Last October, David Lee Roth announced “I am throwing in the shoes. I’m retiring.” The Van Halen frontman had scheduled his final five live shows at House of Blues in Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay that would have taken place early this year. The frontman had previously canceled his New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day […]
Darryl “DMC” McDaniels is 57, but he still speaks with the boundless energy and commanding voice that he changed the music world with as a teenager. Whether he’s talking about the MCs that made him want to rap in the early ‘80s, his youth outreach work, or his upcoming single with Sebastian Bach, Travis Barker, […]
Nearly 40 years ago (February 16, 1985, to be exact), the release of the first installment of The Karate Kid films brought combat sports to arguably its widest audience. Thanks to streaming services, the legend continues today with Cobra Kai. The sibling franchises have spawned millions of attempted martial artists worldwide hoping to master Mr. […]
A few weeks ago, Nirvana fired back at Spencer Elden over his lawsuit alleging child pornography on the Nevermind album art. The band’s estate sought to have the case dismissed, saying that Elden had “spent three decades profiting from his celebrity as the self-anointed ‘Nirvana Baby.’” In U.S. District Court in Central California on Monday, […]
Three days in, and 2022 is sounding a bit more like 1982 thanks to this catchy, synth-soaked single by the British pop duo Let’s Eat Grandma. Aptly titled “New Year’s Day,” this is the third single from their forthcoming third album, Two Ribbons, which arrives April 8th on Transgressive Records. In the new video directed […]
One of the biggest (and best) surprises of 2021 was Halsey‘s If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. The album consisted of 14 songs written by the artist and was produced by none other than Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power scored a Grammy nod […]
A few days before what would have been his 75th birthday, David Bowie‘s estate has sold the Starman’s entire catalog to Warner Chappell. According to Variety, which was first to report the news, the catalog is fetching “upwards of $250 million.” The deal for the Bowie catalog includes all of the songs from the 26 studio […]
Talk about starting the year off with a bang. After a fairly busy year that saw him feature on and drop some singles, The Weeknd is kicking off 2022 in style. On Monday morning, The Weeknd announced that his latest album will be released this Friday, January 7. Titled Dawn FM, the album will feature […]
There is a reason Sinead O’Connor is consistently compared to Joan of Arc. Sinead is amongst the countless artists in history so ahead of her time, consistently misunderstood and underappreciated, and somehow without the recognition, she deserves. But she’s still here, and you have the power to give it to her with a Rock Hall […]
Perfume Genius rang in the new year with a remix of “Lightning Crashes,” the standout track from Live‘s 1994 album Throwing Copper. Mike Hadreas stretches the iconic song to seven and a half minutes, but once it gets to the third line, “The placenta falls to the floor,” it gets stuck on a loop. “What if […]