Rock
Holy Wars Deconstruct the Draining Sensation of Success in New Video ‘Battery Life’
L.A. rock duo Holy Wars are partially charged and ready to power past the energy vampires with their new video “Battery Life,” dissecting how 24/7 social media and the pressure to keep followers impacts an artist’s own creative output and the way they see themselves. Lead singer Kat Leon has never shied away from drawing upon her own personal struggles for inspiration, and in “Battery Life,” fans see the ambitious singer as she sees both herself and her audience. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The high-energy anthem is the newest single to drop in advance of their debut album, Eat It Up, Spit It Out. Leon leads the group with co-founder and Holy Wars lead guitarist Nick Perez and fronts several side projects and works as an accomplished sync vocalist, composer and instrum...
Song of the Week: Red Hot Chili Peppers Welcome Us To a “Black Summer”
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, the Red Hot Chili Peppers signal the arrival of their new era with the triumphant “Black Summer.” From the first warm tones of the guitar, two things are clear: Red Hot Chili Peppers are back, and John Frusciante has rejoined the legendary rockers. “Black Summer” marks the Chili Peppers’ first single since 2016’s lackluster The Gateway, and with Frusciante back, they sound renewed and refreshed. His signature guitar sound is heavily highlighted on “Black Summer,” linking perfectly with Flea’s energetic bass work and stepping out f...
Panda Bear on the Inspirations Behind Animal Collective’s ‘Time Skiffs’
As a band that helped inspire and define the 21st century indie music boom, Animal Collective has certainly earned the right to rest on its laurels. But listening to their new studio album, Time Skiffs, it’s obvious the group’s drive to play around in that bottomless sandbox of 12 notes remains as strong as ever. A frisky, adventurous nine-song set, Time Skiffs is Animal Collective at its exuberant best. You can feel the joy of discovery as Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Avey Tare (David Portner), Geologist (Brian Weitz) and Deakin (Josh Dibb) explore ideas across bright, quirky soundscapes that are a delight to dip your toes into. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Speaking to Billboard from his newly built home studio in Lisbon, Portugal, Lennox says...
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours: Still Flawless at 45
As Fleetwood Mac prepared to make its 11th album — and second with its latest lineup — in 1976, it was on top of a world that was falling apart. The group’s self-titled 1975 release, its first with new American members Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, had revived the veteran British band’s flagging fortunes. It was certified seven times platinum and gave Fleetwood Mac its first No. 1 album in the U.S., spawning three Top 20 hits. The group was top of the pops, quite literally. But the quintet wasn’t quite able to bask in its success. All hell broke loose, also quite literally, between albums. Buckingham and Nicks, a couple when they joined Fleetwood Mac, broke up. Singer-keyboardist Christine McVie and bassist John McVie ended their eight-year marriage. Drummer Mick Fleetwood and his w...
Red Hot Chili Peppers (with John Frusciante) Announce New Album Unlimited Love
Red Hot Chili Peppers will return on April 1st with their new album, Unlimited Love. Spanning 17 tracks, the album was produced by Rick Rubin and marks the band’s first release with guitarist John Frusciante since 2006. “Our only goal is to get lost in the music. We spent thousands of hours, collectively and individually, honing our craft and showing up for one another, to make the best album we could,” RCHP explained in a statement. “Our antennae attuned to the divine cosmos, we were just so damn grateful for the opportunity to be in a room together, and, once again, try to get better. Days, weeks and months spent listening to each other, composing, jamming freely, and arranging the fruit of those jams with great care and purpose. The sounds, rhythms, vibrations, words and melodies h...
Liam Gallagher Unveils New Song “Everything’s Electric” with Dave Grohl: Stream
Liam Gallagher is surging back with “Everything’s Electric,” the lead single to the Britpop legend’s third solo studio album C’MON YOU KNOW. The one-time Oasis singer-songwriter connects directly back to his 90’s rock roots with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, who nabs a co-writing credit while delivering a Nirvana-reaching drum performance. The song marks their first studio collaboration despite a lengthy history as tourmates, distant admirers, and crowd-surfing concert attendees. They are also joined by Grammy-winning producer Greg Kurstin, who had previously worked with both artists separately. The title alone recalls the chipper “She’s Electric,” from Oasis’ (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, but on “Everything’s Electric,” Gallagher has the spark himself and he’s going global with i...
