Static-X are releasing a music video for the first original track from the upcoming album Project Regeneration: Vol. 2. The song "Stay Alive" is one of the last original compositions Wayne Static was working on before his passing in 2014.
The song's lyrics echo Wayne's state of mind during this tragic time, as he professes himself to be a "professional addict" and screams the words: "I just need you to survive - Cut you up to stay alive." (continue)
Portugal. The Man release the official music video for "Doubt." Shot in the band's home state of Alaska - where the band has filmed many videos throughout the course of their career - and filmed on the unceded ancestral lands of the Knik Tribe, the video stars frontman John Gourley playing an upright piano engulfed in flames.
The video was directed by acclaimed cinematographer and frequent collaborator Michael Ragen, who has directed many of the band's other visuals, including official videos for "Noise Pollution," "Evil Friends," "Sleep Forever," and more, and served as DP on "Feel It Still," among many other releases over the years. (continue)
Orlando trash-rock band Felicity and pop-punk public enemy #1 Greyson Zane have teamed up to release the song of the summer. "Emo Trash" - the song that took the internet by storm.
Produced by Andy Karpovck, "Emo Trash" is as sarcastically tongue-in-cheek as it is whole-heartedly genuine, the anthem for a generation of music listeners caught between the good old days and tomorrow's great unknown. Zane and FELICITY vocalist Damien Fagiolino trade lines (and references, from genre mainstays Taking Back Sunday to cult classics like Every Avenue), distilling your local emo night into a two-and-a-half-minute sugar bomb set against a backdrop of classic pop-punk spit-shined with modern flair and boisterous gang vocals. (continue)
(hennemusic) Metallica is sharing video of a performance of its 1984 classic, "Ride The Lightning", from an August 13 show at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. The title track to the group's second record was part of a 16-song set that saw the group deliver tunes from 10 albums during the second of two concerts in the Canadian city.
Produced by Flemming Rasmussen, the project included instant classics like "Creeping Death", "For Whom The Bell Tolls" and "Fade To Black." Metallica recently postponed a September 3 concert in Phoenix, AZ after frontman James Hetfield tested positive for COVID. (continue)
Great Lake Swimmers release an official music video for the track "Promise of Spring" from their new album Uncertain Country. The new video joins four official videos for the album's singles: "Uncertain Country," "Swimming Like Flying," "When The Storm Has Passed," "Moonlight, Stay Above."
The band also announces a new deluxe edition of Uncertain Country. Uncertain Country (Deluxe) will be released on September 29, 2023, and feature new acoustic versions of six album tracks: "Uncertain Country," "When The Storm Has Passed," "Swimming Like Flying," "Riverine," "Respect For All Living Things," and "Flight Paths." (continue)
Los Angeles-based alt-pop duo Good Rzn-Josie Molasky (vocalist/songwriter) and Tommy Ghirardini (guitarist/producer)-have announced the October 20 release of their debut EP FALLING IN SLOW MOTION.
Emblematic of their brand of alternative and psychedelic pop, seen through a lens of rock and electronic music, is the EP's newly released lead single "Running Out Of Time." The emotionally urgent song is marked by a kaleidoscopic blend of Molasky's alluring vocals, Ghirardini bold guitar licks, wavy synthesizers, and hard-hitting drums. (continue)
Michael Abdow has released "Eternity", the second single from his upcoming solo album, 'Seance In Black'. The dreamy new track is accompanied by a visualizer.
The artist comments on his new single, "Some say that at the moment our bodies expire, we relive all of the moments of our lives in an instant, and that these events happen separately in time". ABDOW continues, 'Eternity' is a song about all of these moments being one and that time is an illusion. It's at the end of this ride that we experience and are reminded that our eternity is now." (continue)
Harm's Way have released a music video for their new single "Undertow" featuring King Woman. The track comes from their forthcoming album, "Common Suffering", which will arrive on September 29th.
