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Foo Fighters, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, KISS to Headline 2023 Sonic Temple Festival
The 2023 Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival will feature headlining sets from the Foo Fighters, Tool, Godsmack, Avenged Sevenfold, Queens of the Stone Age, KISS, Rob Zombie and the Deftones. The event at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio will take place on Memorial Day weekend (May 25-28) after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also slated to perform at the hard rock extravaganza are: Falling In Reverse, Chevelle, Puscifer, Beartooth, I Prevail, Jawbreaker, Sublime with Rome, Bullet For My Valentine, The Pretty Reckless, Pennywise, Trivium, Black Veil Brides and more. The event marks the third festival date featuring the Foo Fighters to be announced this week, marking the band’s first major performances since the tragic death last March of drummer Taylor Hawkins wh...
Austin Butler Opens Up About Waking Up in ‘Terror’ Every Night While Preparing for ‘Elvis’
Austin Butler transformed so completely and convincingly into Elvis Presley while playing the rock n’ roll legend in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, it almost seemed effortless. In a new interview with Jimmy Kimmel, however, the 31-year-old actor revealed that it was anything but. Appearing Monday night (Jan. 9) on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Butler opened up about the stresses that came with the two-year process of getting Elvis’ every move, note and mannerism exactly right for the film. “I would usually wake up every day around 3 or 4 in the morning with this terror,” he confessed. “It was just such a daunting thing,” he added. “I really was just guided by my terror.” The Carrie Diaries alum — whose performance is up for best actor at Tuesday night’s (Jan. 10) Golden Globes — also shed some light on the pr...
Nick Jonas, RZA and Blxst Join Speaker Roster at SXSW
Nick Jonas, Blxst and Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA are among the music stars set to speak at this year’s South By Southwest, organizers announced today (Jan. 10). The pop and hip-hop artists are among the third batch of speakers for SXSW, which takes place March 10 – 19, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Jonas, a solo artist and member of the chart-topping sibling act Jonas Brothers, will speak on the health-focused panel, Crushing: The Burden of Diabetes on Patients; Blxst will tackle a session entitled, How Music, Entrepreneurship & Independence Intersect, facilitated by Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop reporter Heran Mamo; while RZA, the producer, director, screenwriter, rapper and composer, will take the mic as a featured speaker. Also on board as featured speakers are Eric André, Josh D’Amaro, Tommy Dorfma...
Foo Fighters, The Lumineers and Paramore To Headline Boston Calling 2023
Boston Calling has announced its 2023 lineup, with a slate of top-shelf headliners on board to perform. Among them, Foo Fighters and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will lead Friday; The Lumineers and Alanis Morissette will take Saturday; and Paramore and Queens of the Stone Age will conclude on Sunday. The festival is scheduled to take place during Memorial Day Weekend, from May 26 to 28, at the Harvard Athletic Complex. Alongside its headliners, Boston Calling boasts a lineup of more than 50 acts, including 20 artists with local affiliations. Also on the bill, the National, Flaming Lips, the Walkmen, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Bleachers, 070 Shake, the Linda Lindas, Maren Morris, Niall Horan, Chelsea Cutler, Teddy Swims, Noah Kahan, Mt. Joy, Fletcher, Genesis Owusu, Declan McKenna and the...
Everything But The Girl to Return With Comeback Album ‘Fuse,’ First New Music in 24 Years
British indie electronic duo Everything But The Girl is readying for their long-awaited comeback. 24 years in the making — having released their last album in 1999 — the group, consisting of Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, will return with a new album titled Fuse. The record was written and produced by Thorn and Watt over spring and summer 2021. On the LP, the duo’s latest endeavor is described as a “modern take on the lustrous electronic soul the band first pioneered in the mid-90s.” Everything But The Girl was formed in 1982 in an English port city called Hull. Thorn served as lead vocalist and sometimes guitarist, while Watt was the multi-instrumentalist and producer of the group. Their debut album, Eden, was released in 1984. Over the next decade and a half, Thorn and Watt put out a total o...
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach Announce New Box Set
Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. The Songs of Bacharach & Costello (Super Deluxe): 01 In the Darkest Place (2023 Remaster)02 Toledo (2023 Remaster)03 I Still Have That Other Girl (2023 Remaster)04 This House Is Empty Now (2023 Remaster)05 Tears at the Birthday Party (2023 Remaster)06 Such Unlikely Lovers (2023 Remaster)07 My Thief (2023 Remaster)08 The Long Division (2023 Remaster)09 Painted From Memory (2023 Remaster)10 The Sweetest Punch (2023 Remaster)11 What’s Her Name Today? (2023 Remaster)12 God Give Me Strength (2023 Remaster) 01 You Can Have Her02 Painted From Memory03 Don’t Look Now [ft. Burt Bacharach]04 Everyone’s Playing House05 I Looked Away06 Taken From Life07 My Thief08 Shameless09 Photographs Can Lie [ft. Burt Bacharach]10 In the D...
