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TEN YEARS AFTER To Release Deluxe Edition Of ‘A Sting In The Tale’
TEN YEARS AFTER will release a deluxe edition of its 2017 album “A Sting In The Tale” on February 5 through Deko Entertainment. The new version of the LP comes with four live bonus tracks, including a rendition of TEN YEARS AFTER‘s hit song “I’d Love To Change The World”. TEN YEARS AFTER is best known for its platinum-selling album “A Space in Time” which featured the Top 40 hit “I’d Love To Change The World”, and its prodigious performance appearance at the Woodstock festival in upstate New York, August 1969. Their rendition of “I’m Going Home” was featured in both the subsequent film and soundtrack album and catapulted them to star status. Original members Ric Lee and Chick Churchill have continued this l...
SNOWY SHAW To Release New Song Every Month For Entire Year
Multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw, who has played with KING DIAMOND, SABATON, MERCYFUL FATE, THERION, DREAM EVIL and DIMMU BORGIR, among others, has announced a special album titled “This Is Heavy Metal, Plain & Simple”. Recorded during quarantine and pandemic times as a tribute to 50 years of heavy metal, a homage to a lifestyle as well as a music style, with an underlying theme of doom and gloom, the plan for the LP is for Snowy to release one song per month digitally during 2021, and by month 12 in time for Christmas, he will issue a limited-edition double vinyl album with some extra bonus tracks and outtakes. Snowy states: “Even before the corona pandemic, the industry has been suffering for years, with poor record sales, illegal downloading and so forth. In short,...
W&W Remix One of the World’s First Memes, “Dragostea Din Tei”—AKA the “Numa Numa Song”
The year is 2004. All of our phones flipped, none of them connected to the Internet, and the term “social media” meant nothing to us. Rather than spending hours in bed scrolling through memes with our thumbs, we sat down at our computers and played flash games through an ultra-fast dial-up or hi-tech DSL connection. If any of this sounds familiar to you, then you must be familiar with one of the world’s oldest memes, the Numa Numa Dance. Viewed close to a billion times, for those unfamiliar, the meme was nothing more than a grainy webcam video of a man lip-syncing and dancing to the 2003 single “Dragostea Din Tei” by the Moldovan Eurodance trio, O-Zone. To the younger readers: Yes, this is seriously what the internet was like in the early 2000s. Be grateful fo...
Watch Unearthed, Never-Before-Seen Footage of Daft Punk’s 2007 Lollapalooza Performance
Until Daft Punk reemerges from the shadows (maybe at this year’s Super Bowl?), any new footage of the legendary duo should be considered a win. A YouTube channel that broadcasts archival concert content has shared a 1.5-hour video containing never-before-seen footage from Daft Punk’s iconic 2007 set at Chicago’s famed Lollapalooza music festival. The duo cycled through a slew of their biggest hits in their performance, including “Harder Better Faster Stronger,” “Around the World,” and “One More Time,” among many others. The uploader said the source video was shared with him by a tape trader, who had seen the amateur 3-cam video of Daft Punk’s Las Vegas Vegoose 2007 set on his channel, which has since...
Australia Dance Music Festival Shut Down by Police After Drunken Brawl
The vibes at Australia’s Gold Coast Vibez festival were killed after a drunken brawl forced police to shut down the event. 10 News First Queensland reports that officers had to use pepper spray on revelers after a fight broke out at the dance music festival on Stradbroke Island in Queensland. The fest’s security guards reportedly had trouble quashing the brawl, which eventually spilled into the Queensland Ambulance medical tent set up at the event. Extra officers were dispatched and ferried over to the island before finally subduing the fight and transporting festival-goers back to the mainland. Police said that no one was arrested, but they are investigating the matter further. According to 7NEWS Australia, those involved in the brawl were “drunk, ang...
Kaskade Continues Monstercat and Rocket League Hot Streak With New Single “Closer”
Continuing his innovative hot streak with Monstercat and the popular vehicular soccer game Rocket League, Kaskade has returned with his new single “Closer.” The third release to arise from the partnership after “Flip Reset” and “Solid Ground,” this new tune comes with a celebratory launch. Starting today, Rocket League is taking over Fortnite’s “Radio Yonder” live across airways in-game, with none other than Kaskade himself as its host. “Closer” employs a melodic house beat, spellbinding synths, and hypnotic vocals for a dark and dreamy feel. The song is dynamic, moving from a house-heavy intro into an alluring buildup, then into the drop with ease. “Working on ‘Closer’ felt like coming home for me,” Kaskade explained. “There’s a lot to be said for the comfort of warm chords, v...