Despite Harms Way's reputation for unrelenting ferocity, Common Suffering surprises at several turns with quieter moments of intricate songwriting that emphasizes light and shade. It's their understanding of how to effectively orchestrate these dynamics that makes their latest feel infinitely more merciless. (continue)
Due to overwhelming demand, GRAMMY Award-nominated and multi-platinum selling rock band Fall Out Boy's worldwide So Much For (Tour) Dust tour will continue next year with the announcement of So Much For (2our) Dust, a 20+ date run across the United States.
So Much For (2our) Dust, presented by Live Nation, will kick off February 28, 2024 in Portland, OR and travel through cities including Seattle, Austin, Orlando, Baltimore, and Nashville before concluding April 6, 2024 in Minneapolis, MN. The trek also includes a stop at New York City's famed Madison Square Garden on March 22, 2024. (continue)
Eric Clapton's 2023 Crossroads Guitar Festival will take place September 23-24 at Crypto.com Arena on the L.A. LIVE campus in downtown Los Angeles. It will be his sixth such festival and is being held in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the 1998 founding of the Crossroads Centre Antigua.
In addition to the main stage concerts each evening, ticket holders will once again enjoy exclusive daily access to a full outdoor Crossroads Guitar Festival experience featuring some of the best guitarists in the world from across multiple musical genres. This year's Crossroads Festival Guitar Center Village will be reminiscent of prior festival experiences revered by veteran Crossroads attendees in Dallas, Chicago, and New York, but bigger and better. (continue)
We are pleased to premiere the new music video for Los Angeles based progressive rock duo Days Between Stations' single "Witness The End Of The World", featuring special guest lead vocalist Durga McBroom, who is best known for her work with Pink Floyd.
Sepand: "I remember hearing this song that Oscar had written. I'm always turned on to songs that become your companion through life, its notes and meaning altering with you through your path in life. When you feel the song is one thing it morphs into another. We filmed this video during the end of COVID... boy did it feel like the end of the world. I feel the apocalyptic imagery was inspired by how society and friends and family were all rattled by this disease." (continue)
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(hennemusic) Heart singer Ann Wilson and her backing band Tripsitter are sharing live performance video of "This Is Now" as a preview to the September 29 release of their new album, "Another Door."
The song was captured during an August 3 show at the Pablo Center in Eau Claire, WI as part of the band's summer North American tour, which they will resume in Dallas, TX on September 24. (continue)
The legendary punk pioneers Buzzcocks will be inducted into the Music Walk Of Fame in Camden tomorrow, where they will take their place alongside illustrious artists such as David Bowie, The Who, Madness and Amy Winehouse. It honours the phenomenal impact that the band have made with their constant, ever-evolving presence over the last 45 years of pop culture - and particularly that of the much-missed Pete Shelley and the band's remaining member of their classic line-up, Steve Diggle.
The ceremony will commence at 10am, hosted by two high-profile Buzzcocks fans: Carl Barat of The Libertines and BBC Radio London presenter Gary Crowley. The ceremony will include speeches from both hosts, the official unveiling, further tributes and archive video footage before concluding with an appearance from Steve Diggle. (continue)
Robben Ford has shared a live video for "Anto'nate'n'tate", which is the first single from his just announced live album "Night in The City," that will be hitting stores on December 1st.
Ford is, without doubt, one of the most exquisite blues guitarists of all-time, with a resume of collaborations reading like a veritable "who's who" of musical greats. It is for this very reason he can call upon some of the finest musicians out there to create a band that serves the music so well. That's why every album release is greeted with such excitement. Each listen is a musical journey undertaken to discover the wonders of his latest opus. (continue)
Cloudbreak: Seattle's Citywide Live Music Fest is returning for a second year to Seattle, bringing a wide array of artists including legendary acts Mudhoney, Jenn Champion, Rocky Votolato, The Fall of Troy and more to stages across the city from Nov. 1-22, 2023. This year's festival kicks off on Nov. 1 with an exciting lineup at iconic Seattle venue The Crocodile, including Kill Rock Stars & Friends Tour, Ben Hunter & Cameron Lavi-Jones and Rocky Votolato.
