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Jack White Unleashes New Album Fear of the Dawn: Stream
Jack White has released his new album Fear of the Dawn via Third Man Records. Stream it below on Apple Music and Spotify. Preceded last year by lead single “Taking Me Back,” the studio set is the Nashville musician’s first of two planned full-lengths in 2022, with follow-up Entering Heaven Alive currently slated to drop in July. White has described Fear of the Dawn as a “really hard” rock record, while Entering Heaven Alive is a “very mellow” acoustic LP. The 12-track Fear of the Dawn contains just one collaboration, the Cab Calloway-sampling “Hi-De-Ho” with Q-Tip, which began life back in 2016 when the rapper recruited the erstwhile White Stripes frontman to work on A Tribe Called Quest’s final studio album We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service. Advertisement Related Video “Every ...
Father John Misty Releases New Album Chloë and the Next 20th Century: Stream
J. Tillman has released his fifth album as Father John Misty, Chloë and the Next 20th Century, via Sub Pop and Bella Union. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. The 11-track opus was once again produced by Tillman and Jonathan Wilson, who has overseen every Father John Misty project from his 2012 debut Fear Fun to the most recent follow-up, 2018’s God’s Favorite Customer. The album’s exquisite orchestral sweeps and retro aesthetics, credited to the likes of Dan Higgins, Wayne Bergeron, and arranger Drew Erickson, were showcased on preceding singles “Funny Girl,” “Q4,” and “Goodbye Mr. Blue.” Father John Misty will be on the road through next year in support of Chloë and the Next 20th Century with an extensive world tour that was just announced. He’ll ease into the global trek with ...
Alicia Keys Drops Solo Rendition of “City of Gods (Part II)”
Alicia Keys has unveiled her solo take on “City of Gods,” which initially featured Fivio Foreign, the artist previously known as Kanye West and Keys. Her first independent release on AK Records, “City of Gods (Part II)” hears her original chorus and new verses laid over a stripped back, piano rendition. The ALICIA artist also released an accompanying music video for the single, which is directed by Sylvia Zachary and Sing Lee, and performed it live for the first time on Ellen. The original “City of Gods” dropped in early February, was billed as the lead single off Foreign’s newest album, B.I.B.L.E. and a single on Ye’s DONDA 2. Watch Alicia Keys’ “City of Gods (Part II)” music video above. Elsewhere in music, Syd spoke to HYPEBEAST about her first album in five years, Broken Hear...
JOE SATRIANI Says EDDIE VAN HALEN’s Music Was ‘Groundbreaking In How He Arranged His Guitar Parts’
Joe Satriani has praised Eddie Van Halen, saying the legendary VAN HALEN guitarist had “a right hand of doom.” The 65-year-old California-based axeman, who is promoting his upcoming album, “The Elephants Of Mars”, discussed Eddie‘s impact on guitar playing during a new interview with FaceCulture. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Eddie was such a wonderful compositional improviser and he was obviously a really great composer on guitar. He figured out a way to write these really fun songs, but they were really groundbreaking in how he arranged his guitar parts. You can hardly find any songs where he’s strumming and then overdubbing some other part. It’s a very different way of playing. He’s in a trio, and he’s trying t...
Former SCORPIONS Drummer JAMES KOTTAK Says Climate Change Is ‘Total B.S.’: ‘It Is A Money-Making Machine’
Former SCORPIONS and current KINGDOM COME drummer James Kottak has once again expressed doubt about climate change. Apparently reacting to the latest report from the UN‘s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which lays out the path for averting the worst consequences of climate change, saying the time to act is “now or never,” Kottak took to his Twitter to write: “Climate change…total BS. It is a money making machine. Doesn’t any one remember the big freeze of 1978? We were going into a deep freeze according to scientists Ha!” Kottak previously voiced his climate change skepticism a number of times, including in April 2021 when he was reacting to news reports that President Joe Biden was preparing to instruct federal agencies to take sweepin...
See RAMMSTEIN’s Music Video For New Single ‘Zick Zack’
German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN have released the official music video for their new single, “Zick Zack”. The lyrics for the track and the video deal with what is nowadays often a compulsive tendency on the part of the individual towards self-optimization, sometimes through radical alteration of the visual appearance by use of the scalpel. The clip arrives a few days after a rumor emerged that the Berlin band had invested in a “beauty clinic” by the name of “Zick Zack”. Fans around the world called the “Zick Zack” hotline to make an appointment, find out more about the clinic or even to talk to the team of experts. For the physical release of their new single, RAMMSTEIN is publishing a teen-style “Zick Zack Magazine“. The 32...
