Music videos are the perfect bastard child of art and commerce, even more than pop music itself. A promotional visual accompaniment to a popular song doesn’t need a coherent narrative (although on rare occasions, they do). It just needs to suit the song, sell the record, and possibly make the artist look cool. But since […]
After taking a little break from aweing the world with her drum covers, Nandi Bushell has been on a hot streak lately. After absolutely crushing Slipknot’s “Duality” (in a Jay Weinberg mask no less) a few weeks ago, the 11-year-old wunderkind shared a cover of Linkin Park’s “Numb” on Twitter. “I discovered @linkinpark [this] week!” […]
Later this month, Linkin Park’s debut album, Hybrid Theory, will turn 20. Ahead of it, the band released a demo version of their biggest hit, “In The End,” which will have fans clamoring to spot the differences between it and the album version. The song is still clearly the instantly recognizable hit, though hardcore fans will […]
The year 2000 looms large in pop culture history: the Y2k non-scare, the Seinfeld “Newmannium” episode, the “In the Year 2000″ sketch from Conan O’Brien’s original late-night show, the Hulu series PEN15. And just like, say, the grunge-defined 1991, the year immediately conjures specific sounds: gleaming teen-pop, earnest radio rock, the Neptunes and Timbaland. There’s […]
Linkin Park will release a deluxe 20th-anniversary edition of Hybrid Theory on Oct. 9. The set will include demos, rarities, B-sides, DVDs and more than 90 minutes of rare video footage, along with other extras. Hybrid Theory broke the band in 2000 on the strength of singles including “One Step Closer” and “In the End” and the […]
Pearl Jam, R.E.M. Sia, Lorde and more have joined forces with the Artists Rights Alliance to demand that the political parties “establish clear policies requiring campaigns to seek the consent of featured recording artists, songwriters, and copyright owners before publicly using their music in a political or campaign setting,” the Artist Rights Alliance announce in […]
In the end, copyright law really matters. On Saturday, President Donald Trump shared a clip made by a fan who used Linkin Park’s “In the End.” A few hours later, the clip was yanked from Twitter due to a copyright complaint by the band. The late Chester Bennington once voiced his disapproval of Trump and […]
At the beginning of quarantine, Mike Shinoda fell in love with Twitch. He spent every weekday creating art on the platform as fans shared their feedback on what he was doing in real-time. Four days a week were dedicated to making music, while one day a week was spent working on visual art. Now, 12 […]
Last week, Mike Shinoda was part of a panel of musicians and friends of Deftones who paid tribute to the 20th anniversary of White Pony. He shared some interesting tidbits on that album and in a recent Twitch stream where he was playing Animal Crossing, he revealed some news about Linkin Park. “There was a song, […]