Introducing a new model to music festivals, Cloudbreak gives people staying at participating Downtown Seattle hotels free access to select concerts throughout the city. The festival is a collaboration between Visit Seattle, King County, and the City of Seattle. It will involve 185 artists, 28 venues, and 71 participating hotels. (continue)
Just ahead of their North American fall tour, Liverpool electronic pop group, Ladytron, has released the mesmerizing music video for "Misery Remember Me," one of the standout tracks from their critically acclaimed 2023 album, Time's Arrow.
The breathtaking landscapes surrounding vocalist Helen Marnie's home provided the ideal setting for the psych-tinged video, which transports viewers into a dreamlike world, detached from the constraints of time. Marnie reflects, "The sheer beauty of these landscapes mirrors the vulnerability of the song, as it raises questions about whether beauty alone is enough. Will misery remember me?" (continue)
Post Profit have shared the video for the new single "Cancer Culture." The video features the Longview, Texas trio - Matt Jackson [vocals, guitar], Nick Hawner [guitar +vocals], and Zach Hicks [drums + vocals] - doing their best TV news broadcast impersonation while having free reign for a day at the Texas Museum of Broadcasting and Communications in nearby Kilgore, Texas.
The dynamic track highlights Post Profit's undeniably unique musical blend, encompassing all of their influences and proudly displaying where they are as a band sonically. It also touches upon an oft-controversial topic that remains close to their hearts. (continue)
Rising Canadian southern soul, roots rock band Bywater Call have released a new single and video called "For All We Know", which follows their previous hit single "Sweet Maria".
"For All We Know" is a rootsy, Americana inspired rock song that's about listening to your inner voice and taking chances on your hopes and dreams, no matter what obstacles, internal and external, may lie in the way. Through lyrics, vocals and form, the song progresses from stripped down, delicate and questioning, to full, joyous, and celebratory. (continue)
ProgStock Festival, The American Northeast's Only International Progressive Rock Festival, will take the stage for its seventh straight year from October 6th through October 8th, 2023, at an exciting new venue, the Williams Center in Rutherford, New Jersey.
Doors open for regular passholders at 4:00PM on Friday, October 6 and at 11:30AM on Saturday, October 7 and Sunday, October 8. In-person attendance at ProgStock 2023 includes a seat in our historic theater, opportunities to meet, greet and get to know our artists, and the chance to witness unique and spontaneous things that only happen at ProgStock. For those who can't attend in-person, ProgStock offers live-streaming of our staged performances during the festival. (continue)
Toronto hard rock quartet Free Under Fire are gearing up to release their new self-titled album on November 25th. To celebrate, we asked guitarist and songwriter Justin Paul to tell us about the song "Airplane Over Texas" (and a little about the next single to come!). Here is the story:
When people ask, I try not to be too enigmatic about it. Briefly, the song is about the need everyone has to strive towards (and hopefully achieve) a sense of liberation during times of duress. This song is the culmination of many years of thinking, re-thinking and re-doing. This includes guitar parts, obviously, but also the song structure. In every iteration the song has had, however, it has centered around the power of an Ab chord. Gibson guitar through a Friedman (basically a boutique modded Marshall type amp) and attitude. That's the formula. Our drummer, Paul Risk, came up with the delightfully straightforward bass riff towards the end of the song, and it's this driving riff that culminates in the crescendo that populates the last minute of the song. Truthfully, I had a different idea of the outro when I first introduced the song (one of many, having redone this song a half a dozen times) and, as with every decision this band makes, we chose the idea that would yield the best result, regardless of who, from the four of us, it came from. There is a sadness, I suppose, in relinquishing an idea, because an idea is, by virtue of being a thing that approximates a sort of formless ambiguity, virtually perfect. It's a form that lends itself to the physical idea to come, and letting go of those ideas means doing something tangible, but by that same token, something inherently less than perfect. And even so - the auditory experience is more than the sum of its parts, and worth making. (continue)
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