Sheffield rock band ‘Saintes’ are set for a fantastic return to the Washington pub during the Sheffield Music Trails in preparation for the release of their next album. Sheffield Music Trails 2022 takes place on Saturday 2nd April. It’s a free all-day music festival at a variety of independent venues that takes music lovers on […]
Kitty Junk works to empower female listeners, helped start an audio engineering program for all walks of life, and raises money for domestic violence prevention. SEATTLE — As skaters laced up for a show at Southgate Roller Rink in White Center, Seattle-based glam-grunge duo Kitty Junk geared up for a show with hard-hitting tracks mixing […]
Robustness rules Billboardfor the first time on the Hot Hard Rock Songs chart with “Sold Out,” which jumped from No. 13 to No. 1 on the chart dated April 2. “Sold Out” tops its second week on the chart after its first full tracking week, following its March 16 release. During the week of March […]
Since the dawn of rock and roll, no one has really lacked a steady supply of covers. Since people know the 12 bar blues, they cover each other for years and achieve great success with it. However, every once in a while you get a reshoot that feels like the polar opposite of what the […]
When you break down the roles of each member of a band, the vocalist has a lot more on their shoulders than people realize. While singing tunes can be fun night after night, you also need to be the star strutting the stage and being the spokesperson for the band during interviews, while making sure […]
Talented rock band Social Of Relations is ready to release their next EP ‘Victory Harmony’ in April The new band in town Social relations comes armed with its incredible soundscape breaking the norms of traditional music. They are about to release a brand new EP, ‘Harmony Victory’ which features some of their greatest creations. There […]
After more than 40 years in the music industry, Foreigner is still rocking the music charts. Some of their biggest hits include jukebox hero, Cold as ice, hot blooded, Waiting for a girl like you, dirty white boy and head games. The award-winning rock band amass over 15 million audio and video streams per week. […]
Michael C. Hall knows curiosity is one of the reasons people come to see him perform on the mic with Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum. And the ‘Dexter’ star agrees with that. “I kinda like that people maybe show up with some sort of curiosity or preconceptions and then blow themselves away,” he says. […]
Earlier this month, Dolly Parton surprised many by asking to have her name removed from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination ballot, saying she shouldn’t be considered because she has yet to produce a rock album. Unlike the beloved country star, a number of performers with no rock music experience have made strange […]
Drummer Taylor Hawkins of The Foo Fighters performs onstage with NHC during day two of Ohana Festival Encore weekend on October 02, 2021 in Dana Point, California. Scott Dudelson | Getty Images Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters drummer for 25 years and best friend of frontman Dave Grohl, has died while touring South America with the […]
In 1972 two budding young musicians, Danny de Wet and Lucien Windrich, met at school in Boksburg, formed a band and then spent hours and hours in a rehearsal room in Brenthurst, Brakpan. Years later, this band became one of South Africa’s most iconic bands of the 80s, éVOID – which had two mega-hits with […]
It’s been pretty quiet on the policing front since the British trio shamelessly cashed in on their heritage with sky-high ticket costs on a reunion jaunt in 2007-08. Now they’re looking in the rearview mirror again with a re-release of the 1982 documentary “The Police: Around the World,” first appearing on DVD and Blu-ray with […]
Students at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music hope to revolutionize alternative rock music culture by adding a female sound to a male-dominated industry. Sophomores Amanda Pasler, Eli Yaroch, Logan Renneker, Samantha Govero, George Staton, and freshman Jake Sonderman are the current members of Ex Monarch. Ex Monarch members: Amanda Pasler, Logan Renneker, […]
Aerosmith, one of the oldest active rock bands in the world, has made its fans fear that they will soon say goodbye. For years, Aerosmith has made conflicting claims about their disbandment. But recently they were supposed to go on a European tour after Brad Whitford said they would never perform again. The revival of […]
