this album. “We no longer have un...
The Suffers Confront Racism and Sexism in the Music Industry
Kam Franklin isn’t afraid to say her piece. As the singer for The Suffers, a Houston-based seven-piece soul group, she’s shared the stage with Chaka Khan, toured with My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, and received advice from Mavis Staples. But when she’s spoken up about the inequalities of the music business, it hasn’t gone over well. “It’s really scary to talk about racism and sexism, and gender pay inequality, and payola in journalism,” says Franklin over the phone from a tour stop at BottleRock festival in Northern California. Outside of singing, she serves as the governor of the Recording Academy’s Texas chapter and as a board member of HeadCount, a nonprofit that works with musicians to get people registered to vote. “Now [I’m] an activist,” she says, with a touch of bemusement. “I didn...
Heaven 17 Announce First-Ever Headlining North American Tour
Heaven 17, the classic British New Wave and synth-pop duo, unveiled their first-ever headlining tour in the U.S. and Canada. From September 16 through October 6, Martyn Ware and Glenn Gregory will play hits like “Temptation,” “Let Me Go,” and “Hands Up To Heaven” to cities across North America. Tickets are on-sale now via the band’s website. The run of shows — We Don’t Need This Fascist Groove Thang Tour after their 1981 debut hit that began their 40-year career — begins at Daryl’s House (as in this Daryl) in Pawling, NY. The tour will stop in major cities including Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Toronto, Philadelphia, New York City (September 27), Los Angeles (September 29), San Diego, San Francisco, and Portland, among others, before wrapping in&nb...
Tall Dwarfs Announce Unravelled: 1981–2002 Box Set
Tall Dwarfs, the New Zealand duo of Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate, have announced a new box set featuring 55 songs from across their discography. Unravelled: 1981–2002 is out August 19 via Merge. The group has also made its full catalog available to stream for the first time ever. The box set will be available in 4xLP and 2xCD editions. The LP edition is pressed on 180g vinyl, housed in two gatefold jackets, and includes a 20-page booklet of photos, comics, posters, and more. Bathgate curated the collection of songs and designed the box set packaging. Check out an image of the vinyl box set below. Knox and Bathgate formed Tall Dwarfs in 1981, following the disbandment of their previous group Toy Love. Tall Dwarfs self-recorded on a 4-track reel-to-reel, laying down songs as t...
Blondie Announce Against the Odds: 1974 – 1982 Box Set
A new Blondie box set is on the way: Against the Odds: 1974 – 1982 includes remastered versions of their first six studio albums: Blondie, Plastic Letters, Parallel Lines, Eat to the Beat, Autoamerican, and The Hunter. The foil-wrapped collection also includes over four dozen demos (including Blondie’s first-ever recording session), alternate versions, studio outtakes, liner notes by Erin Osmon, track-by-track commentary from the band, essays by producers Mike Chapman, Richard Gottehrer, and Ken Shipley, an illustrated discography, and many photographs from the period. Against the Odds is out August 26 via UMe and Numero Group. Listen to Blondie’s previously unreleased recording of the Doors’ “Moonlight Drive” below. Debbie Harry said in a statement, “It really is a treat to see how ...
Juicy J and Pi’erre Bourne Announce New Album, Share New Song “This Fronto”: Listen
On June 22, Juicy J and Pi’erre Bourne will release the collaborative album Space Age Pimpin’. The lead single from the record is “This Fronto.” Check it out below. Since releasing the solo album The Life of Pi’erre in June 2021, Bourne has shared collaborative full-lengths with Sharc (47 Meters Down), Chavo (Chavo’s World 2), TM88 (Yo!88), and Jelly (Wolf of Peachtree 2). The latter includes a collaboration with Juicy J called “Bubble Gum.” Juicy J’s issued his latest solo studio album, The Hustle Continues, in November 2020; he expanded the album in June 2021 with The Hustle Still Continues. Earlier this year, the rapper and producer shared Stoner’s Night with Wiz Khalifa. Revisit Pitchfork’s 2018 interview “Pi’erre Bourne Is a Hit-Making Rap Producer Who Wants to Be the Next Kanye West....
