Alternative Rock
Puscifer Announce Reimagined Existential Reckoning Featuring Trent Reznor, Justin Chancellor, and More
Puscifer have announced Existential Reckoning: Rewired, a reimagining of their 2020 album set to arrive December 9th. The re-worked album arrives shortly after Puscifer wrap up their upcoming fall North American tour. The trek kicks off October 13th in San Francisco and runs through November 22nd in Prescott, Arizona, with tickets available via Ticketmaster. Maynard James Keenan and company tapped many of their close associates for Existential Reckoning: Rewired. Among the contributors are Nine Inch Nails members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (“Apocalyptical”); Tool bassist Justin Chancellor and The Crystal Method’s Scott Kirkland (“UPGrade”); Failure guitarist and Puscifer touring member Greg Edwards (“Personal Prometheus”); Phantogram (“Postulous”); and NIN keyboardist Alessandro Cortini...
Dead Can Dance Cancel 2022 and 2023 Tours for “Health Reasons”
Dead Can Dance have canceled their upcoming North American and European tours due to “health reasons.” The 2023 trek was set to be their first tour through North America in a decade. “With sadness and regret we have to cancel the upcoming live concerts in Europe and North America due to health reasons,” the band wrote in a statement. “Thank you to our loyal fans for your support. Please contact point of purchase for refunds.” No further details have been offered at this time. Dead Can Dance last performed in North America at Coachella 2013. The Aussie duo were set to return in 2023 for 17 shows across the US and Canada, including New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Washington DC. This October, Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry had planned to trek across Europe for an addit...
Robbie Williams: Instead of Speaking, Damon Albarn Should “Remove a Few Ribs and Give Himself a Nosh”
Let it be known that Robbie Williams stands with Taylor Swift. The former Take That singer has slammed “twat” Damon Albarn for falsely claiming that Swift “doesn’t write her own songs” back in January. “I think that when people say [other musicians don’t write their own songs], what they’re actually doing is having a wank about themselves,” Williams said in a new feature with NME. “It’s true! You know, it’s like, why don’t you cut the middle man out — just get a few ribs removed and give yourself a nosh, you twat!” The pop star went on: “Because all you’re doing is going, ‘Hey, I’m fucking amazing!’ Nothing good comes from it in any way, other than it’s a sort of dopamine hit for themselves, going, ‘Do you know – I’m a real one.’ OK. Good for you. Fuck off.” Advertisement Related Vide...
How to Get Tickets to Dave Matthews Band’s 2022 Tour
Dave Matthews Band have unveiled dates to their Fall 2022 tour. Their new North American run will keep the collective booked into November following a lengthy, 46-stop summer trek. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is Dave Matthews Band’s Next Tour? DMB still have a number of shows from their summer series to wrap before heading into the fall. They’ll play two nights at Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre in Colorado on September 9th and 10th, followed by a stop in Phoenix and four performances across California including Mountain View on September 17th and a two-night finale in Los Angeles on September 19th and 20th. Advertisement Related Video The fall 2022 tour opens in Vancouver on November 2nd. Over the first week, Dave Matthews Band will hang in t...
“Tears in My Fucking Eyes”: Trent Reznor Praises Tribute to “Really Sweet Guy” Taylor Hawkins
Trent Reznor didn’t attend Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert, but like the rest of us, he was moved by the event from afar. The artist discussed watching the concert at a recent Nine Inch Nails show, praising the tribute as “very touching and sincere.” Nine Inch Nails performed at the Red Rocks Amphitheater on September 3rd, the same day the Taylor Hawkins tribute occupied London’s Wembley Stadium. During NIN’s show, Reznor asked the crowd, “Did any of you happen to catch the tribute to Taylor Hawkins today? I thought, ‘I’ll tune in, I knew Taylor. He was a really sweet guy.’ I know a lot of friends were playing, I started watching it, and three hours later I’m still watching. And I’ve got tears in my fucking eyes.” Reznor continued: “It got me thinking. If you haven’t seen...
Them Crooked Vultures Reunite for First Performance in 12 Years at Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert: Watch
Them Crooked Vultures, the supergroup featuring Dave Grohl, Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones, and Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, reunited for their first show in 12 years at Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert on Saturday Just as they were back in the day, Them Crooked Vultures were joined onstage by Alain Johannes, the guitarist who’s toured with the likes of Eleven, Queens of the Stone Age, and PJ Harvey. Frequent Grohl collaborator Greg Kurstin also provided keyboards. The band first covered Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” after Sir Elton himself remembered Hawkins in a video message. From there, they performed the original song “Gunman” and covered Queens of the Stone Age’s 2005 song “Long Slow Goodbye.” Them Crooked Vultures released one eponymous album in 2009 ...
