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Hear Tom Morello’s Creepy New Electronic Song ‘Driving To Texas’
Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello released a new single off his upcoming album, The Atlas Underground Fire, which arrives October 15. The dreamy, yet hauntingly romantic song “Driving To Texas” features electro-rock duo Phantogram bringing a soft edge to Morello’s rock instrumentals. Sarah Barthel of Phantogram gives off Lana Del Rey vibes while singing about driving through “corridors of endless trees.” Lyrics like “I changed my state to replicate the blackness of the blood you drew,” intensifies the bond between the lovers in darkness, or possibly the half that has been brainwashed. “Don’t wake me up” Barthel repeats, her voice careening into a guitar solo. That’s the beauty of Tom Morello, regurgitating yet another new sound from his alternative rock heart. “The guitar solo...
Mike Posner Recorded a Song With Tom Morello While Scaling Mount Everest
Tom Morello is readying the rollout of a new album that in many ways reshaped his creative approach. Amid the pandemic, the iconic Rage Against the Machine guitarist faced his first creative drought. Despite being admittedly “Type A” when it comes to his recording process, which he has historically done alongside an engineer, Morello broke his own rules by recording straight into his phone. Paradoxically, it was one of the most liberating creative decisions he could have made. After sending around those homemade riffs, an album concept began to take shape. And it was rapidly heading into uncharted territory—the literal top of the world. Morello and Mike Posner‘s collaborative album cut was recorded as the latter was scaling Mount Everest, a trek he ...
Protohype to Appear on Star-Studded Album From Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello
It’s not every day an electronic music artist sees their name alongside Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder on an album. But Protohype isn’t just any artist. The Nashville-born, neck-breaking dubstep vet has been confirmed to appear on The Atlas Underground Fire, the star-studded upcoming album from Tom Morello. Protohype, who has long been championed for his versatility and genre-fluid approach to production, took to social media to exult in the pie-in-the-sky collab and share a preview. “[D]reams come true,” he tweeted. Check out the clip of the raucous electronic-rock hybrid, dubbed “Charmed I’m Sure,” below. Morello, perhaps best known as the virtuosic guitarist of iconic rock band Rage Against the Machine, has locked in a staggering list of...
Tom Morello Enlists Eddie Vedder, Bruce Springsteen for ‘Highway to Hell’ Cover
The past few days have seen Tom Morello teasing new music on the way. On Wednesday morning, the Rage Against the Machine guitarist unveiled a new bit of older music — a thunderous cover of AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” with Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder Fun fact: the trio previously performed the song together several times in 2014 during Springsteen’s Australian tour. The single comes from Morello’s forthcoming Atlas Underground album called The Atlas Underground Fire. The collection follows the 2018 rendition, The Atlas Underground. “Our version of ‘Highway To Hell’ pays homage to AC/DC but with Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder, brings this legendary song into the future. One of the greatest rock’n’roll songs of all time sung by two of the greatest rock’n’roll singers of a...
Tom Morello and The Bloody Beetroots Defy Convention on “The Catastrophists” EP
After surprising fans with the announcement of a massive collaborative EP and fiery lead single earlier this month, The Bloody Beetroots and Tom Morello have unveiled The Catastrophists. The duo blew the doors off with their lead single “Radium Girls,” which set speakers ablaze with frenetic guitar riffs and hard-hitting electro synths. With that attention-grabbing single, the rock smiths set the tone for what many hoped would be a long-form project of a similarly explosive caliber. Those hopes are validated from the outset as the value proposition behind The Catastrophists becomes instantly clear in “The Devils Infantry.” With the lyrics “there will be no dancing tonight,” Morello and The Bloody Beetroots show they’re not here ...
Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello Announces New EP With The Bloody Beetroots
Two iconic artists in the worlds of electronic and rock music—The Bloody Beetroots and Tom Morello, respectively—have joined forces for what promises to be a massive collaborative EP. Morello, guitarist of the fabled rock group Rage Against the Machine, has long championed EDM. He has released music alongside many major EDM artists over the years, such as Pretty Lights and Knife Party, among others. He’s now joined forces with electro vet The Bloody Beetroots for a new seven-track EP called The Catastrophists, which is scheduled to drop on Friday, June 18th. You can pre-save the record here. The duo today unveiled the upcoming EP’s lead single “Radium Girls,” a massive collaboration with Pussy Riot, Aimee Interrupter of ska-punk band The Interrupters, Whit...