ALTER BRIDGE To Begin Recording Seventh Studio Album Next Week
ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti has confirmed to Rock Titan that he and his bandmates have reconvened to record a new album. “I just got off [tour] with [my solo band] TREMONTI about… last week, maybe,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “I hit the ground running. I had half a day off and went into the studio with ALTER BRIDGE. We’re doing pre-production right now. Drum tracking will probably start in about four days. And then I hit the road [again], head to Europe on May 27th through July 3rd. And then we’ll kind of see what happens between the window of that and our ALTER BRIDGE tour that kicks back off in November.” In March 2021, ALTER BRIDGE singer Myles Kennedy, who also sings for Slash‘s solo band, told the “Lipps Servi...
Camila Cabello’s Third Album, ‘Familia,’ Has Arrived: Stream It Now
Camila Cabello‘s third studio album has arrived — on Friday (April 8), the “Bam Bam” singer’s newest LP, Familia, was released at midnight and gives fans some of her most introspective and personal work to date. The record features a total of 12 songs including singles “Don’t Go Yet” and “Bam Bam” with Ed Sheeran, and three new collaborations: Cabello gets an assist from Willow on “Psychofreak” which sheds light on her split from Fifth Harmony, while Yotuel and Maria Becerra lend their talents to tracks “Lola” and “Hasta Los Dientes” respectively. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Cabello previously told Billboard that Familia is a celebration of her friends and loved ones. “This album to me means community, I guess the opposite of you on...
Jack Harlow Lives in the Lap of Luxury in New Single, ‘First Class’: Listen
After a long week of teasing, Jack Harlow‘s newest single, “First Class,” is finally here. The rapper released the track at midnight on Friday (April 8), which sees him boasting about his many career achievements and his ability to treat his lady to the finer things in life. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Uh, I got plaques in the mail, peak season/ Shout out to my UPS workers, makin’ sure I receive ’em/ You could do it too, believe it,” the Kentucky native raps in the TK verse of the track. Harlow initially teased the release of “First Class” via Instagram on March 31 by sharing a post of him in the studio bopping to the track alongside friends and collaborators. The clip revealed scaled down vocals by former Black Eyed Peas member-tu...
Ashanti Lives Her ‘Dream’ as She Receives Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
R&B star Ashanti was officially commemorated with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday morning (April 7) — a feat her mom, famous momager Tina Douglas, predicted decades ago. “It’s surreal,” Ashanti told Billboard, moments after unveiling her star and taking photos with longtime friends and collaborators Tichina Arnold and Ja Rule. “I’m shocked, stunned and over the top grateful. This is a staple in my career and the fact that it will be here forever is a big deal.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The historic honor comes 20 years after the release of Ashanti’s self-titled debut studio album, which premiered at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and charted for 55 weeks. The Grammy-winner and actress has since released 18 Hot 100 tracks...
Harry Styles, Red Hot Chili Peppers Rule Australia’s Charts
Harry Styles and Red Hot Chili Peppers are the new kings of Australia’s charts. Styles blasts to No. 1 on the latest ARIA Singles Chart with “As It Was” (Columbia/Sony), the English pop singer’s second solo leader. The former One Direction star previously led the survey with “Sign Of The Times,” from April 2017, and last appeared on the chart with “Falling” (No. 35) and “Golden” (No. 39), which impacted in the same week in December 2019 “As It Was” is the lead track from Styles’ forthcoming third solo LP, Harry’s House, due out May 20. Styles isn’t the only international pop star making a splash on the ARIA Chart. Canadian artist Shawn Mendes starts at No. 22 with “When You’re Gone” (Island/Universal), his first appearance on the tally since “Monster,” his collaboration with Justin Bieber,...
The First Two ‘Max Payne’ Games are Getting Remakes
More than two decades after the original game’s launch, the Max Payne franchise is finally getting a remake. The new project will reunite Remedy with Rockstar Games, the company behind Max Payne 3, and feature remakes of both the first Max Payne as well as Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. Since the studios are still in their early “concept development stage,” not a lot of details have been revealed yet, but we do know that both games will release under a single title and utilize the Northlight game engine. “Max Payne has always held a special place in the hearts of everyone at Remedy, and we know the millions of fans worldwide feel the same,” Remedy CEO Tero Virtala wrote in a press release. “We’re hugely excited to be working with our partners at Rockstar Games once...