Folk and rock anthems in response to the Russian invasion created an air of nationalism and unity among Ukrainians. Besides the explicit protest in their lyrics, they recall other historical periods of conflict in the country. It is not uncommon to perceive a relationship between the sacred and the profane in musical references. To understand […]
Nick Sabatine, Patriot All-Stars, Don’t Blame Me (I Voted Trump) The Patriot All-Stars, a Lehigh Valley-based rock band, aim to bridge the political divide with light, fun music about the state of America. EASTON, PA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, March 22, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Patriot All-Stars, a Lehigh Valley-based rock band, aims to bridge […]
When you first hear Joshua Strickland speak, you wouldn’t suspect him to be the frontman of a hugely popular Phoenix Southern rock band. On the phone, he is a bit soft, extremely humble and patient with his children. Indeed, during our interview, we were interrupted a few times by his children, who were having fun […]
For a songwriter, each of your songs is a bit like your children. When you are able to put into words something that millions of people can relate to, you feel much less alone in the world. Then again, sometimes you also have fans singing for the wrong reasons. Over the years, many of these […]
For most rock musicians, their songs are more than just notes on a page. For many, it’s a linked part of their personality, with most lyrics going into some of the most personal parts of their lives for all to see. That doesn’t mean they don’t have time to be petty either. The music industry […]
When rock started, it was never a genre to be taken seriously. If you’ve learned anything from Chuck Berry or even Buddy Holly, it’s the fact that simple rock and roll songs can become quite timeless if you know how to write them well. That probably meant rock was supposed to be pretty light, right? […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 18, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: Candi Briley, (605) 353-7340 Rock Band Stone Temple Pilots to Play at State Fair 2022 HURON, SD – South Dakota State Fair and C&B Operations welcome Stone Temple Pilots (STP) to the SD State Fair Grandstand on Friday, September 2. STP were one of […]
The rock music landscape is filled with great bands releasing great albums with great songs. Well, that’s what we’d all like to hope for, at least, because unfortunately there are other bands that just can’t help but release dross after dross. Yet when it comes to great albums, there are bands that grow and mature […]
College rock music is exactly what you think it is; Alternative rock was made famous by being the go-to in student universities and colleges in the 1980s and 1990s. Afterwards, these students shunned mainstream rock, opting to go with this funky beat. This is how he became popular. The rock genre rose when the two […]
MORE than a thousand children from schools across York skipped regular lessons for a day and were able to ‘let off steam’ instead. Just under 400 pupils from Copmanthorpe School, along with 200 from St Paul’s CE, 150 from Lord Deramore’s and 440 from Poppleton Ousebank were all visited by Rock Kidz On Tour. The […]
As with any decade, the 2000s were a turbulent time for music. On the rock side, grunge had given way to nu metal, with the bubble of baggy pants and baseball caps about to burst for Fred Durst and co. Meanwhile, hip hop was making its inexorable rise to the top of the commercial charts […]
Punk is rock’s dirty little cousin. When rock wasn’t sticking to the man with enough vigor, punk came along to shake things up. It was a counter-cultural movement like no other. If the stilted conservatives of the 1960s had cared about peace-loving hippies, then they must have thought the end of time had come, when […]
Michael C. Hall knows curiosity is one of the reasons people come to see him perform on the mic with Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum. And the ‘Dexter’ star agrees with that. “I kinda like that people maybe show up with some sort of curiosity or preconceptions and then blow themselves away,” he says. […]
Michael C. Hall knows curiosity is one of the reasons people come to see him perform on the mic with Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum. And the ‘Dexter’ star agrees with that. “I kinda like that people maybe show up with some sort of curiosity or preconceptions and then blow themselves away,” he says. […]
Rapper Aitch has offered Liam Gallagher a handsome sum of money to feature on his upcoming new album. Clearly not one to mess around when it comes to big career opportunities, local boy Aitch – from New Moston – took to Twitter yesterday to propose the former Oasis frontman, tagging him and writing simply: ” […]
