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MACHINE HEAD Shares First Video Documenting Making Of Next Studio Album
The first in a series of videos documenting the making of MACHINE HEAD‘s as-yet-untitled tenth studio album can be seen below. Back in June 2021, MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn and bassist Jared MacEachern entered Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California with producer Zack Ohren to demo some new ideas for the band’s follow-up to 2018’s “Catharsis”. With not a whole lot to track, things were off to a slow start, but eventually ideas started to flow. MACHINE HEAD‘s next LP is tentatively due in the summer. Last month, Flynn offered an update on the album’s progress during an episode of his “No Fuckin’ Regrets With Robb Flynn” podcast. He said: “I’m in the studio right now. In fact, we started yesterday — Zack and I wer...
Watch SKID ROW Perform At Florida’s ROKISLAND FEST
Fan-filmed video of SKID ROW‘s January 15 performance at RokIsland Fest in Key West, Florida can be seen below. As previously reported, SKID ROW has replaced QUEENSRŸCHE as the support act on the rescheduled dates for SCORPIONS‘ “Sin City Nights” Las Vegas residency. The run of shows, which was originally slated to take place in July 2020 and was later pushed back to May 2021, will now happen in March-April, 2022 at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. SKID ROW is continuing work on its long-awaited new album for a tentative early 2022 release. The band is recording its new album in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who has previously worked with FOO FIGHTERS, STONE SOUR, HALESTORM, EVANESCENCE, RUSH and ALICE IN CHAINS, among m...
The Afterparty Review: Apple TV+’s Comedic Murder Mystery Might Be the Most Inventive TV Show of 2022 (So Far)
The Pitch: For those familiar with the work of 21 Jump Street and The Lego Movie directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord, there are a few constants, a major one being their talent for taking a premise and making it simultaneously very clear and simple and also deceptively complex. Apple TV+’s The Afterparty is a perfect example of this, presenting itself initially as a fairly straightforward murder mystery out of the pages of Agatha Christie, with Tiffany Haddish in the Hercule Poirot role. On its own merits, that’s an idea that would be enough to inspire interest, and then Miller (who created the series and directs every episode; Lord serves as an executive producer) adds an additional layer: Every episode, which focuses on one potential suspect’s version of events, also utilizes a different...
Rosa Lee Hawkins, Singer of The Dixie Cups, Dies at 76
The Dixie Cups, a New Orleans girl group, did not want to sing “Chapel of Love.” “It sounded like a country song, OK?” the trio told the Brill Building professionals who’d written the tune. “We asked them could we do it like we wanted to. And they said, ‘Sure,’” Rosa Lee Hawkins, one of the group’s singers, who died on Tuesday (Jan. 11) at age 76, recalled to the Arizona Republic last year. “So we rehearsed it in a little corner, just the three of us, not the piano. And we came up with the version they released.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Chapel of Love,” written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich (with a songwriting credit to the late producer Phil Spector), hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964, displacing The Beatles’ “Love ...
Jon Lind, Grammy-Nominated Songwriter, Dies at 73
Jon Lind, who co-wrote such hits as Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Boogie Wonderland,” Madonna’s “Crazy For You” and Vanessa Williams’ “Save the Best for Last,” died on Saturday (Jan. 15) following a two-year cancer battle. He was 73. “The songwriting community lost a great songwriter and a beautiful soul in Jon Lind, who leaves a legacy of iconic songs both as a songwriter and supremely talented A&R man,” ASCAP said in a statement. “The ASCAP family mourns his loss but his humor, his music and his wonderfully generous spirit live in our hearts.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news While still a teenager, the Brooklyn native started as a folk singer, sharing stages with Judy Collins, Harry Chapin, Tom Paxton and other legendary artists. While at New...
The Wombats Are Heading For U.K. No. 1 With ‘Fix Yourself’
The Wombats are rolling to a first-ever U.K. No. 1 with Fix Yourself, Not The World. Hailing from Liverpool, the independent rock outfit leads the Official Chart Update with their fifth and latest album, which has racked up the most physical sales in the first half of the week. Fix Yourself, Not The World should be the band’s fourth consecutive U.K. Top 5 album, a streak that started with 2011’s This Modern Glitch (No. 3), and continued with 2015’s Glitterbug (No. 5) and Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life (No. 3). The band’s 2007 debut A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation just missed out on a Top 10 appearance, peaking at No. 11. Coming in at No. 2 is Los Angeles-based British electronic producer’s Bonobo’s seventh full-length studio effort Fragments (Ninja Tune), the week’s most-down...
