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Queens of the Stone Age to Reissue Debut Album with Original Tracklist and Artwork
Queens of the Stone Age are reissuing their acclaimed self-titled debut as well as two other albums. The band’s 1998 self-titled LP will be back in print for the first time in a decade. Available on October 21st, the vinyl reissue will feature the album’s original tracklist and artwork by Frank Kozik. It’ll be pressed on both standard black and limited edition opaque orange vinyl. Additionally, a digital version of the reissue is available to stream beginning today (listen below). New reissues of 2013’s …Like Clockwork and 2017’s Villains will follow on December 9th. …Like Clockwork has been recut from its original master tapes, which will be pressed on limited opaque aqua vinyl with alternate artwork from Boneface. The Villains reissue will be available on limited edition leaf-green trans...
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ New Live Album Captures Fabled 1997 Residency at San Francisco’s Fillmore
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ fabled 20-show run at San Francisco’s Fillmore in 1997 is the subject of a new deluxe box set coming on November 25th. Live at the Fillmore (1997) is being put out by Warner Records in collaboration with Petty’s estate and Mike Campbell. It marks the first Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers live album to be released in 13 years. Various configurations of Live at the Fillmore (1997) will be available, including a 3xLP version simulating one of the concerts and a comprehensive box set comprised of 58 songs and 14 humorous spoken word tracks. The material featured on the release was curated by Campbell and Ryan Ulyate alongside executive producers Benmont Tench, Adria Petty, Annakim Petty, and Dana Petty. Advertisement Related Video Much of the material found on ...
YUNGBLUD on How Information Kills Art, Sampling The Cure, and Channeling Radiohead
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS YUNGBLUD joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his new self-titled LP. The British musician/actor a.k.a. Dominic Harrison talks about the joy of midnight album releases, why he chose to self-title the record, the criticism one gets when getting more famous, and how those moments found their way into songs like “The Funeral.” Advertisement Related Video He also discusses the conversational style of lyrics he was going for this time around; sampling The Cure; channeling Radiohead and The Jam; and coming up alongside artists like Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, and Mac Miller. Listen to YUNGBLUD discuss his new ...
Artist Uses AI to Imagine What Dead Musicians Would Look Like Today
Have you ever wondered what members of the 27 Club and other dead celebrities would look like if they were still alive? Photographer and lawyer Alper Yesiltas has attempted to answer that question by using AI technology to create portraits of celebrities including Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, Freddie Mercury, Janis Joplin, Tupac, and Heath Ledger. Yesiltas recently shared the first collection of the project, titled “As If Nothing Happened.” Other AI-generated images in the series include Freddie Mercury, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, and Bruce Lee. “With the development of AI technology, I’ve been excited for a while, thinking that ‘anything imaginable can be shown in reality,’” Yesiltas wrote about the project. “When I started tinkering with technology, I saw what I cou...
We’ve All Been Saying Chad Kroeger’s Name Wrong
If you’ve ever lamented that nobody seems to pronounce your name correctly, you can rest easy knowing that the lead singer of Nickelback understands your frustration. Turns out, we’ve all been pronouncing Chad Kroeger’s last name wrong this entire time, he recently told Loudwire. In fact, Kroeger is not homophonous with the mega-grocery store chain; instead, it’s pronounced with a long U sound, like the iconic horror villain Freddy Krueger in The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise: “It’s Kroo-ger, don’t trust the internet,” the musician said. Ever the gentleman, Kroeger hasn’t bothered to correct interviewers or hosts in all of Nickelback’s 25-plus-year history. Given that he’s usually asked a question right after he’s introduced, he doesn’t want to come off ru...
Primavera Sound LA 2022 Photo Gallery: Arctic Monkeys, Lorde, Nine Inch Nails, and More
This past weekend (September 16th-18th), Primavera Sound held its inaugural Los Angeles edition at L.A. State Historic Park. Featuring heavy-hitting headlining sets from Arctic Monkeys, Lorde, and Nine Inch Nails, the weekend proved to be a successful American translation of the iconic festival. Amazing sets didn’t stop at the headliners, though, as the festival’s deep lineup did not disappoint. Notable sets came from acts like Arca, Mitski, Clairo, Fontaines DC, Tierra Whack, and Stereolab, as well as Faye Webster, James Blake, Mayhem, and Squid. Check out actions shots of such artists and more below, courtesy of photographer Debi Del Grande, who was on the ground for Consequence all weekend long. Advertisement Related Video [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_...
Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds Announces Split From Wife Aja Volkman: ‘I Am Saddened’
Dan Reynolds and his wife, Aja Volkman, are separating once again. The 35-year-old Imagine Dragons frontman took to social media on Friday (Sept. 16) to announce that the couple is calling it quits for a second time. Reynolds and Volkman, 42, previously split in 2018, but announced the following year that they were working to repair the relationship. “I am saddened to say that after many beautiful years together Aja and I have separated,” Reynolds tweeted. “Being great parents to our children is our number one priority. Thank you for always supporting us with love and care for all these years.” The pair initially married in March 2011. They share four children together: Arrow, 10, twins Gia James and Coco Rae, 5, and Valentine, 2. Reynolds revealed the couple’s first separation in April 20...
Marcus Mumford Releases Debut Solo Album (self-titled): Stream
Marcus Mumford of Mumford and Sons has released his first solo LP, (self-titled), via Capitol Records. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. (self-titled) was recorded in Los Angeles throughout 2021 after Mumford and the band “agreed it was probably a story I had to tell on my own.” The album was produced by Blake Mills and features collaborations with Phoebe Bridgers, Brandi Carlile, Clairo, and Monica Martin as well as co-writes with Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, Julia Michaels, and Tobias Jesso Jr. “It’s a record about freedom and it’s a record about healing,” Mumford shared in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1. “I think, certainly in my story, it’s important to face up to some of the gnarlier stuff first in order to get to that place of freedom and healing. In the way ...
Ben Gibbard Talks Death Cab for Cutie at 25 Years and Today’s ‘Unfair and Unethical’ Streaming Economy
Twenty-five years after Death Cab for Cutie began as a solo project for frontman Ben Gibbard, the indie band is thriving. As the quintet celebrates its silver anniversary, they’re showing no signs of following anyone into the dark. Their 10th album, Asphalt Meadows (out now), follows 2018’s Thank You for Today and has already spawned the group’s seventh No. 1 Adult Alternative Airplay hit with “Here to Forever.” Plus, Death Cab is revving up to launch a tour on Sept. 22 in Madison, Wisconsin. Here, Gibbard shares how the Seattle-based band wrote Asphalt Meadows during the pandemic, what the group’s legacy is after 25 years and the moment he knew that they had arrived. Congratulations on your 10th album. That’s a big milestone number. Did you go into it wanting to create something special t...
Foo Fighters Prep ‘Essential’ Hits Collection
The Foo Fighters will celebrate a quarter century of rocking next month when they release a career-spanning hits collection, The Essential Foo Fighters. The compilation from Sony Music is due out on Oct. 28 and will serve as the sequel to the band’s 2009 hits album and feature a number of songs not included on the previous one. Among the newer tracks featured on Essential are: “Making a Fire” (2021’s Medicine at Midnight), “Rope” (2011’s Wasting Light), “Cold Day in the Sun” (2006’s In Your Honor), “Shame Shame” (Medicine at Midnight), “Walk” (Wasting Light), “These Days” (Wasting Light) and “The Sky is a Neighborhood” (2017’s Concrete and Gold). Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The album will be available on vinyl, CD and digitally with...
Marcus Mumford Didn’t Want to ‘Terrorize People’ With Addressing of His Traumatic Past on Solo Debut
Marcus Mumford felt he was covering such potentially triggering terrain on his solo debut, (self-titled), out tomorrow on Capitol Records, that the Mumford & Sons frontman ran every line by a trauma specialist. “I said, ‘Look, I don’t want to terrorize people, I don’t want to activate people for the sake of it. But this feels true to me in every sense,’” he tells Billboard. Mumford confronts his demons from the very first line of the album’s very first song. “Cannibal” calls out the person who sexually abused Mumford when he was six: “I can still taste you and I hate it/ That wasn’t a choice in the mind of a child and you knew it,” he sings calmly, before the song bursts into an explosion of energy as he shifts the narrative to learning to forgive and begin ...
Bruce Springsteen Announces Nebraska 40th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue
Bruce Springsteen is celebrating the 40th anniversary of his sixth studio album, Nebraska, with a special vinyl reissue. Originally released on September 30th, 1982, Nebraska is Vinyl Me, Please’s Essentials Record of the Month for October 2022. The reissue was pressed on exclusive Black Smoke vinyl, with an art print by Justin A. McHugh. It was half-speed mastered by renowned recording engineer Barry Grint (Madonna, Sean Combs, The Beatles). The listening notes booklet was penned by journalist Peter Ames Carlin, author of the Bruce Springsteen biography Bruce. Sign up for Vinyl Me, Please’s monthly Essentials subscription service here to pick up your copy. Get a preview of the reissue’s packaging below. Advertisement Related Video Often cited as one of Springsteen’s most influen...
