Alternative Rock
Weezer’s Van Weezer Is All Big Riffs with Little Payoff: Review
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-06T22:09:22+00:00“>May 6, 2021 | 6:09pm ET The Lowdown: We’ve spent the first months of 2021 wrestling with some truly difficult questions. How will the pandemic end? Can America recover from its increasingly violent political polarization? Is Weezer actually good again? While the answers to those first two are still forthcoming, the last one seemed more straightforward — upon its surprise arrival in January, the band’s 14th studio album, OK Human, delivered some of Weezer’s most lyrically confessional and musically adventurous songs in recent memory. That record largely succeeded thanks to its grounded relatability, two words which seem unlikely to describe the followup to OK Hu...
Coldplay Share New Single “Higher Power” and Alien-Powered Video: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-06T23:00:12+00:00“>May 6, 2021 | 7:00pm ET Coldplay are back with “Higher Power”, their first new song in two years. The track reunites the British rockers with Max Martin, the Swedish super producer responsible for dozens of No. 1 hits. Watch the alien-powered music video below. The Chris Martin-led band beamed a specially recorded performance of the single to French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, who premiered the track on board the International Space Station. The AR-augmented clip features dancing alien holograms, fitting in with the theme of the Alien Radio FM website where they’ve been teasing new music lately. “‘Higher Power’ is a song that arrived on a little keyboard and ...
Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie and Savages’ Jehnny Beth Unite on “Chase It Down”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-06T16:16:41+00:00“>May 6, 2021 | 12:16pm ET Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream and Jehnny Beth of Savages have shared “Chase It Down”, a bombastic new song from their upcoming joint album, Utopian Ashes. Watch the accompanying music video below. The latest installment in the LP’s fictional story of a disintegrating marriage features soaring strings and an emphatic guitar solo by Primal Scream’s Andrew Innes. Fellow Primal Scream bandmates Martin Duffy (piano) and Darrin Mooney (drums) join Beth’s musical partner Johnny Hostile (bass) to fill out the instrumentation. This lineup is featured throughout the album. Gillespie opens the song by singing,...
The Bamboozle Festival to Return in 2023 Following 11-Year Absence
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-04T14:24:36+00:00“>May 4, 2021 | 10:24am ET The Bamboozle Festival, which became one of the premier events for emo bands and their fans during its run from 2003 to 2012, will return to New Jersey in 2023 for its first staging in 11 years. While few details have been announced, the event will take place May 5th-7th, 2023, at an undisclosed venue to mark the 20th anniversary of the first edition of the festival. Over the years, The Bamboozle boasted My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Blink-182, Taking Back Sunday, Newfound Glory, and countless other bands. While it became known as an emo destination, the New Jersey fest also featured such varied acts as Linkin Park, Foo Fighters, D...
Red Hot Chili Peppers Selling Song Catalog for More than $140 Million
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-04T15:02:03+00:00“>May 4, 2021 | 11:02am ET Red Hot Chili Peppers are ready to part ways with their song catalog, but they’re not just going to give it away, give it away, give it away now. As Variety notes, the California rockers have reached a deal with Hipgnosis Songs that is said to be worth upwards of $140 million. Founded in 1983, the Chili Peppers have been a force in alternative music for over three decades, with the bulk of the songwriting coming from singer Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith, and on-again off-again guitarist John Frusciante, who, as of 2019, is officially on-again. It’s unclear if the deal has actually been finalized, but when it...
The Flaming Lips Announce Dates for 2021-22 World Tour
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-03T15:56:48+00:00“>May 3, 2021 | 11:56am ET The Flaming Lips have announced dates for a massive world tour that spans 2021 and 2022, and unlike their last couple of shows, the band will be the only ones in personal bubbles. As pioneers in human hamster ball technology, the Lips were better positioned than most rockers to weather the pandemic. The group’s recent bubble concert series created a novel live experience while prioritizing audience safety, but now that COVID-19 vaccines are widely available — at least in North America and Europe — normal touring is set to return. The Flaming Lips already had a pair of August 2021 dates on the calendar. Now, they’ve added a hefty sl...