Tom Morello and Bloody Beetroots Announce Collaborative EP, Share New Single ‘Radium Girls’
A few weeks ago, Tom Morello and Pussy Riot joined forces for a powerful new song called “Weather Strike.” Though it seemed like a one-off at the time, the tune is part of a new EP, The Catastrophists, put together by Morello and Bloody Beetroots. Today, another new song has emerged from that seven-song collection. Titled “Radium Girls,” the track also features Pussy Riot, along with vocals from Mish Barber-Way (White Lung), Aimee Interrupter (the Interrupters) and The Last Internationale. It was co-written with Jehnny Beth (Savages), Carl Restivo, Nadya Tolokonnikova and Simone Cogo. Here’s what Morello had to say about it: “Four extraordinary women (Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova, The Interrupters’ Aimee Interrupter, White Lung’s Mish Way, The Last Internationle’s ...
Tom Morello, Thurston Moore and Others Show Support for Punk Rock’s New Viral Darlings, The Linda Lindas
Yesterday, you probably saw a video of some teenage girls rocking out in a library, singing their instant hit single “Racist, Sexist Boy” about… well… a racist, sexist boy. Said video of the Linda Lindas got tweeted, shared, posted, and distributed in every other possible way on the internet by everyone from comedians to journalists to musicians to the L.A. Public Library (which hosted the performance for the AAPI Heritage Month edition of “TEENtastic Tuesdays”), and it’s getting some support from noteworthy rockers like Tom Morello and Thurston Moore. Morello tweeted out the library’s Instagram post with the caption “Song of the day!” while Moore put it up on his Instagram, saying “Racist, Sexist Boy by the Linda Lindas. Song of 2021 so far…by far! Total inspiration is ageless.” It’s...
K. Flay Shares ‘TGIF’ Single With Tom Morello on Guitar
K.Flay has shared “TGIF,” a tune that features none other than Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello on guitar and lyrically critiques society’s “working for the weekend” mentality. The song is off her EP Inside Voices, which is out June 11 on BMG. The EP also includes a song titled “Dating My Dad” that features Blink-182 drummer and producer Travis Barker. “So often we keep everything bottled up,” K.Flay said in a statement about her forthcoming EP. “Inside Voices was a way for me to exorcise some demons and safely express these uncomfortable but very human emotions I was feeling.” Speaking about “TGIF,” K. Flay continued, saying that she “started writing this when Donald Trump was president, a time when I felt so acutely that my government didn’t represent me, that my governme...
Tom Morello Gives Viral Rage Against the Machine TikTok His Stamp of Approval
Despite pushing back their reunion tour until next year, Rage Against the Machine has been more popular than ever in 2020 and 2021 as protests broke out all over the world, fighting for social justice. While they’ve seen a resurgence, TikTok user @thejacobgivens posted a video that absolutely nails how we all felt when we first heard the band’s song “Freedom” for the first time in 1993. Playing two characters in the clip, Givens exclaims “You DO have to rage against it!” after asking what the band’s name is. The other character then comments that Zack De La Rocha “sounds so ANGRY!” “And now I’m angry about what he’s angry about!” he adds. “I’m angry… but I’m learning.” His mind then gets absolutely blown by the song’s aggressive outro, and it’s something we all can relate to. Paul Bae...
Tom Morello Teams With Ex-Styx Singer Dennis DeYoung on ‘The Last Guitar Hero’
Raise your hand if you had Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello joining forces with ex-Styx singer Dennis DeYoung on your 2021 Bingo card. If you did, well, consider yourself the unlikeliest of winners. Though Morello may not agree with Adam Sandler’s Sonny Koufax in Big Daddy that Styx is the greatest American rock band, he definitely seems to be a fan. This afternoon, Morello shared that he guested on “The Last Guitar Hero,” a track from the forthcoming DeYoung solo effort titled 26 East, Vol. 2. Supposedly, this is DeYoung’s final foray into recorded music. So why (and a better question perhaps, how) did he get Morello to participate? Leave it to the man himself to explain. “When Dennis DeYoung (the singer of STYX) sheepishly approached me about playing a shredd...
Tom Morello and Pussy Riot Join Forces to Release New Single, ‘Weather Strike’
As teased on Thursday via Tom Morello’s Instagram, the Rage Against the Machine guitarist just released a brand new track out with Russian protest punks Pussy Riot called “Weather Strike.” The bilingual rock track is just as driven by change and activism as you would expect from the two rebellious collaborators. It carries Morello’s signature guitar tones as well as the melodic but straightforward punk that Pussy Riot fans expect. Check out the video for “Weather Strike” below. [embedded content] “Pussy Riot is one of the most radical and important activist musical groups of all time,” Morello said in a statement. “Their fearless blending of art and confrontation is a constant inspiration and it’s an honor to combine forces on this powerful, revolutionary track ‘Weather Strike.’...