Metallica Remembers Jon Zazula: ‘Heavy Music Lost One of Its Great Champions’
Metallica has paid tribute to the late Megaforce Records co-founder Jon Zazula as the band’s father figure, and the captain of the heavy music ship. Zazula died Tuesday (Feb. 1) at the age of 69, passing a year after his wife and label co-founder Marsha Zazula. “Heavy music lost one of its great champions today when Jonny Z left this world far too soon,” reads a social post signed by the four band members. Explore Explore Metallica See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In 1982, the message continues, “when no one wanted to take a chance on four kids from California playing a crazy brand of metal, Jonny and Marsha did, and the rest, as they say, is history.” Today, Metallica is arguably the most successful metal band of all time. They’re creators of the “most...
Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Wades Into Spotify Scrum, Launches Weezify Streaming Service
There’s more than one way to weigh in on the Spotify dust-up between the streamer and Neil Young. On Monday, Weezer‘s Rivers Cuomo waded into the morass not by pulling his band’s music from the service as Young did, but by launching a Weezer-specific streaming destination of his own called Weezify. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The move came as a number of artists have joined Young in asking that their music be removed from Spotify in reaction to the COVID-19 misinformation being spread by the service’s biggest podcasting star, Joe Rogan. And while Apple Music, SiriusXM and other streamers have taken advantage of the controversy, Cuomo reacted by offering his fans an invitation. “Tired of Spotify? Come on over to Weezify,” he tweeted about th...
Aerosmith Cancel European Summer Tour Due to COVID Uncertainty
Aerosmith have canceled their planned summer European tour due to uncertainty over the spread of COVID-19. “It is with deep regret we must announce that our European Tour, scheduled to take place in June and July 2022, has been cancelled,” the band wrote in a Facebook note to fans on Monday (Jan. 31). Explore See latest videos, charts and news “We have continued to monitor the ongoing COVID situation and with the related uncertainty around travel logistics and the continued presence of COVID restrictions and other issues, it has become clear that it will not be possible to go ahead with our summer shows in the region,” they continued. “The health, safety and well being of our fans is our number one priority. We will be back to rock out with everyone and we hope to have some exciting news t...
Rivers Cuomo Pitches New App to Weezer Fans “Tired of Spotify”: Weezify
Rivers Cuomo has sallied forth into the streaming wars. As Spotify sputters after its spat with Neil Young, losing $4 billion in market value in the last week, Cuomo is capitalizing to pitch a streaming app of his own, Weezify. “Tired of Spotify?” he wrote on Twitter on Sunday, January 30th. “Come on over to Weezify.” Available on Apple and through the Google Play store, the app is described as a “Spotify-like player for all of Rivers Cuomo’s demos (1975-2017). Close to 3500 demos. Follow curated playlists. Create playlists of your favorites.” Cuomo added, “I made this app myself. It took me all of 2021 to make. I hope you enjoy it.” Advertisement Related Video 3,500 demos is quite a bit more than the 2,000 demos Cuomo began selling in 2020. That sale included recordings from 1975 to 2015,...
Black Keys Announce 32-Date North American Dropout Boogie Tour
The Black Keys announced the dates for an extensive North American tour slated to kick off on July 9 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The Live Nation-produced “Dropout Boogie” tour — the band’s first live dates since their 2019 “Let’s Rock” outing — will feature support from Band of Horses on all the dates, as well as runs with Ceramic Animal (July 9-30), Early James (Aug. 24-Sept. 9) and the Velveteers (Oct. 2-18) on select dates. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The Akron, Ohio duo of singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney released their Grammy-nominated throwback blues album, Delta Kream, last year, featuring 11 Mississippi hill country songs by the likes of R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough. An exclusive fan clu...
Bono and The Edge Perform Unplugged ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’ With Updated Lyrics
U2 singer Bono and guitarist The Edge posted an unplugged, emotional version of their iconic 1983 song “Sunday Bloody Sunday” over the weekend. In the four-minute clip, the two rock icons stand side-by-side in a spare recording studio as they harmonize on the chorus to the song from their War album that chronicled the Jan. 30, 1972 incident in which British soldiers shot unarmed civilian protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland; 26 people were shot by the soldiers, with 14 killed. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In an update to the powerful track’s lyrics, Bono tweaked the song’s final verse with the lines, “Here at the murder scene/ The virus of fiction, reality TV/ Why so many mothers cry/ Religion is the enemy of the Holy Spirit guide/ And the ...
