Alternative Music
JAMES LABRIE Says DREAM THEATER’s GRAMMY Means Recording Academy Is ‘Recognizing And Acknowledging This Kind Of Music’
DREAM THEATER singer James LaBrie spoke to Metal Wani about the band winning its first-ever Grammy in the “Best Metal Performance” category in the pre-telecast ceremony at the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which was held on April 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. DREAM THEATER was nominated for “The Alien”, a track from its 2021 album “A View From The Top Of The World”. DREAM THEATER‘s previous Grammy nominations were for the song “On The Backs Of Angels”, from 2011’s “A Dramatic Turn Of Events” album, and the single “The Enemy Inside” from 2013’s “Dream Theater”. “There’s a couple of things that go through my mind immediately,” James said (as transcribed by BLAB...
PUDDLE OF MUDD’s WES SCANTLIN Has Been Working On New Music ‘Every Day’ During Pandemic
PUDDLE OF MUDD frontman Wes Scantlin has confirmed to Montana radio DJ Willy Tyler that he and his bandmates have been working on the material for the follow-up to 2019’s “Welcome To Galvania” album. “I wrote basically every day [during the pandemic], and I’m still doing that,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “It was kind of, like, ‘Wow, this really sucks, but it’s really kind of cool almost that I get this much time to express my artistic [creativity].’ It was a double-edged sword.” According to Scantlin, he has “plenty” of new music ready to be recorded. “And I’ve been working in the studio for the last month, month and a half,” he said. “And I’m getting ready to get ...
Spiritualized Release New Album Everything Was Beautiful: Stream
Spiritualized are back with new music for your next trip (if you’re into that sort of thing). The iconic space rock band’s ninth studio album, Everything Was Beautiful, is out now via Fat Possum Records. Listen below via Bandcamp. Written during the pandemic, Everything Was Beautiful sees Spiritualized frontman J Spaceman play 16 different instruments — in addition to a huge laundry list of guest contributors that includes string and brass sections and choirs. Spaceman and company recorded the album at 11 different studios as well as in his home. Ahead of the album’s release, Spiritualized shared a string of singles, including “Always Together with You,” “The Mainline Song,” and “Crazy.” Advertisement Related Video Beyond hitting streaming services, Everything Was Beautiful also ...
R.I.P. Cynthia “Plaster Caster” Albritton, Artist Known for Sculptures of Musicians’ Penises Dead at 74
Cynthia “Plaster Caster” Albritton, an artist best known for creating plaster casts of famous musicians’ penises, has died at 74. According to a press release, Albritton died in Chicago after “a long illness.” Albritton was born in Chicago in 1947. She began her career in 1968, creating plaster genitals belonging to artists including Jimi Hendrix, The Buzzcocks’ Pete Shelley, MC5’s Wayne Kramer,and The Dead Kennedys’ Jello Biafra. Later on, Albritton included breasts in her plaster repertoire, making casts of bosoms belonging to The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O, Peaches, Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier, and The Mekons’ Sally Timms. Albritton had a close friendship with Frank Zappa. Though the avant-garde musician was never the model of a sculpture himself, he found much amusement in Albritton’s wo...
Pusha T Unleashes New Album It’s Almost Dry: Stream
Pusha T has unveiled his fourth studio album, It’s Almost Dry, via GOOD Music/Def Jam. Stream the record on Apple Music and Spotify below. Preceded by the lead single “Diet Coke” and “Neck & Wrist” featuring Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams, the album is the rapper’s long-awaited follow-up to 2018’s Daytona. It’s entirely produced by Kanye West and Pharrell, and features additional guest appearances from Kid Cudi, Lil Uzi Vert, and No Malice. In our review, Consequence called the LP “more well-rounded” than its predecessor. “The album is a potent blend of evil deeds, evil thoughts, regrets, and insults to imaginary players,” wrote Marcus Shorter. “Pusha’s latest is filled with several reminders that [he] can still go ‘blow for blow with any Mexican,’ even as a family man. Or, go rhyme for r...
Megan Thee Stallion Unveils New Single “Plan B”: Stream
Megan Thee Stallion has officially dropped her new single “Plan B,” first previewed during the Houston rapper’s Coachella debut last weekend. Meg’s latest offering has been teased out since early April when she posted on Twitter about a “song that I recorded and every time I play it for a woman they start jumping and clapping.” Following the surprise reveal during her festival set, Stallion shared a video of her lip-syncing a full verse to a studio quality recording of the song and subsequently debunked rumors that the single was called “Letter to My Ex.” With the full track now released, it’s clear that the aforementioned letter is actually ‘B,’ as in “Poppin’ Plan B’s ’cause I ain’t planned to be stuck with you.” The song, which dabbles in past regret but mostly looks back as a meas...