Song of the Week: Arctic Monkeys Return with the Melancholic, Delightfully Funny “There’d Better Be A Mirrorball”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, Arctic Monkeys return with the lead single for their forthcoming album, The Car. After the downright silly Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, Arctic Monkeys have returned with “There’d Better Be A Mirrorball,” the first single from their upcoming seventh studio album, The Car (out October 21st). Already, “There’d Better Be A Mirrorball” seems to pick up where Tranquility Base left off, guided by a piano (which has, of late, been Alex Turner’s primary songwriting instrument) and a slow burning trot from the re...
Alex Lahey Leaves Herself at the Altar in Video for “Congratulations”: Watch
Alex Lahey has unveiled her first single of 2022 with the semi-celebratory “Congratulations.” The song is accompanied by a music video written by Lahey that features the Australian singer-songwriter playing dual roles in a hysterical wedding farce. “Congratulations” finds Lahey grinning through the pain as she watches her exes find new partners in very quick succession. She expertly brushes off any signs of sour grapes with quips like, “So happy for your perfect life/ There’s something in my eye” despite the palpable emotional strain to get the words out. “Two of my exes got engaged within an improbably short space of time of one another,” Lahey revealed in a statement. “What are the odds? I couldn’t not write a song inspired by it.” Advertisement Related Video In the self-described “deepl...
The National Remix NEU!’s “Im Glück” for NEU! 50! Box Set: Stream
This September, Krautrock pioneers NEU! are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their self-titled debut album with the NEU! 50! box set, which includes a tribute album comprising covers and remixes by an impressive list of artist. One of those names is The National, who have today shared their remix of NEU!’s “Im Glück.” The original version of “Im Glück” appeared on NEU! in 1972, and it’s a nearly-seven-minute drone track that doesn’t share much in common with The National’s typical indie rock. It’s pretty structureless with no rhythm section, almost acting like an intermission on the album. With The National’s touch, however, it becomes a bit of a dance number; the band add a shuffling house beat and layer it with more instrumentals, turning it into a much more active, melodic ...
Gang of Youths Cancel North American Tour Due to “Ongoing Health Issues”
Gang of Youths have canceled the upcoming North American leg of their world tour due to lead singer Dave Le’aupepe’s “ongoing health issues.” The Australian rockers were set to kick off the trek September 13th in Milwaukee, zig-zagging across the US and Canada and ending with an appearance at Ohana Festival before an October 1st concert in Las Vegas. However, Le’aupepe suggests that health concerns are sapping his ability to perform. “In the words of warren zevon, my shit’s fucked up,” he wrote in a social media statement. “I need to take some time off to address these concerns before we pick back up again. i’m so sorry to everybody who is disappointed by this. a lot of the inner shit i feel has a lot to do with letting people down and i’m feeling that more than ever at this poin...
Gorillaz Announce New Album Cracker Island, Share “New Gold” Featuring Tame Impala: Stream
Gorillaz will come in swinging next year with a new album. Cracker Island, the animated band’s eighth studio album, will arrive February 24th, 2023 via Parlophone, and as a sample of what’s to come, they’ve teamed up with Tame Impala today for the new single “New Gold.” Gorillaz rang in their new era in July with Cracker Island’s title track, which included a contribution from Thundercat. Like most recent Gorillaz projects, the album boasts an impressive list of featured guests, including Stevie Nicks, Bad Bunny, Beck, The Pharcyde’s Bootie Brown, and Adeleye Omotayo. The lore of Gorillaz also continues: “Murdoc, Noodle, Russel, and 2D have relocated to Silver Lake, California as they recruit new members to join ‘The Last Cult’, in search of the one truth to fix the world. Report...
PUP Announce New Live EP PUP Unravels Live in Front of Everyone They Know
PUP are sharing the first transmissions from their ongoing 2022 tour (tickets here) on a new live EP titled PUP Unravels Live in Front of Everyone They Know. It arrives on October 12th. The EP consists of six cuts collected from a run of shows earlier this year in the band’s native Toronto. “Hometown shows always kinda [of] trip me out,” frontman Stefan Babcock shared in a statement. ” On one hand, they are the most fun shows to play. Toronto has always rallied behind us and we are so lucky to feel that love. But they are also stressful because you don’t want to screw up in front of everyone you know.” He continued, “All of our families, friends, frenemies, the guy who used to sell me weed at the Wendy’s drive-thru, kids I went to elementary school with, my parents’ neighbors. It’s a lot. ...
