Alternative Music
Snoop Dogg Acquires Death Row Records
Snoop Dogg is going back to his roots with his latest business venture. Today, the rapper-entrepreneur announced that he’s acquired the brand of his former label, Death Row Records, from MNRK Music Group, an entity controlled by the private equity firm Blackstone. Variety reports that Snoop Dogg’s ownership of the Death Row brand will also likely extend to some of its music rights. The rapper addressed the deal in a statement, saying: “I am thrilled and appreciative of the opportunity to acquire the iconic and culturally significant Death Row Records brand, which has immense untapped future value. It feels good to have ownership of the label I was part of at the beginning of my career and as one of the founding members. This is an extremely meaningful moment for me. I would like to pe...
STONE GOSSARD’s PAINTED SHIELD Shares Video For New Single ‘Dead Man’s Dream’
PAINTED SHIELD has returned with a music video for its new song “Dead Man’s Dream”, the first single from its upcoming sophomore album. The group, which features PEARL JAM guitarist Stone Gossard, acclaimed songwriter Mason Jennings, Matt Chamberlain and Seattle soul prodigy Brittany Davis, will release “Painted Shield 2” on April 22 via Loosegroove Records. “This one started as a classic Stone Gossard riff,” says Jennings of “Dead Man’s Dream”. “Matt and Brit ripped into it with a vengeance. The lyrics were originally from a folk song I had been working on for a few years. I wondered how it would work to lay the folk lyrics against that heavy rock bed. Felt good. Then we all sang in the choruses and channeled our love for V...
SEVENDUST Announces Second Leg Of ‘Animosity’ 21st-Anniversary Tour
SEVENDUST has announced the second leg of its tour celebrating the 21st anniversary of its “Animosity” album. Tickets and VIP packages will go on sale this Friday, February 11 at Sevendust.com. First leg (with TETRARCH and DEAD POET SOCIETY): Mar. 04 – Oklahoma City – The Diamond Ballroom Mar. 05 – Dallas, TX – House Of Blues Mar. 07 – San Antonio, TX – The Aztec Theatre Mar. 08 – Houston, TX – House Of Blues Mar. 11 – San Diego, CA – SOMA Mar. 12 – Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades Mar. 13 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst Mar. 15 – Anaheim, CA – House Of Blues Mar. 18 – Denver, CO – The Oriental Theater Mar. 19 – Denver, CO – The Oriental Theater Mar. 20 – ...
LAST IN LINE Signs With earMUSIC; New EP, Full-Length Album In The Works
LAST IN LINE has inked a deal with earMUSIC, the recorded music label of German entertainment group Edel AG which boasts a roster of global artists including DEEP PURPLE, Alice Cooper, BABYMETAL, THUNDER, STATUS QUO and many more. A new EP from LAST IN LINE will tentatively arrive later this year, following by the band’s third full-length album. The news of LAST IN LINE‘s partnership with earMUSIC was shared by the band’s drummer, Vinny Appice, during a recent appearance on “Waste Some Time With Jason Green”. Vinny also revealed that LAST IN LINE completed recording six more new songs in late January at Danny “Count” Koker‘s Desert Moon studios in Las Vegas, Nevada. Formed in 2012 by Appice, bassist Jimmy Bain and guitarist Vivian Campbell — ...
TRIVIUM’s MATT HEAFY Says He’s Already Had COVID-19 Twice
TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy spoke to Tucson, Arizona’s Rock 102.1 KFMA radio station about the overwhelming success of his Twitch channel, which boasts a follower count of 238,000. Matt, who streams everything from video games, guitar clinics to TRIVIUM and acoustic song covers, all while he’s off the road and awaiting the next TRIVIUM tour, said: “The main consistency is five days a week when I’m off tour, two times a day — 8:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. — is when I do my streams on my channel. And the majority of it — 75 to 90 percent of the time — is me playing TRIVIUM songs by request to TRIVIUM supporters. It’s me staying in shape.” He continued: “I never take time off vocally ever; I never take time off. I had COVID last year [and] I had COVID again...
Robert Pattinson Claims He Made Ambient Electronic Music in The Batsuit
Robert Pattinson has revealed to GQ that he channeled his inner Brian Eno while on the set of Matt Reeves’ The Batman, making ambient electronic music in the Batsuit in between takes. With the movie primarily shot during the COVID-19 pandemic, Pattinson described the set as a “bubble within a bubble” and “insular.” Stuck in the suit and not allowed outside of the studio, the British actor added he “felt very much alone” while always shooting in the dark of night. “You’re not really allowed out of the studio with the suit on, so I barely knew what was going on at all outside,” he explained. The Batman star was built a tent where he could go to decompress and passed the time as best he could. “I’d be in the tent just making ambient electronic music in the suit, looking over the cow...
