LISTEN: Young Culture’s Irresistibly Sentimental New Track ‘Tattoo’ – News

LISTEN: Young Culture’s Irresistibly Sentimental New Track ‘Tattoo’ - News

Your new favourite band are back with another belter. Young Culture have returned with their first new music of 2022.  And it’s another piece of straight-up wonderfulness. The track is called ‘Tattoo’ and uses the […]

Judas Priest Unleashed Screaming for Vengeance 40 Years Ago

Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance

Judas Priest began the ’80s with a bang by unleashing the all-time metal classic British Steel in 1980 — an LP that spawned the anthems “Living After Midnight,” “Breaking the Law,” and “Metal Gods.” So when […]

Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp: 18 review – a dull display of colossal self-pity | Music

The artwork for 18.

It’s perfectly possible to separate the art from the artist. Jimmy Page’s behaviour does not render the Led Zeppelin catalogue unlistenable; cinemas are now showing a film celebrating the life of Elvis, which rather glosses […]

Daniel Lanois Moves His Catalog to BMG – The Details

Daniel Lanois BMG deal

Photo by Marthe A. Vannebo Grammy-winning artist Daniel Lanois is bringing his catalog and future work to BMG, making the company his home label. Daniel Lanois has enjoyed a 50-year career as a highly acclaimed […]

8 NBA Players Have Signed Contracts Worth $200 Million-Plus In The Past Week

8 NBA Players Have Signed Contracts Worth $200 Million-Plus In The Past Week

The NBA free agency frenzy is fully upon us. Some players have inked long-term extensions to stay with the same team, while others are leaving for greener pastures — and, in many cases, more money […]

Kanye West sued for not seeking permission to sample Marshall Jefferson track – Music News

Kanye West sued for not seeking permission to sample Marshall Jefferson track - Music News

Kanye West is being sued over an unauthorised sample used on the ‘Donda 2’ track ‘Flowers’. The hip-hop legend – who legally changed his name to Ye – has been hit by the lawsuit by […]

BLACK VEIL BRIDES’ ANDY BIERSACK Reads His Favorite EDGAR ALLEN POE Stories For New Audiobook

BLACK VEIL BRIDES' ANDY BIERSACK Reads His Favorite EDGAR ALLEN POE Stories For New Audiobook

Rare Bird has set a November 15 release date for “Andy Biersack Presents The Works Of Edgar Allen Poe”, an exclusive deluxe gatefold vinyl audiobook and companion hardcover book bundle featuring BLACK VEIL BRIDES founder […]

Red Hot Chili Peppers review – still cooking in late middle age | Pop and rock

Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers in Manchester.

‘Due to unforeseen circumstances, [support act] A$AP Rocky will now play immediately after Red Hot Chili Peppers,” read digital screens around the stadium, causing some audience bewilderment. Still, the Chilis hit the ground running. A […]

A Guitarist and the ‘Saw Lady’ Switch Instruments for a Metallica Duet

YouTube guitarist Rob Scallon has amassed millions of followers thanks to his Metallica covers for banjo and sitar. Now he can add another instrument to his repertoire—the saw. In the video below, Scallon gets lessons […]

Porcupine Tree: Closure/ Continuation review – reunited prog-rockers remain emotionally detached | Pop and rock

Porcupine Tree: Closure/Continuation album cover

Porcupine Tree: Closure/Continuation album cover Porcupine Tree formed as a whimsical joke in 1987, but by the time of their sold-out Royal Albert Hall concert in October 2010, they had scored Top 30 albums on […]

Akusmi: Fleeting Future review – minimalism meets rave pentatonics | Experimental music

Akusmi: Fleeting Future album cover

Pascal Bideau is a French composer based in London who has written and arranged music for dozens of films and documentaries. He has studied Indonesian gamelan, and in his alter ego of Akusmi he explores […]