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Yungblud Unveils Self-Titled Third Album: Stream It Now
Yungblud is back with his self-titled third studio album, Yungblud, which arrived on Friday (Sept. 2) via LOCOMOTION/Geffen Records. The rocker announced the album on Instagram back in May, writing, “Everything up to this moment has been a complete explosion of uncensored expression, where I just told the truth and sang about what I felt in that exact moment. the difference here is that i have thought and felt this record so deeply. i went to a part of myself that I didn’t know was there. i studied it, i bathed in the emotion, tried to solve the equation and come up with an answer (at least for now) from love to pain, adoration to abandonment, laughter to betrayal.” The bottom line, he said, is that his message will remain the same as it has always been: to be his authentic self and e...
Arkells and Tegan and Sara Share Origins of New Collaboration “Teenage Tears”: Exclusive
Origins is our recurring feature series that provides artists with a space to share the origins of their latest release. Today, Arkells and Tegan Quin take us through everything that went into the new Tegan and Sara collaboration “Teenage Tears,” from Arkells’ upcoming album Blink Twice. Canadian rock act Arkells return today (September 1st) with “Teenage Tears,” the latest single from their upcoming album Blink Twice (out September 23rd). The track, which sees the band connecting with Tegan and Sara for a dramatic tune that revels in the intensity of adolescent emotions, arrives alongside a video; get an exclusive first look below. “There’s a particular kind of intense emotional pain that reminds me of high school,” vocalist Max Kerman tells Consequence. “This song is about how ...
Johnny Depp to Join Jeff Beck on Bulk of 2022 North American Tour
Jeff Beck will be joined by Johnny Depp for the bulk of the legendary guitarist’s upcoming North American tour. The news follows the release of the pair’s joint album, 18, which arrived on July 15th. The dates were announced earlier this month, but Depp’s involvement wasn’t revealed at the time. The actor-musician will be joining Beck on the road beginning October 4th in Washington, D.C., and will remain on the outing through its closing date of November 12th in Reno, Nevada. Tickets are currently available via Ticketmaster. Prior to Depp joining the tour, Beck will play a handful of late September shows supporting ZZ Top, as well as one headlining gig in Atlanta on October 1st. Advertisement Related Video Depp and Beck have already played a number of UK and European dates together this ye...
The Killers Complete Their Quickest Climb to No. 1 on Alternative Airplay Chart With ‘Boy’
The Killers complete their quickest trip to No. 1 on Billboard‘s Alternative Airplay chart, as “Boy” rules the Sept. 10-dated survey. The song ascends to No. 1 in only its fourth week on the list. The band logged its previous fastest flight to the top with “Caution,” which led in its sixth week on the ranking in 2020. “Boy” wraps the fastest trip to No. 1 on Alternative Airplay in 2022 and the quickest since Twenty One Pilots‘ “Shy Away” needed just three frames in April-May 2021. The Killers now boast three Alternative Airplay No. 1s. Before “Boy,” “Caution” ended an almost 14-year wait after “When You Were Young” led in 2006. The band first appeared on the ranking in 2004, when “Somebody Told Me” peaked at No. 4, marking the act’s first of 13 top 10s. Concurrently, “Boy” rises to No. 1 o...
The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz Sues FBI to Turn Over Secret File on the Band
Micky Dolenz, the sole surviving member of The Monkees, is suing the FBI for failing to hand over the entirety of the agency’s file on the band, Rolling Stone reports. The backstory of this case dates all the way back to The Monkees’ 1967 inaugural tour, which an FBI informant attended: “During the concert, subliminal messages were depicted on the screen which, in the opinion of [informant’s name redacted], constituted ‘left wing intervention of a political nature,’” reads a document in the band’s FBI file that was made available to the public a little over a decade ago. “These messages and pictures were flashed of riots, in Berkley, anti-U.S. messages on the war in Vietnam, racial riots in Selma, Alabama, and similar messages which had unfavorable response[s] from the audience.” Dolenz fi...
Arcade Fire’s Win Butler Accused of Sexual Misconduct by Four People
Win Butler, who performs with wife Régine Chassagne in Arcade Fire, has been accused of sexual misconduct by four people. In a report published by Pitchfork on Saturday (Aug. 27), three female Arcade Fire fans and a fourth person who is gender-fluid and uses they/them pronouns claimed that they’d had sexual interactions with Butler when they were between the ages of 18 and 23 that they deemed inappropriate; one claimed that they’d been sexually assaulted by the musician. In a statement given to the publication, Butler said that the extramarital relationships were consensual. Billboard reached out to a representative for Butler, who said he had no further comment beyond the statement provided to Pitchfork. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The all...
