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Alok and Everyone You Know Team Up for New Single “Kids On Whizz”
Brazilian superstar Alok has unveiled his third single of the new year alongside multi-faceted UK sibling duo Everyone You Know. “Kids on Whizz” is actually a rework of the duo’s recent single “Charlie” and includes a sample from The Streets‘ “Weak Become Heroes.” The result is a perfect patchwork of quality productions wrapped into one. Alok stays close in line to the original track but turns up the energy to make it his own. He incorporates his signature deep-driving basslines with EYK’s synth-laden production to get it ready for the dance floors. The alluring vocal performance fits perfectly into the updated styling. “When we released ‘Charlie’ we never in a million years thought someone with as much wei...
BLACK STAR RIDERS Hope To Record Fifth Album This Summer
In a new interview with Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy of Talking Metal, BLACK STAR RIDERS frontman Ricky Warwick offered an update on the songwriting sessions for the band’s follow-up to 2019’s “Another State Of Grace” LP. He said (see video below): “We have written the next BLACK STAR RIDERS album. It’s done. It’s demoed. We’re just waiting for when it’s safe that we can all come together and get into the studio, which will be here in L.A. with [producer] Jay Ruston again, and actually record the thing. So I’m hoping this summer we’ll be able to get in and get it recorded.” “Another State Of Grace” was recorded at Sphere Studios in Burbank, California in February 2019, and was produced and mixed by Ruston...
Four Members Of Classic ANTHRAX Lineup To Contribute To The Upcoming ‘Among The Living’ Graphic Novel
Last fall, the announcement of the upcoming graphic novel inspired by ANTHRAX‘s landmark 1987 album dominated the news cycle across the music and pop culture landscape. The “Among The Living” graphic novel pulls together a who’s who of names from around comics and music for a track-by-track storyline inspired by one of heavy metal’s most iconic albums. Today’s announcement brings news that four members of the classic ANTHRAX lineup will contribute to the upcoming graphic novel, with Frank Bello writing a chapter, and Joey Belladonna penning the foreword. I’m truly excited about this graphic novel,” said Bello. “‘Among The Living’ was a very special record for ANTHRAX, and this is a great way to celebrate it while having all ...
ICED EARTH’s JON SCHAFFER Is Still Being Held At Indiana Jail, Will Soon Be Extradited To Washington, D.C.
According to The Republic reporter Jordan Morey, Jon Schaffer is still being held at Marion County Jail as of Friday morning (January 29), a week after U.S. Magistrate for the Southern District of Indiana judge Mark Dinsmore signed an order for the ICED EARTH guitarist to appear in D.C.’s district court. The 52-year-old musician, who resides in in Edinburgh, Indiana, is facing six federal criminal charges after he was accused of spraying a police officer with a pepper-based bear repellant during the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Schaffer waived his preliminary hearing as well as his rights to an identity hearing and production of a warrant last week in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, court documents state. He will soon be transported by a U...
MOTÖRHEAD’s ‘Ace Of Spades’, AC/DC’s ‘Highway To Hell’ Funko ‘Pop! Albums’ Figures Coming Soon
The popular vinyl collectible company Funko — best known for its big-headed Pop! figures — has unveiled MOTÖRHEAD‘s “Ace Of Spades” and AC/DC‘s “Highway To Hell” as part of its Albums series. “Ace Of Spades” features Lemmy from MOTÖRHEAD‘s classic 1980 album. A description reads: “Release your inner rocker and celebrate the timeless album from rock legends, MOTÖRHEAD! Labelled as its most commercially successful album; this is going to be a massive hit amongst fans, so don’t miss out on your chance to grab this latest Pop! Albums drop and give it centre stage in your growing collections!” AC/DC‘s legendary 1979 record “Highway To Hell” is immortalized with Angus Young in his devilish outfit. This is t...
T.I. and Wife Tiny Issue Statement Denying Accusations of Sexual Abuse
T.I. and Tameka “Tiny” Harris, image via Instagram/@majorgirl Rapper T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris have both been accused of horrendous sexual abuses by former family friend Sabrina Peterson, who says she has anonymously collected dozens of women’s stories. Now, the Atlanta MC and his partner have released a statement “emphatically” denying the claims. Peterson, who runs the Instagram account @TheGlamUniversity, posted a statement earlier this week accusing the Atlanta MC of putting “A GUN TO MY HEAD IN FRONT OF CHILDREN.” While she herself has not accused T.I. of sexual misconduct, she alleges that dozens of women have since anonymously reached out to her. Their stories, which she has collected on her Instagram stories as screenshots of DMs, include being pressur...