Harry Potter Live-Action TV Series in the Works at HBO Max
It’s time to choose your wand and grab a spot in line for the Sorting Hat, because a new Harry Potter live-action TV series is in the works at HBO Max. According to The Hollywood Reporter, executives at the streaming service have been holding brainstorming conversations with potential writers to imagine new ways to steer the Harry Potter franchise. However, the TV series is still a long way off from becoming a reality. Right now, there’s no writer attached, no plot hammered down, and no cast in mind, which means they’re still in the “extremely early stages and no deals have been made,” notes THR Because the live-action Harry Potter TV show is still searching for a pitch, the creative teams at HBO Max and Warner Bros. are hesitant to announce this news themselves. As they said in a sta...
Deftones Announce Ohms Pale Ale Craft Beer
Chino Moreno of Deftones (photo by Debi Del Grande), Ohms Pale Ale (courtesy of Belching Beaver) Deftones and California brewery Belching Beaver have announced their latest craft beer collaboration, Ohms Pale Ale. The new beer continues the five-year partnership between the band and the Oceanside brewery. Deriving its name from Deftones’ excellent 2020 album, the dry-hopped ale comes in at a solid 5.5% ABV. “The first thing you’ll notice is the bright, citrusy aromas,” Belching Beaver states in a social media announcement. “There’s plenty of lemon peel, grapefruit, and pineapple aromas with a blend of some light pine to give a more nuanced and complex tableau that isn’t found in a lot of pale ales. The finish is nice, light, and very refreshing. Hands down, one of the best thirst-quenching...
Foo Fighters to Launch Own SiriusXM Radio Station
In anticipation of new album Medicine at Midnight, Foo Fighters will be taking over the satellite radio airwaves. On February 3rd, the veteran rockers are partnering up with SiriusXM to launch Foo Fighters Radio, a limited-engagement channel chock-full of Foos-focused programming. One of the channel’s main events is the broadcast of an exclusive live performance from the band. Foo Fighters LIVE from the SiriusXM Garage is scheduled to air on February 5th at 5 p.m. ET, and is likely to include singles from their upcoming 10th studio record. The gig will be attended by a virtual audience (sign up details here) and hosted by SiriusXM’s own Kat Corbett. Additionally, the entire group — that’s Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear, and Rami Jaffee — will stream...
Bartees Strange Makes TV Debut Performing “Boomer” on Seth Meyers: Watch
In 2020 Bartees Strange caught lightning in a bottle, going from little name recognition to rising star on the strength of one of the best albums of the year, Live Forever. Now he’s made his national TV debut, performing his tour-de-force track “Boomer” on Late Night with Seth Meyers. Catch the replay below. “Boomer” isn’t just one of the strongest cuts on a killer album, it’s also a chance for the multi-talented Strange to dig deep into his bag of tricks. Rhythmically and lyrically, the verses are influenced by hip-hop, while the pre-chorus and hook showcase his scorching vocals and elevate “Boomer” into a soaring rock and roll anthem. Earlier this week, Strange shared a rocking cover of Judee Sill’s “The Pearl” which will appear on an upcoming tribute album from producer Lorenzo Wol...
Cage the Elephant’s Daniel Tichenor’s ‘Bread & Roses Prep’ Playlist
Cage the Elephant have somehow avoided the livestream bug. So what does that mean? It means (obviously that they haven’t performed live since last March. However, the band is finally giving and will be performing, but for a good cause. This Saturday, Cage the Elephant will aim to raise funds for Breads & Roses, a nonprofit arts organization that produces free, live music and entertainment for folks in the Bay Area. Ahead of the performance, the band’s bassist, Daniel Tichenor, is sharing a playlist of the songs that he’s been jamming to ahead of the livestream. Plenty of good songs to listen to on here. Here’s what he had to say about the upcoming event: I made this playlist for our upcoming virtual benefit for Bread & Roses, a charity based in the Bay Area that produces free, live...
The 50 Best Albums of 1971
It’s become a cliché, even for post-Baby Boomers, to look back wistfully on the early ’70s as some kind of untouchable golden age for popular music. But when you survey all the era’s best albums in list form, it’s hard not to trust that instinct. I mean…holy shit. In 1971, the psychedelic era hadn’t completely wilted; prog was nearing its popularity apex; Motown was still a revolutionizing soul music; the folk-rock movement was in full flight. The possibilities were limitless. You know it’s a banner year when 50 albums don’t begin to scratch the surface — when both John Lennon and Paul McCartney release definitive LPs and neither make the top 10. Was 1971 the greatest album year ever? We’ll save that debate for another time (or maybe another list). For now, we present 50 stone-cold cl...