Portugal. The Man Share New Single “What, Me Worry?”: Stream
Portugal. the Man are gearing up to release a new album, and they’re pulling out all the stops to promote the project. In addition to sharing first single “What, Me Worry?,” the band has created PTM Coin, a cryptocurrency spin on the fan club. Produced by Jeff Bhasker (Kanye West, Harry Styles), Portugal. the Man’s as-yet-untitled ninth album arrives in June. Thumping bass and swirling guitar fuel first single “What, Me Worry?,” which boasts extra star power from producer Ryan Tedder (Adele, Beyoncé), as singer John Gourley talks down his apocalyptic anxiety. “Happy as a clown/ What, me worry? / Houses burning down/ Don’t disturb me,” he sings in his famous falsetto. In the accompanying video, directed by Los Güeyes, flames rage as a riot erupts, but Gourley assures us, “I ain’t even tripp...
Former American Idol Finalist Charged with Felony DUI Following Fatal Crash
17-year-old Caleb Kennedy, who reached the top five of American Idol last year before withdrawing under a cloud of controversy, has been charged with a felony DUI resulting in death after his vehicle allegedly struck a building and killed a man inside. WYFF reports that Kennedy was driving a 2011 Ford pick-up truck around 12:40 in the afternoon in Spartanburg, South Carolina when he veered off the road and into a building. The 54-year-old victim, Larry Duane Parris, was pronounced dead at a local hospital three hours later. Kennedy was expected to appear in court for a hearing Wednesday morning. Last year, a then-16-year-old Kennedy made a deep run on American Idol Season 19. But after reaching the final five he abruptly left the competition after one of his old so...
Dermot Kennedy on His Sophomore LP, Touring with Shawn Mendes, and Covering Metallica
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Dermot Kennedy sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about his upcoming sophomore album and the success that’s led up to it. The Irish singer-songwriter tells us about recently busking in Washington Square, raising over $300k for charities over the holidays, and being an authentically humble artist. Related Video Kennedy also revisits his Metallica cover of “Nothing Else Matters,” what it was like to have “Paradise” become so big during a time when he was so disconnected from the world, and the background behind his latest chart-topper “Better Days.” Plus, he gives us so insight into his upcoming tour with Shawn Mendes, tickets...
EXODUS’s TOM HUNTING: ‘Thanks To Science, They Can’t Find Any Cancer In Me Right Now’
EXODUS drummer Tom Hunting says that there are “no words” to describe how much he appreciates the support he has gotten from the heavy metal community during his battle with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the stomach. The 56-year-old, who underwent a successful total gastrectomy in July 2021, discussed his ordeal in a new interview with Pamela Calderón of Chile’s iRock.cl. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I’m so grateful to the metal community. It’s a powerful force to have those vibrations behind you. “Thanks to science, the medical science, they can’t find any cancer in me right now,” he continued. “So that’s awesome. They did surgery [last] July the 12th, and I’m adjusting to a new lifestyle — a diff...
SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS Kick Off U.S. Tour In Portland (Video)
SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS kicked off their 2022 North American tour last night (Tuesday, February 8) at the Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon. The band’s 21-song set included material from all four SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS albums, including four songs from the upcoming “4”: “The River Is Rising”, “Fill My World”, “Call Off The Dogs” and “Whatever Gets You By”. Also aired during the show were the SLASH’S SNAKEPIT song “Speed Parade” as well as covers of Lenny Kravitz‘s “Always On The Run” and Elton John‘s “Rocket Man”. The setlist was as follows: 01. Driving Rain 02. Shots Fired 03. My Antidote 04. Serve You Right 0...
Synchro Anarchy – VOIVOD
RATING: 9/10 How does a band survive for 40 years without ever sounding like anything else? Their earliest records aside, VOIVOD have been ferociously original throughout the last four decades; a unique and unassailable benchmark for progressive heaviness. Perhaps uniquely, they negotiated the tragic loss of talismanic guitarist and creative mastermind Denis “Piggy” D’Amour with grace and intelligence, locating the exact right man to replace him. Since recruiting Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain, VOIVOD have been back to the astonishing levels of creativity and skewed ingenuity that informed cherished classics like “Dimension Hatross” and “Nothingface”. 2018’s “The Wake” was widely and rightly acclaimed as the best thing the Ca...