Neutral Milk Hotel Announce Career-Spanning Vinyl Box Set, Share Previously Unreleased Song: Listen
Neutral Milk Hotel have announced a career-spanning vinyl box set. The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel includes both of the group’s LPs—1996’s On Avery Island and 1998’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea—as well as live recordings, alternate takes, unreleased material, and more. The collection arrives February 24 via Merge. Among the perviously unreleased tracks included in the box set is “Little Birds,” which has been released digitally today for the first time. Hear it below and scroll down for images of the box set. “Little Birds,” according to a press release, is a song that Neutral Milk Hotel mastermind Jeff Mangum wrote in 1998 and played at a friend’s party later that day. He wrote the track after a confrontation with a street preacher in Athens, Georgia, who was spewing...
Boston Calling 2023 Headliners: Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Paramore, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Boston Calling has announced its 2023 lineup. Friday’s headliners are Foo Fighters and Yeah Yeah Yeahs; Saturday’s are the Lumineers and Alanis Morissette; and Paramore and Queens of the Stone Age will close the weekend on Sunday. Elsewhere on the bill, the National, Flaming Lips, the Walkmen, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Bleachers, 070 Shake, and the Linda Lindas are among the acts. The festival takes place on Memorial Day weekend, May 26-28, at the Harvard Athletic Complex. Check out the poster below. Other artists on this year’s bill include Maren Morris, Niall Horan, Chelsea Cutler, Teeddy Swims, Noah Kahan, Mt. Joy, Fletcher, Genesis Owusu, Declan McKenna, and the Aces. Foo Fighters are yet to play their first headline shows since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins las...
Country Westerns Announce New Album Forgive the City, Share Song: Listen
Country Westerns: 02-21 Atlanta, GA – The E.A.R.L. ^02-22 Athens, GA – World Famous02-23 Asheville, NC – Static Age02-26 Nashville, TN – The Five Spot02-27 Savannah, GA – Over Yonder02-28 Chattanooga, TN – Cherry Street Tavern03-02 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge #03-03 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon #03-04 Saint Paul, MN – Turf Club #03-05 Fargo, ND – The Aquarium #03-07 Great Falls, MT – The Newberry #03-08 Spokane, WA – Lucky You Lounge #03-09 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Fox Cabaret #03-10 Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern #03-11 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios #03-14 Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s #03-15 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel (Patio) #03-16 Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst ...
Neutral Milk Hotel Announce New Box Set, Share Unreleased Single “Little Birds”: Stream
Neutral Milk Hotel, the indie rock project led by the reclusive Jeff Mangum, have readied a new archival box set, titled The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel, for release on February 24th via Merge. The vinyl compilation includes the group’s two full-length LPs, 1996’s On Avery Island and 1998’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, as well as two 10-inch EPs, three 7-inch singles, and an exclusive 12-inch picture disc of the concert album Live at Jittery Joe’s, which features a 1997 performance by the band originally released in 2001. The Collected Works marks the digital debut of several tracks initially included on a 2011 compilation self-released by Mangum, and expands on the previous offering with a double LP edition of On Avery Island, a remastered and extended tracklist for the 1...
Iggy Pop and The Losers Perform “Frenzy” on Kimmel: Watch
Celebrating the release of his new album Every Loser, Iggy Pop was the latest musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The punk rock icon performed “Frenzy”, a highlight from the feature-heavy record. The set marked the late-night debut of Pop’s band The Losers featuring our 2022 Producer of the Year Andrew Watt as well as Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, Josh Klinghoffer, and Guns N’ Roses Duff McKagan. Watt shreds like he’s ready for the spotlight, while Klinghoffer, Smith, and McKagan demonstrated all the veteran stage presence you might have expected. But as always, the 75-year-old Pop stole the show, manhandling the mic stand and dancing with more energy than most men a third of his age. Check out “Frenzy” below. Every Loser also included...
Foo Fighters Returning to Headline Boston Calling 2023
Foo Fighters will make their live comeback with a headlining performance at this year’s Boston Calling Music Festival. Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, and Rami Jaffee will kick off Boston Calling’s 2023 weekend on Friday, May 26th. It marks the band’s first confirmed live performance of 2023 and their first time on stage together since hosting a pair of tribute shows for late drummer Taylor Hawkins in September 2022. Along with Foo Fighters, Boston Calling’s 2023 lineup boasts headliners Paramore and The Lumineers, plus other notable acts like Queens of the Stone Age, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Alanis Morissette, The National, The Flaming Lips, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Bleachers, Maren Morris, The Walkmen, The Linda Lindas, 070 Shake, Genesis Owusu, and Joy Oladokun, a...
