Roger Waters today confirmed October 6, 2023 as the release date for The Dark Side of the Moon Redux, an epically ambitious reinterpretation of one of the most famous and acclaimed albums in history, fifty years on from recording the original with Pink Floyd.
The album's lead single, Waters reinterpretation of 'Money' is out today with accompanying lyric video. Recorded by Pink Floyd when Waters was just 29, The Dark Side of the Moon was an extraordinary multidimensional meditation on the human experience, the passage of time, descent into madness, and the abyss. "The memories of a man in his old age - are the deeds of a man in his prime"
As foretold by its opening line, The Dark Side of the Moon Redux sees Waters transcend this half-century void to reinterpret and embellish his original creations with a new perspective gleaned from his own life experience, philosophy, and the wisdom of age, with added emphasis on the philosophical, social and political themes of the original. (continue)
The Gaslight Anthem have shared a new song "History Books," available now at all DSPs and streaming services on their own Rich Mahogany Recordings label via Thirty Tigers. The heavy-hearted track - which sees frontman Brian Fallon trading duet vocals with longtime band champion and fellow New Jerseyan Bruce Springsteen - is accompanied by an official music video (directed by Kelsey Ayres). The album was produced by GRAMMY Award-winner Peter Katis (The National, Kurt Vile) at his Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, CT.
"History Books" also serves as title track for the Gaslight Anthem's first new album together in almost a decade. HISTORY BOOKS arrives at last on Friday, October 27. (continue)
Bad Wolves are excited to release across all digital platforms the first single, "Bad Friend," from their highly anticipated studio album (title TBA) due later this year via Better Noise Music.
"Bad Friend" brings awareness to recognizing the importance of cutting out people in your life who show toxic behavior and moving on from them. Bad Wolves enlisted director Wombatfire (Asking Alexandria, Dream Theater) for its dark-themed music video. (continue)
Thousand Foot Krutch reignites for its first new project in over six years, this time with the help of several of its musical peers. The album, entitled The End Is Where We Begin: Reignited, includes newly recorded performances morphed with the original tracks from the band's hugely successful independent recording, The End Is Where We Begin.
The first single from the project releasing today (July 21), "War Of Change (2023)," features Thousand Foot Krutch and Las Vegas-based rockers Adelitas Way. (continue)
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Less than 6 months since Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree first came back together at Damon's studio in West London to discuss the possibility of recording a new blur album, the band's highly-anticipated new studio album The Ballad of Darren is released today on Parlophone/Warner.
The Ballad of Darren is blur's ninth studio album - their first in 8 years and produced by James Ford - comprising 10 new tracks recorded at Studio 13 in London and Devon in spring this year. The May 18th album announcement came as a huge surprise to fans, coinciding with a tiny yet epic show at Colchester Arts Centre and the release of a brand new track 'The Narcissist', as well as the reveal of an already iconic album cover featuring an image by celebrated British photographer Martin Parr CBE which has put Scotland's Gourock Outdoor Pool well and truly on the map. (continue)
Brian Setzer has released an animated music video for his new track "Girl On The Billboard," the first single from his forthcoming album THE DEVIL ALWAYS COLLECTS that will be out September 15 via Surfdog Records digitally, on CD and vinyl.
SETZER's guitar work is virtuosic on the new album's 11 tracks, and his vocals deliver the clever storylines of catchy songs like "The Devil Always Collects," "Girl On The Billboard," "Black Leather Jacket" and "Rock Boys Rock." Add in non-stop freight train rhythms, and you have an album-produced by BRIAN SETZER and Julian Raymond and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge-that stands with SETZER's best. It's always been BRIAN's special talent to inject the roots of rock with a contemporary freshness that unites fans of rock, Americana, rockabilly, and punk. (continue)
Beginning today, five of The Beach Boys' classic albums from 1963 and 1964, Surfin' USA, Surfer Girl, Little Deuce Coupe, Shut Down Vol. 2 and All Summer Long, are available to stream in immersive Dolby Atmos audio at Apple Music, Amazon Music Unlimited and Tidal HiFi Plus.
The albums were mixed by The Beach Boys' longtime producer and engineer, three-time GRAMMY award winner Mark Linett, from the original tapes, and follow the recently released, critically hailed Dolby Atmos mix of Pet Sounds mixed by producer Giles Martin. (continue)
There are certain albums in the extensive Neil Young Archives that take on a unique life of their own. Maybe it's their rarity, or a galvanizing reputation that sets them apart. One of the most anticipated releases in this ongoing musical march is the live collection ODEON BUDOKAN, recorded with Crazy Horse, scheduled for September 1st, release via Reprise Records, Neil Young's home label for over 50 years.
Originally recorded in 1976 almost a world apart at two overseas venues: Hammersmith Odeon in London and Nippon Budokan Hall In Tokyo. The ten-track album includes an electrifying range of songs, from well-known classics to true surprises. Tracks on Side 1 were recorded in London March 31, 1976, and feature Neil Young's solo set on guitar and piano from the first half of the concert. Side 2 tracks were recorded two weeks earlier on March 11, 1976, with Young and Crazy Horse at an early electric apex. (continue)
Hurricane was formed in 1983, originally featuring current Foreigner lead vocalist Kelly Hansen (vocals/rhythm guitar), Robert Sarzo (guitar), Tony Cavazo (bass), and Jay Schellen (drums) currently with Yes. Hurricane released four albums: Take What You Want (1985), Over the Edge (1988), Slave to the Thrill (1990), and Liquifury (2001). Over the Edge was their album featuring the charting song "I'm on to You," which peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart in 1988.