Everclear Announce 2021 Tour with Hoobastank and Wheatus
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-03T17:24:37+00:00“>May 3, 2021 | 1:24pm ET Everclear are bringing back their nostalgia rock tour, Summerland, for 2021. This time around, they have recruited fellow alternative rock veterans Hoobastank and Wheatus. Funk metal pioneers Living Colour will be joining them as well. The trek kicks off July 2nd at Orange County Speedway in Middletown, New York, and will hit cities like Atlantic City, NJ; Houston, Texas; and Cincinnati, Ohio throughout the rest of the month. It will eventually extend through September and early October as COVID-19 mandates are lifted. In a statement, Everclear frontman and Summerland Tour founder Art Alexakis said, “After personally fighting C...
Cold Cave Announce New Album Fate In Seven Lessons, Share “Prayer From Nowhere”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-28T18:42:35+00:00“>April 28, 2021 | 2:42pm ET New York dark pop group Cold Cave have announced a new album. It’s called Fate In Seven Lessons and it’s due out June 11th via Heartworm Press. To tease the release, the gothic duo have just shared a music video for the single “Prayer From Nowhere”, which you can stream below. Fate In Seven Lessons has been a long time coming for fans because it’s Cold Cave’s first full-length record in a decade. It follows the duo’s 2018 EP You & Me & Infinity and their 2011 album Cherish the Light Years. A press release calls Fate In Seven Lessons the band’s “heaviest and most romantic release yet” despite its relatively ...
Manchester Orchestra Retain Their Majestic Magic on The Million Masks of God: Review
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-27T15:55:23+00:00“>April 27, 2021 | 11:55am ET The Lowdown: Manchester Orchestra have evolved considerably since 2006’s relatively rowdy and simplistically produced debut LP, I’m Like a Virgin Losing a Child. That’s not to imply that it’s lackluster in any way, but rather to note how it offered only glimpses of the grand, luscious, and welcoming Americana/indie rock that they’d achieve fully with 2017’s A Black Mile to the Surface. Led by songwriting duo Andy Hull and Robert McDowell – and rounded out by Andy Prince and Tim Very – it was a gracefully melodic, emotional, and dense collection that ranked alongside the best modern entries into those styles. Luckily, follow-up The Mi...
Trent Reznor “Planning on Working on New Nine Inch Nails Material” Immediately Following Oscar Win
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-26T15:36:07+00:00“>April 26, 2021 | 11:36am ET Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross aren’t taking time to bask in the glory of Sunday night’s Oscar win for Best Original Score. Instead, they’re turning their focus immediately on a new Nine Inch Nails album. Reznor, Ross, and Late Show With Stephen Colbert bandleader Jon Batiste took home the prestigious honor for their work on the animated film Soul at last night’s Academy Awards. During the acceptance speech, Batiste did all the talking, as the two NIN members stood by his side. However, during the post-win backstage meeting with press, Reznor let his NIN plans be known when a journalist asked how they separate their work in the band f...
Song of the Week: Little Simz Raises a Rousing Battle Cry with “Introvert”
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Dave Grohl and His Daughter Violet Share Cover of X’s “Nausea”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-23T04:00:53+00:00“>April 23, 2021 | 12:00am ET Violet Grohl has teamed up with her father Dave Grohl for a cover of X’s “Nausea”. The track, which was recorded for Dave’s upcoming documentary What Drives Us, will arrive on digital music services on Friday. In an Instagram post, Papa Grohl shared the lengthy background behind the song. As it turns out, X drummer D. J. Bonebrake (a.k.a. Johann Christian Breinbrech) is a long-lost cousin of the family. He wrote, “I wanted to record a song that would not only pay tribute to the people and music that influenced me to become a musician, but also pay tribute to my long family history. So, what better song than an X song? And what better...