Hazel O’Connor Hospitalized Following a Bleed on Brain
Hazel O’Connor, the veteran British singer and songwriter, is recovering from a brain bleed. The 66-year-old Coventry native was admitted to hospital Jan. 9 after being found in her home in south-west France having suffered a “serious medical event.” The following day, “things were touch and go” and the “next 24 hours would determine how her recovery may go,” reads an update posted on social media by her brother Neil O’Connor. Doctors then placed her in an induced coma until Monday evening, after which time she “has been showing a lot of progress,” he continues, noting that “her recovery is going to take a while but she is tough and is responding to stimuli and to treatment.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news As a result of her condition, O’Conno...
GHOST To Perform On This Thursday’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
GHOST will be the featured musical guest on the Thursday, January 20 episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, airing at 11:35 p.m. ET on ABC. Four months ago, GHOST announced a 26-date co-headlining U.S. arena tour with VOLBEAT and special guests TWIN TEMPLE, coming to cities including Seattle, Denver, Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix. The trek will kick off on January 25 in Reno, Nevada and conclude on March 3 in Anaheim, California. In September, GHOST released a new single titled “Hunter’s Moon” which is featured in the latest blockbuster installment of the legendary film franchise “Halloween Kills”. The “Halloween Kills” soundtrack arrived on October 15 via Sacred Bones, with the film hitting theaters (and Peacock) the same day as well. Produc...
Watch TOOL Perform ‘Culling Voices’ Live For First Time
TOOL performed the song “Culling Voices” for the first time ever during the band’s concert this past Saturday, January 15 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. Fan-filmed video of the performance, which started off with all the members seated at the front of the stage and drummer Danny Carey playing guitar alongside Adam Jones, can be seen below. “Culling Voices” is taken from TOOL‘s latest album, “Fear Inoculum”, which arrived in August of 2019, following years of anticipation. The LP debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top 200, shattering sales and radio records while also earning widespread critical praise. TOOL kicked off its 2022 tour in support of “Fear Inoculum” on January 10 at the Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene,...
Watch VIVIAN CAMPBELL And VINNY APPICE Perform DIO Classics With LAST IN LINE At Florida’s ROKISLAND FEST
Fan-filmed video of LAST IN LINE‘s performance on Sunday, January 16 at RokIsland Fest in Key West, Florida can be seen below. Formed in 2012 by bassist Jimmy Bain, drummer Vinny Appice and guitarist Vivian Campbell — Ronnie James Dio‘s co-conspirators and co-writers on the “Holy Diver”, “Last In Line” and “Sacred Heart” albums — LAST IN LINE‘s initial intent was to celebrate Ronnie James Dio‘s early work by reuniting the members of the original DIO lineup. After playing shows that featured a setlist composed exclusively of material from the first three DIO albums, the band decided to move forward and create new music in a similar vein. LAST IN LINE‘s debut album, “Heavy Crown”, was released in February 2016, lan...
TRIVIUM’s MATT HEAFY Is Looking For Ideas For ‘Front Suit Piece’ Of His Full-Body Tattoo
TRIVIUM‘s Matt Heafy has updated his fans on his quest to get his entire body tattooed. The 35-year-old Orlando, Florida-based musician, who got his first tattoo in 2005, has asked his social media followers for ideas for the front portion of his full bodysuit. Earlier today, Heafy took to his Instagram to share a photo of his progress, and he included the following message: “I need some ideas… I’m a ways away still – but what eventually should be the front suit piece I get? I’m torn between several classic Japanese legends, beast, warriors… but maybe I’m overlooking one. What do you think?” A few years ago, Heafy told Tattoo.com in an interview that the music industry has “definitely made tattoos a more acceptable thing in popular culture. I...
Rumored New Lana Del Rey Song Teased in Latest ‘Euphoria’ Preview
A possible new song from Lana Del Rey was supposedly teased in the latest preview of Euphoria. Rumors of the songstress’ Euphoria contribution began circulating earlier this month, but neither HBO, the showrunners nor Del Rey confirmed the news. However, the upcoming episode’s teaser does hear what sounds like Del Rey’s distinctly full yet angelic voice over a somber piano background. Fans will have to wait for the release of the season two soundtrack in order to find out. Euphoria season two premiered this January and broke HBO Max’s all-time viewership record, garnering a total of 2.4 million viewers. Prior to it premiere, Zendaya issued a warning to fans, writing, “This season, maybe even more so than the last, is deeply emotional and deals with subject matter that can be triggeri...
