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TESTAMENT Parts Ways With Longtime Drummer GENE HOGLAN
TESTAMENT has parted ways with its longtime drummer Gene Hoglan. The veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers announced Hoglan‘s exit from the group in a social media post earlier today. The band wrote: “To all our TESTAMENT fans around the world, “First off, we are beyond grateful to have had Gene Hoglan behind our drum throne for ten years, several albums and countless tour dates. Unfortunately, our brother Gene‘s additional tours and solo endeavors in 2022 conflict insurmountably with TESTAMENT‘s rescheduled dates after two years of lost time due to the pandemic. Rather than TESTAMENT having to reschedule upcoming dates (yet again) or Gene having to cancel his own plans, we have decided to amicably part ways. “We understand that this announcement will...
K.K. DOWNING Weighs In On JUDAS PRIEST’s ‘Insulting’ Announcement It Would Tour As Quartet: ‘It Was A Slap In The Face’
Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing says that he was “totally bemused” to hear about the band’s plan to embark on the next leg of its 50th-anniversary tour as a quartet. On January 10, JUDAS PRIEST announced that it would perform as a four-piece when it returns to the road in early March. A few hours later, the band’s touring guitarist Andy Sneap, who co-produced the group’s 2018 album “Firepower”, released a statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET in which he said that he was “incredibly disappointed” by PRIEST‘s decision to carry on as a quartet and thanked the Rob Halford-fronted outfit for the “mind-blowing” opportunity to share the stage with one of his favorite bands. Meanwhile, PRIEST fans were understandably upset...
Listen To KISS’s Live Version Of ‘Lick It Up’ From ‘Off The Soundboard: Live In Virginia Beach’
KISS has premiered a live version of “Lick It Up” from “Off The Soundboard: Live In Virginia Beach”, which is being released on March 11. The original album version of “Lick It Up” came out in 1983 and is the title track from the band’s platinum-selling release. The song quickly became a fan favorite, with the promotional video featuring the band without makeup for the first time. “Off The Soundboard: Live In Virginia Beach” was recorded live at the Virginia Beach Amphitheatre on July 25, 2004. This is the second in a series of live releases by the band and will be available to stream and download, with a three-LP standard black vinyl set, a two-CD set, and a limited edition three-LP set pressed on 180-gram opaque green vinyl, all avail...
Fugees Cancel Reunion Tour
Bad news, Fugees fans. The legendary trio just announced that they’re not just postponing, but canceling their much-talked-about reunion tour. Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras were set to hit the road in celebration of the 25th anniversary of their landmark album, The Score. The group attributed the cancellation to COVID. “We anticipate and understand disappointment but our anniversary tour will not be able to happen,” the statement began. “The continued COVID pandemic has made touring conditions difficult, and we want to make sure we keep our fans and ourselves healthy and safe. An idea sparked to honor and celebrate this 25th anniversary of The Score but we see now it may not currently be our time for revisiting this past work. We’re grateful for the special night we did get to...
Bop Shop: Songs From Cordae, Whee In, Uwade, And More
Rap has always been music’s frontier for speaking truth to power, and rising stars like New York-bred rapper Marlon Craft are continuing that legacy. His latest project, “State of the Union,” is a two-part track to complement his 2021 release of the same name, which dropped ahead of Inauguration Day and opened with the hard-hitting line, “The state of the union is that there isn’t one.” A year later, Craft is back for part two, which tackles everything from failures in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial to the overhaul of women’s rights and COVID-19 cases overwhelming our ICUs. Conscious rap rarely gets the mainstream attention it deserves, but there’s a long legacy of rappers — Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def), Queen Latifah, Common, KRS-1, A Tribe Called...
How Years & Years Of Hookups Led Olly Alexander To Make Night Call
By Jack Irvin Recovering from a breakup isn’t easy, even if the relationship wasn’t romantic. Early last year, Olly Alexander told fans he’d be pursuing Years & Years as a solo venture after fronting the synthpop band, alongside instrumentalists Emre Türkmen and Michael Goldsworthy, for over a decade. Following years of creative disagreements, Alexander became free to fully explore his lifelong aspirations of major pop stardom, no longer seeking his bandmates’ approval. But having full creative control has come with unforeseen, mainly self-inflicted pressures for the 31-year-old musician, whose new album, Night Call, drops today (January 21). “I have a big fear of failure, I realized. If anything goes wrong, it’s really on my shoulders,” Alexander tells MTV News. “It’s been a real jour...
Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen Announces Debut Solo Album, Shares New Song: Listen
Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen has announced his first-ever solo album. It’s called You Belong There and it’s due out April 8 via Warp. He’s breaking the news by also sharing the lead single, “Shadow in the Frame.” Check it out below. Spanning 10 tracks, You Belong There explores the “uncharted territory of adulthood” that follows the restlessness of youth, according to a press release. The album follows Rossen’s lone solo EP, 2012’s Silent Hour/Golden Mile, and the 2018 single “Deerslayer.” Grizzly Bear’s last album, Painted Ruins, came out in 2017. In support of the new record, Rossen will embark on a tour of North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe this spring. The 34-date trek kicks off on March 27 in Austin, Texas and concludes on June 19 in Vancouver, Canada. Find the full list of...
6 Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now
With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums and EPs from Jana Horn, Years & Years, DJ Python, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Ché Noir, and Yard Act. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.) Jana Horn: Optimism [No Quarter] Optimism is the debut album from Jana Horn, a Texan musician who grew up in a small town and found herself entranced by Christian screamo shows...
Kanye West Wants Final Cut Over New ‘Jeen-Yuhs’ Documentary: “Open the Edit Room Immediately”
Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, wants the final say on how he’ll be represented in Jeen-Yuhs, a three-part documentary about his life and career. The documentary is scheduled to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, followed by a release on Netflix in February. In an Instagram post on Friday, Ye “kindly” requested editorial control over the project. “I’m going to say this kindly for the last time,” Ye wrote. “I must get final edit and approval on this doc before it releases on Netflix. Open the edit room immediately so I can be in charge of my own image. Thank you in advance.” Jeen-Yuhs was shot and edited by filmmakers Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah, who simply go by Coodie and Chike, over the course of 20 years and contains several hours of never-before-scene footage. ...
Boston Calling 2022 Lineup Announced: Metallica, the Strokes, Foo Fighters, and More
Boston Calling 2022 takes place from May 27-29 on Memorial Day weekend in Allston, Massachusetts. Today, the festival’s lineup has been announced. The headliners are Metallica, the Strokes, and Foo Fighters. Haim, Run the Jewels, Japanese Breakfast, Weezer, Modest Mouse, Avril Lavigne, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Cheap Trick, EarthGang, Black Pumas, Orville Peck, Cults, Goose, Glass Animals, Horsegirl, Hinds, Sudan Archives, Pom Pom Squad, and more are also performing. Find the full lineup on the poster below. Following the release of their 2021 album, Foo Fighters are gearing up to release the horror movie Studio 666. The band has also shared the new song “Fraggle Rock Rock” for the Apple Original series Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock. Listen to Foo Fighters’s “Fraggle Rock Rock...
Kanye West Requests “Final Edit and Approval” on New Documentary Film Jeen-Yuhs
Kanye West is asking for “final edit and approval” on the new documentary Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy. West, who is now legally known as Ye, wrote on Instagram: I’m going to say this kindly for the last time I must get final edit and approval on this doc before it releases on Netflix Open the edit room immediately so I can be in charge of my own image Thank you in advance 😊 The first part of Jeen-Yuhs—called Act 1 (Vision)—is slated to premiere at the virtual Sundance Film Festival this Sunday, January 23. Act 1 will then hit theaters across the United States on February 10. The first part of Jeen-Yuhs will be available on Netflix beginning on February 16, with the subsequent acts to follow in weekly installments. Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy is directed by Clarence “Coodie” Simmons a...
Halestorm Unharmed After Tour Bus Is Destroyed by Fire
Halestorm’s tour bus was completely burnt out by a fire early Thursday morning, but thankfully the band members were sleeping in a hotel at the time. The rock group was in Worcester, Massachusetts to play a show last night (January 20th) at the DCU Center with co-headliners Evanescence. Guitarist Joe Hottinger posted photos of the aftermath on Instagram, showing the interior of the bus completely charred. He wrote, “Halestorm had a night for the books. We were all in our hotel rooms last night and we woke up to our bus burning down at 3AM. Fun fun. No one was hurt. The Worcester fire department got there and put the fire out. They were amazing. Our fearless security Steve pulled guitars and luggage out of the bay. We all lost some stuff, but it was just stuff. The investigator doesn’t know...