The Rolling Stones will embark on a European tour this summer, playing stadiums and arenas, to mark their 60th anniversary as a band, the British rockers announced on Monday. Titled “SIXTY”, the 14-show tour will kick off in Madrid on June 1 and visit 10 countries in total, including Britain. The band will perform at […]
Road Poets performs with special guest Brian Green at Gabriola Community Hall on Friday, March 18. (Photo submitted) A blues-rock group will perform a “secret diary” of songs on the island of Gabriola Road Poets, backed by Brian Green, playing at Gabriola Community Hall on March 18 […]
Seattle rock band Candlebox, who recently released their chart-topping album “Wolves,” will play Tyler’s Country River Club on March 25 as part of the band’s spring tour. During the show, audiences can expect to hear tracks from the new album, the band’s eighth studio release, as well as fan favorites such as “Far Behind”, “You” […]
Sumo Cyco, a punk rock band from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, announced their Initiationour departure on May 19. After fans loved their album Initiation, they begged Sumo Cyco to go on tour. So in response, Sumo Cyco did. Before the Initiation tour, the band will join rock icons Buckcherry and special guests Blacktop Mojo on their […]
Nothing could have prepared musicians and others in the music industry for the arrival of COVID-19 in March 2020. After the World Health Organization declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, the industry , like everything else, has been forced to accept a harsh reality. : Things weren’t going to be the same for a […]
During the Go-Go’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on October 30, 2021, actress Drew Barrymore spilled a secret: the new wave band’s 1981 album, The beauty and the Beastchanged her life when she heard it at the age of 6. She told the crowd that she “spent hours watching (the) cover […]
By IANS LOS ANGELES: Rock band My Chemical Romance has canceled upcoming concerts in Russia and Ukraine this summer due to the ongoing war. The ‘Welcome To The Black Parade’ musicians, which have Frank Iero, Ray Toro and brothers Gerard and Mikey Way, were scheduled to perform in both countries this summer, but they confirmed […]
Over time, you cannot expect to achieve perfection forever. Even with some of the greatest bands of all time, not everything they release can truly be called a masterpiece every time. Then again, if you had to sacrifice quality, you’d think it would be at least a little better than that. Across several generations of […]
When the Byrds released “Mr. Tambourine Man” in 1965, they introduced Bob Dylan’s songs to a new audience and launched a career that would place them among the most influential rock bands of all time. To celebrate this heritage, a new book offers a visual history of the group. Offering their incomparable harmonies and Roger […]
Released March 4 Tara Who? offers ‘Asian blood‘. The song is compelling for its bold lyricism, sublime subject matter, and metallic instrumental arrangement. Tara Who? is a new-age rock music enthusiast who came up with the latest track ‘Asian blood.‘ The track is inspired by the feminist punk movement Riot grrrl, initiated in the 1990s. […]
MC5 will start headbanging again after losing in 1972. Before the debut of next generation rock bands, MC5 was one of the founding bands in punk rock history. Despite the huge demand for rock music at that time, the band called it quits in 1972 after releasing three albums. But things came to life recently […]
FOND DU LAC – Let the announcements from the Fond du Lac stand begin. Seether will take to the Holiday Automotive Grandstand on July 22, organizers announced on Facebook on Tuesday. After more than 20 years on the American rock scene and the rest of the world, Seether’s eight albums have risen to the top […]
Musicians are just human like the rest of us, but sometimes it might be necessary to draw a line regarding which of them you choose to support as a fan. A new study by TickPick has found the three most controversial figures in rock music, in which their fans have actually chosen to stop supporting […]
March 8, 2022, 4:44 PM Olivia Rodrigo takes her all-female rock band on her upcoming Sour Tour. Olivia Rodrigo spoke about working with an all-female band and called on the media to overlook women in rock. Olivia Rodrigo fans will know that the 19-year-old has an all-female band. Shortly after Olivia’s iconic debut single, “driver’s […]
Classic rock band Toto have announced that their scheduled tour has been cancelled, including the band’s stop in Corpus Christi. American Bank Center said on its Facebook page in February that the show was originally postponed, but the band confirmed the cancellation on Monday. In a Facebook post, Toto said refunds would be issued automatically. […]