Censor Is A Hallucinatory Look at the 1980s Video Nasty Phenomenon: Sundance 2021 Review
This review is part of our Sundance 2021 coverage. The Pitch: Enid Baines (Niamh Algar) is an uptight film censor with a tragic past. After becoming embroiled in a murder scandal that the press link to a violent horror film she edited, Enid becomes obsessed with Alice Lee (Sophia La Porta), an actress who bears a striking resemblance to her missing sister, Nina. Her pursuit of Alice leads Enid into the shadowy world of underground horror films and the company of questionable men like smarmy producer Doug Smart (Michael Smiley) and director Frederick North (Adrian Schiller). As Enid’s obsessive hunt for the truth intensifies, she begins to lose track of what is real and what is a movie as both her sanity and her life come under threat. Video Nasty: The most intriguing aspect of Censor is ho...
Ten Years After on Why We Keep Returning to Woodstock
Kyle Meredith With… 10 Years After Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public | RSS Ten Years After co-founder Ric Lee talks with Kyle Meredith about his new autobiography, From Headstocks to Woodstock, which recounts his early life up until the moment the band played the legendary festival. Lee discusses the enduring legacy of their song “I’d Love To Change the World” and why we continue to revisit the late ’60s era, as well as a very different atmosphere that they found at The Isle of Wight festival that same year. The legendary drummer also revisits the time he taught Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham drum patterns and how Ten Years After learned to jam after touring with Grateful Dead. Kyle Meredith ...
SLONK Channels His Inner Blur on New Song “Colin”: Stream
Bristol-based indie rocker Joe Sherrin has been making music under the moniker SLONK for quite some time now, all while playing in other bands like Fenne Lily, Milo’s Planes, and Let’s Kill Janice. Today, he’s sharing a new song called “Colin” and it sees him changing gears from his typical sound to embrace the anthemic side of synth pop. “This song came about a few years ago at a temp job where I didn’t know (and still don’t) what I was actually doing there,” explained Sherrin in a statement. “I knew what type of thing I was supposed to be doing on the computer, but had no idea what it meant or what its purpose was. ‘Colin’ is about the idea staying there forever, told through the eyes of the characters who I worked there with.” As bleak as being trapped in a dead-end job may be, SLONK ma...
SPIN Daybreaker: 14 Songs to Soundtrack Your Life
Once again, another seven days has somehow passed by. Another cycle to experience life’s spontaneity and ruminate about who we are and being unapologetic about it. This week, Daybreaker is back with a roundup of international artists who represent a collective that is pushing the boundaries of cultural standards. They express themselves proudly, unafraid of speaking their truth and coloring the world as they see fit. Discover the best rising artists traversing the indie alt, pop, rock, funk, and acoustic soundscapes. Standouts this week include a unique mixture of Latin, European, and Americana influences. Starting with singer-songwriter standout Jensen McRae who delicately brings us into her honest mind and lyrically rejoices in “Immune,” while Norwegian indie rock band, Kakkmaddafak...
System of a Down’s John Dolmayan Says He’s Been ‘Blacklisted’ Due to Right-Wing Views, Rips Black Lives Matter
While his System of a Down bandmates have been out promoting their new music and discussing the future of the group, drummer John Dolmayan continues to spew right-wing rhetoric that seems to stray from the political band’s typical views. As a guest on the podcast Cancelled with Rob Rosen and Desma Simon (which invites people who have been “canceled” by society for one reason or another to tell their side of the story), Dolmayan doubled down on his controversial views after being a somewhat surprising voice of reason in the fallout of the insurrection at the Capitol earlier this month. According to Dolmayan, he and his various non-System creative projects have been “blacklisted” due to his political views. “I’ve already been a victim of this, and it’s no different and no bett...
Hayley Williams Personally Delivers New Song ‘My Limb’ to a Fan’s House
It wasn’t just an ordinary evening stroll with her dog. Under a “wolf moon,” Hayley Williams snuck up to superfan Carly Butler’s Nashville home and slipped the unreleased song “My Limb” into her mailbox — and gave Butler permission to “leak” it. The gobsmacked fan of the Paramore singer tweeted, “Did Hayley Williams drive to your house and drop off a candle and a CD with her new song on it or are you having a normal night.” Williams chronicled the delivery on Instagram Stories video, joking that “Murder Postmates” was her new service. “Okay, we’re going to drop off a Sanctuary candle and a burnt copy of one of the songs to Carly in Nashville right now. I hope she doesn’t think I’m coming to murder her if she looks out her window at just the right time. Or I hope she does, I don’t know...
