Allison Moorer will release her first new solo album since 2015’s Down to Believin’ this fall. Titled Blood, the LP, out October 25th, will be followed four days later by the release of Moorer’s memoir of the same name, published by Da Capo Press. Moorer’s most recent recording project was …
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Slayer‘s plans to display their logo on a NASCAR racecar during a race this weekend was called off by the car’s owner “due to reactionary concerns,” the heavy metal band announced Friday. On August 9th, NASCAR driver JJ Yeley, who drives the #54 Chevrolet owned by Rick Ware Racing, revealed …
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Johnny Marr has a new music video for his recent single “The Bright Parade.” Directed by Marr and Mat Bancroft, the black and white video cuts together raw footage of trains at night, street scenes and the musician himself looking pensive. It’s got a French New Wave sort of vibe, …
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Hunter Hayes builds his new song “Wild Blue” around a percussive groove, singing over subtle piano about how the 27-year-old songwriter is undergoing a personal sea change. “Funny how you don’t know you can fly until you finally catch the wind,” he sings. “You think you know the part you …
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Guns N’ Roses have agreed to settle a trademark infringement lawsuit against a brewery, Colorado’s Oskar Blues, that sold beer and corresponding merchandise dubbed “Guns ‘N’ Rosé” without permission. In a Monday court filing by the band’s lawyers, both parties agreed to settle in principle on July 31st and are …
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For some people, Bruce Springsteen doesn’t just write lyrics — he sings words to live by. That’s the case for Javed (dynamite newcomer Viveik Kalra), a no-hope British-Pakistani teen feeling the financial squeeze of Thatcherism in 1987 Luton. Then he hears Springsteen for the first time, and the words of …
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Joe Walsh’s VetsAid charity concert will take place November 10th, 2019 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas with a lineup that includes the Eagles guitarist, ZZ Top, Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisley and Jason Isbell. Tickets go on-sale Friday at 10:00 am via the venue’s website with prices ranging from …
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There’s nothing like the impact of hearing an outrageous story from someone who experienced it firsthand. That’s why Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain wanted to publish an oral history of the Manson Family murders and the late Sixties. “It’s people making bad decisions in real time,” McNeil says. For more …
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Bruce Springsteen‘s previously unreleased song “I’ll Stand by You” is one of several Springsteen tracks to be included on the soundtrack to Blinded by the Light, a new film inspired by his music. The musician originally penned the song for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, but it never made …
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Fifty years ago today, on August 8th, 1969, the Beatles walked back and forth across a street they knew well: Abbey Road. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr lined up and crossed a few times, while a cop held up traffic, right outside the studio where they …
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