Blues Rocker Marcus King on the Despair & Salvation of ‘Young Blood’: ‘I Didn’t Think I’d Be Around For Another Record’
When Marcus King finished recording Young Blood, it was vitally important to him that he leave the listener with a sense of hope. That wasn’t because he had conquered his own demons and wanted to share his positive outcome. It was just the opposite. The blues rocker was still so deep in his depression and substance abuse, he believed Young Blood, which came out Aug. 26, would be his last statement—musical or otherwise. “I really didn’t think I’d be around long enough to make another record,” King tells Billboard over Zoom. “I was pretty convinced I was going to drink and drug myself to death, or another means of not being around any longer. So I wanted there to be a sense of hope and give people a feeling that they can get through it, even though I felt it was too late for me.” E...
Dirty Heads Unveil New Album Midnight Control: Stream
Dirty Heads have returned with their new album Midnight Control. The reggae-rock group’s eighth studio LP is out today via Better Noise Music. “Midnight Control is the culmination of almost twenty years of musical exploration, creativity, and our love for creating original impactful art and music,” vocalist Jared Watson said in a press release. “It’s the best album we’ve ever written, and I think that’s due to the fact we have been through so much, done so much, and are comfortable as songwriters, producers, players and human beings. And knowing who we want to work with to get what Sonics. We are so connected and on the same frequency with Ryan Ogren that it was just magic the whole time. We just wanna continue to make dope shit and push music forward and midnight control is exactly t...
Muse’s Will of the People is Vague, Jumbled, and Unimaginative: Review
At the end of Muse‘s third studio album, 2003’s Absolution, is a powerful ballad that, to this day, is one of the band’s best ever creations: “Ruled By Secrecy.” The song, rooted in Matt Bellamy‘s dueling arpeggiated pianos, is a patient exploration of an individual’s lack power against an unknown societal force, a stirring call to those who “are working so hard/ but [they’re] never in charge,” and a nod of suspicion towards society’s manipulative leaders. “Ruled By Secrecy,” along with the other dramatic, apocalyptic themes of Absolution, marked a new thematic highway for the British trio, and it’s one that they’ve followed staunchly since the album’s release in 2003. Black Holes and Revelations came next with a greater emphasis on sci-fi, but still found the band using a s...
Noah Cyrus Gets Emotional About Her Parents’ Relationship on Ben Gibbard Collab ‘Every Beginning Ends’
Noah Cyrus digs deep into the roots of love on her emotional acoustic collaboration with Death Cab For Cutie‘s Ben Gibbard, ‘Every Beginning Ends.” Trading verses with Gibbard on the hushed ballad from her upcoming full-length debut album, The Hardest Part (Sept. 16), that dropped on Friday morning (August 26), Cyrus wastes no time in describing a relationship fading into the the rearview. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “You went to sleep without saying you love me/ I guess I thought you already knew/ You’ve been so cold and far from me, darling/ Someone’s at fault but I’m not blaming you,” the pair sing, trading off lines over Gibbard’s gently plucked acoustic guitar. The second verse plumbs further into the depths of the distance between, as...
Demi Lovato Poses With ‘My Best Friend’ Boyfriend Jutes at 30th Birthday Party: See Photos
Demi Lovato gave fans a glimpse into her 30th birthday bash on Thursday (Aug. 25), including some cute photos with her new boyfriend Jutes. In the series of snaps posted to her Instagram Story, the singer poses cutely with her musician beau surrounded by white balloons emblazoned with her picture and the words “Demi 30.” Wearing a black fishnet number on top of a fiery red cocktail dress, Lovato was all smiles (with a matching red lip!) as she wrote “my baby” on one photo and captioned another from a photo booth “My best friend.” Other attendees at the celebration included the “Skin of My Teeth” singer’s longtime best friend Matthew Scott Montgomery, her “Eat Me” collaborator Royal & the Serpent, Paris Hilton, Kristen Stewart, Ashley Benson, Kaia Gerber and more. Explore Explore See la...
Behind the Boards with Butch Walker: Producer Talks Taylor Swift, Weezer, Green Day and More
Behind the Boards is a new series where we spotlight some of the biggest producers in the industry and dig into some of their favorite projects. For the inaugural edition, we sit down with alternative rock-whisperer Butch Walker to hear about his work with Taylor Swift, Weezer, Green Day, and more. Producer and singer-songwriter Butch Walker has been actively working in the music world for over three decades, and has seen firsthand the way the music industry has shifted across that time period. The Georgia-born Walker got his start in the late ’80s with a glam metal band called SouthGang — when that band dissolved, Walker formed the power pop trio Marvelous 3 in the mid ’90s before becoming an in-demand producer, helming pop rock records with SR-71, Bowling For Soup, and Avril Lavigne in t...
