Tool singer Maynard James Keenan performed in drag at the Welcome to Rockville festival Sunday night (May 21st) in Daytona Beach, Florida, in essence challenging a recent bill signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis […]
Days after striking a new licensing deal with Merlin, SoundCloud has officially unveiled a “one-to-one” messaging tool designed to help artists “form a deeper relationship with” supporters. The Berlin-headquartered music-sharing service’s aptly named “Fans tool” […]
Among other trends, the early 1990s saw grunge take over as the dominant rock scene, leaving the hair-metal bands that had commanded the previous decade in the dust. At the same time, though, the burgeoning […]
On April 17, PRIMUS will perform an intimate benefit concert at the Belasco in Los Angeles in support of their close friend, film director, screenwriter and animator Jimmy Hayward, who is currently undergoing cancer treatment. […]
Primus and Tool members Danny Carey and Justin Chancellor are set to perform at a concert benefitting Canadian director, animator, and writer Jimmy Hayward. The show is set for April 17th at The Belasco in Los […]
Photo Credit: Solen Feyissa Despite the introduction of yet another bipartisan bill that would set the stage for a stateside TikTok ban, the video-sharing app is now allowing creators to offer “premium content behind a […]
Photo Credit: Sander Sammy Just days after a synthetic speech startup company released their new AI voice platform, the tool is already being abused to create deep fake celebrity audio clips. Speech artificial intelligence startup […]
Tool are apparently gearing up for a “big tour” in the fall. Drummer Danny Carey teased the news while accepting an award from Drumeo. Carey, who was named Progressive Drummer of the Year, filmed an […]
Learning 22 Tool songs is a heck of a feat for any aspiring guitar player. Performing them as one 20-minute continuous jam is even more impressive — especially if you’re only nine years old. Young […]
Photo Credit: Too Lost x Pex Once you’ve created your music, understanding how your audience interacts with it is essential to promotional success. Enter Usage Discovery by Too Lost. The following was created in collaboration […]
Getty Images is suing Stability AI, creators of popular AI art tool Stable Diffusion, over alleged copyright violation. In a press statement shared with The Verge, the stock photo company said it believes that Stability […]
Late Night with Seth Meyers has booked a couple of high-profile drummers to sit in with the 8G Band this month. The Strokes’ Fab Moretti and Tool’s Danny Carey will bring their talents to the […]
Nine-year-old music protege Maya Neelakantan was gifted a signature Gibson Les Paul by Adam Jones and promptly put it to use, recording a 15-song Tool medley. Not unlike Nandi Bushell, Neelakantan has become a YouTube […]
A Samsung office in Milan, Italy. Photo Credit: Babak Habibi Amid reports that TikTok is plotting an expansion into streaming, the short-form app has partnered with Samsung on the launch of a music discovery and […]
Photo Credit: Thibault Penin Pirates are using Spotify’s video podcasts to stream movies on the platform illegally. The phenomenon has been blowing up on TikTok as users post videos showing full movies on Spotify. Some […]
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is expanding a feature that makes images on the platform more accessible to people who use screen readers, the company announced today. Alt text reminders were first […]
Recognize the Music is working to bring the Audoo ‘Audio Meter’ to public establishments in the UK. Photo Credit: Hari Nandakumar Recognize the Music, described by its organizers as an initiative “to drive fairer, more […]
Photo Credit: Spotify New Zealand Spotify is testing a new in-app podcast creation tool to lower the barrier for entry. Users can record, edit, and publish podcasts all from the Spotify app. According to a […]
Tool have announced a 180-gram, triple-LP vinyl edition of their 2019 opus Fear Inoculum. The release arrives August 5th and retails for $64.98 — less than half the price of the previously available Fear Inoculum […]
TOOL‘s critically acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning fifth album, “Fear Inoculum”, will be made available as a three-disc, 180-gram vinyl release on August 5 via RCA Records. The collection, which is available for pre-order now, features new […]