Rhayader and District Male Voice Choir changed scenery and genres last weekend when they visited a legendary recording studio. On February 26, the choir traveled to Rockfield Studios, located in the Wye Valley in Monmouthshire, to provide backing vocals for a local group. A residential recording studio set in history; Rockfield Studios has hosted many […]
Rock band PROG release their latest album, which was recorded at a studio in Llanfyllin. For their third album, prog rock duo Court Lake Zephyr recorded the majority of the album’s content in a studio barn in Llanfyllin. Ian Grove and Nigel Mervyn have recorded two albums as Court Lake Zephyr, and their recently released […]
The psychedelic movement has really done a lot for the rock scene in general. When the 60s were about to begin, these were the kind of songs that could open your mind to the freer side of rock and roll, most often informed by taking a bunch of drugs. One of the greatest remnants of […]
The beauty of rock and roll lies in the ability of bands to reinvent it over the years. As much as people like to clown around on pop musicians using the 4 chord trick to make their songs sound great, it’s what you put into the song that’s actually able to make it work. Hell, […]
The beauty of rock and roll lies in the ability of bands to reinvent it over the years. As much as people like to clown around on pop musicians using the 4 chord trick to make their songs sound great, it’s what you put into the song that’s actually able to make it work. Hell, […]
Press release – March 3, 2022 1:30 p.m. EST DETROIT, March 3, 2022 (Newswire.com) – After six years of touring, recording and releasing music outside the Detroit metro area, ELSIE BINX reached a new creative stage. Their new flagship album, MADNESS, which will be released on Rock Island Records, is on another level and finds […]
A growing number of musicians in the United States and elsewhere have begun to cancel previously scheduled dates or pending tour plans in Russia. The reactions come in the wake of the country’s assault on Ukraine, which has been condemned for the most part by citizens, businesses and political leaders around the world. Pop punks […]
Photo provided Skillet doesn’t seem to soften with age. Over a 15-year recording career that includes 10 previous studio albums, the Christian crossover band have firmly established themselves in the alternative metal/rock universe. The band’s 10th album, 2019’s release “Victorious,” gave a grungy, industrial edge to aggressive rockers like “You Ain’t Ready,” “Never Going Back,” […]
With just three songs released, Yothu Yindi’s surf rock offspring King Stingray captured the nation’s attention. The band’s lead guitarist talks to us about old songs, land rights and life in Yirrkala, Arnhem Land. Hearing the music of King Stingray for the first time is like being immersed in the ocean. You’re overwhelmed by the […]
Bringing the rock soundscape to life by covering hits from the 1960s to the present day, ALMOST HOWE is an experienced force that never ceases to stun Emigsville, Pennsylvania – Bringing with him years of musical experience, ALMOST HOWE represents one man’s dream come true. Few artists are capable of independently leading a band with […]
A rock band’s greatest strength in their arsenal is being able to kill it on stage. Aside from the million and one things you can do while behind studio glass, making an entire audience jump with energy is one of the greatest feelings a rock band can have with their fans. However, when you really […]
Frank Mastropolo’s new book, Fillmore East: the place that changed rock music forever returns to the legendary and ephemeral place in New York. Mastropolo – journalist, photographer and former producer of ABC News 20/20 – interviewed more than 90 musicians and former crew members for an oral history that compiles more than 200 performance photos, […]
Dewa 19 (pronounced “Dewa Sembilan Belas” in Indonesian) has always been known for its powerful vocalists – so when singer Marcello Tahitoe AKA Ello announced he would be joining the iconic rock band as their new vocalist this weekend, Indonesians were rightly surprised. . The 39-year-old singer took to Instagram yesterday to express his gratitude, […]
One of the beauties of the music industry is that you never know where your favorite song will come from. Even though we may have artists whose music is our collective hats to hang our hats on, there are always those few songs that seem to come out of nowhere and leave our mouths on […]