Billy Corgan has announced that The Smashing Pumpkins’ Machina II rework is complete and in the process of being mastered. In an interview with Radio.com, the singer/guitarist says that “the album reconstituted comes in at about 50-plus tracks” with the entire project clocking in at “somewhere in the 80-track range.” The new release of Machina […]
The Beastie Boys have earned an impressive share of accolades over their career. And while the group’s Mike D is grateful, he also doesn’t need to have the physical manifestations of that success. So, he took to Instagram to announce that he’s selling many of his awards for charity, including a 1986 Gold record for License […]
Over the past few years, Miley Cyrus’ embrace of rock — and classic/alt-rock in particular — has been well-documented. Her latest album, Plastic Hearts, upped the ante on that and turned the former Disney pop princess into a full-fledged rock star. Thus, for her new Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, folks shouldn’t be surprised that she tackled yet […]
If you’ve been hungry like the wolf for new Duran Duran in your life, the cover and video of David Bowie’s “Five Years” will satisfy. “My life as a teenager was all about David Bowie. He is the reason why I started writing songs. Part of me still can’t believe in his death five years […]
Beloved rock-pop stalwarts Cheap Trick have released a new single, “Light Up the Fire,” ahead of the lineup’s 20th studio album, In Another World, which arrives April 9. Produced by Julian Raymond, it’s Cheap Trick’s first new LP since 2017’s double-header of We’re All Alright! and Christmas Christmas. A limited-edition picture disc of In Another World […]
If you’ve missed seeing Palaye Royale live over the last 10 months of the pandemic, then this is the most exciting hologram-related news since Tupac made a surprise appearance at Coachella in 2012. On Feb. 9, the band is launching their new Curse of Calypso augmented reality experience that brings their world into fans’ homes (and […]
The last handful of years has been the best time in history for Hitman fans, as the Danish developers at IO Interactive breathed new life into the franchise after it had only seen one new title in the previous decade. The World of Assassination trilogy that began with 2016’s Hitman and concluded with last week’s […]
Juliana Hatfield has stayed busy the past four years (to put it mildly) with cover albums (Olivia Newton-John and the Police) and a pair of her own releases (2017’s Pussycat and Weird in 2019). Keeping up that prolific pace, the alt-rocker has announced Blood, her 19th studio album overall. Blood promises to get weird, with the subject matter addressing, […]
In December, Death Cab For Cutie released The Georgia EP, serving up covers of bands including R.E.M., Cat Power and TLC, and last night (Jan. 26), they turned in a tender socially-distanced live version of a song from that record – TLC’s “Waterfalls” — on Jimmy Kimmel Live! A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, many bands […]
Oakland, California-based duo tUnE-yArDs have shared a new song and animated video for “hold yourself,” off their just-announced fifth studio album, sketchy. The 11-track record, which includes last year’s single “nowhere, man,” arrives March 26 on 4AD. “This song is about feeling really betrayed, by my parents’ generation, and at the same time, really seeing how […]