In honor of the 30th anniversary today (Oct. 30) of Oasis’ era-defining “Wonderwall,” the group has announced a Dec. 12 release date for a (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? seven-inch singles boxed set, which replicates a 1996 CD collection of the same material housed in a cigarette-style box. A similar collection for singles from the…
In an industry obsessed with finding the next trending TikTok sound, Vanessa Silberman is creating and pioneering an avant garde counter-culture. The music industry veteran with over 24 years of experience has built A Diamond Heart Production into something refreshingly authentic in the face of artifice and algorithmic homogenization. Her company is a genuine artist-focused…
Just in time for the scariest of holidays, and fresh off the road with 311, Sitting on Saturn are bringing the Halloween vibes home with a bone-chilling, guitar-thrashing video for their track “Ghouls.” The video is a truly legit cinematic work and the track brings a wild, wreckless heft that shows that the band threw…
Combing under the 30-foot-high marble dome encasing Jimi Hendrix’s grave, ghost hunter Ken Arnold scans AM/FM radio frequencies with his SB11 Spirit Box. Nothing but static fizzles from the device speaker. No signs of Jimi arise. No purple or purple adjacent haze of violet or boysenberry. No one ’scusing themselves to kiss the sky. No…
Less than a week after unveiling the surprise new single “Rubber Band Man” featuring Hozier and produced by the National’s Aaron Dessner, Mumford & Sons have confirmed that their second album in less than a year, Prizefigher, will arrive Feb. 13 from Glassnote. The material came together quickly last fall at Dessner’s upstate New York…
Writer/filmmaker Cameron Crowe celebrated the release of his Avid Reader Press memoir, The Uncool, last night (Oct. 29) with an event at New York’s Symphony Space, during which he read an Allman Brothers Band-focused chapter from the project and also sat for a conversation with Roots drummer and fellow music nerd Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. The…
Minneapolis duo Now, Now have broken a six-year hiatus from releasing new music with the arrival today (Oct. 29) of the EP 01. A visualizer for the song “About You” can be seen below. Group members KC Dalager and Brad Hale haven’t been heard from much since the 2018 release of the acclaimed Saved, which…
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony just got a lot more crowded. Ahead of the Nov. 8 extravaganza in Los Angeles, 17 additional presenters and performers have been confirmed, including Chappell Roan, the Killers, Donald Glover, Jim Carrey, Avril Lavigne and Janelle Monáe. The list is rounded out by Bryan Adams, En…
What happens when artists, celebrities, industry tycoons, and a swarm of dance music aficionados fly into Ibiza to celebrate DJ, producer and cultural curator Seth Troxler’s 40th birthday? According to many, the event of the decade – and according to Seth’s long time friend Bill Patrick, absolute chaos. The nonstop run of festivities started with…
Heavys are the world’s first headphones designed specifically for hard rock and heavy metal. Featuring eight drivers with patented speaker placement, these state-of-the-art cans cover multiple frequency ranges for superior clarity and impact. Created and tuned by Alex Grell, the “Godfather of German Sound,” Heavys deliver thunderous low end that also satisfies fans of hip-hop,…