In 2010 Sarzo and Cavazo, founding members, reunited and recruited drummer Mike Hansen. In 2021 Australian-born singer Dan Schumann, best known as a member of the Las Vegas headliner vocal group Tenors of Rock, joined. Hurricane is now set to release its first new album in over 20 years, Reconnected. The album has 11 tracks including a rerecord of its Top 40 hit "I'm on to You," a blistering cover of the Queen/David Bowie track "Under Pressure," and its first single "Rock Star Cheater." (continue)
Bay Area staple alt pop group Finish Ticket have taken fans, and themselves, on a rollercoaster ride throughout their career with a whirlwind of highs and lows. After creating a wave with sold-out shows across the Bay Area and their debut album Tears You Apart, they were picked up by Atlantic Records who released their debut EP When Night Becomes Day and were seen touring alongside the likes of Ed Sheeran, Twenty One Pilots, Fall Out Boy and AWOLNATION. The band also made key festival appearances including Bonnaroo, Life Is Beautiful and Kaboo, in addition to making their debut late-night TV performance on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien." In 2019, FINISH TICKET self-released their hit track "Dream Song," which garnered over 2.7 million streams and saw the band embark on a successful headlining tour, selling out multiple venues across the country. Then COVID hit in 2020 and put everything to a halt.
After spending the past three years writing and recording their second full-length album (title TBA), FINISH TICKET signed a record deal with Better Noise Music. Today (July 21), they've released the first new music with the single, "Changing," marked by an irresistible melody, nostalgic guitar riffs and affecting self-questioning lyrics. For the intimate sing-along styled lyric video, the trio-Brendan Hoye (vocals), Alex DiDonato (guitar), and Gabe Stein (drums)-took a full-sized bed out to one of their favorite beaches at Point Dume in Malibu, CA. (continue)
Grammy-winning rock band Greta Van Fleet's much anticipated third studio album Starcatcher is out now on Lava/Republic Records and available to stream.
Of the new album, lead singer Josh Kiszka states, "Starcatcher is a dangerous and delightful expedition into a both violent and gentle dreamlike landscape. A purgatory of duality where brutality and beauty clash like a thunderstorm of stillness. Neither fact nor fiction inhabit the far reaches of this surrealist world. A storybook for the fighters and lovers alike Starcatcher captures a certain wonder on the fringe of mayhem." (continue)
Because of the extensive back injuries suffered by Blackie Lawless during the European leg of the 40th Anniversary Tour, the W.A.S.P. 2023 U.S. Tour will be cancelled until Spring 2024. Tickets and VIP packages can be refunded at the point of purchase.
Blackie Lawless discussed his back injury, "The extent of the trauma I endured on the 2023 European Tour was far greater than originally diagnosed and surgery will now be needed to correct the problem. (continue)
(hennemusic) Motley Crue is sharing a video recap of its July 6 performance at Scotland's Glasgow Green. The event marked the final date of the group's European tour with co-headliners Def Leppard.
"Rainy night in Glasgow!! ...and that's a wrap for the European leg of The World Tour!," says the band. "A massive thank you to the thousands of you who came out to these 22 shows all across Europe - it's been an epic run! Huge shout out to our friends Def Leppard for sharing this journey with us. Looking forward to some US summer shows next before we head (continue)
(hennemusic) Alice Cooper has released the track "White Line Frankenstein" as the second single from his forthcoming album, "Road." The tune follows the lead single, "I'm Alice", as the second preview to the 2023 record.
"White Line Frankenstein is a monster that we created. It's a truck driver who's been out there a long time. He's the king of the road. He doesn't live in a house. He lives in that truck," Alice says. "In the song, this surreal tough guy is driving on white lines for his whole life. So, 'White Line Frankenstein' would be his CB handle. It's monstrous and definitely a stage song." (continue)
P.J.M. Bond released "Big Two-Hearted River: Part II", a special EP with three songs inspired by Ernest Hemingway's "In Our Time" today to coincide with the legendary author's birthday. To celebrate, we asked P.J.M. to tell us about the EP. Here is the story:
"Allow me to introduce myself: my name is P.J.M. Bond, a songwriter based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. For years I dreamed of putting a literary work to music, and after writing my MA thesis on the work of Ernest Hemingway, I realised that his short-story collection "In Our Time" (1925) would be perfectly suited for such a project. I set to work and wrote a song for each of the 17 stories included in the volume. An elephantine task if I may say so, and one that had its very own unique and peculiar challenges. Although I did not have to think of a track listing (after all the order of the stories in the century-old volume was set in stone), I still had to consider the mood for each song and how they fit each individual story, and more importantly, the complete album had to be listenable as a single fulfilling musical piece, even if you had never heard of Hemingway before. (continue)
Tamar Berk just released the new single "if u know, u know," from the forthcoming album, "tiny injuries". To celebrate, we asked Tamar to tell us about the track. Here is the story:
Usually when I write a song it starts with either a lyric line or a chord progression. In this case, it was kind of a weird combination of both. I was still dealing with the aftermath of my father's death and had to help my mom sell her home, pack and move into an apartment. (continue)
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