LIMP BIZKIT Shares Music Video For ‘Dad Vibes’
LIMP BIZKIT has released the official music video for the song “Dad Vibes”. The clip, which features cameos by STEEL PANTHER‘s Michael Starr and Stix Zadinia, can be seen below. “Dad Vibes”, which was originally premiered during the band’s concert at Lollapalooza last July, appears on LIMP BIZKIT‘s latest album, “Limp Bizkit Still Sucks”. “Check out your dad with the swag on the floor/ Momma gonna brag when I walk in the door/ Y’all ain’t ever seen a guerrilla in the mist/ Walk the line so fine with a blindfold,” frontman Fred Durst raps in the song. “Hot dad ridin’ in on a rhino/ Got the roll-under-wrap with the dad vibes/ Now everybody bounce with the franchise,” he continues before the bass d...
OZZY OSBOURNE’s Daughter AIMÉE Releases New ARO Single ‘Against Mine’
Aimée Osbourne, the eldest daughter of Ozzy and Sharon, has shared a new song, “Against Mine”, released under the ARO banner. Her first new track in two years, it exhibits her sultry, dark, and melodic electro-pop sound in all its glory. ARO‘s debut album, “Vacare Adamaré”, was released in 2020. Osbourne told Rolling Stone she plans on putting out singles rather than albums. “I feel a different sense of freedom and excitement that comes from releasing a couple of songs or a single at a time,” she said. Regarding what her father thinks about her music, Aimée said: “My dad has responded really positively to a lot of it. It’s been a really fun way to connect with him about being in the same industry now. He is so dedicated and his ability ...
New RANDY RHOADS Documentary ‘Reflections Of A Guitar Icon’ Coming To VOD Next Month
“Randy Rhoads: Reflections Of A Guitar Icon”, a new documentary about legendary guitarist Randy Rhoads, best known for his work with OZZY OSBOURNE, will be available on Video On Demand on Friday, May 6. The 85-film was directed by Andre Relis and was narrated by L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns. It was written and edited by Michael Bruining. “Randy Rhoads: Reflections Of A Guitar Icon” includes interviews with Randy‘s mother Delores Rhoads, brother Kelle Rhoads, Eddie Van Halen (VAN HALEN), Rudy Sarzo (QUIET RIOT), Frankie Banali (QUEOT RIOT), Joel Hoekstra (WHITESNAKE), Bruce Kulick (KISS), Doug Aldrich (WHITESNAKE, DIO), Gary Moore, Dweezil Zappa, George Lynch (DOKKEN) and Ozzy Osbourne. Rhoads and two others were killed on March 19, 1982 when the small plane...
How SKID ROW’s New Singer Went From Covering ’18 And Life’ On ‘Swedish Idol’ To Fronting The Band: ‘It’s Like A Hollywood Script’
New SKID ROW singer Erik Grönwall was a guest on Swedish TV channel TV4‘s “Nyhetsmorgon” program earlier today (Thursday, April 21). During the chat, Erik discussed how he went from auditioning for the competition show “Swedish Idol” back in 2009 by singing a cover of SKID ROW‘s “18 And Life” to now fronting the band. The 10-minute Swedish-language segment can be viewed below. Erik talked about his longtime love for SKID ROW‘s music during an appearance on the latest episode of SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation L.A. Invasion”, recorded just hours before the band’s first performance with the Swedish singer on March 26 in Las Vegas as the opening act for the SCORPIONS. The 34-year-old musician said (as transcribed by BLABBE...
John Carpenter Announces Firestarter Soundtrack, Shares “End Titles”: Stream
John Carpenter has revealed his soundtrack for the upcoming Stephen King adaptation Firestarter will release digitally on May 13th, the same day the movie arrives in theaters and streaming via Peacock. Along with the album announcement comes its first preview in the closer “Firestarter (End Titles).” Carpenter composed the score with his close collaborators, son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies. Though it stands as their first film accompaniment outside of Carpenter’s Halloween series — which has included the 2018 Halloween revival and 2021’s Halloween Kills — the trio has a long history of working together on projects like the ongoing Lost Themes albums. The musical motifs hinted at in the film’s first trailer suggested a more supernatural tone for the team that fits with the pyroc...
CNN+ Announces It’s Shutting Down Three Weeks After Launch
CNN+, the billion-dollar bet that CNN’s future depended on digital streaming, will be shutting down at the end of the month, The New York Times and CNN report. The news comes scarcely three weeks after CNN+ launched on March 29th. The streaming offshoot of the cable news titan was championed by former CEO Jeff Zucker, who had planned to spend $1 billion on CNN+ over four years. But Zucker departed in February after failing to disclose a relationship with CNN’s marketing chief, and the future of the platform fell further into doubt last month, when CNN’s parent company WarnerMedia finalized a merger with Discovery to become Warner Bros. Discovery. Its fate may have been sealed when Warner Bros. Discovery announced that HBO Max and Discovery+ would be combined into one streaming platfor...