Pixies Announce New Album Doggerel, Share New Song “There’s a Moon On”: Listen
Pixies have announced a new album. Doggerel is out September 30 via BMG. Today they’ve shared the new song “There’s a Moon On.” Give it a listen below. Scroll down to watch a trailer for the new LP (via Rolling Stone). Since the band reunited in 2004, they’ve released three albums: 2014’s Indie Cindy, 2016’s Head Carrier, and, most recently, 2019’s Beneath the Eyrie. With the new album’s announcement, Joey Santiago and Black Francis clarified how the new album is different from their recent outings. “This time around we have grown,” Santiago said. “We no longer have under two-minute songs. We have little breaks, more conventional arrangements but still our twists in there.” Black Francis added: “We’re trying to do things that are very big and bold and orchestrated. The punky stuff, I reall...
J-Hope Added as Lollapalooza Headliner, Porno for Pyros to Replace Jane’s Addiction
Lollapalooza has made some changes to its lineup. On Tuesday night, the festival announced that J-Hope of South Korean pop icons BTS will be headlining the festivities on the festival’s final night. He will be the first-ever South Korean artist to headline a festival set at a major U.S. festival. In other lineup news, it was announced that Perry Farrell’s Porno for Pyros, who has re-emerged after two-and-a-half decades on the sidelines, will be performing as well. They’ll be replacing Farrell’s other band, Jane’s Addiction, who was billed as a special guest at the fest. They’ll be playing Sunday night as well. Lastly, rising band TOMORROW X TOGETHER was added Saturday’s lineup. This will be their first U.S. festival appearance. “I’m happy to welcome j-hope and TOMORROW X TOGETHER into the ...
Skillibeng ft. Fivio Foreign & French Montana “Whap Whap,” Post Malone “Insane” & More | Daily Visuals 6.7.22
HipHopWired Featured Video For a minute now Skillibeng has been steadily building a buzz for himself as the next big thing in the dancehall music genre but today he gets an assist from two of New York’s biggest Hip-Hop artists at the moment. For his visuals to “Whap Whap,” Skilli recruits the talents of the current KONY, Fivio Foreign and French Montana where the three men take to the streets to get things poppin’ and have their peoples ride on some cycles before dancing up a storm at the bodega. On any given night an aisle in the bodega can quickly turn into a Soul Train Line when that Easy Jesus kicks in. Just sayin.’ Speaking of dancing when under the influence, that’s exactly what it seems like Post Malone is doing in his clip to “Insane” where the man spends the durality of the video ...
StockX Responds To Nike’s Bootleg Claims, Says Nike’s Allegations Lack Merit
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: StockX / StockX A few weeks ago Nike roasted whatever credibility StockX had when they filed a lawsuit again StockX alleging that they sold bootleg sneakers to Nike employees buying sneakers from them undercover. Now StockX is clapping back at the sneaker giant and according to NiceKicks, they’ve taken to their website to try to reassure customers that they do their diligence whenever authenticating a pair of grails. Going directly at Nike for the allegations they levied against the reselling website, StockX explains that they’ve invested massive amounts of money to ensure that their customers only get the best kind of service and authentic footwear. Related Stories “StockX was built to make the secondary market safer and more efficient for consumers. We ...
Proud Boys Charged With Sedition For Attack on U.S. Capitol
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI / Getty The former leader and other members of the Proud Boys white nationalist group have been hit with charges of seditious conspiracy for their roles in the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6th, 2021. According to reports, the charges of seditious conspiracy were brought against former chairman Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, and Dominic Pezzola in an amended federal indictment unsealed in a federal district court in Washington, D.C. All the men had been previously charged in an earlier indictment filed in March for conspiring to obstruct the certification of the 2020 Presidential Election which was being conducted during the joint session of Congress on January 6th. The trial for tha...
